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Riley Family Foundation at a glance

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Riley Family 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.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$60k
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.

Education$143kPhilanthropy$113kArts & Culture$57kFood & Nutrition$38kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kHealth$8kCommunity Improvement$6kHousing & Shelter$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $35k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DARIEN LIBRARY INC$60,000
PERSON TO PERSON INC$35,000
HORIZONS NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE INC$5,000
LIVEGIRL INC$3,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER$1,000
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 (FY18–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DARIEN YMCA: $1k → 9%LIVEGIRL INC: $3k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $10k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $5k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $5k → 9%CARVER FOUNDATION OF NORWALK: $3k → 9%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$364k · 15 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
18

Total granted

$364k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
-6%

Still filing today

87%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • PT
    PERSON TO PERSON INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $111k · revenue +19%
  • DL
    DARIEN LIBRARY INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $83k · revenue +5%
  • KE
    Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc
    6× · 2017–2023 · $42k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -14%
  • AW
    A WOMAN'S NATION
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -100%
  • GREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue -28%
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
The Darien Foundation Inc

The darien foundation's mission is to provide grant funding for technology and capital projects that create opportunity for darien's youth, support town safety and security services, enhance the overall quality of life in darien, and…

Education
2
Darien Community Association Inc

Provide educational, cultural, recreational and civic programs; generate funds for scholarships and other philanthropic works within the community; maintain meadowlands as a community resource.

Community Improvement
3
Darien Historical Society

The mission of the darien historical society, and its bates scofield homestead museum, is to maintain, collect, preserve, and exhibit materials of local historical value and educate the community about its heritage. it is through the…

Arts & Culture
4
Darrow School

Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…

Education
5
Theaterworks Inc

Theaterworks' mission is to share intimate stories that engage all audiences. it creates exceptional contemporary theater that entertains, celebrates new voices, and invites meaningful conversations. its vision is to inspire a more…

Arts & Culture
6
Arts for Learning Connecticut

To inspire young people and expand their learning through the arts

Arts & Culture
7
Greenwich Free Library

To provide free library services and computer access to the community.

Education
8
At Home in Darieninc

Form 990 part iii, line 1 "helping darien seniors live independently, comfortably and with dignity in their own homes and the community as long as possible."

Human Services
9
Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce Inc

The organization is a local chamber of commerce. the chamber attempts to stimulate growth of businesses in the greater danbury, connecticut area.

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10
Daemen University

Private, independent university providing higher education to students. The mission of Daemen University is to prepare creative, ethically-minded leaders for a diverse and interconnected world by integrating the intellectual strengths…

Education
11
Darien Study Center Inc

In cooperation with the Roman Catholic Prelature of Opus Dei, Darien Study Center fosters the search for holiness in the middle of the world, by means of ordinary work and all the other circumstances of daily life. See www.opusdei.org.

Education
12
Westport Library Association Inc

The westport library was established for the purpose of maintaining a public library in the town of westport, connecticut. the library is committed to empowering the individual and strengthening the community through dynamic interaction…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Crystal Theatre 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

21 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. 21 of the 35 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
14/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PERSON TO PERSON INC: $110,623 · PhilanthropyPERSON TO PERSON INC+1 more: $1,500 · PhilanthropyDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $83,275 · EducationDARIEN LIBRARY INCHorizons at CT State Norwalk Inc: $24,000 · EducationHorizons at CT State Norwalk In…Kids Empowered by Your Support Inc: $41,950 · Arts & CultureKids Empowered b…DARIEN ARTS CENTER INC: $9,000 · Arts & CultureDARIEN ARTS CENT…CRYSTAL THEATRE INC: $3,600 · Arts & CultureCRYSTAL THEATRE …GREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient: $32,500 · OtherIndividual grant rec…Individual grant recipient: $5,500 · OtherIndividual grant rec…A WOMAN'S NATION: $5,000 · OtherA WOMAN'S NATIONPACIFIC HOUSE INC: $5,500 · OtherPACIFIC HOUSE INCTHE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $5,000 · OtherTHE FOOD BANK OF LOW…LAND TRUST OF DARIEN INC: $4,500 · OtherLAND TRUST OF DARIEN…FUTURE 5 INC: $3,500 · Other+14 more: $8,600 · Other+14 moreTHE CARVER INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesLiveGirl Inc: $3,000 · Human ServicesDARIEN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesDARIEN EMS POST 53 INC: $10,000 · HealthGOOD CAUSES INC: $6,000 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$112,123Education$107,275Arts & Culture$57,250Other$70,100Human Services$27,000Health$10,000Community Improvement$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$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $110,623 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDARIEN LIBRARY INC: $83,275 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetKids Empowered by Your Support Inc: $41,950 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetHorizons at CT State Norwalk Inc: $24,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE CARVER INC: $23,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDARIEN EMS POST 53 INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDARIEN ARTS CENTER INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGOOD CAUSES INC: $6,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetPACIFIC HOUSE INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOOD BANK OF LOWER FAIRFIELD COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA WOMAN'S NATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAND TRUST OF DARIEN INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCRYSTAL THEATRE INC: $3,600 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFUTURE 5 INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLiveGirl Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREENS LEDGE LIGHT PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FUND OF DARIEN: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildrens Leukemia Research Assn Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDARIEN COMMUNITY YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETSQUASH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAKESPEARE ON THE SOUND INC: $200 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fairfield County's Co…The Edward E Hood Jr …Clarion Capital Chari…The Goodnow FundSynchrony FoundationThe Meredith and Whit…The Near and Far Asso…New Canaan Community …The Pfizer Foundation…Robert & Diana Borman…Schaefer-Phillips Fou…Alexandra Foundation
Fairfield County's Community Foundation IncCT25.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Edward E Hood Jr Foundation · Clarion Capital Charitable Foundation · The Goodnow Fund · Synchrony Foundation · The Meredith and Whitney George Family Foundation Inc · The Near and Far Association Inc · New Canaan Community Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Robert & Diana Borman Family Charitable Foundation · Schaefer-Phillips Foundation Inc · Alexandra 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 Riley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Riley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Pacific House Inc: 46% of income from government
  • The Carver Inc: 16% of income from government
  • The Community Fund of Darien: 9% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Crystal Theatre Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report 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 35 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home