Delaware · Private foundation
Rector Family 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.
- $358k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $105,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Rector Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $305k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $358k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $357k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $102k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $92k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $160k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $50k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chris Center Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 43% |
| Project Rouj Corporation | $175,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Fight for Life Foundation Inc | $105,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Holy Cross Lutheran Church | $76,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Transformation Indiana Corporation | $75,000 | 1 | 43% |
| St Lukes United Methodist Church | $51,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Dream Alive Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Renewable Hope Inc | $45,125 | 2 | n/a |
| Saint Matthew Lutheran Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Chris Center Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 43% |
| Project Rouj Corporation | $175,000 | 2 | 18% |
| Fight for Life Foundation Inc | $105,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Holy Cross Lutheran Church | $76,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Transformation Indiana Corporation | $75,000 | 1 | 43% |
| St Lukes United Methodist Church | $51,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Dream Alive Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Renewable Hope Inc | $45,125 | 2 | n/a |
| Saint Matthew Lutheran Church | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Holliday Park Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Building a Refuge | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indianapolis Public Schools Education Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emmanuel United Methodist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Love Lucas Inc | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $2,107 | 1 | n/a |
| Huntsman Cancer Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Foundation for Women's Cancer | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($141k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rector Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Rector Family Foundation
- How much does Rector Family Foundation give?
- Rector Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $357,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Rector Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (21%), Philanthropy (21%), Health (19%).
- Who are Rector Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Chris Center Inc ($200k), Project Rouj Corporation ($175k), Fight for Life Foundation Inc ($105k).
- Does Rector Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rector Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rector Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lilly Endowment Inc, Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc.
- Where is Rector Family Foundation based?
- Rector Family Foundation is based in DE.
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