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Richard E Phelps Sr Foundation at a glance

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Richard E Phelps Sr Foundation

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.

$492k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$230k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Animals$348kHuman Services$207kFood & Nutrition$26kHousing & Shelter$17kHealth$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k12 grants · $207k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $285k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$14M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCOTT COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$230,000
THE CENTER$55,000
JUAN DIEZ RANCHEROS$35,000
ONE EIGHTY$25,000
KINGS HARVEST PET RESCUE$20,000
QC ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
MUSCATINE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$15,000
CEDAR BEND HUMANE SOCIETY$15,000
MIDWEST PETS FOR LIFE$15,000
RIVERBEND FOOD BANK$12,000
HUMILITY HOMES & SERVICES INC$10,000
MILAN CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY$10,000
HOPE AT THE BRICK HOUSE$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $162k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE CENTER: $60k → 12%THE CENTER: $55k → 12%THE CENTER: $23k → 12%HOPE AT THE BRICK HOUSE: $10k → 12%HOPE AT THE BRICK HOUSE: $10k → 12%HOPE AT THE BRICK HOUSE: $4k → 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.
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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$686k · 14 repeat orgs$231k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
1

Total granted

$686k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+22%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $230k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Human ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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 CENTER
    3× · 2023–2025 · $138k · revenue +28%
  • T1
    THE 180 ZONE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +2%
  • HS
    HUMANE SOCIETY OF SCOTT COUNTY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $37k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +22%
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
Marion County Humane Society

The marion county humane society was established for the purpose of providing temporary care and housing of stray or homeless dogs and cats, to assist in the return of lost dogs and cats to their owners, to provide a means of finding new…

Animals
2
Des Moines County Humane Society

The des moines county humane society provides shelter and rescue operations for animals in des moines county, secures permanent, loving homes for abandoned, abused, or neglected animals, and teaches responsible pet ownership and compassion…

Animals
3
Humane Society of Southwest Missouri

The humane society of southwest missouri is one of the largest open admission, no kill shelters in southwest missouri. it is dedicated to helping sick, injured and abandoned dogs and cats find their forever homes. for over 60 years the…

Animals
4
Pound Pets Inc

Animal Rescue - finding homes for abandoned animals in Granite City, spaying and neutering stray animals and feral cats

Animals
5
Hart

Animal shelter and rescue

Animals
6
Humane Society of Monroe County Il

The organization rescues animals and cares for them until they can find them qualified homes.

Animals
7
Missouri Forget-Me-Not Horse Rescue Sanctuary

Our mission is to provide aid and sanctuary to abused, neglected, abandoned or donated horses that come to us in need. to work with law enforcement and other agencies in their efforts to rectify situations in which horses are in peril. to…

Animals
8
Heartland Humane Society Ltd

Heartland humane society is a no-kill shelter for dogs and cats. the mission is to provide temporary shelter and care to homeless/lost animals, to educate the public on proper care of animals, and to promote neuter and spay programs.

Animals
9
Columbus Pet Rescue

Rescue and adoption of animals

Animals
10
St Clair County Humane Society

Maintain and care for incoming animals.

Animals
11
The Rescue House

To take in stray and abandoned cats and care for their medical and shelter needs until they can be adopted by the public.

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12
Madison Jefferson County Humane Society Inc

The organization's mission is to promote the humane treatment of animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The 180 Zone; the most unlike its peers is The Center. 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SCOTT COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $230,000 · OtherSCOTT COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETYKINGS HARVEST PET RESCUE: $56,500 · OtherKINGS HARVEST PET RESCUEQC ANIMAL WELFARE CENTER: $46,500 · OtherQC ANIMAL WELFARE CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $46,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMUSCATINE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $30,000 · OtherMUSCATINE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY+1 more: $1,000 · OtherTHE CENTER: $137,500 · Human ServicesTHE CENTERJUAN DIEZ RANCHEROS ABUNDANT LIFE RANCHERS: $95,000 · Human ServicesJUAN DIEZ RANCHEROS ABUNDANT LI…HOPE AT THE BRICK HOUSE INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesHOPE AT THE BRICK HOUSE INCCEDAR BEND HUMANE SOCIETY: $36,500 · AnimalsCEDAR BEND HU…HUMANE SOCIETY OF SCOTT COUNTY: $36,500 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIET…MIDWEST PETS FOR LIFE: $36,500 · AnimalsMIDWEST PETS …THE 180 ZONE: $75,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE 180 Z…MILAN CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY: $23,500 · Food & NutritionRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR: $22,000 · Food & NutritionHUMILITY HOMES AND SERVICES INC: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$410,500Human Services$256,500Animals$109,500Youth Development$75,000Food & Nutrition$45,500Housing & Shelter$20,000

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 CENTER: $137,500 over 3y, 13% of budgetJUAN DIEZ RANCHEROS ABUNDANT LIFE RANCHERS: $95,000 over 3y, 42% of budgetTHE 180 ZONE: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCEDAR BEND HUMANE SOCIETY: $36,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SCOTT COUNTY: $36,500 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetMIDWEST PETS FOR LIFE: $36,500 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetHOPE AT THE BRICK HOUSE INC: $24,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetMILAN CHRISTIAN FOOD PANTRY: $23,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetRIVER BEND FOOD RESERVOIR: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHUMILITY HOMES AND SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $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.

Quad Cities Community…Quad Cities Golf Clas…Baird Foundation IncScott County Regional…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Quad Cities Community FoundationIA19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Quad Cities Community Foundation · Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Scott County Regional Authority · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Richard E Phelps Sr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard E Phelps Sr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 16 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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