Skip to content

· Private foundation

Russell & Frieda Deyong Foundation Xxxxx4000

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.

$13k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$1k
Largest
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 2025.

Arts & Culture$45kEnvironment$34kHealth$11kHuman Services$8kAnimals$5kHousing & Shelter$4kRecreation & Sports$1k
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$750
Median grant
7
States reached
$131k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST$1,250
NATL TRUST FOR HISTORIC$1,250
CONSERVATION FUND$1,250
NATL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION$1,250
NATURE CONSERVANCY$1,250
LA RABIDA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$750
LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION$750
Special Olympics Inc$750
CHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE$750
AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS$750
RESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS$750
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTL$750
NATL WILDLIFE FEDERATION$500
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN$500
THE SMITHSONIAN$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 (FY17–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS: $750 → 6%AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS: $500 → 6%AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS: $500 → 6%AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS: $400 → 6%AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS: $400 → 6%AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS: $350 → 6%AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS: $300 → 6%AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS: $300 → 6%AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS: $300 → 6%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $750 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $400 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $400 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $350 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $300 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $300 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $300 → 14%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$95k · 18 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
0

Total granted

$95k
$0

Still filing today

56%
0%

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
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • AB
    American Battlefield Trust
    5× · 2017–2021 · $13k · revenue +82%
  • THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +40%
  • NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +51%

Funded once

    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
    Rainforest Trust

    Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

    International
    2
    Conservation Farms & Ranches

    Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

    Housing & Shelter
    3
    World Wildlife Fund Inc

    Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

    Environment
    4
    Conservation International Foundation

    Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

    Environment
    5
    Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

    This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…

    Environment
    6
    Glacier National Park Conservancy

    The glacier national park conservancy works to preserve and protect glacier national park for future generations.

    Recreation & Sports
    7
    Discover Life in America Inc

    Dlia will develop a model for research in biodiversity and will use the knowledge to develop and disseminate information to encourage the discovery, understanding, preservation, and enjoyment of natural resources.

    Environment
    8
    Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc

    To guarantee all americans quality places to hunt and fish.

    Animals
    9
    Lincoln Park Zoological Society

    Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…

    Animals
    10
    Natural Land Institute

    To create an enduring legacy of natural land in northern illinois for people, plants and animals

    Environment
    11
    National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

    To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

    Animals
    12
    Eastern National

    Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

    Recreation & Sports
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Brandy Station Foundation. 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

    11 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. 11 of the 19 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)
    1
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    11/11
    Grantees still filing
    9/11
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $12,350 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYNATL TRUST FOR HISTORIC: $10,850 · OtherNATL TRUST FOR HISTORICAMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUST: $8,000 · OtherAMERICAN BATTLEFIELD TRUSTTHE SMITHSONIAN: $4,700 · OtherTHE SMITHSONIANHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTL: $3,800 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTLCHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLE: $3,800 · OtherCHICAGO LIGHTHOUSE FOR PEOPLEMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN: $3,250 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE AMERICANGETTYSBURG FOUNDATION GETTYSBURG: $2,350 · Other+2 more: $2,450 · OtherTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,850 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND …NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $10,850 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERV…American Battlefield Trust: $12,500 · Arts & CultureAmerican Battle…BRANDY STATION FOUNDATION: $2,050 · Arts & CultureBRANDY STATION …AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS INC: $3,800 · Human ServicesLITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $3,800 · Human ServicesLa Rabida Children's Hospital: $3,800 · HealthRESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS INC: $3,800 · HealthNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $4,500 · Animals
    Other$51,550Environment$21,700Arts & Culture$14,550Human Services$7,600Health$7,600Animals$4,500

    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 budgetAmerican Battlefield Trust: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $12,350 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $10,850 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $10,850 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION: $4,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS INC: $3,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLa Rabida Children's Hospital: $3,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS INC: $3,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $3,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetBRANDY STATION FOUNDATION: $2,050 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC: $1,250 over 2y, 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 American Battlefield Trust ↗
    • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
    • Who funds THE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
    • Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
    • Who funds NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION ↗
    • Who funds AMERICANS HELPING AMERICANS INC ↗
    • Who funds La Rabida Children's Hospital ↗
    • Who funds RESEARCH TO PREVENT BLINDNESS INC ↗
    • Who funds LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds BRANDY STATION FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW YORK INC ↗

    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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

    Amazonsmile FoundationWA3.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: 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 Russell & Frieda Deyong Foundation Xxxxx4000 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Russell & Frieda Deyong Foundation Xxxxx4000. Bigger dots raise more.

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
      no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
      0get no government money at all
      4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
      0rely on government for over half their income
      ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
      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 19 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.

      Source object · view filing

      Play a game based on Russell & Frieda Deyong Foundation Xxxxx4000’s filings →

      More from the funding graph