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Robert V Rasmussen Foundation at a glance

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Robert V Rasmussen 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.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$18k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$79kYouth Development$36kHealth$34kArts & Culture$30kEnvironment$17kAnimals$16kReligion$8kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $18k
$2,300
Median grant
4
States reached
$388k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIAMI FILM LAB$17,500
DAMON RUNYAN CANCER RESEARCH$6,460
CHURCH OF BETHESDA BY THE SEA$5,000
THE ATLANTIC SALMON FEDERATION$2,300
THE BOYS CLUB$1,250
Individual grant recipient$1,000
THE SOCIETY OF MSK$1,000
BATH AND TENNIS CLUB$500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $2k → 13%PRIPET RIDING PROGRAM: $500 → 13%PRIPET RIDING PROGRAM: $500 → 13%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
NY
MA
IA
IN
CT
AZ
NC
DC
AL
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$214k · 20 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
28

Total granted

$214k
$39k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+22%

Still filing today

65%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
HealthEducationArts & CultureAnimalsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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
    PALMER TRINITY PRIVATE SCHOOL INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $60k · revenue +67%
  • MD
    MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER
    4× · 2020–2023 · $14k · revenue +65%
  • Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc
    5× · 2018–2023 · $13k · revenue +375%

Funded once

  • DR
    DAMON RUNYON CANCER RESEARCH
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
  • DR
    DAMEN RUNYON CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • SAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -24%
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
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science Inc

Frost science inspires and connects people of all ages and backgrounds to enjoy science and technology, and to better understand ourselves and our world.

Arts & Culture
2
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Arts & Culture
3
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
4
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
6
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
7
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
8
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
9
The Economic Club of New York

The economic club of new york is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonpolitical organization dedicated to the promotion of the study and discussion of social, economic and political questions. for more than a century, the club has served as the…

Social Science
10
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
11
The Everglades Foundation Inc

The mission of the foundation is to restore and protect america's everglades through its three programmatic pillars: science, advocacy and education. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
12
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Southampton Fresh Air Home; the most unlike its peers is Pripet Riding Program. 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

35 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. 35 of the 54 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PALMER TRINITY PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $59,500 · OtherPALMER TRINITY PRIVATE SCHOOL INCBOYS CLUB OF AMERICA: $22,750 · OtherBOYS CLUB OF AMERICACHURCH OF BETHESDA BY THE SEA INC: $13,000 · OtherCHURCH OF BETHESDA BY THE SEA INCDAMON RUNYAN CANCER RESEARCH: $6,460 · Other+27 more: $46,050 · Other+27 moreMIAMI FILM LABINC: $37,500 · Arts & CultureMIAMI FILM LABINCMARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $14,000 · Arts & CultureMARINE DISCOVERY CENTE…+2 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $9,350 · HealthTHE DEBUTANTE COTILLION AND CHRISTMAS BALL INC: $2,000 · HealthCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthTHE POLG FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 · HealthPennys Flight Foundation Inc: $1,500 · HealthTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $1,450 · HealthMONTGOMERY AREA NON-TRADITIONAL EQUESTRI: $1,000 · HealthAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $13,037 · AnimalsSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $3,000 · Animals+1 more: $350 · AnimalsTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $3,778 · EducationTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $3,500 · EducationSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $2,500 · EducationW20 FOUNDATION: $650 · EducationZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,750 · Recreation & SportsBATH AND TENNIS CLUB INC: $500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$147,760Arts & Culture$53,000Health$19,050Animals$16,387Education$13,928Youth Development$13,000Recreation & Sports$3,250

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 budgetPALMER TRINITY PRIVATE SCHOOL INC: $59,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMIAMI FILM LABINC: $37,500 over 3y, 24% of budgetMARINE DISCOVERY CENTER: $14,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $13,037 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BOYS' CLUB OF NEW YORK: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOOMER ESIASON FOUNDATION: $9,350 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY: $3,778 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SPENCE SCHOOL: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSAVE THE MANATEE CLUB INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $2,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE TOXAWAY CHARITIES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DEERING ESTATE FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DEBUTANTE COTILLION AND CHRISTMAS BALL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCANCER RESEARCH FUND OF THE DAMON RUNYON-WALTER WINCHELL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONG ISLAND COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM & DRUG DEPENDENCE INC: $1,800 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POLG FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTROOPERS MEMORIAL FUND INC: $1,600 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPennys Flight Foundation Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SOUTHAMPTON FRESH AIR HOME: $1,450 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRIPET RIDING PROGRAM: $1,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMONTGOMERY AREA NON-TRADITIONAL EQUESTRI: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetW20 FOUNDATION: $650 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSCPD Cops Who Care Inc: $600 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDY HOOK PROMISE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetZETA TAU ALPHA FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA BURN FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBATH AND TENNIS CLUB INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlam4Good Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $350 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.

The Allen Family Foun…Duke Energy FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…Renaissance Charitabl…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Paypal Charitable Giv…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
The Allen Family Foundation IncNY13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Allen Family Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert V Rasmussen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert V Rasmussen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Robert V Rasmussen Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Robert V Rasmussen 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 54 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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