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Reuben B Robertson Foundation at a glance

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Reuben B Robertson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$52k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$55kHuman Services$50kAnimals$23kHousing & Shelter$19kPhilanthropy$16kEducation$14kInternational$13kReligion$12kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$621k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Winter Nights Family Shelter$4,100
Lake Logan Episcopal Center$4,000
Yale University Office of Development$3,000
Cincinnati Area Senior Services$2,100
Seattle Childrens Hospital$2,050
Congenital Heart Association of Cincinnati$2,050
Childrens Hospital Medical Center$2,050
ProKids$2,050
Christ Hospital Cancer Center$2,050
Beech Acres$2,050
YMCA House of Peace$2,000
The UW Foundation$2,000
Stepping Stones Center$2,000
Zoological Society of Cincinnati$2,000
Make a Wish Foundation$2,000
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 (FY20–25, $36k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Southwest Veterans Foundation: $3k → 11%Clermont Senior Services: $1k → 9%Southwest Veterans Foundation: $3k → 11%Clermont Senior Services: $500 → 9%Southwest Veterans Foundation: $2k → 11%Clermont Senior Services: $500 → 9%Southwest Veterans Foundation: $2k → 11%Southwest Veterans Foundation: $2k → 11%Southwest Veterans Foundation: $1k → 11%Clermont Senior Services: $500 → 9%Clermont Senior Services: $500 → 9%Clermont Senior Services: $500 → 9%First Step Home: $2k → 16%First Step Home: $2k → 16%First Step Home: $2k → 16%First Step Home: $2k → 16%First Step Home: $2k → 16%First Step Home: $2k → 16%Beech Acres: $2k → 16%Beech Acres: $2k → 16%Beech Acres: $2k → 16%Beech Acres: $2k → 16%Beech Acres: $2k → 16%Beech Acres: $2k → 16%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

VT
WA
MN
MI
NY
MA
OH
CT
CA
CO
MD
AZ
NC
DC
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$253k · 33 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

33 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

33
13

Total granted

$253k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+45%

Still filing today

67%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 ServicesInternationalHousing & ShelterEducationAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • WN
    Winter Nights Family Shelter Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $18k · revenue +62%
  • LL
    LAKE LOGAN CONFERENCE CENTER AND CAMP HENRY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +2%
  • SV
    SOUTHWEST VETERANS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +554%
  • US
    University School Alumni Assoicat
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
2
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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3
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
4
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
5
Animal Care Sanctuary

Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…

Animals
6
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
7
Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics

To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.

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8
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
9
Mary's Shelter

Believing in the value of every life, mary's path empowers vulnerable teen mothers in foster care and their babies to create lives of dignity, hope and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
10
Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit

The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…

Animals
11
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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12
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington; the most unlike its peers is Pacific Marine Research. 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

30 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. 30 of the 49 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAKE LOGAN CONFERENCE CENTER AND CAMP HENRY INC: $15,850 · OtherLAKE LOGAN CONFERENCE CENTER AND CAMP HENRY INCChrist Hospital Cancer Center: $10,400 · OtherChrist Hospital Cancer CenterYMCA House of Peace: $9,850 · OtherYMCA House of PeaceStepping Stones Center: $9,850 · OtherStepping Stones CenterCincinnati Area Senior Services Inc: $9,450 · OtherCincinnati Area Senior Services IncSeattle Childrens Hospital: $8,400 · OtherSeattle Childrens HospitalThe Children Heart Association: $8,350 · OtherThe Children Heart AssociationUNITED WAY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY INC: $8,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,000 · OtherJacob's Heart Children's Cancer Cen: $7,500 · OtherPACIFIC MARINE RESEARCH: $6,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherProKids: $9,900 · OtherProKidsPERMISSION TO START DREAMING FOUNDATION: $9,000 · OtherPERMISSION TO START DREAMING FOUNDATION+15 more: $29,050 · Other+15 moreSOUTHWEST VETERANS FOUNDATION: $13,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHWEST VETE…BEECH ACRES: $9,900 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRESTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $9,850 · Human ServicesTHE FIRST STEP…Clermont Senior Services Inc: $3,500 · Human ServicesClermont Senio…Winter Nights Family Shelter Inc: $17,700 · Housing & ShelterFriendship Place: $4,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $500 · Housing & ShelterZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $12,000 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $6,250 · AnimalsLeague for Animal Welfare: $1,500 · AnimalsDETROIT2NEPAL FOUNDATION: $9,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,250 · InternationalTHE PRASAD PROJECT INC: $2,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALASKA & WASHINGTON: $8,450 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $8,400 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $8,350 · EducationYale University: $4,000 · EducationASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC: $2,000 · EducationCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 · Education
Other$155,850Human Services$36,250Housing & Shelter$22,200Animals$19,750International$19,750Health$16,850Education$15,350

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 budgetWinter Nights Family Shelter Inc: $17,700 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetLAKE LOGAN CONFERENCE CENTER AND CAMP HENRY INC: $15,850 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTHWEST VETERANS FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBEECH ACRES: $9,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetProKids: $9,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $9,850 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Area Senior Services Inc: $9,450 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPERMISSION TO START DREAMING FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDETROIT2NEPAL FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALASKA & WASHINGTON: $8,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $8,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $8,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY INC: $8,250 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $6,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC MARINE RESEARCH: $6,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetFOREST HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYale University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriendship Place: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetClermont Senior Services Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRASAD PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetASHEVILLE SCHOOL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLeague for Animal Welfare: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLESSING GROUP: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSIE'S PLACE INC: $500 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 Winter Nights Family Shelter Inc ↗
  • Who funds LAKE LOGAN CONFERENCE CENTER AND CAMP HENRY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST VETERANS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds BEECH ACRES ↗
  • Who funds ProKids ↗
  • Who funds THE FIRST STEP HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Area Senior Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds PERMISSION TO START DREAMING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT2NEPAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF ALASKA & WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC MARINE RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds FOREST HISTORY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds Friendship Place ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds Clermont Senior Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE PRASAD PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds ASHEVILLE SCHOOL 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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Duke Energy FoundationRobert a & Marian K K…John a Schroth Family…United Way of Greater…Baird Foundation IncGe Aerospace Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH20.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Reuben B Robertson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Reuben B Robertson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Reuben B Robertson 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 49 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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