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Rdl Charitable 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.

$591k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.3MHuman Services$501kEmployment$489kPhilanthropy$207kEnvironment$185kCommunity Improvement$130kYouth Development$40kEducation$32kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k25 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $259k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $284k
$2,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF HOPE$150,000
JESSIE REES FOUNDATION$134,081
Individual grant recipient$48,642
PATRIOTS & PAWS$43,307
THE ECOLOGY CENTER$41,184
CHOC FOUNDATION$25,795
ANAHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT$21,581
FISHER HOUSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC$20,970
DAWGS PROJECT$20,000
CORAS CRAFTS$19,062
THE FIRST AND GOAL PROJECT$18,350
OPERATION HELP A HERO$8,788
CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER$8,468
WAYMAKERS$7,602
THE WORKING DOG SHOP$3,500
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 (FY21–24, $218k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER: $8k → 10%MILVET: $2k → 11%AFUTURESUPERHERO AND FRIENDS: $2k → 14%PATRIOTS & PAWS: $91k → 10%PATRIOTS & PAWS: $50k → 10%PATRIOTS & PAWS: $43k → 10%PATRIOTS & PAWS: $20k → 10%ENCOMPASS HOUSING: $1k → 10%ENCOMPASS HOUSING: $526 → 10%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

ME
NH
NY
NV
IA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NC
DC
HI
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 14 repeat orgs$385k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
19

Total granted

$2.4M
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+14%

Still filing today

64%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $297k 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
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyPublic BenefitEmploymentArts & CultureOther
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

  • CF
    CHOC FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $676k · revenue +103%
  • JR
    Jessie Rees Foundation
    7× · 2018–2024 · $576k · revenue +37%
  • GI
    GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA
    5× · 2017–2022 · $485k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • UV
    US VETERANS
    one grant, 2023 · $18k
  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUNDgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +40%
  • DL
    DIG LIFEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +313%
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
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
2
Zero8Hundred Inc

Zero8hundred's mission is to offer compassionate, evidence-based support to service members and their families, helping them navigate the unique challenges of transitioning from active duty to civilian life through a peer-based social work…

Human Services
3
Amvets Department of California Service Foundation

Proudly serves veterans and their families in your community through service programs such as service officers, welcome home program to our homeless veterans, and grants used for various other veteran programs.

Public Benefit
4
Soteria Precision Medicine Foundation Inc

Soteria Precision Medicine Foundation is dedicated to empowering patients and physicians with personalized precision medicine solutions.

Health
5
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
6
Special Operators Transition Foundation Inc

The special operators transition foundation ("sotf") assists special operation forces veterans transition from the military into their next successful career.

Public Benefit
7
American Military Family Inc

American military family (amf) provides veterans and their families with assistance, whether it be emotional, physical, mental, or finanical, for their missing, suicidal, displaced or struggling hero.

Public Benefit
8
Americas Homeless Veterans

Our Goal is to eradicate homelessness for our Veterans using our resources to support the transition from the street to permanent housing with the primary mission of providing the support to obtain and sustain housing, food and shelter for…

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9
Special Forces Foundation

The special forces foundation provides immediate and ongoing support to the special forces community and their families.

Philanthropy
10
Soldiers' Angels

Soldiers' angels provides aid, comfort, and resources to the military, veterans, and their families.

Public Safety & Disaster
11
National Veterans Foundation Inc

To serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of america's veterans and their families.

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12
The Honor Foundation Inc

Assists u.s. special operation forces transition from active duty military to private sector careers.

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fisher House Southern California Inc; the most unlike its peers is Afuturesuperhero and Friends. 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

36 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. 36 of the 60 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/36
Grantees still filing
25/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHOC FOUNDATION: $676,366 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATIONJessie Rees Foundation: $575,850 · HealthJessie Rees Foundation+4 more: $15,180 · HealthGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA: $485,000 · EmploymentGOODWILL INDUSTRIE…+1 more: $1,000 · EmploymentCITY OF HOPE: $150,000 · OtherCITY OF HOPETHE CITY OF HOPE: $100,000 · OtherTHE CITY OF HOPEIndividual grant recipient: $48,642 · OtherIndividual grant rec…THE FIRST AND GOAL PROJECT: $34,650 · OtherTHE FIRST AND GOAL P…CORAS CRAFTS: $29,728 · OtherCORAS CRAFTSANAHEIM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $21,581 · OtherTHE DAWGS PROJECT: $20,000 · Other+30 more: $128,524 · Other+30 morePATRIOTS AND PAWS: $204,399 · Human ServicesCHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $8,468 · Human Services+3 more: $5,351 · Human ServicesDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $200,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $6,599 · PhilanthropyECOLOGY CENTER: $184,865 · EnvironmentFISHER HOUSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $20,970 · Public BenefitOPERATION HELP A HERO: $18,788 · Public Benefit+1 more: $510 · Public Benefit
Health$1,267,396Employment$486,000Other$533,125Human Services$218,218Philanthropy$206,599Environment$184,865Public Benefit$40,268

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 budgetCHOC FOUNDATION: $676,366 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $575,850 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA: $485,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetPATRIOTS AND PAWS: $204,399 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetECOLOGY CENTER: $184,865 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFISHER HOUSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $20,970 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetOPERATION HELP A HERO: $18,788 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetOCEAN INSTITUTE: $16,375 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAdopt the Arts Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIG LIFE: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetAge Well Senior Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC: $8,468 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAYMAKERS: $7,602 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRM PYLES BOYS CAMP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPABLOVE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVETERAN SISTERS: $4,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetHARVEST ACADEMY: $2,575 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMilvet: $1,800 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetENCOMPASS HOUSING: $1,551 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTOP SOLDIER SUICIDE INC: $1,080 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBILLY HURLEY III FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSAVE THE SEA TURTLES INTERNATIONAL DBA ONE OCEAN CONSERVATION: $513 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWreaths Across America: $510 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOAK VALLEY COLLEGE: $444 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANDID: $399 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAREPOSSIBLE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GRANTMAKERS: $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 CHOC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Jessie Rees Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOTS AND PAWS ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds ECOLOGY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FISHER HOUSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION HELP A HERO ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Adopt the Arts Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds DIG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds Age Well Senior Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILD GUIDANCE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYMAKERS ↗
  • Who funds PHILANTHROPIC IMPACT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RM PYLES BOYS CAMP ↗
  • Who funds PABLOVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds VETERAN SISTERS ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds AFUTURESUPERHERO AND FRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds Milvet ↗
  • Who funds ENCOMPASS HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds STOP SOLDIER SUICIDE 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.

Orange County Communi…Orange County's Unite…Samueli FoundationCalifornia Foundation…Edwards Lifesciences …Croul Family Foundati…Hoag Memorial Hospita…O L Halsell FoundationArgyros Family Founda…Sempra FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…American Endowment Fo…
Orange County Community FoundationCA21.5× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Orange County's United Way · Samueli Foundation · California Foundation for Stronger Communities · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Croul Family Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · O L Halsell Foundation · Argyros Family Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · American Endowment 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 Rdl Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rdl Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%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
    1get no government money at all
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Rdl Charitable Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Rdl Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 60 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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