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Leo E and Helen H Reese Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Leo E and Helen H Reese Trust

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.

$5k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Health$17kEducation$11kFood & Nutrition$9kHousing & Shelter$6kPhilanthropy$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kHuman Services$4kScience & Tech$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$750
Median grant
4
States reached
$65k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE$1,250
ML4 FOUNDATION$1,250
RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA$1,000
CHARITY VEST INC$750
NATIONAL MS SOCIETY$250
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$250
RED CROSS$250
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 (FY17–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%THE GIFT OF MUSIC FOUNDATION: $400 → 8%THE RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA: $500 → 23%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA: $2k → 23%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA: $1k → 23%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250 → 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.
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.
$50k · 15 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
6

Total granted

$50k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+416%

Still filing today

47%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • RM
    RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +90%
  • CO
    COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2023 · $5k · revenue +85%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    5× · 2017–2022 · $4k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • NM
    NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCEROSIS SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
  • 1H
    1 HEART HUNGRY KIDS
    one grant, 2017 · $500
  • TB
    THE BUTTERFLY DREAMING FARM
    one grant, 2020 · $500
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
Harvest Hope Food Bank

Harvest hope is on a mission to eliminate hunger and food insecurity in south carolina. we rescue nutritious food from stores throughout the state and distribute it to food pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens. we operate programs that…

Food & Nutrition
2
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Inc

To feed people by soliciting and distributing food and other products through partner agencies and educating the community about the nature of and solutions to problems of hunger.

Food & Nutrition
3
Roper St Francis Foundation

The Roper St. Francis Foundation's mission is to advance the Roper St. Francis Healthcare mission of healing all people with compassion, faith and excellence through philanthropy.

Health
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Nc Inc

To provide food assistance through a network of partners, while educating and engaging our communities in the elimination of hunger and its causes.

Food & Nutrition
6
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
7
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
8
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
9
Bon Secours-St Francis Xavier Hospital Inc

Healing all people with compassion, faith, and excellence.

Health
10
Roper St Francis Physicians Network

Healing all people with compassion, faith and excellence.

Health
11
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

The mission of the edward via college of osteopathic medicine (vcom) is to prepare globally-minded, community-focused physicians to meet the needs of rural and medically underserved populations and promote research to improve human health.

Education
12
Clinical Biotechnology Research Institute at Rsfh

Healing all people with compassion, faith, and excellence.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is College of Charleston Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Green Heart Project 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

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 25 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON: $5,000 · OtherCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTONMUCOLIPIDOSIS IV FOUNDATION: $3,500 · OtherMUCOLIPIDOSIS IV FOUNDATIONML4 FOUNDATION: $2,750 · OtherML4 FOUNDATIONBUTTERFLY DREAMS FARM: $2,600 · OtherBUTTERFLY DREAMS FARMJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $2,500 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY SERVICESNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $2,250 · OtherNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETYI HEART HUNGRY KIDS: $2,000 · OtherI HEART HUNGRY KIDSNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCEROSIS SOCIETY: $1,500 · OtherNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCEROSIS SOCIETYP J LIBRARY: $1,500 · OtherP J LIBRARYJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE: $1,250 · OtherLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $1,100 · Other+5 more: $2,000 · Other+5 moreTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $6,800 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPI…NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,250 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE S…RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesRESCUE MISSION OF …American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National …THE GIFT OF MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $400 · Human ServicesCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $4,850 · EducationCOLLEGE O…Charleston Jewish Federation Inc: $2,800 · PhilanthropyCHARITYVEST INC: $1,750 · PhilanthropyGreen Heart Project Inc: $2,000 · Environment
Other$27,950Health$10,050Human Services$9,900Education$4,850Philanthropy$4,550Environment$2,000

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 budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $6,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION: $4,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCharleston Jewish Federation Inc: $2,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetI HEART HUNGRY KIDS: $2,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetGreen Heart Project Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCHARITYVEST INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GIFT OF MUSIC FOUNDATION INC: $400 over 1y, 0.2% 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 THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds RESCUE MISSION OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Jewish Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds I HEART HUNGRY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds Green Heart Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHARITYVEST INC ↗
  • Who funds LOWCOUNTRY FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GIFT OF MUSIC FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA4.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Leo E and Helen H Reese Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leo E and Helen H Reese Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–30%
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 25 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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