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Violet G Young Charitable Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Violet G Young Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
44
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$24k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Science & Tech$122kAnimals$98kHealth$81kEducation$75kHuman Services$59kEnvironment$48kArts & Culture$34kPhilanthropy$28kOther$0
02FY2025 · 44 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k43 grants · $56k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $24k
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARIZONA TESLA SCIENCE FOUNDATION$23,643
Cancer Research Institute$9,501
DALLAS CENTER-GRIMES COMMUNITY SCHOOL$4,865
PIONEER PROGRAMS$3,183
SBPA SERVICES INC$3,183
FURTHER SHORE INC$2,500
NORTHLAND HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE$2,000
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF$2,000
FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER$2,000
ANIMAL LIFELINE OF IOWA$1,273
AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$1,273
FOOD BANK OF IOWA$1,273
FURRY FRIENDS REFUGE WEST DES MOINES$1,273
DIANE FOSSEY GORILLA FUND$1,273
GRIMES STOREHOUSE$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ASSISTANCE: $500 → 11%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $1k → 12%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $706 → 5%BIG CAT RESCUE CORP: $500 → 13%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $500 → 9%INFINITY FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $1k → 12%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $700 → 5%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $500 → 9%NORTHLAND HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: $2k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $1k → 12%Patriot PAWS Service Dogs: $650 → 5%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $500 → 9%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $1k → 12%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $500 → 9%NORTHLAND HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: $2k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $500 → 12%WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT: $500 → 12%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $500 → 14%A CHANCE IN LIFE: $500 → 17%CHARITY WATER: $1k → 17%CHARITY WATER: $500 → 17%CHARITY WATER: $500 → 17%Azulita Project Inc: $575 → 16%SHADOWS FOUNDATION: $3k → 16%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $500 → 10%CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $500 → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 10%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

WA
MN
IL
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MD
AZ
AR
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$514k · 80 repeat orgs$130k to everyone else

80 repeat relationships: 39 still active in FY2025, 41 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

80
65

Total granted

$514k
$116k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+25%

Still filing today

55%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentEducationInternationalOther
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

  • DC
    DALLAS CENTER-GRIMES EDUCATION FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $14k · revenue +296%
  • AL
    ANIMAL LIFELINE OF IOWA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +38%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF IOWA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +228%

Funded once

  • SM
    Sedona Montessori School Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $9k · revenue 0%
  • LA
    LOST ARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • TS
    TESLA SCIENCE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
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 Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
2
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
3
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
4
Arizona Humane Society

We save the most vulnerable animals and enrich the lives of pets and people.

Animals
5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
Michigan Humane Society

To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.

Animals
7
Best Friends Animal Society

To bring about a time when there are no more homeless pets. we do this by demonstrating and promoting exemplary animal care and building community programs and partnerships.

Animals
8
Humane Society of Yuma

To reduce the number of homeless pets through adoption, rescue and spay and neuter programs.

Animals
9
All About Animals Rescue

All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.

Animals
10
Shelter From the Storm Animal Rescue Inc

Reduce the euthanasia rate of healthy and adoptable animals and improve the lives of companion animals by finding permanent homes for animals in need, providing support to communities who do not have access to humane organizations,…

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11
Idaho Humane Society Inc

The mission of the Idaho Humane Society (IHS) is to advocate for the welfare and responsible care of animals, protect them from neglect and cruelty, and promote humane education, awareness and compassion for all living creatures.

Animals
12
Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Santa barbara humane operates two campuses located in santa barbara and santa maria providing care for community-owned and homeless animals. both campuses offer affordable high quality veterinary care, compassionate behavior training…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Action Against Hunger - Usa; the most unlike its peers is Als Foundation. 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

88 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. 88 of the 152 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
84/88
Grantees still filing
56/88
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FURTHER SHORE INCORPORATED: $29,189 · OtherFURTHER SHORE INCORPORATEDANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF: $15,200 · OtherPROJECT AWARE INC: $14,030 · OtherSTANTON MIGRAINE PROTOCOL INC: $12,496 · Other+95 more: $287,347 · Other+95 moreTHE ARIZONA TESLA SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC: $113,838 · Science & TechTHE ARIZONA TESLA S…ANIMAL LIFELINE OF IOWA INC: $10,704 · AnimalsANIMAL LIF…FURRY FRIENDS REFUGE: $8,286 · AnimalsFURRY FRIE…MISS KITTYS CAT HOUSE: $8,075 · AnimalsMISS KITTY…SBPA SERVICES INC: $5,205 · AnimalsSBPA SERVI…ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $4,145 · AnimalsANIMAL LEG…SAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $4,023 · AnimalsSAN DIEGO …ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $4,000 · AnimalsANIMAL WEL…UNITED ANIMAL FRIENDS INC: $2,944 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,500 · AnimalsSAVINGS OUR AVIAN RESOURCES SOAR: $2,000 · Animals+5 more: $6,636 · Animals+5 moreCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $9,501 · HealthELLIPSIS INC: $9,000 · HealthTHE POORE MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $7,728 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $6,000 · HealthNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $4,000 · HealthORCHARD PLACE: $2,000 · HealthNAMI National: $1,500 · Health+3 more: $3,000 · HealthCommunity Transition Academy: $14,131 · EducationDALLAS CENTER-GRIMES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $14,097 · EducationTynkertopia Inc: $2,000 · Education+3 more: $2,500 · EducationINFINITY FOUNDATION: $5,533 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesNORTHLAND HOSPICE: $4,000 · Human ServicesSHADOWS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,171 · Human ServicesPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $2,056 · Human Services4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF IOWA: $1,000 · Human Services+5 more: $2,575 · Human ServicesAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $8,530 · EnvironmentIOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $4,500 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $3,000 · Environment350ORG: $3,000 · EnvironmentIOWA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $2,000 · Environment+1 more: $500 · Environment
Other$358,262Science & Tech$113,838Animals$58,518Health$42,729Education$32,728Human Services$29,335Environment$24,530

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 budgetCommunity Transition Academy: $14,131 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetDALLAS CENTER-GRIMES EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $14,097 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetANIMAL LIFELINE OF IOWA INC: $10,704 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $10,703 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTELLURIDE SOCIETY FOR JAZZ: $10,325 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $9,501 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSedona Montessori School Inc: $9,338 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,190 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetELLIPSIS INC: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $8,530 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFURRY FRIENDS REFUGE: $8,286 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMISS KITTYS CAT HOUSE: $8,075 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetTHE POORE MEDICAL CLINIC INC: $7,728 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $7,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $6,853 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPrescott Mountain Bike Alliance: $6,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetINFINITY FOUNDATION: $5,533 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER: $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC: $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGRIMES STOREHOUSE INC: $4,906 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetIOWA NATURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $4,145 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUMANE SOCIETY AND SPCA: $4,023 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHLAND HOSPICE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $4,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL DISASTER SEARCH DOG FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHADOWS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget350ORG: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHRIVER CENTER ON POVERTY LAW: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOVER THE RAINBOW BUTTERFLY GARDEN INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED ANIMAL FRIENDS INC: $2,944 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF YAVAPAI COUNTY INC: $2,910 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,171 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $2,056 over 3y, 0.0% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAVINGS OUR AVIAN RESOURCES SOAR: $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetIOWA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTynkertopia Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCHARITY GLOBAL INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetORCHARD PLACE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDWOOD HILLS INC: $1,906 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBAILING OUT BENJI: $1,844 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDURGA TREE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,798 over 1y, 3.3% 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.

  • Who funds THE ARIZONA TESLA SCIENCE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Transition Academy ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS CENTER-GRIMES EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL LIFELINE OF IOWA INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF IOWA ↗
  • Who funds TELLURIDE SOCIETY FOR JAZZ ↗
  • Who funds CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Sedona Montessori School Inc ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ELLIPSIS INC ↗
  • Who funds AMAZON CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FURRY FRIENDS REFUGE ↗
  • Who funds MISS KITTYS CAT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE POORE MEDICAL CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds Prescott Mountain Bike Alliance ↗
  • Who funds INFINITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER DES MOINES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds FLAGSTAFF FAMILY FOOD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SBPA SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC ↗

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.

Arizona Community Fou…Prairie Meadows Race …Community Fdn of Grea…Molly and Joseph Herm…The West Bancorporati…Kyle J & Sharon Kraus…Ita Group FoundationEMC Insurance Foundat…Variety - the Childre…Meredith Corporation …Geile Charitable Foun…United Way of Norther…
Arizona Community FoundationAZ29.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · Molly and Joseph Herman Foundation · The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc · Kyle J & Sharon Krause Family Foundation · Ita Group Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · Meredith Corporation Foundation · Geile Charitable Foundation · United Way of Northern Arizona Inc

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 Violet G Young Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Violet G Young Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 67% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Neads Inc: 1% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 152 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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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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