· Private foundation
Russo & Dwyer Charitable Fdn
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $23k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CALVARY FUND OF CALVARY HOSPITAL | $12,000 |
| HEAD INJURY ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| ONE IN LONG BEACH INC | $5,000 |
| PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| CITIZENS OPTIONS UNLIMITED INC | $4,000 |
| LGBTQ CENTER ORANGE COUNTY | $2,000 |
| BOSTON COLLEGE | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HIHEAD INJURY ASSOCIATION INC3× · 2022–2025 · $25k · revenue +14%
- COCITIZENS OPTIONS UNLIMITED INC4× · 2021–2025 · $25k · revenue +38%
GAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY2× · 2024–2025 · $5k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- FUFordham Universityone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +15%
- SGSR GERTRUDE MARY ISPone grant, 2024 · $5k
- ALABUNDANT LIFE CHURCH OF GODone grant, 2024 · $3k
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.
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.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To provide excellence and access in private higher education to those who seek to expand their knowledge and prepare themselves for meaningful, educated lives and for service to their communities and the world.
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
Our mission is to provide a mutually supportive environment for residents and staff, and to contribute to the greater ithaca community.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Adelphi university is dedicated to transforming students' lives through small classes, hands-on learning and innovative programs supporting academic and career success.
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Abilitypath housing advances affordable, accessible housing projects that promote independence and inclusive communities for adults with developmental disabilities. through partnerships and innovative program designs, abilitypath housing…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
Yai's mission is to empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) to live the lives they truly desire. we provide a wide range of supports and services that are person centered and person directed. by seeing beyond…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 13 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 HEAD INJURY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS OPTIONS UNLIMITED INC ↗
- Who funds GLAAD INC ↗
- Who funds Fordham University ↗
- Who funds GAY & LESBIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY ↗
- Who funds One in Long Beach Inc dba The LGBTQ Center Long Beach ↗
- Who funds PATHFINDER VILLAGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds THE INSTITUTES OF APPLIED HUMAN DYNAMICS ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Russo & Dwyer Charitable Fdn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Russo & Dwyer Charitable Fdn. Bigger dots raise more.
- Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
How this is measured
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