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Charles & Rita Anderson Foundation at a glance

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Charles & Rita Anderson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$266k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.3MEducation$78kArts & Culture$65kHealth$61kHuman Services$32kHousing & Shelter$29kReligion$21kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $36k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.3M
$7,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #4 MARY J KRIZMANIC$265,711
MS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #5 JOHN L ANDERSEN$265,711
MS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #1 MATTHEW L MOSS$265,711
MS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #3 CHRIS T ANDERSEN$265,711
MS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #2 LAURA ANDERSEN$265,670
THE TREVOR PROJECT$11,500
INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS$10,000
MIKE ROW WORKS FOUNDATION$7,500
STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$6,500
GOODWILL HOMELESS SERVICES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN$5,000
FATHER FRED FOUNDATION$5,000
GATEWAY COMMUNITY PARTNERS$4,500
ADVOCATES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE INC$4,500
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$1,500
ST JOSEPH'S WELLS$1,500
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 (FY20–25, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 17% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GATEWAY COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5k → 17%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%PAWS WITH A CAUSE: $5k → 10%GATEWAY COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5k → 17%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%GOODWILL HOMELESS SERVICES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: $5k → 7%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%GOODWILL HOMELESS SERVICES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: $4k → 7%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%GOODWILL HOMELESS SERVICES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: $4k → 7%FATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $4k → 10%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

IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
MD
SC
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.

18%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$291k · 13 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
11

Total granted

$291k
$29k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+7%

Still filing today

77%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEnvironmentEducationReligionHealthArts & CultureOther
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

  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +392%
  • TREVOR PROJECT INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $34k · revenue +2%
  • FF
    FATHER FRED FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $27k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • PW
    Paws With A Cause
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -4%
  • TF
    THE FRONT PORCH MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue +19%
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
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are underserved, underrepresented and disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
2
Hospice of South Texas Inc

Hospice care of terminally ill patients

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3
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Michigan Inc

Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.

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4
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
5
Homeward Bound Inc

Providing innovative and life-enriching services for children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

Human Services
6
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
7
Goodwill Industries of Northern Il and Wi Stateline Area Inc

The mission of goodwill is to create opportunities for individuals with barriers to enhance their lives. barriers include physical or mental disabilities, lack of education and job preparation, socio-economic disadvantages, and others.…

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8
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin Inc

Goodwill of south central wisconsin's mission is to help people in our community to live, work and thrive through housing, employment and supportive services. see schedule o for continuationsupported employment and job skills training are…

Employment
9
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
10
Wish Granters Inc

Wish grants to terminally ill adults

Human Services
11
Hospice of Wichita Falls Inc

Care, hope, and support for all when illness threatens life.

Human Services
12
Wishing Star Foundation

Wishing star foundation's mission is to provide hope and lasting memories for children who are terminal or battling a life-threatening illness.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trevor Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Josephs Wells. 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

20 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. 20 of the 32 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #3 CHRIS T ANDERSEN: $265,711 · OtherMS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #3 CHRIS T ANDERSENMS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #5 JOHN L ANDERSEN: $265,711 · OtherMS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #5 JOHN L ANDERSENMS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #4 MARY J KRIZMANIC: $265,711 · OtherMS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #4 MARY J KRIZMANICMS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #1 MATTHEW L MOSS: $265,711 · OtherMS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #1 MATTHEW L MOSSMS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #2 LAURA ANDERSEN: $265,670 · OtherMS GIFT THE C&R ANDERSON FDN #2 LAURA ANDERSEN+16 more: $64,000 · OtherSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationADVOCATES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE INC: $9,000 · EducationINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $65,000 · Arts & CultureFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $27,000 · Human ServicesGW HOMELESS SERVICES OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesGATEWAY COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesPaws With A Cause: $5,000 · Human ServicesTREVOR PROJECT INC: $33,500 · Civil RightsBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $11,000 · ReligionTHE FRONT PORCH MINISTRIES: $3,500 · Religion
Other$1,392,514Education$79,000Arts & Culture$65,000Human Services$54,000Civil Rights$33,500Youth Development$20,000Religion$14,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $33,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFATHER FRED FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER TARRANT COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEFUL HORIZONS: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAir Warrior Courage Foundation: $11,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGATEWAY COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetADVOCATES FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPaws With A Cause: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRONT PORCH MINISTRIES: $3,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATIONINC: $2,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST JOSEPHS WELLS: $1,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetTRAVERSE AREA RECREATION & TRANSPORTATION TRAILS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF EAST TEXAS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULINARY FIGHTS CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Endowment FoundationOH7.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Charles & Rita Anderson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles & Rita Anderson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservationinc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–50%
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 Charles & Rita Anderson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Charles & Rita Anderson 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 32 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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