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Rast 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.

$5.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$2.0M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$6.1MHuman Services$3.2MPhilanthropy$2.0MEducation$1.3MHealth$192kArts & Culture$115kEnvironment$19kRecreation & Sports$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $355k
  • $250k+5 grants · $5.3M
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$107M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OUR LADY OF MERCY CATHOLIC CHURCH$2,012,283
ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON CATHOLIC CHURCH$1,507,014
DON BOSCO CRISTO REY$700,287
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC$600,000
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND$505,016
PADUA ACADEMY$205,058
WILLIAMS COLLEGE$50,000
HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$50,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$50,000
WILLIAMS COLLEGE$30,000
STONE RIDGE SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART$25,000
THE WASHINGTON BALLET$25,000
STONE RIDGE SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART$10,000
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$10,000
STONE RIDGE SCHOOL OF THE SACRED HEART$5,000
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 (FY22–25, $3.2M) 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 SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN: $5k → 10%DELAWARE HOSPICE INC: $5k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $3.0M → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $100k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $100k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $10k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
OH
VA
MD
DE
TN
DC
MS
GA
FL
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 17% of Rast Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Rast Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.5M · 19 repeat orgs$7.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
26

Total granted

$8.5M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+4%

Still filing today

53%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsSocial ScienceOther
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

  • Williams College
    3× · 2023–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +25%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $100k · revenue +10%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $19k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • OL
    OUR LADY OF MERCY
    one grant, 2023 · $3.0M
  • SA
    SCOTLAND AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $250k
  • SR
    STONE RIDGE CENTENNIAL GALA
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
2
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
3
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
4
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
5
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
6
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
7
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
8
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
9
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
10
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The mission of the institute has remained constant since its founding in 1953. as its restated articles of incorporation state the primary purpose and objective of the howard hughes medical institute shall be the promotion of human…

Health
11
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc; the most unlike its peers is The National Museum of Women in the Arts. 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

24 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. 24 of the 54 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OUR LADY OF MERCY: $3,000,408 · OtherOUR LADY OF MERCYOUR LADY OF MERCY CATHOLIC CHURCH: $2,012,283 · OtherOUR LADY OF MERCY CATHOLIC CHURCHCATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INC: $1,998,146 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON INCARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON CATHOLIC CHURCH: $1,507,014 · OtherARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON CATHOLIC CHURCHDON BOSCO CRISTO REY: $894,182 · OtherDON BOSCO CRISTO REYDON BOSCO CRISCO REY ARCHDIOCESE OF WA INC: $808,524 · OtherDON BOSCO CRISCO REY ARCHDIOCESE OF WA INCGS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND: $505,016 · Other+29 more: $754,013 · Other+29 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $3,217,843 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES …+2 more: $9,916 · Human ServicesAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $2,008,290 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWM…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $600,000 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED C…Williams College: $1,150,000 · EducationHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Education+2 more: $5,500 · EducationST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $41,000 · HealthTHE MERCY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $13,500 · Health+3 more: $10,500 · HealthTHE WASHINGTON BALLET: $100,900 · Arts & CultureIMAGINATION STAGE OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $4,280 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL PARK TRUST INC: $18,500 · Environment
Other$11,479,586Human Services$3,227,759Philanthropy$2,608,290Education$1,205,500Health$165,000Arts & Culture$105,180Environment$18,500

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 budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON: $3,217,843 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $2,008,290 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWilliams College: $1,150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $600,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON BALLET: $100,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $41,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK TRUST INC: $18,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MERCY HEALTH CLINIC INC: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRIMARY DAY SCHOOL INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHELTER FOR ABUSED WOMEN & CHILDREN INC: $4,916 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMAGINATION STAGE OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $4,280 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVIRGINIA EXPRESS HOCKEY CLUB: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGETRACKS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPREVENTION OF BLINDNESS SOCIETY OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON INC: $500 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 CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Williams College ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WASHINGTON BALLET ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PARK TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MERCY HEALTH CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds INNOCENTS AT RISK ↗
  • Who funds THE PRIMARY DAY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION 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.

Greater Washington Co…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC18.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Rast Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rast Foundation. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
  • The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 54 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home