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Richard J Caron Foundation

Recovery for life

$2.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$340kHealth$89kArts & Culture$75kPhilanthropy$73kPublic Safety & Disaster$63kEducation$60kHousing & Shelter$28kHuman Services$5k
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $55,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,727,665 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,672,665 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$113M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MUSICARES FOUNDATION$25,000
NAATP INC$20,000
HAZELDEN BETTY FORD$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 27% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NASW PENNSYVANIA: $5k → 8%CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BERKS COUNTY: $80k → 11%MUSICARES FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%ADDICTION POLICY PARTNERSHIP: $5k → 14%NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADDICTION TREATMENT PROVIDERS: $16k → 12%UNITED WAY OF BERKS: $20k → 11%MUSICARES FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%NAATP INC: $22k → 12%CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BERKS COUNTY: $80k → 11%MUSICARES FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%NAATP INC: $20k → 12%UNITED WAY OF BERKS: $10k → 11%NAATP INC: $16k → 12%CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BERKS COUNTY: $80k → 11%EAST DOES IT INC: $20k → 11%EAST DOES IT INC: $8k → 11%CONRAD WEISER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $60k → 11%WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $10k → 11%WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $8k → 11%WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $8k → 11%WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $8k → 11%WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $8k → 11%WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $8k → 11%WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $8k → 11%WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $8k → 11%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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$619k · 6 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against -68% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
3

Total granted

$619k
$70k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
-68%

Still filing today

83%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MF
    MUSICARES FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +89%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADDICTION TREATMENT PROVIDERS CORPORATION
    4× · 2017–2025 · $74k · revenue +42%
  • WB
    WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT
    8× · 2017–2024 · $63k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • CW
    CONRAD WEISER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2020 · $60k
  • TA
    THE ADDICTION POLICY FORUM
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -68%
  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS PA CHAPTER
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Madd believes in a world where everyone is safe to live, work, and play. we are a movement of caring individuals with a shared purpose to end the dangers of drunk and drugged driving, a health and safety issue that affects every community.…

Crime & Legal
2
The Center for Alcohol & Drug Treatment

To remain on the cutting edge and be committed to leading the way in the treatment and prevention of substance abuse throughout the total community by providing caring, quality and affordable state-of-the-art services with the…

Health
3
Wayside House Inc

Our mission is to break the cycle of addiction and trauma for women, children, and families.

—
4
Hazelden Chicago

Harnessing science, love and the wisdom of lived experience, we are a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by substance use and mental health conditions.

Health
5
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

—
6
Hazelden New York

Harnessing science, love and the wisdom of lived experience, we are a force of healing and hope for individuals, families and communities affected by substance use and mental health conditions.

Health
7
Gateway Community Services Inc

To deliver effective treatment and recovery services based on proven steps to help people suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction and related mental health issues.

Health
8
Parenteral Drug Association Inc

To develop scientifically sound, practical technical information and resources to advance science and regulation for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry through the expertise of our global membership.

—
9
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
10
Association for Behavioral Healthcare Foundation

Provide education, training and advocacy services to the providers of mental health and addiction treatment services in the state of massachusetts.

Health
11
Alcohol & Addictions Resource Center Inc

To promote the development of preventative, educational, and treatment referral services for alcohol and other drug abusers.

Health
12
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation; the most unlike its peers is United Way of Berks County 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

8 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. 8 of the 11 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BERKS COUNT INC: $340,000 · OtherCHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BERKS COUNT INCNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADDICTION TREATMENT PROVIDERS CORPORATION: $73,750 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADDICTION TREATMENT PROVIDERS CORPORATIONCONRAD WEISER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $59,826 · OtherCONRAD WEISER AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTEASY DOES IT INC: $27,500 · OtherEASY DOES IT INC+1 more: $5,000 · OtherMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMUSICARES F…UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $40,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $32,500 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY F…WESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $62,500 · Public Safety & DisasterWESTERN B…HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTHE ADDICTION POLICY FORUM: $5,000 · Health
Other$506,076Arts & Culture$75,000Philanthropy$72,500Public Safety & Disaster$62,500Health$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMUSICARES FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ADDICTION TREATMENT PROVIDERS CORPORATION: $73,750 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetWESTERN BERKS FIRE DEPARTMENT: $62,500 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $32,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEASY DOES IT INC: $27,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE ADDICTION POLICY FORUM: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 J Caron Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard J Caron Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Addiction Policy Forum: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 11 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 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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