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William R Courtney and Valerie M Courtney Foundation at a glance

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William R Courtney and Valerie M Courtney 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.

$91k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$10k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Animals$154kScience & Tech$72kInternational$51kHousing & Shelter$50kFood & Nutrition$39kHuman Services$20kEducation$15kHealth$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Homeless Empowerment Program$10,000
Center For Contemporary Sciences$8,290
Individual grant recipient$8,239
The Humane League$8,000
White Coat Waste Project$7,700
Flatbush Cats$6,350
Individual grant recipient$5,181
Woodstock Farm Sanctuary$5,000
Mercy Ships$5,000
Wounded Warrior Project$5,000
Friends of Strays Inc$5,000
Tunnel to Towers Foundation$5,000
Little Wanderers NYC$3,124
Physicians Committee for Responsibl$3,000
Catstoria Cat Rescue Inc$2,200
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 (FY20–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Wounded Warrior Project: $5k → 14%Wounded Warrior Project: $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

ID
NY
MA
NJ
CA
MD
AR
TN
NC
DC
HI
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$331k · 15 repeat orgs$99k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +39% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$331k
$80k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+39%

Still filing today

80%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsFood & NutritionInternationalHealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TH
    THE HUMANE LEAGUE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $43k · revenue +43%
  • HE
    HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +83%
  • TG
    THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $31k · revenue +49%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +59%
  • SN
    SEMILLA NUEVA
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -8%
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 International

HUMANE WORLD FOR ANIMALS INTERNATIONAL, FKA HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI), works around the globe to promote the human-animal bond, rescue and protect dogs and cats, improve farm animal welfare, protect wildlife, promote animal-free…

Animals
3
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
4
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
5
Humane World Action Fund

To pass animal protection laws, educate the public, and support humane candidates for office.

Animals
6
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
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
Humane Farm Animal Care

Every farmer and rancher participating in the Certified Humane program had to modify their operations to meet the Animal Care Standards and be certified. Schedule O

Animals
9
Center for a Humane Economy Inc

There are many pathways for improving the lives of animals, but encouraging corporations to embed animal protection values into their production practices, supply chains, marketing efforts and research and development activities may be the…

Animals
10
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
11
World Vets

To improve the health & well-being of animals through veterinary aid, response, training, research & local capacity building worldwide. We provide services to companion animals, horses, street dogs, livestock and marine animals including…

Animals
12
The Animal Welfare Foundation
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mercy for Animals Inc; 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

28 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. 28 of the 36 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE HUMANE LEAGUE: $42,775 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE LEAGUETHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC: $28,700 · AnimalsTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INCWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $15,800 · AnimalsWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INCHumane World for Animals Inc: $12,725 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals IncFLATBUSH CATS INC: $6,350 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE FUND INC: $5,157 · AnimalsFriends of Strays Inc: $5,000 · AnimalsMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,000 · AnimalsNEW ENGLAND ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY: $5,000 · Animals+4 more: $7,863 · Animals+4 moreIndividual grant recipient: $38,829 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $15,362 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE SALVATION ARMY: $10,400 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHabitat for Humanity: $10,128 · OtherHabitat for HumanityWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · OtherWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSETHE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD INC: $5,000 · Other+5 more: $7,685 · Other+5 moreCENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY SCIENCES INC: $33,403 · Food & NutritionCENTER FOR CONTEMPO…THE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $31,000 · Food & NutritionTHE GOOD FOOD INSTI…A Well-Fed World: $8,127 · Food & NutritionA Well-Fed WorldMercy Ships International: $25,600 · InternationalMercy Ship…SEMILLA NUEVA: $10,000 · InternationalSEMILLA NU…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 · InternationalMEDECINS S…HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterHOMELESS E…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $6,666 · HealthPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $3,000 · HealthSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Education
Animals$134,370Other$107,404Food & Nutrition$72,530International$40,600Housing & Shelter$40,000Health$19,666Education$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HUMANE LEAGUE: $42,775 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY SCIENCES INC: $33,403 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetTHE GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE INC: $31,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WHITE COAT WASTE PROJECT INC: $28,700 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Ships International: $25,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOODSTOCK FARM ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $15,800 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $12,725 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEMILLA NUEVA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Well-Fed World: $8,127 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBILL HILLARY & CHELSEA CLINTON FOUNDATION: $6,666 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLATBUSH CATS INC: $6,350 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE FUND INC: $5,157 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Strays Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMERCY FOR ANIMALS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE WANDERERS NYC INC: $3,333 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPhysicians Committee for Responsible Med: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER FARM SANCTUARY CORP: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLITTLE BEAR SANCTUARY 2280 STATE ROAD 31 PUNTA GORDA FL 33982: $1,030 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARTISTS FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,000 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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Express Foun…ImpactassetsincThe Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY14.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Express Foundation · Impactassetsinc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 R Courtney and Valerie M Courtney Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William R Courtney and Valerie M Courtney Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Homeless Emergency Project Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Artists for Humanity Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 36 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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