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Rogers Rissler Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$827k
Granted FY2023
12
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$581k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Education$968kArts & Culture$340kHealth$151kHuman Services$132kPhilanthropy$90kAnimals$63kFood & Nutrition$48kReligion$33kOther$0
02FY2023 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $140k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $581k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION$580,628
UVA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION$100,000
CATF$30,000
WVU HOSPITALS EAST FOUNDATION$25,000
HOSPICE OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE$25,000
ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREATER$10,000
JEFFERSON COUNTY FARMLAND PROTECTION BOARD$10,000
ST AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH$10,000
AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY$10,000
FRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT$10,000
ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY$10,000
UVA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION$5,886
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 (FY18–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 13% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION: $10k → 22%THE CHAMINADE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $10k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS: $10k → 14%CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATRE FESTIVAL: $30k → 9%WVU HOSPITALS EAST FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $581k → 8%PREVENT CANCER FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER: $10k → 22%THE CHAMINADE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $10k → 6%CATF: $30k → 9%UVA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $100k → 8%PREVENT CANCER FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%CATF: $20k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%HOUSE OF RUTH: $40k → 14%CATF: $20k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $50k → 8%HOUSE OF RUTH: $20k → 14%CATF: $20k → 9%HOUSE OF RUTH: $10k → 14%ST AGNES CATHOLIC CHURCH: $10k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%OLD OPERA HOUSE: $54k → 9%JEFFERSON COUNTY MUSEUM: $45k → 9%SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT: $20k → 14%OLD OPERA HOUSE: $41k → 9%WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN: $20k → 14%FRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT: $30k → 9%SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT: $8k → 14%FRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT: $30k → 9%JEFFERSON COUNTY MUSEUM: $25k → 9%OLD OPERA HOUSE: $20k → 9%FRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT: $20k → 9%JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 9%FRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT: $15k → 9%FRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT: $10k → 9%JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 9%ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREATER: $10k → 9%AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $10k → 9%JEFFERSON COUNTY FARMLAND PROTECTION BOARD: $10k → 9%ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST JAMES THE GREATER: $10k → 9%JEFFERSON COUNTY MUSEUM: $7k → 9%HOSPICE OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE: $25k → 9%HOSPICE OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE: $10k → 9%HOSPICE OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE: $10k → 9%ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $15k → 9%ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $10k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE WEBB-BLESSING HOUSE: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
IA
PA
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
DC
TX
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 43 repeat orgs$345k to everyone else

43 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 36 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
24

Total granted

$1.6M
$194k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+38%

Still filing today

49%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $151k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
AnimalsEducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2023 · $706k · revenue +191%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $105k · revenue +69% · 30% of their budget
  • HO
    HOUSE OF RUTH
    3× · 2018–2021 · $70k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINA
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • CA
    CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVALgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $30k · revenue +38%
  • FC
    FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
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
Washington Humane Society

The washington humane society protects animals, supports families, and advocates for positive change to create a world where all animals can thrive. we enrich the humanity of our communities by promoting compassion and encouraging people…

Animals
2
Virginia Commonwealth University Intellectual Property Foundation

The foundation determines the patentability and obtains patents on virginia commonwealth university (vcu) inventions and markets and licenses such inventions to commerical entities. the foundation's activities promote research efforts at…

Health
3
Humane Society of Charlotte Inc

Humane Society of Charlotte mission is to champion the wellbeing of companion animals and strengthen their bond with the people who know, love, and need them.

Animals
4
Louisiana Spca Foundation Inc

To be operated exclusively for the benefit of, to perform functions of and to carry out the purposes of the louisiana society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, which operates to prevent cruelty to animals.

Animals
5
Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The primary mission of the humane society is to end animal cruelty, neglect and overpopulation in south carolina.

Animals
6
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
7
Shelter Animals Count

To create, share and steward the national database of sheltered animals that provides facts and enables insights to save lives.

Animals
8
Animal Friends of North Central Wv

Prevention of cruelty to animals through advocacy and community in need. reduction and eventual elimination of the killing of cats and dogs by actively promoting.

Animals
9
Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Inc

Provide shelter for homeless animals and prevent animal cruelty

Animals
10
Humane Pennsylvania Foundation

To encourage and motivate the making of gifts and donations by deed, will, or otherwise, for the advancement, promotion, extension, and maintenance of the various causes and objectives fostered by the humane pennsylvania.

Animals
11
The Maryland Spca Inc

To improve the lives of pets and people in the community; to provide and promote education concerning the proper care of animals; to provide medical services, socialization, and enrichment to animals; (see schedule o for continuation)to…

Animals
12
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is William L Clay Scholarship and Research Fund. 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

34 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. 34 of the 71 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
25/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OLD OPERA HOUSE: $117,111 · OtherOLD OPERA HOUSEUVA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $105,886 · OtherUVA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINA: $100,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINACATF: $90,000 · OtherCATFJEFFERSON COUNTY MUSEUM: $76,500 · OtherJEFFERSON COUNTY MUSEUMHOSPICE OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE: $45,500 · OtherHOSPICE OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLESOME INC: $37,000 · OtherJEFFERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 · OtherMD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $30,000 · Other+38 more: $215,500 · Other+38 moreUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $705,628 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATIO…CHAMINADE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $30,000 · Education+4 more: $13,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureCONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL: $30,300 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,100 · Arts & CultureHOUSE OF RUTH: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $39,500 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsSPAY TODAY INC: $4,500 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS: $3,500 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,500 · AnimalsCAUSE FOR PAWS INC: $2,500 · Animals+1 more: $1,500 · AnimalsPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $25,000 · HealthFox Chase Cancer Center Foundation: $10,000 · HealthLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $9,000 · International
Other$847,497Education$749,128Arts & Culture$136,400Housing & Shelter$70,000Animals$59,000Health$40,500International$34,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $705,628 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT INC: $105,000 over 5y, 30% of budgetHOUSE OF RUTH: $70,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $39,500 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetSOME INC: $37,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL: $30,300 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetJEFFERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $30,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetCHAMINADE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPrevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOLD CHARLES TOWN LIBRARY INC: $11,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetFox Chase Cancer Center Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Dallas: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUSA Shooting Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPAY TODAY INC: $4,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $2,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetLUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAUSE FOR PAWS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDA: $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM L CLAY SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAnimal Care Center Of St John Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSHENANDOAH AREA COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Hospital and Healthcare Services Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $500 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA LAW SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HAPPY RETREAT INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUSE OF RUTH ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds SOME INC ↗
  • Who funds CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMINADE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Prevent Cancer Foundation aka Cancer Research & Prevention Fndn ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds OLD CHARLES TOWN LIBRARY INC ↗
  • Who funds United Help Ukraine Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Fox Chase Cancer Center Foundation ↗
  • Who funds University of Dallas ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
  • Who funds USA Shooting Inc ↗
  • Who funds SPAY TODAY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF HOMELESS ANIMALS ↗

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.

Eastern West Virginia…Nora Roberts Foundati…Verizon FoundationUnited Way WorldwideShell USA Company Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…
Eastern West Virginia Community FoundationWV22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Verizon Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 Rogers Rissler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rogers Rissler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rogers Rissler Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rogers Rissler 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 71 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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