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Reese Family Foundation for Christ Inc at a glance

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Reese Family Foundation for Christ 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.

$161k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$123kEducation$117kArts & Culture$104kHuman Services$60kRecreation & Sports$25kPublic Benefit$7kEnvironment$5kCrime & Legal$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$500
Median grant
7
States reached
$985k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
IU FOUNDATION$100,000
CARMEL CLAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$25,000
TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN CHURCH$10,000
BROOKE'S PLACE$7,500
DISCOVERING BROADWAY INC$5,250
Individual grant recipient$3,500
GRACE CARE CENTER FOUNDATION$2,500
CRU$1,229
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL$1,032
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$500
CIVIC THEATRE$500
GOSPEL IN LIFE FOUNDATION$500
BRIGHTLANE LEARNING$500
CENTRAL IN COMMUNITY FDN$500
TURNING POINT USA$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $145) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, 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%LAFAYETTE URBAN MINISTRY: $145 → 19%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
MI
NY
MA
IN
CA
CO
VA
AZ
DC
LA
AL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$422k · 24 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
29

Total granted

$422k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+44%

Still filing today

58%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CulturePublic BenefitHealthReligionCrime & LegalOther
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

  • Indiana University Foundation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $105k · revenue +162%
  • DB
    Discovering Broadway Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +411%
  • BL
    BRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP
    4× · 2022–2025 · $6k · revenue +127%

Funded once

  • AL
    AFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS
    one grant, 2017 · $28k · revenue -85%
  • CS
    CARMEL SWIM CLUB INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +65%
  • NC
    NEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINIC INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +45%
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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
2
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
3
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
4
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
6
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
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
9
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
10
Calvin University

The mission of calvin university is to equip students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as christ's agents of renewal in the world.

Education
11
Cabrini Legacy Corporation

See schedule o.education of the heart: cabrini university was a catholic institution of higher education. the cabrini legacy corporation exists to protect the legacy of the former university.cabrini university was a catholic institution of…

Education
12
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cannonballs for Kayne Foundation. 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

33 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. 33 of the 62 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CARMEL-CLAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $62,000 · OtherCARMEL-CLAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCGRACE CARE CENTER FOUNDATION: $51,020 · OtherGRACE CARE CENTER FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $36,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN CHURCH INC: $35,000 · OtherTRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN CHURCH INCDiscovering Broadway Inc: $31,275 · OtherDiscovering Broadway IncAFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS: $28,000 · OtherAFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES OF TEXASCARMEL SWIM CLUB INC: $25,000 · OtherCARMEL SWIM CLUB INCIndividual grant recipient: $10,500 · Other+33 more: $34,719 · Other+33 moreIndiana University Foundation: $105,300 · EducationIndiana University Foundat…BRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $5,700 · Education+6 more: $5,868 · EducationEDGE MENTORING INC: $42,501 · ReligionEDGE MENTO…Christ in the City: $3,026 · ReligionChrist in …The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,750 · Arts & CultureCarmel Symphony Orchestra: $3,513 · Arts & CultureTHE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION INC: $2,115 · Arts & CultureTHE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $500 · Arts & CultureBrooke's Place for Grieving Young People: $7,500 · Health+2 more: $500 · HealthTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $4,250 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,750 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $500 · Public BenefitNEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINIC INC: $2,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$313,514Education$116,868Religion$45,527Arts & Culture$9,878Health$8,000Public Benefit$6,500Crime & Legal$2,500

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 budgetIndiana University Foundation: $105,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCARMEL-CLAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $62,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetEDGE MENTORING INC: $42,501 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetDiscovering Broadway Inc: $31,275 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetAFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES OF TEXAS: $28,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCARMEL SWIM CLUB INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBRIGHTLANE LEARNING CORP: $5,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $4,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $3,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCarmel Symphony Orchestra: $3,513 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChrist in the City: $3,026 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CHRISTIAN LEGAL CLINIC INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOUNDATION INC: $2,115 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Moody Bible Institute of Chicago: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLOUCESTER INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Indiana Community Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARMEL YOUTH ASSISTANCE INC: $950 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPurdue Research Foundation: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION AIRDROP INC: $258 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAJUN NAVY RELIEF INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANNONBALLS FOR KAYNE FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAIRBANKS HOSPITAL INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION: $218 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAFAYETTE URBAN MINISTRY INC: $145 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $103 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $100 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.

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.

Lilly Endowment IncCentral Indiana Commu…Hamilton County Commu…United Way of Central…The Indianapolis Foun…Maurer Family Foundat…Nicholas H Noyes Jr M…The Palmer Family Fou…Allen Whitehill Clowe…Christel DeHaan Famil…Richard M Fairbanks F…Hoover Family Foundat…
Lilly Endowment IncIN30.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Hamilton County Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Indiana Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Maurer Family Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · The Palmer Family Foundation · Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Hoover Family 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 Reese Family Foundation for Christ Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Reese Family Foundation for Christ Inc. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Reese Family Foundation for Christ Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Reese Family Foundation for Christ Inc 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 62 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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