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The Charles and Rebecca Dees Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Charles and Rebecca Dees Charitable Trust

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.

$3k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$30kFood & Nutrition$30kCrime & Legal$13kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kHealth$6kReligion$4kHousing & Shelter$3kAnimals$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$93k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH OF COVINGTO$1,000
Individual grant recipient$500
THE CARTER CENTER$500
ATLANTA MISSION$300
SPECIAL OLYMPICS GA$200
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 (FY17–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%JOHN 316 MISSION: $500 → 14%MUST MINISTRIES: $500 → 8%A CHILDS VOICE ADVOCACY CENTER: $8k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 14%MUST MINISTRIES: $300 → 8%A CHILDS VOICE ADVOCACY CENTER: $2k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $200 → 14%A CHILDS VOICE ADVOCACY CENTER: $2k → 11%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM USA: $2k → 14%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $1k → 15%ATLANTA MISSION: $500 → 13%MEALS ON WHEELS: $500 → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $300 → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $100 → 13%ATLANTA MISSION: $100 → 13%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

IL
NY
CA
CO
VA
NM
KS
TN
DC
OK
GA
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$73k · 14 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
28

Total granted

$73k
$34k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+46%

Still filing today

64%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionHealthInternationalRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AC
    A Childs Voice Child Advocacy Center In
    3× · 2021–2023 · $12k · revenue +23%
  • AC
    ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC
    4× · 2018–2023 · $10k · revenue +78%
  • GM
    GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD BANK INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $7k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • VC
    Valley Citizens Foundation for Health Care Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +75%
  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2017 · $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.

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
United Food Bank

United Food Bank unites communities to alleviate hunger.

Food & Nutrition
2
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
3
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
4
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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5
West Texas Food Bank

The WTFB exists to collect, purchase, and distribute food to feed the hungry in 19 counties in West Texas in partnership with volunteers and community organizations and to educate these partners and the public at large about the real face…

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6
Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma Inc

The mission of the regional food bank of oklahoma is to lead a network that provides nutritious food and pathways to self-sufficiency for people facing hunger. our vision is an oklahoma where no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
7
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
8
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc

United way of central oklahoma is committed to connecting people and resources to improve the well being of those in our community.

Philanthropy
9
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
10
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
11
Washington Dc Meals on Wheels Inc

We deliver healthy delicious meals to our home-bound neighbors. With a vision of creating a more interconnected resilient and compassionate community our program supports entire family systems. In 2024 236 volunteers delivered 55,642 meals…

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12
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Atlanta Union Mission Corporation; the most unlike its peers is A Childs Voice Child Advocacy Center in. 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

25 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. 25 of the 47 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)
25/25
Grantees still filing
21/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $24,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYAMERICAN RED CROSS: $7,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK: $3,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $3,000 · OtherFEEDING AMERICA: $3,000 · OtherRED CROSS: $2,000 · Other+23 more: $13,060 · Other+23 moreATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionATLANTA COMMUNITY FOO…GEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD BANK INC: $7,000 · Food & NutritionGEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD…Feeding America: $3,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding AmericaMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $1,000 · Food & NutritionA Childs Voice Child Advocacy Center In: $12,000 · Human ServicesA Childs Voice Chil…FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE WORL…ATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $1,000 · Human ServicesATLANTA UNION MISSI…Family & Childrens Services Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesFamily & Childrens …Must Ministries Inc: $800 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $650 · Human Services+2 more: $1,000 · Human Services+2 moreValley Citizens Foundation for Health Care Inc: $6,000 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $2,150 · AnimalsTULSA DAY CENTER INC: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterOklahoma State University Foundation: $1,000 · Education
Other$59,060Food & Nutrition$21,000Human Services$18,450Health$6,100Animals$2,150Housing & Shelter$1,500Education$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 budgetA Childs Voice Child Advocacy Center In: $12,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA MOUNTAIN FOOD BANK INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetValley Citizens Foundation for Health Care Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $2,150 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA UNION MISSION CORPORATION: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Norman Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily & Childrens Services Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMust Ministries Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIRON GATE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS OF MIDDLE GEORGIA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Law Enforcement and Firefighters Childrens Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREEDE REPERTORY THEATRE: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $100 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 Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncNC7.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 The Charles and Rebecca Dees Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles and Rebecca Dees Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Tulsa Day Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Family & Childrens Services Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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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Find your warmest path to The Charles and Rebecca Dees Charitable Trust 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 47 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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