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Bernard D Reisberg and Joan B Reisberg Family Foundation at a glanceAlso receives grants: funding profile →

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Bernard D Reisberg and Joan B Reisberg Family 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.

$1k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$16kArts & Culture$3kHealth$1kEducation$1kHuman Services$98Recreation & Sports$50Other$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$22k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Elim Lutheran Church$1,200
Individual grant recipient$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $33) 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: $33 → 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

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IL
NY
MA
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MO
AL
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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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20k · 9 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +74% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
23

Total granted

$20k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+74%
+23%

Still filing today

56%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

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HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman 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

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +74%
  • NM
    NORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $700 · revenue +94%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2022 · $655 · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • SF
    Sturgis First United Methodist Chur
    one grant, 2019 · $300
  • LO
    Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church
    one grant, 2019 · $200
  • TH
    Tanzania Heritage Project
    one grant, 2018 · $200
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
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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2
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
5
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
6
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
7
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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8
American Association of Medical Society Executives

American association of medical society executives (aamse) is committed to educating and supporting medical society professionals to advance the profession of medical society management, medical societies, and the physicians they serve.

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9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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11
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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12
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Memorial Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Operation Outreach-Usa Inc. 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

16 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. 16 of the 33 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)
15/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ELIM LUTHERAN CHURCH: $15,065 · OtherELIM LUTHERAN CHURCHNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $700 · Other+21 more: $2,190 · Other+21 moreTHE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE: $3,000 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN SW…UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $655 · EducationBreck School: $100 · EducationMACALESTER COLLEGE: $40 · EducationAmerican Heart Association Inc: $150 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $80 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50 · HealthALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $25 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $25 · HealthWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $33 · Human Services
Other$17,955Arts & Culture$3,000Education$795Health$330Human Services$33

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 AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $655 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreck School: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $80 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRED MOUNTAIN PARK FOUNDATION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMACALESTER COLLEGE: $40 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $33 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans of Foreign Wars of The United States: $15 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.

The Minneapolis Found…Margaret a Cargill Fo…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Minneapolis FoundationMN14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Bernard D Reisberg and Joan B Reisberg Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bernard D Reisberg and Joan B Reisberg Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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 33 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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