Alexander Mccausland Charitable
Saint Louis, MO · EIN 37-6437195. Reported 127 grants totalling $4,483,536 to 50 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Alexander Mccausland Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $20,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $44,394; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $435,060. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke Valley SPCA | Roanoke, VA | $1,185,060 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Blue Ridge Zoological Society Inc | Roanoke, VA | $255,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Univ of Va Medical School Fdn | Charlottesville, VA | $224,394 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Assisi Animal Clinics of Virginia Inc | Roanoke, VA | $195,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blue Ridge Zoological Society of Virginia Inc | Roanoke, VA | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Last Chance for Animals | Los Angeles, CA | $165,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Humane Society of the United | Washington DC, DC | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Alley Cat Rescue Inc | Mt Rainier, MD | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bedford Humane Society Inc | Bedford, VA | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southwest Virginia Wildlife | Roanoke, VA | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| League for Animal Protection | Fincastle, VA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smiles Forever Animal Rescue | Fincastle, VA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare in | Yarmouth Port, MA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $88,555 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund | Cotati, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Franklin County Humane Society Inc | Union, MO | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue | Hardy, VA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| In Defense of Animals | San Rafael, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Defenders of Wildlife | Washington DC, DC | $65,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Brook Hill Retirement Center | Forest, VA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Humane Association | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Farm Sanctuary Inc | Watkins Glen, NY | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Society for the Prevention | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bedford Humane Society | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Humane Society of the United States | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mill Mountain Zoo Inc | Roanoke, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| People Ethical Treatment of Animals Peta | Norfolk, VA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Animal Nations | Sacramento, CA | $50,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Franklin County Humane Society | Frankfort, KY | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Franklin County Humane Society Inc | Rocky Mount, VA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Friends of Animals Inc | Darien, CT | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Healing Strides of Va | Boones Mill, VA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center of Roanoke Inc | Roanoke, VA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barn Cat Buddies | Hardy, VA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Society for the Prevention of C | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brook Hill Retirement Center for Horses Inc | Forest, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Healing Strides of Virginia | Boones Mill, VA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Fund for Animal | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New Freedom Farm Inc | Buchanan, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| People for the Ethical | Washington DC, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Humane Education Society | Charles Town, WV | $15,527 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lynchburg Humane Society Inc | Lynchburg, VA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northeast Animal Shelter Inc | Salem, MA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Society for the Prevention of Cruelty | Conshohocken, PA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Washington Humane Society | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Washington Humane Society | Hagerstown, MD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barn Cat Buddies Program | Salem, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (peta) | Norfolk, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
31 of 50 (62%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 67%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Blue Ridge Zoological Society of Virginia
EXHIBIT RENOVATION PROJECT - People Ethical Treatment of Animals Peta
STOP ANIMAL TESTS CHALLENGE - Roanoke Valley Horse Rescue
EQUIPMENT AND FOOD SUPPLIES - Defenders of Wildlife
SECURING A SAFE FUTURE FOR - Barn Cat Buddies
SAFE HAVEN FELINE PROJECT - United Animal Nations
REDROVER RESPONDERS PROGRAM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 93 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $849,544 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 28 | $796,500 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $856,500 | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 28 | $965,992 | $20,000 |
| 2025 | 16 | $1,015,000 | $27,500 |
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
69% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $20,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Virginia.
- 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.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Alexander Mccausland Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
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.
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