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The Richard W & Elaine E Barrett Foundation at a glance

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The Richard W & Elaine E Barrett Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$632k
Granted FY2019
14
Grants FY2019
5
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

91% of The Richard W & Elaine E Barrett Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University, 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 FY2019, the last year The Richard W & Elaine E Barrett Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $632k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

6
’17
1
’18
10
’19
3
’20
4
’21
4
’22
2
’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.

Education$922kHealth$483kEnvironment$291kCommunity Improvement$200kAnimals$134kRecreation & Sports$53kScience & Tech$35kYouth Development$26kOther$0
02FY2019 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2019

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $138k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $483k
$34,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$6.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST$200,000
HELPERS UNITED$117,935
ANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE$65,000
HELPERS UNITED$50,400
GREEN UP OUR SCHOOLS$50,000
AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$38,000
NORTH AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH$34,500
WILDAID$25,000
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK$15,000
AFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA$15,000
PRARIE DOG COALITION$10,843
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK$5,000
SOS OUTREACH$2,750
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION$2,110
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $389k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HELPERS UNITED: $118k → 8%HELPERS UNITED: $115k → 8%HELPERS UNITED: $97k → 8%HELPERS UNITED: $50k → 8%HELPERS UNITED: $9k → 8%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

VT
IL
NY
CA
CO
VA
DC
FL
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 10% of The Richard W & Elaine E Barrett Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Richard W & Elaine E Barrett Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.4% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 8 repeat orgs$580k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2019, 3 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call). Read against FY2019, 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

8
6

Total granted

$1.3M
$211k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-4%
+62%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesEducationInternationalOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $172k · revenue +35%
  • AF
    ANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE
    2× · 2019–2022 · $71k · revenue +109%
  • SO
    SOS OUTREACH
    3× · 2019–2023 · $26k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • SG
    STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
    one grant, 2018 · $200k
  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +62%
  • TH
    THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +17%
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
Wildlife Sos

Protecting india's precious wildlife from poaching, habitat loss, and human exploitation since 1995.

Animals
2
Endangered Species International

Endangered Species International is strongly committed to reversing the trend of human-induced species extinction, saving endangered animals, and preserving wild places.

Animals
3
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
4
Wildlife Alliance Inc

Wildlife alliance is the leader in direct protection of forests and wildlife in tropical asia. our mission is to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and poverty by partnering with local communities and governments.…

Animals
5
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc

IFAWs strategy focuses on improving the welfare of individual animals and the conservation status of wildlife populations in priority habitats through on-the-ground efforts community engagement and global advocacy. Our dual emphasis on…

Animals
6
International Snow Leopard Trust

The international snow leopard trust aims to ethically conserve snow leopards and their high mountain ecosystems through partnerships with indigenous peoples and local communities, and through research to improve the understanding of snow…

Animals
7
Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife is a national, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the protection of all native animals and plants in their natural communities.

Animals
8
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
9
African Wildlife Foundation Inc

Awf's mission is to ensure wildlife and wild lands thrive in modern africa. we work to equip african governments, institutions, business, and communities with the tools, insights, and support they need to define, own, and realize a…

Animals
10
International Bird Rescue

International bird rescue's mission is to inspire people to act toward balance with the natural world by rescuing waterbirds in crisis.

Animals
11
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
12
Wildearth Guardians

Wildearth guardians works to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the american west.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is African Parks Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Green Up Our Schools. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

18 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. 18 of the 22 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/18
Grantees still filing
10/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MILLS COLLEGE: $450,000 · OtherMILLS COLLEGESTANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: $200,000 · OtherSTANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESSPET MENDERS ANIMAL HOSPITAL - PIPER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $92,394 · OtherPET MENDERS ANIMAL HOSPITAL - PIPER MEMOR…NORTH AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INC: $34,500 · Other+3 more: $12,593 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $300,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF…UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $172,424 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AN…HELPERS UNITED INC: $389,402 · Human ServicesHELPERS UNITED INCEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $200,000 · EnvironmentEAGLE VALLEY LA…GREEN UP OUR SCHOOLS: $85,100 · EnvironmentGREEN UP OUR SC…+1 more: $5,000 · EnvironmentANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $70,864 · AnimalsASSERT THE SECOND RESPONDERS INC: $26,000 · AnimalsWILDAID INC: $25,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $20,000 · Animals+2 more: $7,152 · AnimalsAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $53,000 · Recreation & SportsSOS OUTREACH: $26,250 · Recreation & SportsRAINFOREST TRUST: $500 · International
Other$789,487Education$472,424Human Services$389,402Environment$290,100Animals$149,016Recreation & Sports$79,250International$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMILLS COLLEGE: $450,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHELPERS UNITED INC: $389,402 over 4y, 68% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $300,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE VALLEY LAND TRUST: $200,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $172,424 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL FRIENDS ALLIANCE: $70,864 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetAFRICAN PARKS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $53,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTH AMERICAN FRIENDS OF ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INC: $34,500 over 1y, 43% of budgetSOS OUTREACH: $26,250 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetASSERT THE SECOND RESPONDERS INC: $26,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetWILDAID INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMERALD COAST WILDLIFE REFUGE INC: $3,880 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF BOULDER VALLEY INC: $3,272 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBirds of Prey Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAINFOREST TRUST: $500 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.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Amg Charitable Gift F…Colorado Gives Founda…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Amg Charitable Gift FoundationCO15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Richard W & Elaine E Barrett Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Richard W & Elaine E Barrett Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–40%
    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 22 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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