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Ream Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.2M
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
9
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02Its granteesRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.8MHealth$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.2MSocial Science$869kRecreation & Sports$204kArts & Culture$125kInternational$100kReligion$30kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $106k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $2.0M
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$100,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$6.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago$800,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$300,000
University of Illinois$249,975
Utah State University$200,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$199,982
Massachusetts General Hospital$199,534
Concordia University-Université Concordia$197,850
King's College London$160,339
Milken Institute$125,000
American Friends of Magen David Adom$100,000
Milken Institute$100,000
Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago$100,000
University of Warsaw$99,995
Baylor College of Medicine$98,495
Milken Institute$87,358
02Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 12 repeat orgs$2.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
13

Total granted

$4.4M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+27%

Still filing today

58%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalOther
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

  • TM
    THE MILKEN INSTITUTE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $869k · revenue +23%
  • ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI
    2× · 2021–2023 · $600k · revenue +22%
  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicine
    3× · 2021–2023 · $409k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Sussex
    one grant, 2021 · $400k
  • UO
    University of South Carolina
    one grant, 2022 · $200k
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $200k · revenue +26%
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.

03Its 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
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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2
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
3
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
4
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
5
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

—
6
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
7
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
8
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
9
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
10
Weizmann Institute of Science

The weizmann institute of science, located in rehovot, israel, is one of the worlds top-ranking, multidisciplinary research institutions. at any one time, several thousand scientists, staff and students are involved in hundreds of research…

Science & Tech
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Johns Hopkins University; the most unlike its peers is SoQuiet. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the 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 35 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
16/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $869,358 · OtherTHE MILKEN INSTITUTEUTAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $400,000 · OtherUTAH STATE UNIVERSITYUniversity of Sussex: $399,940 · OtherUniversity of SussexConcordia University-Université Concordia: $395,700 · OtherConcordia University-Université ConcordiaUniversity of Illinois: $249,975 · OtherUniversity of IllinoisMassachusetts General Hospital: $248,444 · OtherMassachusetts General HospitalUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas: $203,919 · OtherTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $201,848 · OtherUniversity of South Carolina: $200,000 · OtherThe University of Mississippi: $199,993 · OtherUniversity of Florida: $185,481 · OtherCarnegie Mellon University: $180,520 · OtherNewcastle University: $167,296 · OtherKing's College London: $160,339 · OtherThe University of Western Ontario: $155,664 · Other+5 more: $229,981 · OtherICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $599,964 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE…Baylor College of Medicine: $409,303 · EducationBaylor College of Medici…STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $400,000 · EducationSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA…JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYDUKE UNIVERSITY: $98,278 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITY+2 more: $62,044 · EducationJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $810,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION…JEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $400,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH UNITED FUN…+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyVanderbilt University Medical Center: $399,363 · Health+1 more: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $100,000 · InternationalMarwen Foundation Inc: $75,000 · Arts & CultureFAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $10,000 · Human Services
Other$4,448,458Education$1,769,589Philanthropy$1,220,000Health$409,363International$100,000Arts & Culture$75,000Human Services$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MILKEN INSTITUTE: $869,358 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $810,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $599,964 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $409,303 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $400,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $399,363 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $180,520 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $98,278 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarwen Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $12,044 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE OF GLENCOE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetISRAEL CANCER RESEARCH FUND INC: $1,250 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.

04Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Ream Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ream Foundation 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 35 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $3.1M of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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