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Reese Foundation 47f055017

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$250k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$434kHuman Services$342kEducation$154kHousing & Shelter$128kCivil Rights$69kArts & Culture$63kInternational$31kHealth$27kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $80k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$7,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$50,000
NORTH STAR INITIATIVE$35,000
WATER STREET MINISTRIES$20,000
CHRIST'S HOME FOR CHILDREN$15,000
SALVATION ARMY OF LANCASTER$15,000
LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE$15,000
CENTER FOR PARENTYOUTH$10,000
BIBLE2SCHOOL$10,000
VICKERY TRADING COMPANY$7,500
ACADEMY 4$7,500
GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES$7,500
HOPE INSPIRE LOVE INC$7,500
MANHEIM TOWNSHIP BIBLE2SCHOOL$6,500
LANCASTER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL$6,000
BIBLE VISUALS INTERNATIONAL INC$5,500
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 (FY20–25, $248k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BRIDGE OF HOPE: $5k → 6%BRIDGE OF HOPE: $5k → 6%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $8k → 6%GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $5k → 6%OUR CALLING: $5k → 14%CALVARY FELLOWSHIP HOMES INC: $8k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $50k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $45k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $40k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $35k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $25k → 9%NORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $18k → 9%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.
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.
$1.2M · 23 repeat orgs$66k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
4

Total granted

$1.2M
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+66%

Still filing today

74%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 ServicesReligionEducationMembership BenefitCrime & LegalEmploymentOther
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

  • NS
    NORTH STAR INITIATIVE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $213k · revenue +58%
  • LB
    LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $101k · revenue +20%
  • WS
    WATER STREET MINISTRIES
    4× · 2022–2025 · $77k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • MN
    MOVIEGUIDE-GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • CF
    CALVARY FELLOWSHIP HOMES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue -65%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Biblical Counseling and Training Ministries

To teach individuals how to apply the wisdom and depth of the bible's grace-centered message to the problems of daily living; and through various means, work to restore chirst to counseling and christ-centered counseling to the church.

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3
Banner Christian School Inc

To operate a christian school serving grades k-12

Education
4
Walk Thru the Bible Ministries Inc

Walk thru the bible (wtb) ignites passion for god's word. by developing a global network of influential pastors and leaders and then resourcing them with tools and training, wtb fulfills its role in the great commission.

Religion
5
Trinity Oaks Christian Academy

Trinity oaks christian academny partners with the christian home and church in the training of children maximizing their potential to lead christian lives according to biblical standards.

Education
6
Lansing Christian School

Recognizing god as the source of all truth, wisdom, and knowledge, lansing christian school partners with christian parents to educate children to the full extent of their god-given abilities. we engage students in an academically…

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7
Freedom That Lasts Ministries

Ftlm seeks to equip churches to minister to those who are suffering from addiction and equip christians with the resources needed to facilitate spiritual growth in christlike character and biblical wisdom.

Human Services
8
Bridge of Hope Ministries

Transforming lives in the Ville through access to supportive services and efficacy.

Religion
9
Bethlehem Christian Academy Llc

The academy will seek to create a desire to know and serve god in the hearts of our students by equipping them academically, physically, spiritually, and socially to fulfill god's purpose for their lives.

Education
10
Wilmington Christian School Inc

Wilmington christian school provides a christ-centered challenging academic program with instruction based on the biblical view of god and the world. wcs teaches, influences, and encourages each student to effectively integrate biblical…

Education
11
But God Ministries

Sharing the love of jesus christ by building sustainable communities around the world and providing medical care to low-income households in the united states. the organization is currently building two sustainable communities in haiti and…

International
12
International Commission Inc

Equipping and enabling believers worldwide to conduct church-based evangelism projects to reach unbelievers and make disciples.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ourcalling Inc; the most unlike its peers is Vickery Trading Company Inc. 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

21 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 21 of the 30 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
18/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $280,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHCHRIST'S HOME FOR CHILDREN: $94,864 · OtherCHRIST'S HOME FOR CHILDRENCENTER FOR PARENTYOUTH: $69,000 · OtherCENTER FOR PARENTYOUTHSALVATION ARMY OF LANCASTER: $42,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY OF LANCASTERGOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC: $40,000 · OtherGOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INCTHE SALVATION ARMY: $22,000 · Other+6 more: $83,000 · Other+6 moreNORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $212,500 · Human ServicesNORTH STAR INITIATIVEWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $77,000 · Human ServicesWATER STREET MINISTRIESGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $12,500 · Human ServicesHOPE INSPIRE LOVE INC: $12,500 · Human Services+3 more: $23,000 · Human Services+3 moreBIBLE2SCHOOL: $49,000 · ReligionBIBLE2SCHOOLFRIENDS IN ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $31,000 · ReligionFRIENDS IN A…WELL COMMUNITY: $27,000 · ReligionWELL COMMUNI…LANCASTER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $21,000 · ReligionLANCASTER CO…ALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS INC: $11,825 · ReligionALLIANCE OF …LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $100,939 · EducationLANCASTER B…MANHEIM TOWNSHIP BIBLE2SCHOOL: $33,000 · EducationMANHEIM TOW…TEXAS ACADEMY 4: $32,500 · Membership BenefitEXODUS MINISTRIES: $17,000 · Crime & LegalVickery Trading Company Inc: $7,500 · EmploymentSWAN SCALING WALLS A NOTE AT A TIME: $2,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$630,864Human Services$337,500Religion$139,825Education$133,939Membership Benefit$32,500Crime & Legal$17,000Employment$7,500Arts & Culture$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$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTH STAR INITIATIVE: $212,500 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $100,939 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetWATER STREET MINISTRIES: $77,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBIBLE2SCHOOL: $49,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetGOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMANHEIM TOWNSHIP BIBLE2SCHOOL: $33,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetTEXAS ACADEMY 4: $32,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS IN ACTION INTERNATIONAL: $31,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWELL COMMUNITY: $27,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetLANCASTER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $21,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEXODUS MINISTRIES: $17,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetBIBLE VISUALS INTERNATIONAL INC: $15,500 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTENFOLD: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE INSPIRE LOVE INC: $12,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS INC: $11,825 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBRIDGE OF HOPE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCALVARY FELLOWSHIP HOMES INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOURCALLING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 NORTH STAR INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WATER STREET MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BIBLE2SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GOOD NEWS COMMUNICATIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds MANHEIM TOWNSHIP BIBLE2SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds TEXAS ACADEMY 4 ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS IN ACTION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds WELL COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds EXODUS MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BIBLE VISUALS INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds TENFOLD ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds HOPE INSPIRE LOVE INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE OF CONFESSING EVANGELICALS INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds CALVARY FELLOWSHIP HOMES INC ↗
  • Who funds Vickery Trading Company Inc ↗
  • Who funds OURCALLING INC ↗
  • Who funds SWAN SCALING WALLS A NOTE AT A TIME ↗

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.

Lancaster County Community FoundationPA29.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lancaster County Community Foundation · Clark Associates Charitable Foundation · Shady Maple Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · North Foundation Inc · Richard S & Ann B Barshinger Family Fdn · Pryor E & Arlene R Neuber Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Ferree Foundation · Joan L and Robert C Gilkison Fami · Burkholder 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 Foundation 47f055017 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Reese Foundation 47f055017. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    0get 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 Reese Foundation 47f055017?

    Find your warmest path to Reese Foundation 47f055017 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 30 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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