· Private foundation
Guy Reno Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k25 grants · $133k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $125k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNITED WAY | $60,000 |
| SEVERSON DELLS NATURE CENTER | $25,000 |
| PATRIOTS GATEWAY CENTER | $20,000 |
| BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SANCTUARY | $15,000 |
| ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| CRUSADER COMMUNITY HEALTH | $10,000 |
| ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE | $10,000 |
| BURPEE MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| RAMP | $10,000 |
| NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE | $10,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $9,000 |
| SHELTER CARE MINISTRIES | $9,000 |
| SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN | $8,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $7,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $224k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
55 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2026, 25 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY10× · 2017–2026 · $115k · revenue +31%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC10× · 2017–2026 · $93k · revenue +98%- RAREGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC10× · 2017–2026 · $85k · revenue +104%
Funded once
- YOYMCA OF ROCK RIVER VALLEYgraduatedone grant, 2025 · $20k · revenue +55%
- DPDISABLED PATRIOT FUND INCone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -34%
- SHSwedishAmerican Health Foundationone grant, 2025 · $10k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
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.…
Provide community-based residential housing to adults with autism and/or severe developmental disabilities. also provide developmental training and other supports to this same population.
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…
The mission of rock island economic growth corporation is to renovate and build new single family or multi-family housing in the midwest region; to foster low-income housing that: enhances the overall image and economic vitality of the…
The rockford area economic development council cultivates opportunities for primary job growth that increase the economic well-being of our region
Provide affordable, high-quality health services and remove inequities to improve the lives of all.
To provide analysis and commentary on cultural, economic, political, and educational issues through a published monthly opinion magazine and to operate continuing adult educational conferences in american and european literature and…
Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.
At community action we provide access and opportunity for those we serve and those who support our efforts. through innovative programs and strong community partnerships we eliminate barriers, establishing clear pathways to economic…
Provide affordable housing solutions for low-income families.
Rockford regional health council is a not-for-profit social service corporation organized under the laws of the state of illinois for the purpose of improving community health through data gatering and analysis, education and advocacy.
Rockford sexual assault counseling, inc. (rsac) responds to the needs of victims of sexual assault/abuse and their families/significant others through emergency services, emotional support, counseling, referral, advocacy, and education,…
How this is measured
40 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. 40 of the 70 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds K CANCER BASEBALL ↗
- Who funds NATURAL LAND INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds REGIONAL ACCESS & MOBILIZATION PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ZION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds CARPENTER'S PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds REMEDIES RENEWING LIVES ↗
- Who funds ROCK RIVER VALLEY PANTRY ↗
- Who funds SHELTER CARE MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASA ↗
- Who funds THE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF ROCKFORD ↗
- Who funds THE LITERACY COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds ROCK HOUSE KIDS ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD RESCUE MISSION MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds ROCKFORD PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SCHUYLER COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOO HAVEN INC ↗
- Who funds LIFESCAPE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ILLINOIS GROWTH ENTERPRISES ↗
- Who funds SAFE FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN ALLIANCE ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Northern IL · The David & Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation · Bergstrom Inc Charitable Foundation Xxxxx2008 · Tracy E Anderson Charitable Foundation · Kristin L Anderson Charitable Foundation · John & Linda Anderson Charitable Foundation · Jeffrey R Anderson Charitable Foundation · The Ben Harding Family Foundation · Ralph J Baudhuin Foundation · United Way of Rock River Valley · Sjostrom & Sons Foundation · Blazer Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Guy Reno Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Guy Reno Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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