Iowa · Private foundation
Russell Reineke 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.
- $314k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 44
- Grants FY2025
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 47
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 19
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Russell Reineke Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 43 | $313k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 47 | $260k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $93k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $170k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $153k | 54% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $38k | 96% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $3k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Foundation | $133,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $90,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | $70,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Unbound | $39,920 | 6 | 0% |
| Kuemper Catholic School Foundation Inc | $31,470 | 7 | 0% |
| Heartbeat International Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $21,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Finca International Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Foundation | $133,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $90,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $80,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mercy Ships International | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | $70,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Unbound | $39,920 | 6 | 0% |
| Kuemper Catholic School Foundation Inc | $31,470 | 7 | 0% |
| Heartbeat International Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $21,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Finca International Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Benedictine Mission House | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Claretian Missionaries Nigeria Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| New Hope Village | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lesea Global Feed the Hungry Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $15,200 | 4 | n/a |
| Diocese of Sioux City | $10,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation | $8,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Salesian Missions Inc | $5,620 | 1 | n/a |
| The Missionary Society of St Columban | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carroll County Conservation Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| 40 Days for Life | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whiterock Conservancy | $4,170 | 6 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Research Council | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Home Missioners of America | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Carroll County Historical Society | $3,700 | 5 | n/a |
| American Life League Inc | $3,100 | 6 | 0% |
| Tori's Angels Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Priests for Life | $2,110 | 3 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $2,090 | 6 | n/a |
| Holy Family School of Faith | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Students for Life of America Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Family Association Inc | $1,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Commemorative Air Force | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reform America | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mary's Meals USA Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Knights of Columbus | $117 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa Bicycle Coalition Inc | $70 | 1 | 0% |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($244k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Russell Reineke Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Salem Foundation · Pella Rolscreen Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Russell Reineke Foundation
- How much does Russell Reineke Foundation give?
- Russell Reineke Foundation reported 44 grants totaling $314,462 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 47 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Russell Reineke Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (31%), Religion (30%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are Russell Reineke Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: New Hope Foundation ($133k), Cross Catholic Outreach Inc ($90k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($80k).
- Does Russell Reineke Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Russell Reineke Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Russell Reineke Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Salem Foundation, Pella Rolscreen Foundation, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Russell Reineke Foundation based?
- Russell Reineke Foundation is based in IA.
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