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John Charles & Kathryn S Redmond Foundation at a glance

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John Charles & Kathryn S Redmond 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.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$8k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$238kReligion$107kHealth$8k
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$393k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE$8,000
ST HELENA CHURCH$6,000
UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON$5,000
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY$5,000
GWYNEDD MERCY ACADEMY$2,500
SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH$1,200
LASALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL$1,000
MT ST JOSEPH ACADEMY$1,000
ST TITUS CHURCH$1,000
SISTERS OF MERCY RETIREMENT FUND$1,000
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$500
NORWOOD-FONTBONNE ACADEMY$500
CAMILLA HALLSISTERS OF IHM$500
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$500
SISTERS OF SAINTS CYRIL & METHODIUS$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 43% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 15%ST HELENA CHURCH: $8k → 7%MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY: $3k → 13%ST MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CHURCH: $3k → 15%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $8k → 22%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY: $3k → 13%OUR LADY OF THE EUCHARIST CHURCH: $3k → 15%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $8k → 22%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%ST HELENA CHURCH: $7k → 7%MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY: $3k → 13%ST MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CHURCH: $3k → 15%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $5k → 22%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $5k → 22%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%ST HELENA CHURCH: $6k → 7%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $5k → 22%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $5k → 22%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%ST HELENA CHURCH: $4k → 7%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $5k → 22%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $5k → 22%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%ST HELENA SCHOOL: $4k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $5k → 22%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $5k → 28%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%ST HELENA CHURCH: $4k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%ST HELENA CHURCH: $4k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%ST HELENA CHURCH: $3k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $5k → 13%ST HELENA CHURCH: $3k → 7%ST HELENA CHURCH: $3k → 7%VISITATION OF THE BVM CHURCH: $3k → 7%GWYNEDD MERCY ACADEMY: $4k → 7%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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$342k · 25 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
7

Total granted

$342k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+329%

Still filing today

40%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthOther
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

  • FU
    Fordham University
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +47%
  • UO
    University of Scranton
    9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +23%
  • ST
    ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $20k · revenue +80%

Funded once

  • SH
    ST HELENA SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $4k
  • VO
    VISITATION OF THE BVM CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • SH
    SACRED HEART CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
2
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

—
3
University of Saint Joseph

The university provides a rigorous liberal arts and professional education for a diverse student population. (see schedule o for the organization's mission.)

Education
4
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
5
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
6
Thomas Jefferson University

Thomas jefferson university ("tju") is a comprehensive university with preeminence in transdisciplinary, experiential professional education, research and discovery, delivering exceptional value for the 21st century students with…

Education
7
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

—
8
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
9
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

—
10
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
11
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
12
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Scranton; the most unlike its peers is Little Sisters of the Poor. 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

11 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. 11 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST HELENA CHURCH: $41,500 · OtherST HELENA CHURCHGWYNEDD-MERCY ACADEMY: $22,000 · OtherGWYNEDD-MERCY ACADEMYST THOMAS UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 · OtherST THOMAS UNIVERSITY INCLASALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL: $13,000 · OtherLASALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLSISTERS OF MERCY RETIREMENT FUND: $11,000 · OtherSISTERS OF MERCY RETIREMENT FUNDSISTERS OF ST JOSEPH: $10,400 · OtherSISTERS OF ST JOSEPHOUR LADY OF THE EUCHARIST CHURCH: $9,000 · OtherMT ST JOSEPH ACADEMY: $9,000 · OtherLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $7,000 · OtherST MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CHURCH: $7,000 · OtherSISTERS OF SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS: $7,000 · Other+13 more: $25,600 · Other+13 moreCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $51,000 · EducationCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGEFordham University: $45,000 · EducationFordham UniversityUniversity of Scranton: $45,000 · EducationUniversity of ScrantonMarywood University: $16,500 · EducationMarywood University+2 more: $5,700 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,500 · HealthTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $2,500 · HealthABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $400 · Health
Other$182,500Education$163,200Health$7,400

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 budgetCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $51,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Scranton: $45,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetST THOMAS UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMarywood University: $16,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $7,000 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION: $400 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.

  • Who funds CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Fordham University ↗
  • Who funds University of Scranton ↗
  • Who funds ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Marywood University ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR ↗
  • Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds WILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Charities Aid Foundat…The Ayco Charitable F…American Endowment Fo…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA12.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving 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 John Charles & Kathryn S Redmond Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Charles & Kathryn S Redmond Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • St Thomas University Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
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How do I get to John Charles & Kathryn S Redmond Foundation?

Find your warmest path to John Charles & Kathryn S Redmond 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 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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