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Susan a Riley Family Foundation at a glance

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Susan a Riley Family 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.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$19kHuman Services$15kYouth Development$5kEducation$3kPhilanthropy$1kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$54k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$2,000
SAFE PLACE AND RAPE CRISIS CENTER$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%HOPE HOUSE COLORADO: $2k → 7%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

WA
NY
OR
CO
VA
AZ
KS
TN
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$30k · 9 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
13

Total granted

$30k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+15%

Still filing today

89%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $7k · revenue +31%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $7k · revenue +99%
  • SF
    SELAH FREEDOM INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $4k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • SW
    STELLAS WISH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue -29%
  • VS
    VOLUNTEER SERVICES LIVING CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $2k
  • HH
    HOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +18%
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
Survivors Inc

Survivor's ince. provides responsive, comprehensive, confidential and client driven and client focused services to those experiencing sexual abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking and stalking. the services provided include: a fully…

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2
Shalom Task Force Inc

Prevent domestic abuse and provide assistance to victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault.

Human Services
3
Domestic Violence Project

The mission of SafeHouse Center is to empower survivors of both sexual and intimate partner violence by providing advocacy, support, and promoting social change within our community.

Human Services
4
Sharehouse Inc

The Organization is a non-profit organization providing crisis intervention and the continuum of care to address the causes and effects of family violence.

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5
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
6
Tifton Judicial Circuit Shelter Inc

To end domestic and sexual violence, as well as child sexual and physical abuse, through a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to investigations, advocacy, and support, while working in the community to change attitudes, beliefs and…

Human Services
7
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
8
Safehome Inc

To break the cycle of domestic violence and partner abuse for victims and their children by providing shelter, advocacy, counseling and prevention education in our community.

Human Services
9
Shalom House

Our mission is to empower women and transform lives.

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10
Crisis Center of West Texas

Crisis center of west texas' mission is to respond, shelter, and educate to end domestic and sexual violence in west texas.

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11
Safe Nesttemporary Assistance for

Safe nest's mission is to provide comprehensive, collaborative, and innovative services for everyone affected by domestic and sexual violence while passionatley working to end this shared epidemic.

Human Services
12
Women Against Abuse Inc

The mission of women against abuse is to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing intimate partner violence and to lead the struggle to end…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope House of Colorado; the most unlike its peers is Stellas Wish Foundation. 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

17 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. 17 of the 22 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $6,500 · HealthSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center IncST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INCSTELLAS WISH FOUNDATION: $3,500 · HealthSTELLAS WISH FOUNDATIONTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDRENVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL: $3,500 · OtherVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCILThe Willow Domestic Violence Center Inc: $1,750 · OtherThe Willow Domestic Violence…HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT: $1,750 · OtherHIDE IN PLAIN SIGHTVOLUNTEER SERVICES LIVING CENTER: $1,500 · OtherVOLUNTEER SERVICES LIVING CE…JOYFUL HEARTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherJOYFUL HEARTS FOUNDATIONRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES: $1,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARIT…Individual grant recipient: $500 · OtherSELAH FREEDOM INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesSELAH FREEDOM INCVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL: $2,000 · Human ServicesVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCI…THREE BIRDS ALLIANCE: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHREE BIRDS ALLIANCEHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $1,500 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADOJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATIONGREEN BRONX MACHINE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: $500 · Youth DevelopmentSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL FOR LUBBOCK STATE SCHOOL: $500 · EducationOUR MILITARY KIDS INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyPOLICING EQUITY: $1,000 · Civil Rights
Health$18,500Other$11,000Human Services$10,000Youth Development$1,500Education$1,500Philanthropy$1,000Civil Rights$1,000

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 budgetSafe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTELLAS WISH FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetSELAH FREEDOM INC: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL: $2,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHREE BIRDS ALLIANCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Willow Domestic Violence Center Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF COLORADO: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR MILITARY KIDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN BRONX MACHINE INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLICING EQUITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER SERVICES COUNCIL FOR LUBBOCK STATE SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF METRO DENVER: $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.

The Pfizer Foundation…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY12.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Susan a Riley Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Susan a Riley Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 23%
  • Selah Freedom Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center Inc: 23% of income from government
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
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How do I get to Susan a Riley Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Susan a Riley Family 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 22 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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