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Van Dykebilly Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$500k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$90,000
Organizations funded a year
39 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
14
Total assets, FY2025
$9.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Van Dykebilly Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsHealthArts & CultureHuman 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving40$480k13%
FY202441$511k7%
FY202342$494k10%
FY202245$534k9%
FY202143$461k14%
FY202039$475k5%
FY201939$477k33%
FY201840$429k33%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Animals$2.3MEducation$1.2MEnvironment$505kReligion$227kHealth$122kArts & Culture$84kHuman Services$13kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
DC
LA
MS
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Van Dykebilly Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Humane World for Animals Inc$546,75060%
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc$248,00090%
Animal Humane Society$180,00070%
Commonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England$90,00090%
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$90,00050%
Four Corners Equine Rescue$62,00092%
Animal Recovery Mission Inc$62,00091%
St Thomas Foundation Inc$60,000351%
K9s for Warriors Inc$45,74090%
Spca International Inc$43,80030%
National Wildlife Federation$43,00090%
Turning Pointe Donkey Rescue Inc$41,00081%
Network for Animals USA Inc$40,00081%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$40,00080%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$37,00090%
Animal Place$35,00070%
Companions for Heroes$35,00072%
Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc$32,00080%
American Cancer Association Inc$32,000713%
Wounded Paw Project$31,00070%
Izzy's Love Equine Rescue Inc$30,00061%
Mutts With a Mission$27,00070%
Bluebirds and Blooms Inc$25,00056%
Amandas Farm Animal Rescue$24,1001n/a
Vested Interest in K9s Inc$23,15090%
Paws of War Inc$22,00060%
A Voice for All Paws Inc$21,00034%
Minnesota Historical Society$20,00020%
Old Friends Senior Dogs Inc$20,00040%
Minnesota Humane Society$18,00062%
The White Coat Waste Project Inc$16,00040%
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$13,00080%
Healing Haven Animal Foundation Inc$12,00047%
Grace United Methodist Church$11,0001n/a
National Audubon Society Inc$11,00050%
Climate Generation$10,00021%
South Florida Wildlife Center Inc$10,00010%
Operation Pachamama Inc$10,0001n/a
Safe Harbor Animal Rescue Inc$10,0001n/a
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$10,00010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$9,00090%
Pine River Watershed Alliance$6,250710%
Common Sense Media$6,00010%
C & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC$6,00012%
Friends of the Hennepin County Library$5,25090%
Smileys Rescues$5,00015%
Agape Animal Rescue$5,00012%
Grace United Methodist Church$5,0001n/a
Art 2 Heart$3,00061%
Tubman$3,00010%
Castleton Ranch Horse Rescue Inc$2,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,00010%
Courage Kenny Foundation$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 34 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Van Dykebilly Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 48 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $546,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc: $248,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $180,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCommonwealth Zoological Corporation D/B/A Zoo New England: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $90,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFour Corners Equine Rescue: $62,000 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetAnimal Recovery Mission Inc: $62,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetSt Thomas Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 51% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $45,740 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSpca International Inc: $43,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Wildlife Federation: $43,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTurning Pointe Donkey Rescue Inc: $41,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNetwork for Animals USA Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Public Radio American Public Media: $37,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Place: $35,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCompanions for Heroes: $35,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetGuardian Angels Medical Service Dogs Inc: $32,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Cancer Association Inc: $32,000 over 7y, 13% of budgetWounded Paw Project: $31,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetIzzy's Love Equine Rescue Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMutts With a Mission: $27,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBluebirds and Blooms Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetVested Interest in K9s Inc: $23,150 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetPaws of War Inc: $22,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetA Voice for All Paws Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMinnesota Historical Society: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOld Friends Senior Dogs Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Humane Society: $18,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetThe White Coat Waste Project Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTwin Cities Public Television Inc: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Haven Animal Foundation Inc: $12,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetNational Audubon Society Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Generation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSouth Florida Wildlife Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPine River Watershed Alliance: $6,250 over 7y, 9.5% of budgetCommon Sense Media: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetC & Ws RUSTIC HOLLOW SHELTER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFriends of the Hennepin County Library: $5,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSmileys Rescues: $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetAgape Animal Rescue: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetArt 2 Heart: $3,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTubman: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCastleton Ranch Horse Rescue Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCourage Kenny Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

Joyce a Ward FoundationCA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Joyce a Ward Foundation · Bradford Family Foundation · Seckinger Foundation Corporation · PC Fund for Animals Charitable Tr · The J R Stein Family Foundation (F/K/A the Stein Family Fund) · John R Oltman Charitable Foundation · Butchkie Foundation Inc · Paula Knickerbocker Foundation Inc · Surendra and Karen Gupta Arc Foundation · Duncans and Tuquis Legacy Organization Dba Datlo · Edwin D Marks Animal Foundation · The Patricia Florence Miller Trust

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.

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About Van Dykebilly Foundation

How much does Van Dykebilly Foundation give?
Van Dykebilly Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $500,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Van Dykebilly Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (51%), Education (27%), Environment (11%).
Who are Van Dykebilly Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Humane World for Animals Inc ($547k), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Inc ($248k), Animal Humane Society ($180k).
Does Van Dykebilly Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Van Dykebilly Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Van Dykebilly Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Joyce a Ward Foundation, Bradford Family Foundation, Seckinger Foundation Corporation.
Where is Van Dykebilly Foundation based?
Van Dykebilly Foundation is based in MN.

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 88 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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