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The Susan Oman Belsky Foundation at a glance

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The Susan Oman Belsky 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.

$72k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Animals$214kHuman Services$34kEnvironment$12k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $48k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND$15,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$13,000
LOS ANGELES ZOO BOTANICAL GARDENS$10,350
ASPCA$10,000
HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL$7,500
PET PARTNERS$5,000
SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY$5,000
MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION$2,500
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$2,500
PET ORPHANS OF SOUTHERN CALIF$500
AMANDA FOUNDATION$500
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 (FY21–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY: $5k → 11%LOS ANGELES ZOO BOTANICAL GARDENS: $21k → 14%ASPCA: $10k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL: $10k → 14%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $37k → 12%MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%PET PARTNERS: $5k → 9%SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY: $4k → 11%LOS ANGELES ZOO BOTANICAL GARDENS: $10k → 14%ASPCA: $10k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL: $8k → 14%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $13k → 12%MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $3k → 8%PET PARTNERS: $5k → 9%SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY: $4k → 11%LOS ANGELES ZOO BOTANICAL GARDENS: $8k → 14%ASPCA: $6k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL: $7k → 14%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $10k → 12%MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%PET PARTNERS: $3k → 9%SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY: $3k → 11%LOS ANGELES ZOO BOTANICAL GARDENS: $5k → 14%ASPCA: $4k → 17%HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL: $5k → 14%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $10k → 12%MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%PET PARTNERS: $2k → 9%AMANDA FOUNDATION: $750 → 14%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $4k → 14%AMANDA FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $3k → 14%AMANDA FOUNDATION: $450 → 14%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $3k → 14%AMANDA FOUNDATION: $400 → 14%WORLD WILDLIFE FUND: $3k → 14%PET ORPHANS OF SOUTHERN CALIF: $500 → 14%PET ORPHANS OF SOUTHERN CALIF: $500 → 14%PET ORPHANS OF SOUTHERN CALIF: $450 → 14%PET ORPHANS OF SOUTHERN CALIF: $400 → 14%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.
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$260k · 11 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
0

Total granted

$260k
$0

Still filing today

91%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $70k · revenue +18%
  • GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $34k · revenue +34%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +14%

Funded once

    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
    Global Animal Partnership
    Animals
    2
    Humane World for Animals Inc

    Humane World for Animals, Inc., formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States (The Organization), seeks to tackle the root causes of animal cruelty and suffering. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O

    Animals
    3
    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc

    Protection of animal rights

    Animals
    4
    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
    5
    The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

    To ensure every companion animal has access to quality medical care, compassionate shelter, and a loving home.

    Animals
    6
    Asian Dogs Rescue Allies

    To rescue at risk k-9s from asia.

    Animals
    7
    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
    8
    The Adoptable Dog
    Animals
    9
    Animal Diplomacy

    Supporting and assisting with rescue, sheltering, spay/neuter, and rehoming of cats and dogs in needy developing countries. Our current exclusive focus is on Egypt and the Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals.

    Animals
    10
    The Animal Welfare Foundation
    —
    11
    Pom and the Hound Animal Refuge

    Animal Welfare

    —
    12
    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
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Best Friends Animal Society; the most unlike its peers is World Wildlife Fund Inc. 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

    10 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. 10 of the 11 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)
    1
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    10/10
    Grantees still filing
    8/10
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $69,500 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $29,500 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALSHumane World for Animals International: $29,000 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals InternationalSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $15,000 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCAPET PARTNERS: $14,750 · AnimalsPET PARTNERSMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $8,000 · Animals+2 more: $3,950 · AnimalsLOS ANGELES ZOO BOTANICAL GARDENS: $44,503 · OtherLOS ANGELES ZOO BOT…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $34,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR…WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $11,500 · Environment
    Animals$169,700Other$44,503Human Services$34,000Environment$11,500

    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 budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $69,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $34,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $29,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals International: $29,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPET PARTNERS: $14,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMANDA FOUNDATION: $2,100 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPet Orphans of Southern California: $1,850 over 4y, 0.1% 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 Susan Oman Belsky Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Susan Oman Belsky Foundation. 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
      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 11 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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