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The Kenneth Reutlinger Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Kenneth Reutlinger Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$23k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$70kHealth$45kAnimals$39kHuman Services$8kArts & Culture$8kHousing & Shelter$3kScience & Tech$3kReligion$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$466k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MORTON CENTER$5,000
LOUISVILLE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL$4,000
KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY$1,300
ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES$1,300
RAPTOR REHABILATION OF KY INC$1,200
BIG CAT RESCUE$1,100
THE JUNIPER HUNT AND FISH CLUB EDUC$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$1,000
ST FRANCIS ANIMAL RESCUE$600
CASA INC$500
HOME OF THE INNOCENTS$500
THE SALVATION ARMY$500
SUMMIT ACADEMY$500
Individual grant recipient$500
SIMMONS COLLEGE$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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%BIG CAT RESCUE: $1k → 13%BIG CAT RESCUE: $1k → 13%BIG CAT RESCUE: $1k → 13%BIG CAT RESCUE: $1k → 13%BIG CAT RESCUE: $1k → 13%BIG CAT RESCUE: $1k → 13%BIG CAT RESCUE: $850 → 13%BIG CAT RESCUE: $750 → 13%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $700 → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $700 → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $600 → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $500 → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $500 → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $500 → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $500 → 15%HOME OF THE INNOCENTS: $500 → 15%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$177k · 34 repeat orgs$9k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
5

Total granted

$177k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+97%
+40%

Still filing today

59%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
EducationAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • TM
    THE MORTON CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $40k · revenue +68%
  • LC
    LOUISVILLE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +97%
  • AC
    ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +107%

Funded once

  • FP
    FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $6k · revenue +40%
  • WF
    WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +58%
  • TW
    TEAM WESTERN KENTUCKY TORNADO RELI
    one grant, 2021 · $500
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
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
2
Montessori School of Louisville Inc

We ignite the child's innate love of learning in a diverse and nurturing community by integrating authentic montessori philosophy with contemporary research-based educational methods. we empower each individual to make knowledgeable,…

Education
3
Thomas Jefferson School

Thomas jefferson school engages its students in the education necessary to live as responsible citizens of the world. through the strongest possible college-prepatory program and within a nurturing community, students develop a…

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4
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
The Miller School of Albemarle

We create opportunities for discovery and reflection by engaging the minds, hands, and hearts of our students.

Education
7
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
8
The Kentucky Science Center Inc

Our mission is to inspire curiosity and empower individuals to explore and experiment with science in all its forms. we embrace a "do science" philosophy: play, tinker, collaborate, test, experiment, learn from mistakes, and try again.…

Arts & Culture
9
Tennessee Aquarium

The mission of the Tennessee Aquarium is to connect people with nature and empower them to make informed decisions about water and wildlife.

Animals
10
Rowland Hall-St Mark's School

We inspire students to lead ethical and productive lives through a college preparatory program that promotes the pursuit of academic and personal excellence.

Education
11
Virginia Living Museum Inc

The museum connects people to nature by delivering educational classes, programs, exhibits, events and demonstrations. staff and volunteers engage learners of all ages on a 23 acre campus setting. indoor and outdoor learning opportunities…

Arts & Culture
12
Our Lady of the Woods Corporation

To operate a private school for age 3 through eighth grade students.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Home of the Innocents Inc; the most unlike its peers is West End School 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

24 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. 24 of the 43 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
21/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MORTON CENTER INC: $40,000 · OtherTHE MORTON CENTER INCUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $17,250 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL INC: $6,150 · OtherFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOO…THE SALVATION ARMY: $3,700 · Other+23 more: $36,100 · Other+23 moreLOUISVILLE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $31,700 · EducationLOUISVILLE COLLEGIATE SC…SUMMIT ACADEMY OF GREATER LOUISVILLE INC: $5,500 · EducationSUMMIT ACADEMY OF GREATE…Simmons College of Kentucky Inc: $1,800 · EducationWest End School Inc: $1,400 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · EducationALLEY CAT ADVOCATES INC: $8,800 · AnimalsALLEY CAT ADV…KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $6,300 · AnimalsKENTUCKY HUMA…RAPTOR REHABILITATION OF KENTUCKY INC: $5,800 · AnimalsRAPTOR REHABI…St Francis Animal Rescue of Venice Inc: $1,400 · AnimalsSt Francis An…BIG CAT RESCUE CORP: $7,900 · Human ServicesTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $4,500 · Human ServicesWAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION: $1,700 · Human ServicesColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,850 · Arts & CultureTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,400 · Arts & CultureMAYO CLINIC: $3,000 · HealthCASA OF THE RIVER REGION: $2,250 · Civil Rights
Other$103,200Education$41,400Animals$22,300Human Services$14,100Arts & Culture$3,250Health$3,000Civil Rights$2,250

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 budgetTHE MORTON CENTER INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLOUISVILLE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL: $31,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALLEY CAT ADVOCATES INC: $8,800 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBIG CAT RESCUE CORP: $7,900 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $6,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL INC: $6,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAPTOR REHABILITATION OF KENTUCKY INC: $5,800 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetSUMMIT ACADEMY OF GREATER LOUISVILLE INC: $5,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC: $4,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC: $3,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND MUSEUM INC: $3,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASA OF THE RIVER REGION: $2,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC: $2,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $1,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSimmons College of Kentucky Inc: $1,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF MYAKKA RIVER INC: $1,550 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $1,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWest End School Inc: $1,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Francis Animal Rescue of Venice Inc: $1,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $1,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: $200 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.

  • Who funds THE MORTON CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISVILLE COLLEGIATE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ALLEY CAT ADVOCATES INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG CAT RESCUE CORP ↗
  • Who funds KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL OF LOUISVILLE INC ST FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds RAPTOR REHABILITATION OF KENTUCKY INC ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT ACADEMY OF GREATER LOUISVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HOME OF THE INNOCENTS INC ↗
  • Who funds MOTE MARINE LABORATORY INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF THE RIVER REGION ↗
  • Who funds KIDS CANCER ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Simmons College of Kentucky Inc ↗
  • Who funds WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF MYAKKA RIVER INC ↗
  • Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds West End School Inc ↗
  • Who funds St Francis Animal Rescue of Venice Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL ↗

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 Community Foundat…Honorable Order of Ke…Mightycause Charitabl…The Community Foundat…Cralle Foundation IncRepublic Bank Foundat…Snowy Owl Foundation …The Gheens Foundation…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Baird Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…Sam Swope Family Foun…
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY27.5× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Sam Swope Family Foundation Inc

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 Kenneth Reutlinger Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kenneth Reutlinger Foundation Inc. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Mote Marine Laboratory Inc: 4% of income from government
  • The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 43 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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