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The Marguerite B Piers Living Free Sanctuary for

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$8k
Granted FY2018
9
Grants FY2018
7
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of The Marguerite B Piers Living Free Sanctuary for’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Nature Conservancy, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Marguerite B Piers Living Free Sanctuary for named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $8k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’17
8
’18
1
’19
2
’20
1
’21
4
’22
1
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$20kEnvironment$3kPublic Benefit$1kCrime & Legal$100Food & Nutrition$100Public Safety & Disaster$90
02FY2018 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
7
States reached
$672k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Fraternal Order of Police Duncan OK$6,000
Semper K-9 K-9 Assistance Dogs$1,000
Doris Day Animal Foundation$300
The National Wildlife Federation$300
Mutts With A Mission$250
The Humane Society of the US$200
ASPCA$150
Best Friends Animal Society$100
Irondog K9 International Inc$100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Doris Day Animal Foundation: $300 → 14%ASCPA: $400 → 17%Fetch and Stay: $475 → 13%Oklahoma Humane Scoiety: $100 → 16%Honobia Volunteer Fire Department: $50 → 19%Fraternal Order of Police Duncan OK: $6k → 19%World Wildlife Fund: $500 → 14%PETA ST Francis Ministries: $200 → 13%Best Friend Animal Society: $200 → 9%Irondog K9 International Inc: $100 → 8%Semper K-9 K-9 Assistance Dogs: $1k → 6%National Wildlife Federation: $1k → 6%The Nature Conservancy: $2k → 7%Doris Day Animal Foundation: $300 → 14%ASPCA: $5k → 17%Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma: $100 → 16%Fraternal Order of Police Duncan OK: $2k → 19%The Humane Society of the US: $200 → 14%Best Friends Animal Society: $150 → 9%National Wildlife Federatuib: $750 → 6%The Nature Conservancy: $750 → 7%ASPCA: $400 → 17%Loco Volunteer Fire Department: $40 → 19%The Humane Society of the US: $200 → 14%Best Friends Animal Society: $100 → 9%National Wildlife Federation: $500 → 6%The Nature Conservancy: $500 → 7%ASPCA: $150 → 17%ASPCA: $100 → 17%ASPCA: $50 → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
CA
UT
VA
KS
DC
OK
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18k · 6 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
11

Total granted

$18k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+18%

Still filing today

83%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsPublic BenefitCrime & LegalEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    5× · 2017–2021 · $6k · revenue +80%
  • NW
    NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $3k · revenue +72%
  • DD
    DORIS DAY ANIMAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $600 · revenue +132%

Funded once

  • SK
    SEMPER K9 ASSISTANCE DOGS
    one grant, 2018 · $1k · revenue +18%
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue -4%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $475
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Humane World for Animals International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
2
Global Animal Partnership
Animals
3
Asian Dogs Rescue Allies

To rescue at risk k-9s from asia.

Animals
4
No Dogs Left Behind
Animals
5
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
6
World Animal Protection

World animal protection is a global organization working to end factory farming and wildlife exploitation. we expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. for over 75 years, we've been rewriting…

Animals
7
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

Protection of animal rights

Animals
8
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
9
Jet Wag Animal Rescue Inc

Our mission is to move adoptable dogs and cats primarily from heavily-burdened areas to loving homes. We work with trusted partners throughout the country and around the world and facilitate vet care, transport, and adoptions to help…

Animals
10
Veterinarians Without Borders Usa

Our mission is to strengthen animal health and welfare to build more resilient communities. we do this by enhancing veterinary care, bolstering community disaster response and recovery, championing sustainable livelihoods, and improving…

International
11
Wildlife Conservation Society

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Animals
12
Hope for China Dogs Rescue

At Hope for China Dogs, we are committed to combating the cruel and inhumane practice of the dog meat trade in China. We believe that every dog deserves to live a life free from pain and suffering, and we are dedicated to rescuing and…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Best Friends Animal Society; the most unlike its peers is National Wildlife Federation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Fraternal Order of Police Duncan OK: $8,000 · OtherFraternal Order of Police Duncan OKTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,750 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYIndividual grant recipient: $475 · Other+5 more: $790 · Other+5 moreTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,538 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUEL…NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $3,100 · AnimalsNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATIONDORIS DAY ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $600 · AnimalsDORIS DAY ANIMAL FOUNDATIONBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $450 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $400 · Animals+1 more: $250 · AnimalsSEMPER K9 ASSISTANCE DOGS: $1,000 · Public BenefitWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500 · EnvironmentREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $100 · Food & NutritionIRONDOG K9 INTERNATIONAL INC: $100 · Crime & Legal
Other$12,015Animals$10,338Public Benefit$1,000Environment$500Food & Nutrition$100Crime & Legal$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $5,538 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $3,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER K9 ASSISTANCE DOGS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDORIS DAY ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $450 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUTTS WITH A MISSION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONAL FOOD BANK OF OKLAHOMA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRONDOG K9 INTERNATIONAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Marguerite B Piers Living Free Sanctuary for funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Marguerite B Piers Living Free Sanctuary for. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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