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Rjm 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

91% of Rjm Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

Organizations named directly on the return

4
’17
0
’18
1
’19
3
’20
4
’22
1
’23
3
’24
0
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$48MHealth$2.1MArts & Culture$775kAnimals$625kCivil Rights$200kFood & Nutrition$100kHuman Services$100kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$1,000,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$96M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY$1,000,000
THE SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS$100,000
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 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $4.5M → 7%RONALD MCDONALD FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE NORTH BAY: $100k → 10%SAN FRANCISCO GAY MAN'S CHORUS: $100k → 10%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $9.0M → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITIY: $10.0M → 17%THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $5.0M → 11%DARTMOUTH COLLEGE: $10k → 10%SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $2.3M → 7%ACKNOWLEDGE ALLIANCE: $100k → 8%THE SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS: $100k → 10%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $2.0M → 17%THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $1.0M → 11%SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $2.3M → 7%SAN FRANCISCO SPCA: $25k → 10%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $2.0M → 17%THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $1.0M → 11%SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $2.3M → 7%DRESS FOR SUCCESS SAN FRANCISCO: $100k → 10%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $2.0M → 17%SACRED HEART SCHOOLS: $2.0M → 7%SF BALLET: $100k → 10%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $1.0M → 17%SACRED HEARTS SCHOOL: $2.0M → 7%DRESS FOR SUCCESS SAN FRANCISCO: $100k → 10%THE FOUNDATION FOR GENDER SPECIFIC MEDICINE: $100k → 17%SF BALLET: $100k → 10%THE PECCADILLO THEATER COMPANY: $15k → 17%KQED: $250k → 10%KQED: $15k → 10%LEAP SANDCASTLE CLASSIC: $10k → 10%LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION: $10k → 10%KQED: $250k → 10%LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION: $10k → 10%KQED: $25k → 10%LEWIS W BUTLER FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%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.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21M · 7 repeat orgs$15M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$21M
$15M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+8%

Still filing today

43%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
AnimalsArts & CultureHealthEducationCivil RightsOther
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

  • SH
    SACRED HEART SCHOOL
    4× · 2017–2020 · $11M
  • TC
    THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
    3× · 2020–2024 · $7.0M
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    2× · 2022–2024 · $2.0M

Funded once

  • CU
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITIY
    one grant, 2022 · $10M
  • SH
    SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON
    one grant, 2022 · $2.0M
  • SH
    SACRED HEARTS SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $2.0M
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
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
4
New York Genome Center Inc

Operate a state-of-the-art, world-class genomic research center that creates and uses advanced genomics to understand the genetic basis of disease. for more information, see schedule o.

Health
5
Manhattanville University

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

Education
6
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
7
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
8
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
9
Southern California University of Health Sciences

The mission of southern california university of health sciences (scu) is to educate students as competent, caring and successful practitioners of integrative healthcare. the university is committed to providing excellence in academics,…

Education
10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
12
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dress for Success San Francisco; the most unlike its peers is Lewis W Butler Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 23 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)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $11,250,000 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITIY: $10,000,000 · OtherCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITIYTHE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $7,000,000 · OtherTHE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEYPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $2,000,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON: $2,000,000 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTONSACRED HEARTS SCHOOL: $2,000,000 · OtherSACRED HEARTS SCHOOL+6 more: $530,000 · OtherTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $16,000,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSIT…+2 more: $35,000 · EducationTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE NORTH BAY: $100,000 · AnimalsTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $25,000 · AnimalsKQED INC: $540,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $15,000 · Arts & CultureDRESS FOR SUCCESS SAN FRANCISCO: $200,000 · Civil RightsTHE FOUNDATION FOR GENDER-SPECIFIC MEDICINE INC: $100,000 · HealthACKNOWLEDGE ALLIANCE: $100,000 · Health
Other$34,780,000Education$16,035,000Animals$625,000Arts & Culture$555,000Civil Rights$200,000Health$200,000

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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $16,000,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKQED INC: $540,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS SAN FRANCISCO: $200,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF THE NORTH BAY: $100,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR GENDER-SPECIFIC MEDICINE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetACKNOWLEDGE ALLIANCE: $100,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetLewis W Butler Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetPECCADILLO THEATER COMPANY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $10,000 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA11.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Rjm Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rjm Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    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 · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rjm Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rjm 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 23 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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