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Barnsley Emma Foundation

Saint Louis, MO · EIN 26-4785578. Reported 61 grants totalling $539,050 to 36 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$7,500median grant
$539,050granted, 2021-2024
36organizations funded
43%of grantees funded again the next year
$4,150,279assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Barnsley Emma Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$1,000 - $5,000
3 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
37 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
19 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Texas A&m FoundationCollege Station, TX$50,000222024
Zsl America IncNew York, NY$50,000332023
Texas Tech Foundation IncLubbock, TX$35,000222024
Ducks Unlimited IncMemphis, TN$33,100442024
Humane Society of North TexasFort Worth, TX$27,500332024
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsNew York, NY$25,000332023
West Texas A&m UniversityCanyon, TX$25,000112022
Defenders of WildlifeWashington, DC$22,500332024
Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society IncCollege Sta, TX$20,000332024
Texas Conservation AllianceDallas, TX$20,000222022
Pines and Prairies Land TrustBastrop, TX$17,500222023
Austin Pets AliveAustin, TX$15,000222024
Bideawee IncWantagh, NY$15,000332024
Dallas Pets AliveDallas, TX$15,000222024
West Texas a M University FoundationCanyon, TX$15,000112023
Second Chance Wildlife RescueGaithersburg, MD$13,050222024
San Antonio Pets Alive IncSan Anotonio, TX$12,500222024
Best Friends Animal SocietyKanab, UT$10,000112021
International Exotic Feline Sanctuary inBoyd, TX$10,000112022
SPCA of TexasDallas, TX$10,000112021
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers FoFort Worth, TX$10,000222022
Texas State Aquarium AssociationCorp Christi, TX$10,000112022
American Society for the PreventionNew York, NY$7,500112024
Animal TracksSanta Clarita, CA$7,500112021
Meals on Wheels San AntonioSan Antonio, TX$7,500222022
Atlantic Marine Conservation Society LtdHampton Bays, NY$7,000112021
Peter Emily International Veterinary DenGolden, CO$7,000112021
Aggieland Humane SocietyBryan, TX$6,500112021
Erie County SPCAWest Seneca, NY$6,400112021
African Wildlife FoundationWashington, DC$5,000112021
Animal Care and Control of New York City IncNew York, NY$5,000112024
Appalachian Wildlife RefugeCandler, NC$5,000112021
Etosha Rescue & Adoption CenterSeguin, TX$5,000112021
For Animals IncBrooklyn, NY$5,000112021
New Braunfels Community Cat CoalitionNew Braunfels, TX$2,500112021
Humane Society of Wichita County TexasWichita Falls, TX$1,000112021

17 of 36 (47%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 43%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 49 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
40 grants
Education
6 grants
Environment
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202124$180,000$6,750
202214$150,000$10,000
202310$90,000$7,500
202413$119,050$7,500

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 58% of this one's giving went to organizations in Texas. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Texas
$315K
New York
$121K
Tennessee
$33K
District of Columbia
$28K
Maryland
$13K
Utah
$10K
California
$8K
Colorado
$7K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

American Online Giving Foundation Inc20 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc16 shared recipientsPaypal Charitable Giving Fund16 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust13 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Texas.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Barnsley Emma Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO, 63166. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 26-4785578 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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