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The Ralph and Dorothy Reese Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Ralph and Dorothy Reese Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$47k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$52kHealth$25kEducation$9kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kHuman Services$1kArts & Culture$250Animals$100Housing & Shelter$50Other$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$23,422
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$23,422
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$23,422
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $23k → 8%HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY: $50 → 11%CEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $6k → 11%GRANTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $5k → 11%BETHESDA MISSION: $500 → 12%THE SALVATION ARMY: $550 → 17%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $200 → 13%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $50 → 22%MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $30 → 7%Hospice Care Connection: $1k → 16%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $200 → 8%HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY: $50 → 11%CEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $3k → 11%BETHESDA MISSION: $250 → 12%THE SALVATION ARMY: $500 → 17%Hospice Care Connection: $110 → 16%ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $100 → 8%DERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $23k → 12%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $55 → 17%DERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $13k → 12%DERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $10k → 12%DERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $5k → 12%WITF INC: $150 → 12%HERSHEY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $50 → 12%WITF INC: $100 → 12%HERSHEY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $50 → 12%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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$87k · 9 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

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

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
7

Total granted

$87k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+36%

Still filing today

44%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

50%100%’18’21’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’21’22’25
HealthEducationArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterAnimalsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • CC
    CEDAR CREST COLLEGE
    2× · 2018–2021 · $9k · revenue +1%
  • PO
    PENNON ORGANIZATION
    2× · 2018–2021 · $250 · revenue +89%
  • HM
    HAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION
    2× · 2018–2021 · $100 · revenue +211%

Funded once

  • GV
    GRANTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +100%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2018 · $200 · revenue -82%
  • PH
    PROJECT HOPE GIFT PROCESSING CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $100
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 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
American College of Radiology

The american college of radiology (acr) is organized to advance radiology science, practice and access, improve quality and safety, provide continuing education for radiology and allied professionals, and achieve better outcomes through…

Health
3
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
4
American Council On Education

Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. the council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student…

Education
5
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
6
Pennsylvania Chapter American College of Cardiology

The purpose of the chapter is to contribute to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases; to insure high quality of care for individuals with such diseases; to advance the knowledge, science and practice of cardiovascular medicine; to…

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7
Pocono Health System

We heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value supported by education and clinical research.

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8
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
9
American Association for Respiratory Care

Aarc's mission is to be the foremost professional association promoting respiratory therapists. the aarc advances professional excellence and science in the practice of repiratory therapy, serving the professional, patients, caregivers and…

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10
Chambersburg Hospital

The chambersburg hospital is a regional non-profit health care organization committed to the improvement of the health and well-being of the people in southcentral pennsylvania.

Health
11
Lehigh Valley Hospital

Our mission is to heal, comfort and care for the people of our community by providing advanced and compassionate health care of superior quality and value, supported by education and research.

Health
12
Upper Frederick Fire Company

To provide volunteer fire fighting and prevention services in upper frederick township, montgomery county, pennsylvania.

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pennon Organization; the most unlike its peers is Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association. 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

10 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. 10 of the 16 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)
9/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $51,422 · OtherDERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL: $23,722 · OtherST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITALGRANTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $5,000 · OtherGRANTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY+5 more: $3,060 · OtherCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $8,600 · EducationCEDAR CRES…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $55 · HealthPENNON ORGANIZATION: $250 · Arts & CultureHERSHEY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $100 · Public Safety & DisasterHAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION: $100 · AnimalsMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $30 · PhilanthropyCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $30 · International
Other$83,204Education$8,600Health$255Arts & Culture$250Public Safety & Disaster$100Animals$100Philanthropy$30International$30

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 budgetCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $8,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGRANTVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetHOSPICE CARE CONNECTION INC: $1,110 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENNON ORGANIZATION: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERSHEY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWK MOUNTAIN SANCTUARY ASSOCIATION: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $55 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $30 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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Ralph and Dorothy Reese Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ralph and Dorothy Reese 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s 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)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 16 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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