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Rlh 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.

$175k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
43%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$80,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Rlh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHealthHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving19$175k53%
FY202414$111k43%
FY202327$85k44%
FY202229$103k38%
FY202129$145k21%
FY202023$138k17%
FY201930$139k33%
FY201826$77k35%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$359kReligion$161kArts & Culture$160kHealth$121kEnvironment$110kYouth Development$44kPhilanthropy$38kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
IA
OH
PA
CA
MO
KY
VA
KS
TN
NC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Rlh Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hampden-Sydney College$125,00090%
Rush University Medical Center$107,50090%
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$105,14390%
Ohio Wesleyan University$98,00080%
Artis-Naples Inc$41,75090%
The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Inc$40,00050%
The Art Institute of Chicago$37,50090%
Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation Inc$20,00020%
The Chicago Club Preservation Foundation$15,000112%
Education Foundation of Collier County Inc$14,00030%
Duke University$10,00010%
Chicago Symphony Orchestra$9,00080%
Glenwood Academy$8,50040%
Lyric Opera of Chicago$6,50070%
Glen Lake Association Inc$6,50051%
Glen Lake Yacht Club Foundation$5,0001n/a
Bourbon Crusaders Inc$5,00011%
Citizens Council of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Area Inc$5,000119%
La Casa Norte$5,00040%
Historic Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly$5,00050%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$3,50010%
St Chrysostom's Day School$3,1001n/a
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation$3,00060%
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund$3,00030%
American Diabetes Association$2,5001n/a
Steppenwolf Theatre Company$2,00020%
Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation$1,70010%
Ravinia Festival Association$1,50010%
THE SOLTI FOUNDATION US CO Fiona Queen$1,50030%
Chicago Theatre Group Inc$1,25020%
Metrosquash Nfp$1,00010%
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc$1,00010%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Church of the Holy Spirit$1,0001n/a
The Community House$1,00010%
The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Paws Chicago$1,00010%
The Newberry Library$75020%
626 Landmark Foundation$65010%
Chicago Foundation for Education$50010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc$50010%
Equipnet$50010%
Veterans Community Project$50010%
Bonita Bay Veterans Council$50010%
Breakthrough T1d$50010%
Robin Hood Foundation$50010%
Shelter Inc$50010%
Opera Naples Inc$25010%
Interlochen Center for the Arts$25010%
Nissan Foundation$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($334k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rlh Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHampden-Sydney College: $125,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRush University Medical Center: $107,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $105,143 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetOhio Wesleyan University: $98,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetArtis-Naples Inc: $41,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Inc: $40,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $37,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPhi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Chicago Club Preservation Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetEducation Foundation of Collier County Inc: $14,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDuke University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Symphony Orchestra: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGlenwood Academy: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLyric Opera of Chicago: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGlen Lake Association Inc: $6,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetBourbon Crusaders Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCitizens Council of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Area Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetLa Casa Norte: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Preservation Foundation of the Fortnightly: $5,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Chicago: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKappa Kappa Gamma Foundation: $3,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDaniel Murphy Scholarship Fund: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSteppenwolf Theatre Company: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation: $1,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRavinia Festival Association: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOLTI FOUNDATION US CO Fiona Queen: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChicago Theatre Group Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMetrosquash Nfp: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Community House: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPaws Chicago: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Newberry Library: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budget626 Landmark Foundation: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Foundation for Education: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEquipnet: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVeterans Community Project: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBonita Bay Veterans Council: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRobin Hood Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShelter Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Naples Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterlochen Center for the Arts: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNissan Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 46.

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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.

The Chicago Community TrustIL19.5× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Collier Community Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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.

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About Rlh Foundation

How much does Rlh Foundation give?
Rlh Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $175,490 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Rlh Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Religion (15%), Arts & Culture (15%).
Who are Rlh Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hampden-Sydney College ($125k), Rush University Medical Center ($108k), The Conservancy of Southwest Florida ($105k).
Does Rlh Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rlh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Rlh Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc.
Where is Rlh Foundation based?
Rlh Foundation is based in FL.

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 94 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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