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Russell Grinnell Memorial Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Russell Grinnell Memorial Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$815k
Granted FY2025still arriving
24
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$2.4MYouth Development$1.3MEducation$815kHousing & Shelter$780kFood & Nutrition$373kEnvironment$300kCrime & Legal$275kRecreation & Sports$190kOther$0
02FY2025 · 24 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $352k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $460k
$25,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRONXWORKS INC$100,000
MILE HIGH MINISTRIES$60,000
RED HOOK INITIATIVE$50,000
UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK$50,000
HAND IN HAND MANO EN MANO$50,000
ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER$50,000
HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT$50,000
ROCKING THE BOAT INC$50,000
FEEST$30,000
SAN DIEGO THERAPY CENTER$30,000
SAN MIGUEL SCHOOL OF PROVIDENCE$30,000
CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER$25,000
UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NY$25,000
BIKE WORKS SEATTLE$25,000
ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN$25,000
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 (FY19–25, $2.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $50k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $122k → 20%BRONXWORKS INC: $110k → 28%FAMILIES FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER: $30k → 11%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $50k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $100k → 20%BRONXWORKS INC: $100k → 28%MARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $25k → 9%FAMILIES FIRST COMMUNITY CENTER: $25k → 11%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $50k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $100k → 20%BRONXWORKS INC: $100k → 28%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $50k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $100k → 20%BRONXWORKS INC: $100k → 28%EVERGREEN CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $35k → 9%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK: $50k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $50k → 20%BRONXWORKS INC: $75k → 28%MILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $60k → 12%MARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $25k → 9%THE READING TEAM INC: $25k → 17%RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $50k → 20%READING TEAM INC: $25k → 17%EVERGREEN CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION: $25k → 9%MARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $20k → 9%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $50k → 17%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $50k → 17%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $25k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $90k → 20%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $20k → 9%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $90k → 20%ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $25k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $75k → 20%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES: $50k → 20%UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES: $50k → 20%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $50k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $50k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $50k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $50k → 17%HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $50k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $50k → 17%UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION: $25k → 17%TRI LAKES CARES: $50k → 9%TRI LAKES CARES: $35k → 9%TRI LAKES CARES: $30k → 9%TRI LAKES CARES: $30k → 9%TRI-LAKES CARES: $25k → 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

ME
WA
MI
NY
NJ
RI
CA
CO
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 37 repeat orgs$858k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
16

Total granted

$6.0M
$668k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+65%

Still filing today

78%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $189k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionHousing & 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

  • BRONXWORKS INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $485k · revenue +57%
  • TU
    THE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $350k · revenue +184%
  • TA
    THE ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $310k · revenue +210%

Funded once

  • PP
    PARENT POSSIBLEgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $166k · revenue +107%
  • PJ
    PRINCETON JUNIOR SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $90k · revenue +4%
  • RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $72k · revenue -17%
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
Children's Council of San Francisco

By advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, Children's Council of San Francisco ensures that every child in San Francisco has…

Human Services
2
Marrakech Inc

Provides person-centered and inclusive services to children and adults with and without disabilities that includes securing employment, connecting to necessary supportive services, accessing housing and participating fully as contributing…

Employment
3
Women's Housing & Economic Development Corporation

The women's housing and economic development corp. (whedco) is a community development organization founded on the radically simple idea that all people deserve to live in healthy, vibrant communities. working in the south bronx, whedco…

Housing & Shelter
4
United South End Settlements

The mission of united south end settlements is to harness the power of our diverse community to disrupt the cycle of poverty for children and their families.

Human Services
5
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

—
6
Sco Family of Services

Sco family of services works with new york's most vulnerable - those striving to overcome the devastating impact of poverty, neglect, abuse or developmental and mental challenges. we respond to moments of crisis and prevent crises before…

Human Services
7
Residential Opportunities Inc

We partner with children and adults with disabilities and their families so they may live more meaningful, healthy, and independent lives in their homes and communities.

Human Services
8
Partnership With Children Inc

Partnership with children's mission is to strengthen the emotional, social, and cognitive skills of children in new york city so they can succeed in school, society, and life.

—
9
East Side House Inc

East side house cares for the individuals, families, and communities we serve by expanding opportunities to live more fulfilling lives through education, career, and supportive services.

Recreation & Sports
10
Neighborhood Housing Services of Rochester Inc

NeighborWorks Rochester collaborates with people and partners to strengthen, sustain and promote city neighborhoods. Our services are available to a wide spectrum of the community, including existing and potential homeowners, tenants and…

Housing & Shelter
11
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis

Jewish family and children's service of minneapolis provides essential services to people of all ages and backgrounds to sustain healthy relationships, ease suffering and offer support in times of need.

Human Services
12
Family Programs Hawaii

The mission of the organization is to strengthen youth and families through high quality prevention, support, and transition services.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Riverdale Neighborhood House Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Chamber Orchestra of the Springs. 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

43 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. 43 of the 59 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
29/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RED HOOK INITIATIVE: $522,000 · Human ServicesRED HOOK INITIATIVEBRONXWORKS INC: $485,000 · Human ServicesBRONXWORKS INCTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $350,000 · Human ServicesTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK …HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $260,000 · Human ServicesHENRY STREET SETTLEMENTUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $255,000 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INCTRI-LAKES CARES: $190,000 · Human ServicesTRI-LAKES CARESASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $160,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN+7 more: $400,000 · Human Services+7 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL COLORADO INC: $425,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF CENTRAL COLORA…CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CTR FOR PIKES PEAK: $249,880 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CTR FOR PIKES PE…SAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $174,500 · OtherSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTERKIDS ON BIKES INC: $140,850 · OtherKIDS ON BIKES INCYOUTH DOCUMENTARY ACADEMY (YDA): $130,000 · OtherYOUTH DOCUMENTARY ACADEMY (YDA)PIKES PEAK REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR INC: $80,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $75,000 · OtherYEAR ONE INC: $115,000 · OtherForge Evolution: $101,725 · OtherHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $75,000 · Other+20 more: $656,499 · Other+20 moreHand in Hand Mano en Mano: $250,000 · EducationHand in Hand Ma…TRENTON STEM-TO-CIVICS CHARTER SCHOOL: $181,872 · EducationTRENTON STEM-TO…PARENT POSSIBLE: $166,347 · EducationPARENT POSSIBLEROCKING THE BOAT INC: $150,000 · EducationROCKING THE BOA…PRINCETON JUNIOR SCHOOL INC: $90,000 · EducationPRINCETON JUNIO…RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $72,378 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERS…BLOOMINGDALEFAMILYPROGRAMINC: $55,000 · EducationBLOOMINGDALEFAM…THE ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $310,000 · Community ImprovementRIVERDALE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $25,000 · Community ImprovementCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $300,000 · Science & TechPartners in Housing Inc: $232,315 · Housing & ShelterBABIES OF HOMELESSNESS: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterCAMP RUGGLES INC: $82,700 · Recreation & SportsMedicine Wheel Trail Advocates Inc: $67,000 · Recreation & SportsBike Works Seattle: $45,000 · Recreation & Sports
Human Services$2,622,000Other$2,223,454Education$965,597Community Improvement$335,000Science & Tech$300,000Housing & Shelter$242,315Recreation & Sports$194,700

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRED HOOK INITIATIVE: $522,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetBRONXWORKS INC: $485,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC: $350,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC: $310,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY STREET SETTLEMENT: $260,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC: $255,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetHand in Hand Mano en Mano: $250,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetPartners in Housing Inc: $232,315 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetTRI-LAKES CARES: $190,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTRENTON STEM-TO-CIVICS CHARTER SCHOOL: $181,872 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $174,500 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetPARENT POSSIBLE: $166,347 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN: $160,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetROCKING THE BOAT INC: $150,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetYEAR ONE INC: $115,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetForge Evolution: $101,725 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetPRINCETON JUNIOR SCHOOL INC: $90,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetCAMP RUGGLES INC: $82,700 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCare and Share Inc: $72,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $72,378 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMedicine Wheel Trail Advocates Inc: $67,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetEvergreen Childrens Association DBA Kids Co: $60,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetREADING TEAM INC: $60,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetMILE HIGH MINISTRIES: $60,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBLOOMINGDALEFAMILYPROGRAMINC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFamilies First Community Center: $55,000 over 2y, 32% of budgetBike Works Seattle: $45,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetSan Diego Therapy Center Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMONSPIRIT HEALTH: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERDALE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLutheran Community Services Northwest: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTEEN FEED: $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTSIDE CARES INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Chamber Orchestra of the Springs: $6,525 over 1y, 2.8% 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 RED HOOK INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds BRONXWORKS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT ↗
  • Who funds UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Hand in Hand Mano en Mano ↗
  • Who funds Partners in Housing Inc ↗
  • Who funds TRI-LAKES CARES ↗
  • Who funds TRENTON STEM-TO-CIVICS CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PARENT POSSIBLE ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds ROCKING THE BOAT INC ↗
  • Who funds YEAR ONE INC ↗
  • Who funds Forge Evolution ↗
  • Who funds PRINCETON JUNIOR SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP RUGGLES INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Care and Share Inc ↗
  • Who funds RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MARY'S PLACE SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates Inc ↗
  • Who funds Evergreen Childrens Association DBA Kids Co ↗
  • Who funds READING TEAM INC ↗
  • Who funds MILE HIGH MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BLOOMINGDALEFAMILYPROGRAMINC ↗
  • Who funds Families First Community Center ↗

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.

El Pomar FoundationColorado Springs Heal…The Joseph Henry Edmo…Pikes Peak Community …Pinkerton FoundationColorado Gives Founda…The Myron Stratton Ho…Pikes Peak United WayMile High United Way …Anschutz Family Found…Employees Community F…Robin Hood Foundation
El Pomar FoundationCO20.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: El Pomar Foundation · Colorado Springs Health Foundation · The Joseph Henry Edmondson Foundation · Pikes Peak Community Foundation · Pinkerton Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · The Myron Stratton Home · Pikes Peak United Way · Mile High United Way Inc · Anschutz Family Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · Robin Hood 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 Grinnell Memorial Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Russell Grinnell Memorial Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
21report 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
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 59 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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