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Reynolds Charitable Foundation Trust at a glance

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Reynolds Charitable Foundation Trust

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.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

International$54kEnvironment$21kArts & Culture$15kCivil Rights$12kPhilanthropy$9kEducation$7kAnimals$7kHuman Services$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$452k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
APPALACIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY$6,500
SPLC$5,000
FABRETTO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION$5,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$2,500
THOUSAND ISLAND LAND TRUST$2,500
OCEANA$2,500
NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND$1,500
ST LAWRENCE VALLEY SPCA$1,000
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 (FY20–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS: $2k → 6%THE LESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER: $1k → 17%CITIZENS FOR A BETTER EASTERN SHORE: $1k → 19%CITIZENS FOR A BETTER EASTERN SHORE: $1k → 19%COURT WATCH MONTGOMERY: $1k → 8%CITIZENS FOR A BETTER EASTERN SHORE: $1k → 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

MN
IL
NY
NJ
CA
CO
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
TN
DC
AL
TX
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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$86k · 11 repeat orgs$61k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
29

Total granted

$86k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+13%

Still filing today

100%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
EnvironmentHuman ServicesInternationalEducationAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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

  • MC
    MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2021–2023 · $4k · revenue +1%
  • NA
    NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $3k · revenue +0%
  • TI
    THOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC
    2× · 2021–2025 · $3k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TN
    THE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +12%
  • HISPANICS IN PHILANTHROPY
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue -79%
  • CC
    COMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +11%
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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
4
National Audubon Society Inc

We work towards a future where birds thrive across the americas because audubon is a powerful, diverse, and ever-growing force for conservation. (continued on schedule o).

Environment
5
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
6
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
7
Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…

Environment
8
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
9
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
10
Washington Office On Latin America

To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.

International
11
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation

We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)

Environment
12
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Morristown Public Library. 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

32 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. 32 of the 45 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
20/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FABRETTO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $48,500 · InternationalFABRETTO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INCInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,500 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF: $2,500 · InternationalSPLC: $5,000 · OtherSPLCHISPANICS IN PHILANTHROPY: $2,500 · OtherPWNA: $2,500 · OtherFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $2,500 · OtherBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $2,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,600 · OtherMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,500 · OtherMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,600 · OtherTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $5,000 · OtherTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUNDNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $3,000 · OtherNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INCCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $2,500 · OtherFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $2,000 · Other+14 more: $12,250 · Other+14 moreTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentTHOUSAND I…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMEN…SAVE THE RIVER INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentSAVE THE R…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RE…OCEANA INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentOCEANA INCHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentHIGHLANDER…DANCE PLACE: $13,500 · Arts & CultureDANCE PLAC…ST LAWRENCE VALLEY SPCA INC: $4,000 · AnimalsWildlife Conservation Society: $1,600 · AnimalsLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $1,000 · AnimalsCITIZENS FOR A BETTER EASTERN SHORE: $3,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC: $1,600 · Human ServicesLesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesCourt Watch Montgomery Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $6,500 · Recreation & Sports
International$53,500Other$47,550Environment$14,000Arts & Culture$13,500Animals$6,600Human Services$6,600Recreation & Sports$6,500

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 budgetFABRETTO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $48,500 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetDANCE PLACE: $13,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NEW YORK TIMES COMMUNITIES FUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST LAWRENCE VALLEY SPCA INC: $4,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOUSAND ISLANDS LAND TRUST INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITIZENS FOR A BETTER EASTERN SHORE: $3,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISPANICS IN PHILANTHROPY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE RIVER INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOODBANK OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOME INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORRISTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY: $1,250 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCourt Watch Montgomery Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTHWEST INITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUCKY DOG ANIMAL RESCUE: $1,000 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.

The Pfizer Foundation…Renaissance Charitabl…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY10.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Reynolds Charitable Foundation Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Reynolds Charitable Foundation Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 45 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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