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Rufie Pease Memorial Foundation at a glance

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Rufie Pease Memorial 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.

$5k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$21kEducation$7kReligion$4kEnvironment$4kHuman Services$4kYouth Development$3kInternational$2kHealth$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,250
Median grant
2
States reached
$53k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RIVER CITY CHORALE$1,500
TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST$1,250
OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL$1,250
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY$1,000
CATHEDRAL OF BLESSED SACRAMENT$460
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $650) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%CATHEDRAL OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: $550 → 12%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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39k · 8 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
21

Total granted

$39k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+36%

Still filing today

63%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EnvironmentArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesEducationMembership BenefitOther
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

  • RC
    RIVER CITY CHORALE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $14k · revenue +20%
  • TD
    TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST
    8× · 2017–2025 · $4k · revenue +6%
  • AR
    AMERICAN RIVER NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION
    3× · 2018–2021 · $2k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • CG
    CN GORMAN MUSEUM AT UC DAVIS
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • SA
    SACRAMENTO AREA YOUTH GOLFgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +52%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2019 · $2k · revenue -9%
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
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
2
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
3
Sacramento Region Community Foundation

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation leads, serves, and inspires enduring philanthropy for a just and vibrant Sacramento region.

Philanthropy
4
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
5
Valley Vision

Valley vision is a civic leadership organization dedicated to improving the livability of the sacramento region. through research and action, we collaborate on bold, long-term solutions that improve people's lives.

Community Improvement
6
San Francisco Challenge dba AmericaOne
Recreation & Sports
7
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
8
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
9
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
10
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

—
11
San Jose Museum of Art Association

Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art

Arts & Culture
12
California Trout Inc

Caltrout's mission is ensuring healthy water and resilient wild fish for a better california. we share a common vision of a california where healthy waters flow from headwaters to sea. where the diversity and resilience of our waters and…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Truckee Donner Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Society of St Vincent De Paul. 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

16 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. 16 of the 29 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RIVER CITY CHORALE: $13,500 · OtherRIVER CITY CHORALECATHEDRAL OF BLESSED SACRAMENT: $6,949 · OtherCATHEDRAL OF BLESSED SACRAMENTCN GORMAN MUSEUM AT UC DAVIS: $5,000 · OtherCN GORMAN MUSEUM AT UC DAVISSISTER NORAS PLACE: $3,000 · OtherSISTER NORAS PLACEHOMEAID SACRAMENTO: $1,400 · OtherCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $1,400 · Other+13 more: $6,425 · Other+13 morePRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $6,000 · EducationPRESIDENT-BO…THE DEL PASO FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationTHE DEL PASO…TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST: $3,800 · EnvironmentTRUCKEE DO…AMERICAN RIVER NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION: $1,800 · EnvironmentAMERICAN R…OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $3,750 · Arts & CultureKVIE INC: $360 · Arts & CultureSACRAMENTO AREA YOUTH GOLF: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,600 · HealthMercy Corps: $1,000 · InternationalThe Borgen Project: $500 · International
Other$37,674Education$6,500Environment$5,600Arts & Culture$4,110Recreation & Sports$2,500Health$1,600International$1,500

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 budgetRIVER CITY CHORALE: $13,500 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST: $3,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSACRAMENTO AREA YOUTH GOLF: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN RIVER NATURAL HISTORY ASSOCIATION: $1,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels by ACC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSACRAMENTO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Borgen Project: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DEL PASO FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKVIE INC: $360 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Juan Education Foundation: $275 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $100 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.

Taylor-Meyer Family F…Sacramento Region Com…Baird Foundation IncKelly FoundationShell USA Company Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Taylor-Meyer Family FoundationCA20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Taylor-Meyer Family Foundation · Sacramento Region Community Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Kelly Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Rufie Pease Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rufie Pease Memorial 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 29 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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