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William E Dean III Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$800k
Granted FY2024still arriving
67
Grants FY2024still arriving
26
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% 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
02FY2024 · 67 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 67 grants below total $635,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $800,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $165,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k60 grants · $600k
$10,000
Median grant
26
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
C.A.R.E.$10,000
Zero8Hundred$10,000
Longmont Humanity Society$10,000
Horses of Hope Oregon (Adaptive Riding Institute)$10,000
Pawsitive Perspectives Assistance Dog (PawPADs)$10,000
Virginia Baptist Childrens Home$10,000
Indy Art Center$10,000
Veterans Helping Veterans USA Inc.$10,000
VeteransPlus (Coordinated Assistance Network)$10,000
Community Animal Medicine Project (CAMP)$10,000
Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center$10,000
Dove Creek Equine Rescue$10,000
Capital Area Humane Society$10,000
Central Virginia Horse Rescue$10,000
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge$10,000
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 (FY19–20, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INC: $30k → 12%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10k → 8%ZERO8HUNDRED: $10k → 11%WOUNDED HEROES FUND: $10k → 18%GUIDE DOGS OF TEXAS: $10k → 16%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%CANINES FOR SERVICE: $10k → 12%CIRCLE TAIL INC: $30k → 6%FENWICK FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $10k → 8%SALUTE INC: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NH
WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
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.

10%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$215k · 10 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 58 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
115

Total granted

$215k
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+36%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $545k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’24
AnimalsHuman ServicesEducationHealthPublic BenefitEmploymentOther
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

  • HS
    HEALING STRIDES OF VIRGINIA
    2× · 2020–2024 · $30k · revenue +51%
  • MC
    MT CARMEL VETERANS SERVICE CENTER
    2× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +125%
  • PA
    PROJECT ANIMALAID
    2× · 2019–2024 · $20k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • AA
    AMA Animal Rescue Incorporatedgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $35k · revenue +116%
  • AR
    ANIMAL REFUGE CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $30k · revenue +103%
  • KS
    KEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +27%
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
Canine Estates Inc
Animals
2
Raskels Rescue
Animals
3
Pets Return Home

The organization seeks to reduce the unecessary killing and suffering of healthy adoptable dogs at animal rescue and shelter organizations

Animals
4
The Animal Haven Inc

The animal haven's misson is to provide a temporary, safe, caring and humane refuge for homeless dogs and cats and place these animals in quality adoptive homes.

Animals
5
Humane Society of Southern Arizona

To compassionately serve pets and the people who love them.

Animals
6
Paws Need People

Paws need people strive to rescue pets from shelters and provide a place they can stay until they are adopted. they provide pets to veterans through its therapy pet program.

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7
Fur Animal Rescue

Animal rescue organization dedicated to finding homes for animals at the animal shelter. we also provde vet care foster homes, and assistance with homing for special needs animals.

Animals
8
All About Animals Rescue

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

Animals
9
The Adoptable Dog
Animals
10
Hope Fur Paws Rescue

To help injured, abandoned and unwanted animals. We provide food, vet care that includes heartworm prevention and spay or neuter services, shelter and anything else needed.

Animals
11
Pets Without Partners

Find homes for homeless/abandoned dogs. Provide full vet car and housing while awaiting adoption,

Animals
12
Animal Rescue and Adoption Agency Inc

An animal rescue/adoption Agency. Rescued animals are from kill shelters or owner surrenders facing hardship then rehabbed/medical completed while in foster care then adopted into loving homes.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Spca of Texas; the most unlike its peers is Samaritan's Purse. 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

135 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 135 of the 183 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
30
Early backer (in before they grew)
135/135
Grantees still filing
81/135
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMA Animal Rescue Incorporated: $35,000 · Animals+82 more: $920,000 · Animals+82 moreHEALING STRIDES OF VIRGINIA: $30,000 · Other+60 more: $737,000 · Other+60 moreKEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesKEYSTONE SER…CIRCLE TAIL INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCIRCLE TAIL …Zero8Hundred Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesZero8Hundred…SALUTE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesSALUTE INCGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN CENTER INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCANINE SUPPORT TEAMS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesPATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $10,000 · Human ServicesFENWICK FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED HEROES FUND KERN COUNTY: $10,000 · Human ServicesPATIENT AIRLIFT SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCanines for Service Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE COMMIT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesLITTLE ANGELS SERVICE DOGS: $10,000 · Human ServicesFREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE DAISY FUND: $10,000 · Human ServicesGuide Dogs of Texas Inc: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationHIRE HEROES USA INC: $20,000 · EducationCARTHAGE COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationVETERANS WATCHMAKER INITIATIVE INC: $10,000 · EducationTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationSUNY COBLESKILL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSIT STAY READ INC: $10,000 · EducationHEAD STRONG PROJECT INC: $10,000 · HealthWAR HORSES FOR VETERANS INC: $10,000 · HealthSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $10,000 · HealthUNITED DISABILITIES SERVICES: $10,000 · HealthHEARTS & HORSES INC: $10,000 · HealthVETERANS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH COUNTY: $10,000 · Public BenefitThe Independence Fund Inc: $10,000 · Public BenefitJerry Ambrose Veterans Council of Mohave County: $10,000 · Public BenefitMILITARY NO STRESS PCS INCORPORATED: $5,000 · Public BenefitA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $5,000 · Public BenefitMT CARMEL VETERANS SERVICE CENTER: $25,000 · EmploymentCANDORFUL INC: $10,000 · Employment
Animals$955,000Other$767,000Human Services$245,000Education$100,000Health$50,000Public Benefit$40,000Employment$35,000

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 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
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.

Petco LoveThe Duffield Family F…BISSELL Pet FoundationPetsmart Charities IncGreater Good CharitiesThornton S Jr and Kat…Banfield FoundationThe American Society …Pedigree FoundationThe Summerlee Foundat…Best Friends Animal S…Humane World for Anim…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization William E Dean III Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William E Dean III Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Clearwater Marine Aquarium Inc: 1% of income from government
  • People for Animals Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Cat Depot: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 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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