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Richard Reed Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$605k
Granted FY2025still arriving
71
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Animals$1.3MRecreation & Sports$653kHealth$425kHuman Services$217kArts & Culture$198kFood & Nutrition$197kYouth Development$186kPhilanthropy$172kOther$0
02FY2025 · 71 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k35 grants · $183k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $422k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRECKENRIDGE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER$25,000
HOUSED WORKING AND HEALTHY$20,000
ROBIN'S NEST FOUNDATION$20,000
ELK SCHOLARSHIP FUND$15,000
BRECKENRIDGE CREATIVE ARTS$15,000
GOOD LIFE REFUGE$15,000
LAS ANIMAS DOG RESCUE ASSOCIATION AC (LADRA)$15,000
SMART BELLIES$15,000
GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY$12,000
DOGWOOD ANIMAL RESCUE PROJECT$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
CHALLENGE ASPEN$10,000
SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE$10,000
TAHOE ABILITY PROGRAM$10,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY$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 (FY19–25, $477k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%TAHOE ABILITY PROGRAM: $20k → 11%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $20k → 6%SUMMIT COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $25k → 9%GUNNISON COUNTRY FOOD PANTRY: $12k → 10%TAHOE ABILITY PROGRAM: $10k → 11%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $10k → 6%GOOD LIFE REFUGE: $15k → 9%TAHOE ABILITY PROGRAM: $10k → 11%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $10k → 6%GOOD LIFE REFUGE: $10k → 9%TAHOE ABILITY PROGRAM: $10k → 11%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $10k → 6%CATAMOUNT INSTITUTE: $5k → 9%GOOD LIFE REFUGE: $10k → 9%OUTREACH FORT COLLINS: $5k → 11%TAHOE ABILITY PROGRAM: $10k → 11%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $10k → 6%GOOD LIFE REFUGE: $10k → 9%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $10k → 6%THERE WITH CARE: $25k → 12%THERE WITH CARE: $25k → 12%THERE WITH CARE: $25k → 12%THERE WITH CARE: $20k → 12%CASA DE PAZ: $5k → 10%THERE WITH CARE: $15k → 12%THERE WITH CARE: $15k → 12%TREELINE PASS: $10k → 8%MAKE IT HOME: $5k → 8%ZENEROSITY: $10k → 9%TREELINE PASS: $10k → 8%TREELINE PASS: $10k → 8%ZENEROSITY: $10k → 9%ZENEROSITY: $10k → 9%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $30k → 12%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $10k → 12%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $10k → 12%SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER: $10k → 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

ME
OR
NV
CA
CO
NE
KY
AZ
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 70 repeat orgs$513k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

70 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

70
40

Total granted

$3.2M
$373k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+4%

Still filing today

74%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • HF
    HOME FUR GOOD ANIMAL RESCUE AND PLACEMENT
    7× · 2019–2025 · $130k · revenue +21%
  • DC
    Denver Colorado Figure Skating Club
    3× · 2019–2021 · $128k · revenue +136%
  • TW
    THERE WITH CARE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $125k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • RN
    ROBIN'S NEST
    one grant, 2022 · $37k
  • SC
    SUMMIT COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER DBA FAMILY & INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +4%
  • PT
    Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Center of Coachella Valley
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -39%
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
Platte Ranch Forever Home Sanctuary
Animals
2
Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue

Rocky Mountain Puppy Rescue is a group of hardworking fosters and volunteers who work to save the lives of unwanted dogs and puppies around the Colorado area. We focus on the younger animals that, when dumped in a shelter, are often…

Animals
3
Northern Colorado Wildlife Center

The mission of Northern Colorado Wildlife Center a 501c3 independent nonprofit is to protect wildlife and the places they call home through wildlife rescue wildlife rehabilitation education and advocacy.

Animals
4
Wolfe Ranch Rescue
Animals
5
Dogs Unbroken

Dog Rescue Dogs Unbroken supports Colorado dogs at higher risk for euthanasia evaluating their behavioral stability and applying training methods appropriate for their needs. The goal of helping each dog learn to make good choices in…

Animals
6
Colorado Animal Rescue Inc

C.A.R.E's mission is practicing excellence in the animal care, education, and advocacy to connect pets to their people.

Animals
7
Wild Souls Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Animals
8
Routt County Humane Society

Routt County Humane Society is a community resource that helps animals in need through sheltering, adoption, education, veterinary services and community outreach.

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9
Uplands Peak Sanctuary Inc

To rescue and rehabilitate abused and neglected farm animals educate the public about the benefits of a healthy vegan lifestyle promote sustainability through plant-based living and create meaningful connections between farm animals and…

Animals
10
Open Sanctuary Project Inc

The Open Sanctuary Project is a freely accessible, always growing digital guide for any resources or information you need in order to responsibly create and successfully manage an animal sanctuary or to provide the best possible care to…

Animals
11
Foothill Dog Rescue of the Sierras

Foothill Dog Rescue is a 100% all volunteer organization dedicated to re-homing dogs from over crowded animal shelters, owner surrenders and underserved communities. We also sponsor vaccine and microchip clinics for our County and have…

Animals
12
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc

High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Roundup River Ranch; the most unlike its peers is Charlies Acres. 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

94 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. 94 of the 136 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
26
Early backer (in before they grew)
91/94
Grantees still filing
59/94
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAS ANIMAS DOG RESCUE ASSOCIATION AC: $190,650 · OtherLAS ANIMAS DOG RESCUE ASSOCIATION ACDenver Colorado Figure Skating Club: $127,502 · OtherDenver Colorado Figure Skating ClubACHIEVE TAHOE: $122,300 · OtherACHIEVE TAHOELAS ANIMAS DOG RESCUE ASSOCIATION AC (LADRA): $98,826 · Other4 PAWS 4 LIFE: $90,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $73,750 · OtherBoys and Girls Club of the Redwoods: $70,000 · Other+73 more: $1,095,100 · Other+73 moreHOME FUR GOOD ANIMAL RESCUE AND PLACEMENT: $130,000 · AnimalsHOME FUR GOOD ANIM…HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY INC: $115,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF …Broken Shovels Farm and Sanctuary School: $75,000 · AnimalsBroken Shovels Far…SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE: $45,000 · AnimalsSUNRISE HORSE RESC…Luvin Arms: $30,000 · AnimalsSWEETBEAU HORSES: $25,000 · AnimalsDOGWOOD ANIMAL RESCUE PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Animals+15 more: $157,500 · Animals+15 moreTHERE WITH CARE: $125,000 · Human ServicesTHERE WITH CAR…CHALLENGE ASPEN: $70,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGE ASPE…TAHOE ABILITY PROGRAM: $60,000 · Human ServicesTAHOE ABILITY …SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesSUN VALLEY YOU…Good Life Refuge: $45,000 · Human ServicesGood Life Refu…ZENEROSITY: $30,000 · Human ServicesZENEROSITYTREELINE PASS INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesTREELINE PASS …SUMMIT COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER DBA FAMILY & INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER: $25,000 · Human Services+6 more: $39,500 · Human Services+6 moreBreckenridge Outdoor Education Center: $88,000 · Recreation & SportsBreckenri…HALLECK CREEK RANCH: $72,300 · Recreation & SportsHALLECK C…THE MIRACLE LEAGUE NORTH BAY: $57,500 · Recreation & SportsTHE MIRAC…MIRACLE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA: $40,000 · Recreation & SportsMIRACLE L…ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsROUNDUP R…+4 more: $25,000 · Recreation & Sports+4 moreROBINS NEST FOUNDATION INC: $110,225 · PhilanthropyHAVEN OF HOPE: $60,000 · PhilanthropyFORMA KIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $7,041 · PhilanthropyTRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE: $90,000 · Arts & CultureBRECKENRIDGE CREATIVE ARTS: $40,000 · Arts & CultureDIABLO BALLET: $22,500 · Arts & CultureDIGICOM LEARNING: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLEVEL GROUND: $10,000 · Arts & CultureProject Restart Inc: $60,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,868,128Animals$602,500Human Services$484,500Recreation & Sports$312,800Philanthropy$187,266Arts & Culture$182,500Housing & Shelter$60,000

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 budgetHOME FUR GOOD ANIMAL RESCUE AND PLACEMENT: $130,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetDenver Colorado Figure Skating Club: $127,502 over 3y, 17% of budgetTHERE WITH CARE: $125,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetACHIEVE TAHOE: $122,300 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY INC: $115,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetROBINS NEST FOUNDATION INC: $110,225 over 4y, 42% of budgetTRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE: $90,000 over 7y, 9.3% of budgetBreckenridge Outdoor Education Center: $88,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBroken Shovels Farm and Sanctuary School: $75,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetHALLECK CREEK RANCH: $72,300 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetCHALLENGE ASPEN: $70,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of the Redwoods: $70,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetTAHOE ABILITY PROGRAM: $60,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetSUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC: $60,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetHAVEN OF HOPE: $60,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetProject Restart Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE MIRACLE LEAGUE NORTH BAY: $57,500 over 5y, 52% of budgetVIDAS: $50,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSUNRISE HORSE RESCUE: $45,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetSMART BELLIES: $45,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetGood Life Refuge: $45,000 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA: $40,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetWildlife Rescue Center of Napa County Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetBRECKENRIDGE CREATIVE ARTS: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS: $35,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetCRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetZENEROSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLuvin Arms: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTREELINE PASS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSWEETBEAU HORSES: $25,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetDOGWOOD ANIMAL RESCUE PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBay Area Outreach and Recreation Program: $25,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSummit Education Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetSUMMIT COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER DBA FAMILY & INTERCULTURAL RESOURCE CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDIABLO BALLET: $22,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY CONSERVATION CENTER: $22,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBLUE RIVER WATERSHED GROUP: $21,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetPegasus Therapeutic Riding Center of Coachella Valley: $20,225 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetLost Hearts & Souls Horse Rescue: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetREVEL: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDIGICOM LEARNING: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetANIMAL RESCUE OF THE ROCKIES: $20,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetRise Against Suicide: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNORTHERN COLORADO FRIENDS OF FERALS: $17,500 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetCENTRAL KENTUCKY RIDING FOR HOPE INC: $15,225 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Consumption Literacy Project: $15,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTAHOE NORDIC SEARCH & RESCUE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 4.4% 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 HOME FUR GOOD ANIMAL RESCUE AND PLACEMENT ↗
  • Who funds Denver Colorado Figure Skating Club ↗
  • Who funds THERE WITH CARE ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVE TAHOE ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBINS NEST FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUCKEE ROUNDHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center ↗
  • Who funds Broken Shovels Farm and Sanctuary School ↗
  • Who funds HALLECK CREEK RANCH ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGE ASPEN ↗
  • Who funds Boys and Girls Club of the Redwoods ↗
  • Who funds TAHOE ABILITY PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY YOUTH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Project Restart Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE MIRACLE LEAGUE NORTH BAY ↗
  • Who funds VIDAS ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE HORSE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds SMART BELLIES ↗
  • Who funds Good Life Refuge ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF ARIZONA ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Rescue Center of Napa County Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRECKENRIDGE CREATIVE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DBA SIERRA COMMUNITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ZENEROSITY ↗
  • Who funds ROUNDUP RIVER RANCH ↗
  • Who funds Luvin Arms ↗

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.

Colorado Gives Founda…The Denver FoundationEl Pomar FoundationAnschutz Family Found…The Colorado Health F…Thornton S Jr and Kat…Xcel Energy FoundationRose Community Founda…Mile High United Way …Latino Community Foun…Trailhead InstituteWestern Union Foundat…
Colorado Gives FoundationCO53.8× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Denver Foundation · El Pomar Foundation · Anschutz Family Foundation · The Colorado Health Foundation · Thornton S Jr and Katrina D Glide Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Rose Community Foundation · Mile High United Way Inc · Latino Community Foundation of Colorado Inc · Trailhead Institute · Western Union 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 Reed Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard Reed Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    0get no government money at all
    33report 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.
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    How do I get to Richard Reed Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Richard Reed Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 136 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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