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Richard D Reis Family Foundation at a glance

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Richard D Reis Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$53k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$126kPhilanthropy$48kArts & Culture$25kHealth$23kRecreation & Sports$22kAnimals$14kYouth Development$7kHuman Services$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,500
Median grant
12
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
13 DONATIONS OF 600 OR LESS TO EACH ORGANIZATION$5,100
UNIV OF KENTUCKY ENGLISH DEPT$5,000
XAVIER UNIVERSITY$3,000
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY$2,500
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$2,500
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$2,500
SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN$2,500
DOHN SCHOOL$2,000
BEECH ACRES$2,000
CORRALL$2,000
POLITE TUMOR$2,000
FIRST TEE OF GREATER CINCINNATI$2,000
INDIAN HILL FOUNDATION$1,500
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,500
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $1k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $1k → 16%BEECH ACRES: $2k → 16%BEECH ACRES: $1k → 16%BEECH ACRES: $1k → 16%BEECH ACRES: $1k → 16%BEECH ACRES: $1k → 16%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $1k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $1k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $750 → 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

IL
WY
OH
UT
CO
KY
VA
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$248k · 37 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
11

Total granted

$248k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+29%

Still filing today

54%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementAnimalsRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • Vanderbilt University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +65%
  • SC
    Savannah College of Art and DesignInc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +62%
  • Northwestern University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • CC
    CINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $14k · revenue +29%
  • 2D
    27 DONATIONS OF 600 OR LESS TO EACH ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2020 · $6k
  • TE
    THUNDERDOME EVENT LLC
    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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
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
3
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
4
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
5
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
6
Capital University

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

Education
7
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
8
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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9
Cincinnati Bar Association

To promote professional excellence, foster justice, serve our members and educate the public.

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10
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
11
Manhattanville University

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

Education
12
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is Underdogs. 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 54 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)
29/30
Grantees still filing
25/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

35 DONATIONS OF 500 OR LESS TO EACH ORGANIZATION: $18,746 · Other35 DONATIONS OF 500 OR LESS TO EACH ORGANIZATIONCLEMSON UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · OtherCLEMSON UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $14,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATIUNIV OF KENTUCKY ENGLISH DEPT: $13,500 · OtherUNIV OF KENTUCKY ENGLISH DEPT13 DONATIONS OF 600 OR LESS TO EACH ORGANIZATION: $10,975 · Other13 DONATIONS OF 600 OR LESS TO EACH ORGANIZATIONDOHN SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherDOHN SCHOOLCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $9,038 · OtherCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL27 DONATIONS OF 600 OR LESS TO EACH ORGANIZATION: $6,100 · OtherCORRALL: $6,000 · Other+26 more: $65,462 · Other+26 moreCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $13,602 · EducationCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY…Vanderbilt University: $12,500 · EducationVanderbilt UniversitySavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $12,500 · EducationSavannah College of Ar…XAVIER UNIVERSITY: $10,500 · EducationXAVIER UNIVERSITYINDIAN HILL FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationINDIAN HILL FOUNDATIONThe Mercantile Library: $2,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy: $7,000 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRES: $6,000 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI WORKS: $3,750 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $3,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesNorthwestern University: $12,500 · Recreation & SportsPOLITE TUMOR INC: $8,500 · HealthThe Christ Hospital: $1,500 · HealthFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $1,000 · HealthCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNational Court Reporters Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $1,000 · Philanthropy
Other$169,321Education$57,102Human Services$20,750Recreation & Sports$12,500Health$11,000Arts & Culture$10,000Philanthropy$6,000

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 budgetCINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $13,602 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVanderbilt University: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSavannah College of Art and DesignInc: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOLITE TUMOR INC: $8,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy: $7,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBEECH ACRES: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Court Reporters Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetINDIAN HILL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMOUNTAIN TOP INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBreakthrough Cincinnati Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCINCINNATI WORKS: $3,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWYOMING UNTRAPPED INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION: $2,750 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetDENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Mercantile Library: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnderdogs: $1,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Christ Hospital: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBONITA BAY HURRICANE RELIEF FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH & RECOVERY SERVICES OF JACKSON HOLE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN INCORPORATED: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $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.

  • Who funds CINCINNATI COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds Savannah College of Art and DesignInc ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
  • Who funds POLITE TUMOR INC ↗
  • Who funds Emanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy ↗
  • Who funds BEECH ACRES ↗
  • Who funds National Court Reporters Foundation ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOUNTAIN TOP INC ↗
  • Who funds Breakthrough Cincinnati Inc ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI WORKS ↗
  • Who funds WYOMING UNTRAPPED INC ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds DENVER DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF DALLAS ANIMAL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds The Mercantile Library ↗
  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK 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…The Thomas J Emery Me…John a Schroth Family…The Alpaugh FoundationAndrew Jergens Founda…Williams FoundationEdelweiss FoundationSutphin Family Founda…Marge & Charles J Sch…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Johnson Charitable Gi…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH22.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Alpaugh Foundation · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Williams Foundation · Edelweiss Foundation · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Johnson 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 Richard D Reis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard D Reis Family 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%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 54 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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