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Nancy E Barry & Letitia P Rees Foundation at a glance

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Nancy E Barry & Letitia P Rees 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.

$469k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$648kEducation$602kArts & Culture$480kReligion$64kFood & Nutrition$31kHousing & Shelter$27kHuman Services$25kCrime & Legal$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $279k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $174k
$24,995
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$99,980
STEADFAST LA FOUNDATION$74,519
WESTSIDE FOOD BANK$30,857
ONE VOICE$25,481
ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN's RIGHTS$24,995
CHLA$24,995
KCRW$24,995
Individual grant recipient$24,995
Individual grant recipient$24,995
MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL$20,106
THE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOL$20,106
HARVARD - WESTLAKE SCHOOL$20,106
MERCY HOUSE$12,498
THE PEOPLE CONCERN$12,498
CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION$12,419
02The need
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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 (FY18–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $12k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $3k → 14%ONE VOICE: $25k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 28% of Nancy E Barry & Letitia P Rees Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 58% of the giving stays in CA; by stated purpose, 39%.

Nancy E Barry & Letitia P Rees Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 55% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 16 repeat orgs$508k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
21

Total granted

$1.3M
$252k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+13%

Still filing today

69%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $256k 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

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EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthReligionFood & NutritionOther
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

  • THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION
    4× · 2017–2023 · $387k · revenue +89%
  • MS
    MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL
    7× · 2017–2025 · $100k · revenue +32%
  • PH
    PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital
    4× · 2017–2020 · $84k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • U
    UCLA
    one grant, 2022 · $73k
  • HE
    HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue -4%
  • LS
    LELAND STANFORD JUINOR UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $23k
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.

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Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
3
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
4
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
President-Board of Trustees Santa Clara College

Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.

Education
7
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
8
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
9
Mills College

Mills college is an independent liberal arts college for women and gender nonbinary students, with graduate programs for all genders. the college educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept…

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10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 51 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $333,511 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODIndividual grant recipient: $115,181 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOL: $77,036 · OtherTHE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOLSTEADFAST LA FOUNDATION: $74,519 · OtherSTEADFAST LA FOUNDATIONUCLA: $72,999 · OtherUCLALAS MADRINAS: $36,000 · Other+27 more: $273,580 · Other+27 moreTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $386,953 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES…HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $35,161 · Arts & CultureHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBR…+2 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureUCLA FOUNDATION: $140,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATIONMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $100,099 · EducationMARLBOROUGH SCHOOLTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $94,763 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES O…HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $67,599 · EducationHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL+5 more: $18,740 · EducationPIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital: $83,500 · HealthST MATTHEWS MUSIC GUILD: $47,000 · ReligionOne Voice: $25,481 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $14,998 · Human ServicesWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $30,857 · Food & Nutrition
Other$982,826Arts & Culture$428,114Education$421,201Health$83,500Religion$47,000Human Services$40,479Food & Nutrition$30,857

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $386,953 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMARLBOROUGH SCHOOL: $100,099 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $94,763 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital: $83,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOL: $77,036 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL: $67,599 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetST MATTHEWS MUSIC GUILD: $47,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetLAS MADRINAS: $36,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetHENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY: $35,161 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $30,857 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $24,995 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $14,998 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS: $12,498 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL IN THE UNITED STATES: $7,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DESIGN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $4,740 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSIGMA NU EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ZOOLOGICAL FOUNDATION: $950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAPPA ALPHA THETA FOUNDATION INC: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARST CASTLE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $260 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPHI BETA KAPPA FOUNDATION: $44 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 THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION ↗
  • Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARLBOROUGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital ↗
  • Who funds THE JOHN THOMAS DYE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HARVARD-WESTLAKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ST MATTHEWS MUSIC GUILD ↗
  • Who funds LAS MADRINAS ↗
  • Who funds HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds One Voice ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds THE PEOPLE CONCERN ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL IN THE UNITED STATES ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK SCHOOL OF INTERIOR DESIGN ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗

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.

California Community …The Otis Booth Founda…Munger Charitable Tru…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA15.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Otis Booth Foundation · Munger Charitable Trust Number Two · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · 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 Nancy E Barry & Letitia P Rees Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nancy E Barry & Letitia P Rees Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 51 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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