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William E Dean III Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$800k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
67
Itemized grants FY2024
65
Organizations funded FY2020
98%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Itemized, FY2024
$635k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
61 to 65
FY2019 to FY2020
States reached, FY2024
26
Total assets, FY2024
$14M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 98% of the organizations William E Dean III Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 98% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving67$635k87%
FY202065$782k98%
FY201961$775kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Animals$1.4MHuman Services$290kHealth$150kEducation$55kArts & Culture$45kHousing & Shelter$45kFood & Nutrition$35kEmployment$30kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 136 grantees
All grantees of William E Dean III Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
AMA Animal Rescue Incorporated$35,000111%
Animal Refuge Center Inc$30,00014%
Keystone Service Systems Inc$30,00010%
Healing Strides of Virginia$30,00023%
Circle Tail Inc$30,00012%
Insync Exotic Inc$25,00012%
The George W Bush Foundation$25,00010%
Humane Society of San Antonio (Audit)$25,00020%
Mt Carmel Veterans Service Center$25,00021%
Project Animalaid$20,00023%
Ingham County Humane Society$20,00020%
Zero8Hundred Inc$20,00022%
Putnam Habitat for Humanity Inc$20,00026%
Hire Heroes USA Inc$20,00010%
Humane Society of Jefferson County$20,00027%
Austin Pets Alive Inc$20,00010%
Community Partnership for Pets Inc$20,00018%
Smiles Forever Animal Rescue and Sanctua$20,0001n/a
Pope Memorial Humane Society$20,00011%
Turpentine Creek Foundation Inc$20,00020%
American Humane Association$20,00010%
Can Do Canines$15,00011%
Carthage College$15,00010%
Salute Inc$15,00021%
Almost Home Foundation$15,00013%
HeARTS SPEAK INC$15,000118%
The Livestock Conservancy Inc$15,00012%
The Humane Society of Baltimore County Inc$15,00011%
Berea's Animal Rescue Fund Inc$15,00013%
San Antonio Pets Alive Inc$15,00011%
Animal Rescue of the Rockies$15,00013%
Veterans Association of North County$10,00014%
People for Animals Inc$10,00010%
Helen Woodward Animal Center$10,00010%
Veterans Watchmaker Initiative Inc$10,00011%
Samaritan's Purse$10,00010%
Riverside Humane Society Pet Adoption Center$10,00010%
Saffyre Sanctuary Inc$10,000110%
Rude Ranch Animal Rescue Inc$10,0001n/a
Frankie's Friends Inc$10,00011%
Goochland Pet Lovers$10,0001n/a
Texas Chihuahua Rescue$10,00012%
Etosha Rescue & Adoption Center$10,00014%
The Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary$10,00010%
Women's Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$10,00010%
City Dogs Rescue Inc$10,00011%
Candorful Inc$10,00014%
Underdog Animal Rescue and Rehab$10,00011%
SPCA of Texas$10,00010%
Voice for the Animals$10,00019%
Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc$10,00010%
Chimp Haven Inc$10,00010%
Oshkosh Area Humane Society$10,0001n/a
Win Place Home Inc$10,00014%
Richardson Humane Society$10,00018%
Welcomehealth$10,00011%
Head Strong Project Inc$10,00010%
The Posse Foundation Inc$10,00010%
The Independence Fund Inc$10,00010%
Suny Cobleskill College Foundation$10,00010%
Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary Inc$10,00011%
Indraloka Animal Sanctuary Inc$10,00011%
Samaritan Center Inc$10,00011%
Canine Support Teams Inc$10,00011%
Hope's Legacy Equine Rescue Inc$10,00013%
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$10,00010%
Paws of Ne Louisiana Inc$10,0001n/a
Cat Depot$10,00011%
War Horses for Veterans Inc$10,00011%
Wichita Animal Action League$10,00011%
Patriot Paws Service Dogs$10,00010%
Fenwick Foundation$10,00013%
Humane Society of North Texas$10,00010%
Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County$10,00012%
Dove Creek Equine Rescue & Sanctuary$10,00011%
Dekalb Humane Society Inc$10,00011%
Patient Airlift Services Inc$10,00010%
Canines for Service Inc$10,00011%
Jerry Ambrose Veterans Council of Mohave County$10,00012%
Second Chance Animal Services Inc$10,00010%
Ranch Hands Rescue$10,0001n/a
The Commit Foundation$10,00010%
W O L F$10,00011%
Lowell Humane Society$10,00012%
Los Angeles Rabbit Foundation$10,00018%
Little Angels Service Dogs$10,00011%
Hope for Heroes Horsemanship Center$10,00014%
Horses and Humans Research Foundation$10,00012%
Humane Society of Greater Miami-Dade for Pocta Aap$10,00010%
Saving Hope Foundation$10,00011%
Wags and Walks$10,00010%
Albemarle Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc$10,00010%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$10,00010%
Spay-Neuter Action Project$10,00011%
Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$10,00010%
The Maxfund Inc$10,00010%
Central Virginia Horse Rescue$10,00012%
Kansas City Pet Project$10,00010%
Freedom Service Dogs Inc$10,00010%
Humane Society of Utah$10,00010%
Footloose Montana$10,000113%
FixNation Inc$10,00011%
Lucky Dog Animal Rescue$10,00010%
Athens Area Humane Society of Clarke County and Spca Inc$10,00010%
Veterans Bridge Home Inc$10,00011%
Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County Inc$10,00010%
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue Inc$10,00010%
United Disabilities Services$10,00010%
247 Gateway LLC$10,00010%
Retrieving Freedom Inc$10,00010%
Hearts & Horses Inc$10,00010%
Sit Stay Read Inc$10,00012%
First Coast No More Homeless Pets Inc$10,0001n/a
Sun Cities 4 Paws Rescue Inc$10,00011%
The Daisy Fund$10,00013%
San Diego Humane Society and Spca$10,00010%
Guide Dogs of Texas Inc$10,00011%
Haven for Hope of Bexar County$10,00010%
Peteys Playground$5,0001n/a
Military No Stress Pcs Incorporated$5,000114%
All About Equine Animal Rescue Inc$5,00011%
The Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter$5,00011%
Soul Harbour Ranch Animal Therapy Program$5,00013%
Angels Among US Pet Rescue Inc$5,00010%
Hearts of Gold Pit Rescue$5,0001n/a
Hero Pups Inc$5,00011%
Deity Animal Rescue and Foundation$5,00012%
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc$5,00010%
Focus Rescue & Rehabilitation Co$5,00017%
Alveus Sanctuary Inc$5,00010%
Paws - Gulf Coast Humane Society$5,00010%
Homemore Project Inc$5,00012%
Animal Victory Disaster & Abuse Fund$5,00014%
Paragon Service Dogs$5,00010%
Pelican Harbor Seabird Station Inc$5,00010%
A Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary$5,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($587k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William E Dean III Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMA Animal Rescue Incorporated: $35,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAnimal Refuge Center Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetKeystone Service Systems Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Strides of Virginia: $30,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetCircle Tail Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetInsync Exotic Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of San Antonio (Audit): $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMt Carmel Veterans Service Center: $25,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetProject Animalaid: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetIngham County Humane Society: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetZero8Hundred Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetPutnam Habitat for Humanity Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetHire Heroes USA Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHumane Society of Jefferson County: $20,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetAustin Pets Alive Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Partnership for Pets Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetPope Memorial Humane Society: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTurpentine Creek Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Humane Association: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCan Do Canines: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCarthage College: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSalute Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAlmost Home Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetHeARTS SPEAK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetThe Livestock Conservancy Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetThe Humane Society of Baltimore County Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBerea's Animal Rescue Fund Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSan Antonio Pets Alive Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAnimal Rescue of the Rockies: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetVeterans Association of North County: $10,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetPeople for Animals Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHelen Woodward Animal Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVeterans Watchmaker Initiative Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiverside Humane Society Pet Adoption Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSaffyre Sanctuary Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetFrankie's Friends Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTexas Chihuahua Rescue: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEtosha Rescue & Adoption Center: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetThe Kindness Ranch Animal Sanctuary: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWomen's Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCity Dogs Rescue Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCandorful Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUnderdog Animal Rescue and Rehab: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoice for the Animals: $10,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetGuide Dogs for the Blind Inc: $10,000 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 127.

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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.

Petco LoveTX42.1× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Petco Love · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · BISSELL Pet Foundation · Petsmart Charities Inc · Greater Good Charities · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Banfield Foundation · The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · Pedigree Foundation · The Summerlee Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · Humane World for Animals 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.

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About William E Dean III Charitable Foundation

How much does William E Dean III Charitable Foundation give?
William E Dean III Charitable Foundation reported 67 itemized grants totaling $635,000, out of $800,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 65 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2020.
What does William E Dean III Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (24%), Human Services (5%), Health (3%).
Who are William E Dean III Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: AMA Animal Rescue Incorporated ($35k), Animal Refuge Center Inc ($30k), Keystone Service Systems Inc ($30k).
Does William E Dean III Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does William E Dean III Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as William E Dean III Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Petco Love, The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund, BISSELL Pet Foundation.
Where is William E Dean III Charitable Foundation based?
William E Dean III Charitable Foundation is based in TX.

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 183 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $897k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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