Minnesota · Private foundation
Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $59k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,649
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $901k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $59k | 38% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $53k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $66k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $55k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $56k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $54k | 11% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $112,748 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $94,140 | 9 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc | $74,979 | 9 | 1% |
| Arts Center of Coastal Carolina | $36,296 | 8 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $27,719 | 6 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $20,136 | 6 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heros | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mirasol Health Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bluffton Utd Methodist Church | $2,800 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc | $112,748 | 9 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $94,140 | 9 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc | $74,979 | 9 | 1% |
| Arts Center of Coastal Carolina | $36,296 | 8 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $27,719 | 6 | 0% |
| Folds of Honor Foundation | $20,136 | 6 | 0% |
| Lowcountry Foundation for Wounded Military Heros | $20,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Inc | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mirasol Health Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bluffton Utd Methodist Church | $2,800 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Memory Matters | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 the Lowcountry · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Heritage Classic Foundation · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn
- How much does Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn give?
- Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn reported 8 grants totaling $58,947 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Education (28%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc ($113k), University of Wisconsin Foundation ($94k), Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc ($75k).
- Does Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Heritage Classic Foundation.
- Where is Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn based?
- Maurice & Arlene Reese Fdn is based in MN.
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