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Rosalie Tilles Nonsectarian Charity Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$588k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.

Education$2.8MHealth$1.7MHuman Services$1.1MArts & Culture$200kReligion$200kPhilanthropy$200kAnimals$150kHousing & Shelter$115kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $558k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST LOUIS KAPLAN FELDMAN$200,000
READY READERS$100,000
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS$100,000
FAMILY FORWARD$83,334
MARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL$75,000
HOPE CREATES$30,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–25, $774k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%FAMILY FORWARD: $83k → 21%THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION: $56k → 11%EYE THRIVE: $25k → 21%COLLEGE HILL FOUNDATION: $25k → 21%ST LOUIS AREA DIAPER BANK: $50k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $100k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $100k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $100k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS: $58k → 11%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOC: $10k → 11%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF MO: $83k → 11%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF MO--: $83k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.7M · 20 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

20 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
22

Total granted

$5.7M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+29%

Still filing today

80%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RR
    READY READERS
    5× · 2018–2025 · $540k · revenue +156%
  • MF
    MIRIAM FOUNDATION
    4× · 2018–2021 · $400k · revenue +28%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS
    4× · 2020–2025 · $358k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2018 · $313k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $75k
  • MS
    MISSION ST LOUISgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +45%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
St Louis Learning Disabilities Association

To provide children with hope, understanding, and compassion so they can reach their full potential.

Human Services
2
St Louis Community Foundation

To promote the possibilities of charitable giving, helping charitable citizens understand how they can effectively provide for the community they love and the causes they care deeply about.

Philanthropy
3
St Louis Jewish Light

The st. louis jewish light is a non-profit, independent news source whose mission is to inform, inspire, educate, and connect the st. louis jewish community.

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4
St Martin's Child Center

Providing day care services to infants and children of low income families in northern st. louis county, missouri

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5
St Louis Economic Development Partnership

Economic development.

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6
La Salle Charter Schools Inc

La salle middle school is a public charter school located in st. louis. la salle is committed to transforming children and our community through innovative education. students at la salle are pushed to achieve excellence academically,…

Education
7
Casa of St Louis

Casa of st. louis advocates for abused and neglected children and youth in st. louis by representing their best interests in court and in the community. our vision is that every child lives in a safe permanent home and has the opportunity…

Civil Rights
8
St Louis Association of Community Organizations

Community Development and Community Center and social services

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9
Louisville Collegiate School

Louisville collegiate school inspires academic excellence, extraordinary character and global citizenship.

Education
10
St Louis Survivors' Legal Support Inc

SLSLS provides victims of domestic violence the assistance they need in filing petitions for orders of protection and obtaining full orders of protection in court.

Crime & Legal
11
Thomas Jefferson School

Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…

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12
St Louis Sports Commission Inc

Foster economic growth and improved quality of life in the st. louis area by producing events, enhancing its national and international image as a premier sports region, and increasing community awareness of the value of sports.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mission St Louis and the most unlike its peers is Kingdom House D/B/a Lifewise Stl. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 28 years old; the field is 21. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%9%5–10yr16%16%10–20yr16%34%20–35yr17%13%35–55yr19%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%2%5–10yr16%18%10–20yr16%35%20–35yr17%12%35–55yr19%32%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
14%
1,453/10,123

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
23/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ST LOUIS KAPLAN FELDMAN — $600,000 · OtherST LOUIS KAPLAN FELDMANCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST LOUIS — $312,500 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST LOUISIndividual grant recipient — $300,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSPECIAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $233,000 · OtherSPECIAL EDUCATION FOUNDATIONCONGREGATION TEMPLE ISRAEL — $200,000 · OtherCONGREGATION TEMPLE ISRAELSAINT LOUIS COUNSELING INC — $150,000 · OtherSAINT LOUIS COUNSELING INCRANKEN JORDAN HOME FOR — $90,135 · OtherTHE SAINT LOUIS ZOO ASSOCIATION — $100,000 · Other+12 more — $455,000 · Other+12 moreHOME WORKS - THVP — $601,769 · EducationHOME WORKS - THVPREADY READERS — $540,000 · EducationREADY READERSMIRIAM FOUNDATION — $400,000 · EducationMIRIAM FOUNDATIONSAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOL — $200,000 · EducationSAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOLMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL — $185,000 · EducationMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOLONE CLASSROOM — $90,000 · Education+2 more — $59,525 · EducationA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND — $678,000 · Youth DevelopmentA MILLION STAR…KINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL — $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentKINGDOM HOUSE …SPROG INC — $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentSPROG INCJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS — $358,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMIL…CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI — $250,000 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S H…THE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION — $56,000 · Human ServicesTHE LITTLE B…ST LOUIS AREA DIAPER BANK — $50,000 · Human ServicesST LOUIS ARE…+3 more — $60,000 · Human Services+3 moreCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE — $300,000 · HealthSTARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE — $75,000 · HealthOLLIE HINKLE HEART FOUNDATION — $25,000 · HealthSt Louis Black Repertory Company Inc — $170,100 · Arts & CultureHOPE CREATES — $30,000 · Arts & CultureJewish Federation of St Louis — $200,000 · Philanthropy
Other$2,440,635Education$2,076,294Youth Development$928,000Human Services$774,000Health$400,000Arts & Culture$200,100Philanthropy$200,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetA MILLION STARS INC DBA COLLEGE BOUND — $678,000 over 6y, 8.2% of budgetHOME WORKS - THVP — $601,769 over 6y, 23% of budgetREADY READERS — $540,000 over 5y, 16% of budgetMIRIAM FOUNDATION — $400,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF ST LOUIS — $358,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetCHILD CENTER-MARYGROVE — $300,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MISSOURI — $250,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSPECIAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $233,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetSAUL MIROWITZ JEWISH SCHOOL — $200,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetKINGDOM HOUSE D/B/A LIFEWISE STL — $200,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetJewish Federation of St Louis — $200,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMARIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL — $185,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetSt Louis Black Repertory Company Inc — $170,100 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetSAINT LOUIS COUNSELING INC — $150,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetONE CLASSROOM — $90,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetSTARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE — $75,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetMISSION ST LOUIS — $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTHE LITTLE BIT FOUNDATION — $56,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetST LOUIS AREA DIAPER BANK — $50,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetST FRANCIS COMMUNITY SERVICES — $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDE LA SALLE INC — $49,525 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetHOPE CREATES — $30,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetOLLIE HINKLE HEART FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEYE THRIVE — $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetGO ST LOUIS — $25,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCARING FOR KIDS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetGIVE KIDS A SMILE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCollege Hill Foundation — $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN ST LOUIS SECTION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGiant Steps of St Louis Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

St Louis Community Fo…Brown Dana Charitable…Commerce Bancshares F…United Way of Greater…Trio Foundation of St…Moneta Group Charitab…St Louis Community Fo…Youthbridge Community…World Wide Technology…Employees Community F…Pecha Family Foundati…Berges Family Foundat…
St Louis Community Foundation IncMO45.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Brown Dana Charitable Trust · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · Trio Foundation of St Louis · Moneta Group Charitable Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · Youthbridge Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Pecha Family Foundation · Berges Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Rosalie Tilles Nonsectarian Charity Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rosalie Tilles Nonsectarian Charity Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Rosalie Tilles Nonsectarian Charity Fund 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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