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S & R Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
54
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$4.7MYouth Development$4.5MEducation$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.4MInternational$745kHealth$293kEnvironment$271kPublic Benefit$220kOther$0
02FY2024 · 54 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $577k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+3 grants · $3.4M
$20,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$120M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington$1,355,698
Ryuji Ueno Foundation Inc$1,050,000
Halcyon House$1,025,000
Smithsonian Institution$200,000
The Henry L Stimson Center$150,000
University of Michigan$100,000
Center for American Progress$100,000
Denyce Graves Foundation$75,000
Washington National Opera$75,000
Tudor Place Foundation$50,000
STABLE$50,000
Vital Voices$50,000
Coalition for Trust in Health & Science$50,000
Marthas Table$50,000
100 Reporters$50,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Connected DMV: $75k → 7%Japanese Americans Care Fund: $10k → 6%Japanese Americans Care Fund: $10k → 6%Japanese Americans Care Fund: $10k → 6%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

NH
ID
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
OK
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of S & R Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 90% of the giving stays in DC; by stated purpose, 86%.

S & R Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 49 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

49 repeat relationships: 42 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

49
89

Total granted

$11M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+2%

Still filing today

65%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • HH
    HALCYON HOUSE
    4× · 2018–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +82%
  • TH
    THE HENRY L STIMSON CENTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $480k · revenue +17%
  • WN
    WASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $185k · revenue ×17

Funded once

  • KU
    Koyto University
    one grant, 2022 · $943k
  • II
    INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL RESILIENCE INC
    one grant, 2017 · $261k · revenue -98% · 71% of their budget
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +25%
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
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
2
Washington Performing Arts Society

Washington performing arts champions the arts as a unifying force. through collaborations with artists, educators, community leaders, and institutional partners, we bring wide-ranging artistic programs to stages, schools, and neighborhoods…

Arts & Culture
3
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
4
Institute for Experiential Learning Inc

The mission of the washington internship institute is to foster students' intellectual, personal, and professional development through individually tailored, quality internships and challenging academic coursework that take full advantage…

Education
5
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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6
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
7
The Asia Society

The society is an international nonprofit, nonpartisan organization which connects people and institutions in asia and the world to build understanding, address challenges and maximize opportunities.

International
8
Open Dc
Community Improvement
9
United States Capitol Historical Society

Today, with the formal approval of congress, the society continues exploring and instituting new and creative ways to bring the fascinating story of the capitol, its institutions and america's unique history to people across the nation and…

Arts & Culture
10
Greater Washington Partnership

We identify shared opportunities and core challenges and offer solutions to the region's most critical issues including skills and talent, regional mobility, infrastructure and inclusive economic growth.

Recreation & Sports
11
Meridian International Center

Meridian international center is a nonpartisan diplomacy institution founded in 1960 to advance american leadership. headquartered on a historic campus in washington dc, our mission is to empower leaders to advance the next era of…

International
12
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is International Institute of Global Resilience Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

59 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. 59 of the 151 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/59
Grantees still filing
31/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $4,518,144 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATEKoyto University: $942,876 · OtherKoyto UniversityTUDOR PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $610,000 · OtherTUDOR PLACE FOUNDATION INC+112 more: $2,332,294 · Other+112 moreHALCYON HOUSE: $2,635,289 · Arts & CultureHALCYON HOUSESMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $200,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONWASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: $185,000 · Arts & Culture+16 more: $454,000 · Arts & Culture+16 moreRYUJI UENO FOUNDATION INC: $1,050,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HENRY L STIMSON CENTER: $480,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL RESILIENCE INC: $261,049 · InternationalVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $150,000 · InternationalKizuna Across Cultures: $40,000 · International+2 more: $45,000 · InternationalJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationGLOBAL CITIZENS INITIATIVE INC: $75,000 · EducationSPARK THE JOURNEY: $35,000 · EducationWashington Japanese Language School: $25,000 · EducationHARDY MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC: $20,000 · EducationEDENS COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Education100REPORTERS: $150,000 · Public BenefitMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $150,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$8,403,314Arts & Culture$3,474,289Philanthropy$1,070,000International$976,049Education$375,000Public Benefit$150,000Food & Nutrition$150,000

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 budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $4,518,144 over 3y, 12% of budgetHALCYON HOUSE: $2,635,289 over 4y, 20% of budgetRYUJI UENO FOUNDATION INC: $1,050,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTUDOR PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $610,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetTHE HENRY L STIMSON CENTER: $480,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL RESILIENCE INC: $261,049 over 1y, 71% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON NATIONAL OPERA: $185,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetVITAL VOICES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budget100REPORTERS: $150,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetMARTHA'S TABLE INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR TRUST IN HEALTH & SCIENCE: $100,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $100,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversities Space Research Association: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGLOBAL CITIZENS INITIATIVE INC: $75,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCONNECTED DMV: $75,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetNEW ORCHESTRA OF WASHINGTON INC: $75,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ELLINGTON FUND: $60,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetTRANSFORMER INC: $55,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetKizuna Across Cultures: $40,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetTHE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPARK THE JOURNEY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Physiological Society: $33,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEDERAL CITY COUNCIL: $31,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetJAPANESE AMERICANS CARE FUND: $30,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetGeorgetown Heritage: $30,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCULTURAL EXCHANGE FOR DIPLOMATS INC: $30,000 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetWASHINGTON DRAMA SOCIETY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCitizens Association of Georgetown: $30,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetUS- JAPAN COUNCIL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWashington Japanese Language School: $25,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJAPAN-AMERICAN SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON DC INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHARDY MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetMT ZION - FEMALE UNION BAND HISTORIC MEMORIAL PARK INC: $20,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetEDENS COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetThe L'Enfant Trust: $20,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Washington Chorus Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE STRATHMORE HALL FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIMAGINATION STAGE INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WASHINGTON BALLET: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGeorgetown Business Improvement District Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Sachiko Kuno Foundati…Greater Washington Co…Dimick Foundation Joh…The Carl M Freeman Fo…The Morris and Gwendo…Dallas Morse Coors Fo…Leo M Bernstein Famil…Clark-Winchcole Found…Max & Victoria Dreyfu…Galena-Yorktown Found…Hw Schiller Family Fo…Porter Family Charita…
Sachiko Kuno Foundation IncDC62.1× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sachiko Kuno Foundation Inc · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts · Leo M Bernstein Family Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · Hw Schiller Family Foundation · Porter Family Charitable 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 S & R Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from S & R Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Imagination Stage Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Inn at Nih Inc: 10% of income from government
  • The Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
16report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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

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How do I get to S & R Foundation?

Find your warmest path to S & R 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 151 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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