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Rbwr Family Charitable Foundation Inc

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.

$12k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$3k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$21kHuman Services$13kHealth$9kHousing & Shelter$5kReligion$5kArts & Culture$5kEducation$1kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$300
Median grant
8
States reached
$175k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FISH$3,000
Salvation Army$1,200
Olde Town Medical Center$1,000
Fisher House Foundation$900
Christian Appelation Project$800
St Jude$800
Homes for our Troops$700
Meals on Wheels$600
Colonial Williamsburg Fndn$500
Housing Partnership$300
Foodbank of Virginia$300
Jamestown Yorktown Fndn$300
USO$250
Union Missionary Norfolk$225
Doctors Without Borders$200
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 (FY20–25, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FISH: $3k → 7%FISH: $3k → 7%FISH: $3k → 7%FISH: $3k → 7%FISH: $3k → 7%FISH Inc: $2k → 7%Christian Appalachian Project: $400 → 26%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

NY
MA
PA
KY
VA
MD
DE
TN
DC
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$59k · 20 repeat orgs$3k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
6

Total granted

$59k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+77%

Still filing today

65%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterArts & CultureEducationInternationalHealthOther
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

  • FI
    FISH INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +442%
  • FH
    FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $5k · revenue +49%
  • HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • WA
    WMBG AREA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CORPgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +38%
  • FO
    Foodbank of VA Peninsula
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • CA
    CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $400 · revenue +77%
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
Wilmington University Inc

Wilmington university is committed to excellence in teaching, relevancy of the curriculum, and individual attention to students. as an institution with admissions policies that provide access for all, it offers opportunity for higher…

Education
2
William & Mary Foundation

The William & Mary Foundation advances the university's highest aspirations by securing private support, guiding a multi-asset investment portfolio, and offering strategic leadership. In this work, we propel the university toward national…

Education
3
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
4
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Johns hopkins health system corporation provides centralized management of a multi-hospital healthcare system. it is a key component of johns hopkins medicine, a collaboration with the johns hopkins university school of medicine.

Health
5
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
6
Upmc Williamsport

UPMC Williamsport is a subsidiary of UPMC Susquehanna. The mission of UPMC Susquehanna and its subsidiaries is to serve the community by providing outstanding patient care and shaping tomorrow's health care through clinical and…

Health
7
Marymount University

Marymount is a nationally ranked comprehensive catholic university, guided by the traditions of the religious of the sacred heart of mary, that emphasizes intellectual curiosity, service to others, and a global perspective. a marymount…

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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
Medstar Health Inc

Plan, develop, coordinate, direct and manage an integrated healthcare system.

Health
10
President and Fellows of Harvard College

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

Education
11
Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia wesleyan university is a fully accredited liberal arts, united-methodist related institution founded in 1961.

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12
City of Philadelphia Trustee Administering Wills Eye Hospital

Established in 1832 as a gift from james wills, a philadelphia merchant, to the city of philadelphia, wills eye's mission is to provide excellence in ophthalmic care to the community in need. see schedule o.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Drexel University. 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

18 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. 18 of the 27 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Salvation Army: $6,200 · OtherSalvation ArmyOlde Town Medical Center: $5,000 · OtherOlde Town Medical CenterFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $4,800 · OtherFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INCChristian Appelation Project: $3,000 · OtherChristian Appelation ProjectMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $2,650 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS INCSt Jude: $2,100 · OtherSt JudeUSO: $2,050 · OtherUSOFoodbank of Virginia: $1,150 · OtherUnion Missionary Norfolk: $1,125 · Other+8 more: $4,225 · Other+8 moreFISH INC: $15,600 · Human ServicesFISH INC+1 more: $400 · Human ServicesHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $3,100 · Housing & ShelterHOMES FOR…Housing Partnerships Inc: $2,200 · Housing & ShelterHousing P…Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: $2,900 · Arts & CultureJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $2,050 · Arts & CultureHOUSE OF MERCY: $2,100 · ReligionMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,200 · InternationalWJCC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $600 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $300 · Education
Other$32,300Human Services$16,000Housing & Shelter$5,300Arts & Culture$4,950Religion$2,100International$1,200Education$900

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 budgetFISH INC: $15,600 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $4,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC: $3,100 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $2,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC: $2,650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHousing Partnerships Inc: $2,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSE OF MERCY: $2,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC: $2,050 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWMBG AREA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CORP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WILLIAMSBURG COMMUNITY TRUST: $650 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWJCC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $600 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $50 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 FISH INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS INC ↗
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Housing Partnerships Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF MERCY ↗
  • Who funds JAMESTOWN-YORKTOWN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds WMBG AREA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CORP ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER WILLIAMSBURG COMMUNITY TRUST ↗
  • Who funds WJCC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE HUMANE SOCIETY 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.

The Robert McEldowney Jr Family FoundationVA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Robert McEldowney Jr Family Foundation · Charles S & Millicent P Brown Family Foundation · Greater Williamsburg Community Trust · Peninsula Community Foundation of Virginia Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Rbwr Family Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rbwr Family Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report 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 27 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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