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The Dennis L Riese Foundation at a glance

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The Dennis L Riese 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.

$95k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$41k
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 2024.

Health$692kFood & Nutrition$670kHuman Services$474kEducation$290kCommunity Improvement$45kYouth Development$31kReligion$10kScience & Tech$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $71k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$428k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUNRISE ASSOCIATION$41,350
EASTSIDE SUB-URBAN BREAST CENTER$10,000
ST FRANCIS FOUNDATION$10,000
SHLOFMITZ HEART FOUNDATION$10,000
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION (FEINSTEIN)$5,000
PECONIC BAY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$5,000
GREENVILLE BAKER BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$5,000
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$5,000
FIRST TECH FUND$2,000
FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS & EXPRESSION$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $419k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 13% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Jewish Child Care Association of New York Inc: $50k → 20%SUNRISE DAY CAMP: $93k → 7%SUNRISE DAY CAMP: $76k → 7%SUNRISE DAY CAMP: $48k → 7%ENCORE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3k → 17%SUNRISE DAY CAMP ASSOCIATION: $100k → 6%SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION: $15k → 6%SUNRISE DAY CAMP ASSOCIATION: $15k → 6%SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 6%SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 6%Sid Jacobson JCC: $5k → 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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 15 repeat orgs$398k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
18

Total granted

$2.0M
$361k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+29%

Still filing today

60%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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
HealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • C
    CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS
    5× · 2017–2021 · $653k · revenue +38%
  • SD
    SUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $388k · revenue +38%
  • NY
    New York University
    4× · 2017–2020 · $290k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • SS
    SEE SCH A ATTACHMENT
    one grant, 2022 · $143k
  • JC
    JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue +3%
  • SA
    Sunrise Association
    one grant, 2023 · $33k
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
Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Long island jewish medical center is part of the northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and…

Health
2
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
3
Lenox Hill Hospital

Lenox hill hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations…

Health
4
North Shore University Hospital

North shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
5
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
6
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
South Shore University Hospital

South shore university hospital is part of northwell health ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future…

Health
8
Glen Cove Hospital

Glen cove hospital is part of northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality geriatric care; educating the current and future…

Health
9
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
10
Staten Island University Hospital

Staten island university hospital is an affiliate within northwell health, inc. ("northwell"), which strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the…

Health
11
Northwell Health Foundation

Northwell health foundation inc. is dedicated toward helping donors, patients, and leaders link their vision and philanthropic support toward helping the underserved and uninsured, advancing the latest frontiers in medical technology and…

Health
12
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Mount sinai is committed to the advancement of the art and science of medicine through clinical excellence. the central mission consists of high-quality patient care and teaching conducted in an atmosphere of social concern and scholarly…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St Francis Hospital Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression 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

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 38 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)
20/20
Grantees still filing
18/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $653,000 · Food & NutritionCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELSSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $388,144 · Human ServicesSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSO…JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK: $50,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH CHILD CARE ASSO…SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 · Human Services+2 more: $12,500 · Human ServicesSEE SCH A ATTACHMENT: $142,570 · OtherSEE SCH A ATTACHMENTST FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $110,000 · OtherST FRANCIS FOUNDATIO…Sunrise Association: $32,850 · OtherSunrise AssociationUniversity of Michigan: $20,000 · Other+16 more: $113,181 · Other+16 moreNew York University: $290,000 · EducationNew York Univer…ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $30,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF…NORTHWELL HEALTH INC: $200,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHWELL H…Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $30,000 · Community ImprovementBoca Raton …FIRST TECH FUND INC: $12,000 · Community ImprovementMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthMOUNT SINAI…THE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $49,000 · HealthTHE FEINSTE…ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · HealthSAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthSHLOFMITZ HEART FOUNDATION INC ATTNDDK: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $3,100 · HealthGRENVILLE BAKER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC: $20,625 · Youth Development
Food & Nutrition$653,000Human Services$470,644Other$418,601Education$320,000Community Improvement$242,000Health$232,100Youth Development$20,625

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 budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $653,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSUNRISE DAY CAMPS ASSOCIATION INC: $388,144 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetNew York University: $290,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FEINSTEIN INSTITUTES FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH: $49,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBoca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRENVILLE BAKER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB INC: $20,625 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $20,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetFIRST TECH FUND INC: $12,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetSt Francis Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetST FRANCIS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSHLOFMITZ HEART FOUNDATION INC ATTNDDK: $10,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $3,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENCORE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $2,000 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN11.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving 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 Dennis L Riese Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dennis L Riese Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    6report 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 The Dennis L Riese Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Dennis L Riese 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 38 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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