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Rz 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.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$49k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$407kHuman Services$230kAnimals$125kRecreation & Sports$94kEducation$91kEnvironment$69kFood & Nutrition$67kCivil Rights$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $12k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $179k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOMORROW'S RAINBOW INC$48,917
JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY$40,000
STAUNTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL INC$35,000
CATS CRADLE$23,000
FAIRFAX COUNTY PARK FDN INC$22,000
PROJECT GROWS$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CTR AUXILIARY$1,500
JONES GARDENS$1,500
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$1,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS$1,000
BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION$1,000
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CTR$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 (FY19–25, $197k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $1k → 7%ALIVE: $500 → 9%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $50k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $40k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $30k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $28k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $20k → 8%JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $20k → 8%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $3k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
IA
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
DC
AL
TX
FL
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 31 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
19

Total granted

$1.1M
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+11%

Still filing today

87%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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
HealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationFood & NutritionCivil RightsOther
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

  • TR
    TOMORROW'S RAINBOW INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $380k · revenue +297%
  • JS
    JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
    6× · 2019–2025 · $188k · revenue +78%
  • CC
    CAT'S CRADLE OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $125k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • JS
    JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
  • RA
    RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +92%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
4
Conservation International Foundation

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

Environment
5
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
6
Alliance for Sustainable Energy Llc

The mission of the alliance for sustainable energy llc (alliance) is to operate the u.s. department of energy's national renewable energy laboratory to advance the science and engineering of energy efficiency, sustainable transportation,…

Science & Tech
7
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
8
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
9
Arcadia Food Inc

Cultivate local food systems prioritizing health, equity, and sustainability, from farm forward.

Food & Nutrition
10
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
11
Climate Institute

The climate institute is organized for the purpose of educating the general public and policy makers as to the gravity of potential climate change, exploring the policy implications of the latest scientific findings on climate modelling…

Environment
12
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Immigration Law Center; the most unlike its peers is Tomorrow's Rainbow Inc. 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

41 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. 41 of the 58 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
26/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TOMORROW'S RAINBOW INC: $380,112 · HealthTOMORROW'S RAINBOW INC+5 more: $23,442 · Health+5 moreJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $188,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH SOCIAL SERV…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,200 · Human ServicesAmerican National …+2 more: $1,500 · Human ServicesCAT'S CRADLE OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY INC: $124,638 · AnimalsCAT'S CRADL…JEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $40,000 · OtherJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE …RAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $28,000 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE …SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK TRUST: $18,000 · OtherSHENANDOAH NATIONAL PA…NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $12,000 · OtherEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $11,000 · OtherSILVER LINE THEATRE EXCHANGE INC: $17,000 · OtherSILVER LINE THEATRE EX…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $15,200 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW C…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE: $10,500 · Other+28 more: $78,305 · Other+28 moreTHE FAIRFAX COUNTY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $93,232 · Community Improvement+2 more: $3,000 · Community ImprovementSTAUNTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $72,232 · EducationDONORSCHOOSEORG: $6,422 · EducationSTAUNTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationPROJECT GROWS INC: $48,000 · Food & NutritionSLOW FOOD USA INC: $13,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $2,000 · Food & Nutrition
Health$403,554Human Services$202,700Animals$124,638Other$240,005Community Improvement$96,232Education$82,654Food & Nutrition$63,000

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 budgetTOMORROW'S RAINBOW INC: $380,112 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetJEWISH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY: $188,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCAT'S CRADLE OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY INC: $124,638 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetTHE FAIRFAX COUNTY PARK FOUNDATION INC: $93,232 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSTAUNTON MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $72,232 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetPROJECT GROWS INC: $48,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $28,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK TRUST: $18,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSILVER LINE THEATRE EXCHANGE INC: $17,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $15,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $13,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSLOW FOOD USA INC: $13,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA LEAGUE FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD INCORPORATED: $11,942 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE CENTRAL BLUE RIDGE: $10,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRAINFOREST ALLIANCE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $6,422 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER: $5,475 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY MISSION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAUNTON LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSOME INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWALTER REED SOCIETY INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH ON SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACT FOR ALEXANDRIA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AUXILIARY: $1,500 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOULDER CREST FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIVE Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCongressional School Inc: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

Community Foundation …The Community Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Mightycause Charitabl…The Pfizer Foundation…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Network for GoodFidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of the Central Blue RidgeVA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Rz Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rz Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Social Service Agency: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Rz Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Rz 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.

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 58 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home