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Rx Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2024
22
Organizations funded FY2023
41%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$150,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 38
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$57M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 41% of the organizations Rx Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $825k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
HealthCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesCivil RightsEducationCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$2.5M29%
FY202322$1.8M41%
FY202229$2.0M28%
FY202138$2.8M66%
FY202025$2.6M68%
FY201918$2.3Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$5.7MPublic Benefit$2.4MCivil Rights$2.2MPhilanthropy$1.4MHuman Services$922kHousing & Shelter$557kScience & Tech$547kEmployment$524kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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MO
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DC
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Rx Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative$865,000517%
Community Catalyst Inc$585,00031%
A Healthier Democracy Inc$540,00045%
United Vision for Idaho Inc$451,000428%
West Virginians for Affordable Health Care$451,000338%
People's Action Institute$450,00022%
Organizing Empowerment Fund Inc$450,00036%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$383,89730%
Alabama Arise$375,000218%
Health Care for All Inc$375,00035%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$346,7542n/a
MHM Support Services$300,00020%
Missouri Jobs With Justice$300,00025%
In Our Own Voice National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda$300,00023%
Covid Safe at Home Inc$250,000217%
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research$240,00020%
Community Care Cooperative Inc$233,00020%
Alabama Arise Action$225,0002n/a
Appalachian Citizens Law Center Inc$225,00039%
Boston Va Research Institute Inc$220,41012%
Doctors for America$215,000259%
Institute for Healthcare Improvement$178,20020%
Health Care Without Walls Inc$178,00035%
New York Immigration Coalition Inc$165,00031%
Tennessee Health Care Campaign Inc$150,000225%
Young Invincibles$150,00012%
The Global Development Incubator Inc$150,00011%
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$150,00012%
Health Resources in Action Inc$150,00020%
Brilliant Corners$150,00010%
Sea Change Recovery Community Organization Inc$150,000133%
Health Equity Solutions Inc$150,00029%
Philanthropy Massachusetts Inc$149,65514%
Maine Health Access Foundation Inc$129,0901n/a
UTEC Inc$125,00011%
Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice United$125,00045%
Council on Criminal Justice Inc$125,00012%
Bay Area Women Coalition Inc$125,000423%
Community Outreach and Patient Empowerment Program Inc$102,72022%
Johns Hopkins University$101,32020%
El Centro Inc$100,00041%
The Trust for Public Land$100,00010%
Institute for Exceptional Care$100,00014%
Arizona Center for Empowerment$100,00011%
Faith in Florida Inc$100,00014%
Tricounty Community Network Inc$100,000125%
Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition Inc$100,00045%
New Direction Healthcare Solutions$100,00038%
La Casita Center Inc$100,00043%
The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust$96,67511%
Youth Council for Positive Development$75,000321%
Eastern Union Missionary Baptist Association$75,0002n/a
Rosie's Place Inc$56,50030%
The Louisville Urban League Inc$50,00020%
Greenroots Inc$50,00012%
New Fellowship Baptist Church$50,0002n/a
Commonsense Childbirth Inc$50,00011%
Women With A Vision$50,00021%
Louisiana Community Health Outreach Network$50,0002n/a
New Jersey Resource Project Inc$50,000110%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$50,00020%
Hola Lakeway$50,000222%
Operation Restoration$25,00010%
Elmahaba Center$25,000113%
Axess Family Services Inc$25,00010%
Uzazi Village$25,00012%
Connect Ministries$25,00013%
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc$17,00010%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$10,00010%
Health Leads Inc$5,00010%
Grantmakers in Health$5,00010%
Strategic Concepts In Organizing & Policy Education$5,00010%
The Schott Foundation for Public Education$3,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Rx Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMissouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative: $865,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetCommunity Catalyst Inc: $585,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetA Healthier Democracy Inc: $540,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetUnited Vision for Idaho Inc: $451,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetWest Virginians for Affordable Health Care: $451,000 over 3y, 38% of budgetPeople's Action Institute: $450,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetOrganizing Empowerment Fund Inc: $450,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetBoston Medical Center Corporation: $383,897 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAlabama Arise: $375,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetHealth Care for All Inc: $375,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetMHM Support Services: $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMissouri Jobs With Justice: $300,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetIn Our Own Voice National Black Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda: $300,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCovid Safe at Home Inc: $250,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research: $240,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Care Cooperative Inc: $233,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAppalachian Citizens Law Center Inc: $225,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetBoston Va Research Institute Inc: $220,410 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetDoctors for America: $215,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetInstitute for Healthcare Improvement: $178,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHealth Care Without Walls Inc: $178,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetNew York Immigration Coalition Inc: $165,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTennessee Health Care Campaign Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetYoung Invincibles: $150,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetThe Global Development Incubator Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Ohio Organizing Collaborative: $150,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHealth Resources in Action Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBrilliant Corners: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSea Change Recovery Community Organization Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetHealth Equity Solutions Inc: $150,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetPhilanthropy Massachusetts Inc: $149,655 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetUTEC Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAlabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice United: $125,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetCouncil on Criminal Justice Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBay Area Women Coalition Inc: $125,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetCommunity Outreach and Patient Empowerment Program Inc: $102,720 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $101,320 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEl Centro Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInstitute for Exceptional Care: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetArizona Center for Empowerment: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFaith in Florida Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetTricounty Community Network Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetNortheast Ohio Black Health Coalition Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetNew Direction Healthcare Solutions: $100,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetLa Casita Center Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetThe Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust: $96,675 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYouth Council for Positive Development: $75,000 over 3y, 21% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 67.

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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.

New Venture FundDC33.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Venture Fund · Community Catalyst Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Windward Fund · Tides Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · The David and Lucile Packard Foundation · Proteus Fund Inc

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.

Compare Rx Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Rx Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Rx Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Rx Foundation

How much does Rx Foundation give?
Rx Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $2,915,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 38 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Rx Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (36%), Public Benefit (15%), Civil Rights (14%).
Who are Rx Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative ($865k), Community Catalyst Inc ($585k), A Healthier Democracy Inc ($540k).
Does Rx Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rx 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 Rx Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New Venture Fund, Community Catalyst Inc, Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc.
Where is Rx Foundation based?
Rx Foundation is based in MA.

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 91 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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