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Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$160k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$45k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$444kReligion$164kArts & Culture$148kEducation$124kHealth$49kScience & Tech$32kHuman Services$25kCivil Rights$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $105k
$2,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE ISRAEL$45,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF N AMERICA$40,000
COLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATI$20,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$5,000
US HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$5,000
THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM$5,000
ST JUDE HOSPITAL$3,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERV OF WNC$3,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$3,000
HADASSAH$3,000
RIVER CENTER$2,500
MIDTOWN INC$2,500
COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$2,500
TREES COLUMBUS$2,500
NATL INFANTRY MUSEUM HOLOCAUST$2,500
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 (FY20–21, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC: $3k → 12%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC: $1k → 12%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
MN
IL
MI
NY
NJ
CT
CA
NE
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$883k · 60 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

60
45

Total granted

$883k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+15%

Still filing today

53%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TC
    THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $29k · revenue +88%
  • TU
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    7× · 2017–2025 · $26k · revenue +25%
  • CT
    COLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $24k · revenue +299%

Funded once

  • CF
    CTC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • MB
    MERIDIAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $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
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
2
Columbus Humane

To fight animal cruelty, help animals in need and advocate for their well-being.

Animals
3
JewishColumbus

Make Jewish life vibrant, accessible and secure in Columbus, Israel and around the world.

Religion
4
Columbus Ambulatory Healthcare Services Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

—
5
Cots

Cots is a group of physicians, healthcare professionals, and other experts working together to improve the health and safety of our communities.

Health
6
Columbus Medical Association Foundation Unlimited

To provide health and wellness services without geographic restriction.

International
7
Thomas University

Thomas university is an independent, not for profit, institution of higher education with undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students for successful careers and responsible citizenship in a rapidly changing and complex world.

Education
8
Columbus Torah Academy

The mission is to promote a strong, comprehensive jewish education, within an orthodox framework, that inspires learning, living and growing in judaism; provide a broad based, high quality, secular education designed to impart the critical…

Education
9
Columbus Medical Association

We are physicians and other experts improving the health of caregivers, patients and communities.

—
10
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

To serve the central ohio community with affordable, easy to access healthcare services.

Health
11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
Columbus Regional Healthcare System Inc

To provide healthcare marked by compassion and sustainable excellence in a progressive environment, guided by physicians, delivered by professionals, and inspired by the communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgia-Alabama Land Trust Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tuscola-Waynesville Band Boosters 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

45 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. 45 of the 110 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/45
Grantees still filing
36/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE: $152,500 · OtherUNITED WAY OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEETEMPLE ISRAEL INC: $145,325 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL INCIndividual grant recipient: $117,607 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSPRINGER SOCIETY: $31,500 · OtherCSU FOUNDATION: $30,800 · OtherMUSCOGEE CO LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $27,250 · Other+78 more: $207,925 · Other+78 moreTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $250,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS …+2 more: $2,100 · PhilanthropyTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $28,650 · Arts & CultureTHE COLUMBU…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $25,500 · Arts & CultureThe United …COLUMBUS PHILHARMONIC GUILD INC: $20,100 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS PH…SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureSIMON WIESE…RIVERCENTER INC: $17,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERCENTER…RIVERDALE-PORTERDALE CEMETERY: $7,000 · Arts & CultureRIVERDALE-P…+3 more: $6,550 · Arts & Culture+3 moreHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $23,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $14,000 · EducationCornell University: $11,000 · EducationYale University: $7,500 · EducationCORNELL FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE: $3,000 · EducationTUSCOLA-WAYNESVILLE BAND BOOSTERS INC: $2,500 · Education+1 more: $550 · EducationMERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN: $12,600 · HealthJOY TO LIFE FOUNDATION: $8,250 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 · HealthTrees Columbus Inc: $8,500 · Community ImprovementMIDTOWN INC: $7,500 · Community ImprovementFeeding the Valley Inc: $7,500 · Food & NutritionHELPING HUNGRY KIDS INC: $7,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$712,907Philanthropy$252,100Arts & Culture$122,300Education$62,050Health$23,850Community Improvement$16,000Food & Nutrition$14,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $250,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $28,650 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $25,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $23,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $23,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS PHILHARMONIC GUILD INC: $20,100 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetSIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC: $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERCENTER INC: $17,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN: $12,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrees Columbus Inc: $8,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetJOY TO LIFE FOUNDATION: $8,250 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetPASTORAL INSTITUTE INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding the Valley Inc: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMIDTOWN INC: $7,500 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetYale University: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOSPICE INC: $7,275 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS Humane Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERDALE-PORTERDALE CEMETERY: $7,000 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetHELPING HUNGRY KIDS INC: $7,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE STEWART COMMUNITY HOME INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH ORCHESTRA OF GREATER COLUMBUS INC: $3,050 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCORNELL FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE: $3,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAYWOOD COUNTY RESCUE SQUAD INC: $2,350 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetVALLEY RESCUE MISSION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCOGEE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HARBOR INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGEORGIA-ALABAMA LAND TRUST INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC WESTVILLE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAND CONSERVANCY OF MCHENRY COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCharlies Angels Animal Rescue: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChabad Terror Victims Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCamp Judaea Inc: $550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANTIOCH VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH UNITED FUND OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO: $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.

  • Who funds THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS PHILHARMONIC GUILD INC ↗
  • Who funds SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERCENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MERCYMED OF COLUMBUS INC ATTN TONY NGUYEN ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds Trees Columbus Inc ↗
  • Who funds JOY TO LIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PASTORAL INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding the Valley Inc ↗
  • Who funds MIDTOWN INC ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS Humane Inc ↗
  • Who funds RIVERDALE-PORTERDALE CEMETERY ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HUNGRY KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF WNC 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.

Community Foundation …The Jordan Foundation…Lockwood Partners Fou…Mildred Miller Fort F…Jw & Ethel I Woodruff…Bradley-Turner Founda…Georgia Power Foundat…Jackson-Burgin Founda…Pat and Jack Wilensky…Gb & Ca Saunders Foun…The Daniel P Amos Fam…George and Ann Swift …
Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley IncGA50.1× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc · The Jordan Foundation Inc · Lockwood Partners Foundation Inc · Mildred Miller Fort Foundation Inc · Jw & Ethel I Woodruff Foundation Inc · Bradley-Turner Foundation Inc · Georgia Power Foundation Inc · Jackson-Burgin Foundation Inc · Pat and Jack Wilensky Family Foundation · Gb & Ca Saunders Foundation Inc · The Daniel P Amos Family Foundation · George and Ann Swift Family Foundation 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 Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard and Helen Robbins Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
9report 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 110 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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