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Ab Regester 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.

$340k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$1.0MInternational$448kEnvironment$92kFood & Nutrition$65kHealth$62kAnimals$41kRecreation & Sports$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$33kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $219k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAGDALENE COLLEGE FOUNDATION$50,000
PALESTINIAN CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$40,000
PALESTINIAN CHILDRENS RELIEF FUND$30,000
MIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE$25,000
ST PAUL'S SCHOOL OAKLAND$20,000
GAZA SOUP KITCHEN$12,000
ALSAC - ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$12,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$10,000
SUDAN RELIEF FUND$10,000
DEVELOP AFRICA$10,000
UNRWA USA$10,000
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE$10,000
FUTURES EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION$10,000
GUYANA UNITED YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF NY$10,000
IFAW (INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE)$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 (FY22–22, $2k) 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%FREE WOMEN WRITERS: $2k → 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

VT
WA
ID
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
DE
TN
DC
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Ab Regester Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Ab Regester Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 9.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 32 repeat orgs$287k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
16

Total granted

$1.6M
$123k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+1%

Still filing today

69%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $164k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalEducationEnvironmentFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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

  • TM
    THE MAGDALENE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $739k · revenue +90% · 39% of their budget
  • AF
    AMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $55k · revenue +21%
  • AL
    AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN
    3× · 2021–2023 · $45k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • BF
    BORDERS FOREST TRUST
    one grant, 2019 · $21k
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +1%
  • MADRE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue -57%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
International Crisis Group

Crisis group works to prevent and resolve deadly conflict around the world by informing and influencing the perceptions and actions of policymakers and other key conflict actors. to this end, we endeavour to talk to all sides and provide…

International
3
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
4
Alight

Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…

International
5
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
8
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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9
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
10
Nuru International

Nuru is a global collective that enables inclusive and sustainable prosperity by identifying communities at the stability tipping point, strengthening rural livelihoods and market systems, and fostering stabilizing connections that repair…

International
11
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
12
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Food for the Poor Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blair in Kenya Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

41 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. 41 of the 59 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
20/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MAGDALENE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $739,000 · EducationTHE MAGDALENE COLLEGE FOUNDATIONAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $55,000 · EducationAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC+4 more: $38,000 · EducationRAMALLAH FRIENDS SCHOOL: $99,000 · OtherRAMALLAH FRIENDS SCHOOLST PAUL'S SCHOOL OAKLAND: $60,000 · OtherST PAUL'S SCHOOL OAKLANDBLOSSOMS OF GUYANA: $40,000 · OtherBLOSSOMS OF GUYANACALIFORNIA 2 GUYANA BASKETBALL: $35,000 · OtherCALIFORNIA 2 GUYANA BASKETBALLCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $32,500 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESTHE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $26,000 · OtherTHE SENTENCING PROJECT: $25,000 · OtherBORDERS FOREST TRUST: $21,000 · OtherIFAW (INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE): $20,000 · OtherST MICHAELS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 · Other+18 more: $139,500 · Other+18 morePALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $70,000 · InternationalPALESTINE CHILDREN'S REL…Save The Children Federation Inc: $50,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federa…BLAIR IN KENYA INC: $46,250 · InternationalBLAIR IN KENYA INCDevelop Africa: $33,750 · InternationalDevelop AfricaMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $32,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES…UNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $32,000 · InternationalUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMI…ISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $28,750 · InternationalISLAMIC RELIEF USAGlobal Impact: $25,000 · InternationalGlobal ImpactMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $25,000 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S A…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $15,000 · InternationalMADRE INC: $15,000 · International+5 more: $45,000 · International+5 moreAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $45,000 · HealthRainforest Action Network: $15,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 · Environment350ORG: $5,000 · EnvironmentFeeding America: $18,000 · Food & NutritionGAZA SOUP KITCHEN: $12,000 · Food & NutritionHOLISTIC LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $23,750 · Youth DevelopmentHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $5,000 · Youth Development
Education$832,000Other$523,000International$417,750Health$45,000Environment$32,500Food & Nutrition$30,000Youth Development$28,750

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 MAGDALENE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $739,000 over 6y, 39% of budgetPALESTINE CHILDREN'S RELIEF FUND: $70,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICANS FOR OXFORD INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBLAIR IN KENYA INC: $46,250 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDevelop Africa: $33,750 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $32,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNRWA USA NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC: $32,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $28,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COUNTRY SCHOOL INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGlobal Impact: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST MICHAELS COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE SENTENCING PROJECT: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHOLISTIC LIFE FOUNDATION INC: $23,750 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFeeding America: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMADRE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHALOS HAVEN RESCUE INC: $12,500 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetGAZA SOUP KITCHEN: $12,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF FLY FISHING INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMINDFUL SCHOOLS: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEBOY INDUSTRIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOLD FRIENDS SENIOR DOGS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA FUND INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

American Express Foun…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Express FoundationNY12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Express Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Ab Regester Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ab Regester Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • St Michaels Community Center Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Holistic Life Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get 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 · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ab Regester Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ab Regester Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 59 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home