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The Rbr Foundation Inc

Its FY2019 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$14k
Granted FY2019
22
Grants FY2019
9
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Recreation & Sports$8kPhilanthropy$7kArts & Culture$6kEducation$6kHealth$4kEnvironment$2kYouth Development$350Religion$250Other$0
02FY2019 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$250
Median grant
9
States reached
$176k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE$6,000
USSGA MEMORIAL FUND$1,700
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA$750
MARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS$500
ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$500
CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION$500
CROSSROADS CLUB$500
ST ANNE'S SCHOOL$500
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE$500
THE FOWNES FOUNDATION$394
Individual grant recipient$250
USGA FOUNDATION$250
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION$250
IRVINE NATURE CENTER$250
LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL CAMP$250
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–19) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 53% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%LIVING WITH WOLVES: $100 → 7%THE FOWNES FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%USSGA MEMORIAL FUND: $2k → 9%ST ELMO FOUNDATION: $150 → 17%CROSSROADS CLUB: $500 → 11%LINDEN LODGE FOUNDATION: $500 → 10%AMERICAN CAMP ASSOCIATION: $250 → 9%USAGA: $100 → 7%THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $250 → 11%THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION: $250 → 8%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK: $250 → 5%BUFFALO BILL HISTORICAL CENTER: $100 → 11%ST ANNE'S SCHOOL: $500 → 6%MARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $250 → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1k → 19%THE FOWNES FOUNDATION: $394 → 11%USSGA MEMORIAL FUND: $1k → 9%ST ELMO FOUNDATION: $100 → 17%CROSSROADS CLUB: $500 → 11%LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL CAMP: $250 → 11%THOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION: $250 → 8%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $6k → 5%ST ANNE'S SCHOOL: $500 → 6%IRVINE NATURE CENTER: $250 → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE: $500 → 19%USSGA MEMORIAL FUND: $1k → 9%ROBERT JONES JR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $500 → 17%CROSSROADS CLUB: $500 → 11%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $750 → 8%ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $500 → 5%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $500 → 6%THE GILMAN FUND: $500 → 19%ROBERT T JONES JR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: $500 → 17%WAYSIDE HOUSE: $400 → 11%VIRGINIA ATHLETICS FOUNDATION: $500 → 8%GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $250 → 5%ST ANNE'S SCHOOL: $500 → 6%ST PAUL'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $500 → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE: $500 → 19%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $250 → 8%CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER: $250 → 5%CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION: $500 → 6%MERCY RIDGE SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $250 → 11%THE GILMAN FUND: $200 → 19%WILDERNESS ADVENTURES: $250 → 5%MARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS: $5k → 6%FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: $250 → 19%MARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
IL
NY
WY
IN
PA
NJ
VA
MD
NC
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20k · 12 repeat orgs$8k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +79% since the first grant, against +45% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2019, 1 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
16

Total granted

$20k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+45%

Still filing today

58%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19
Arts & CultureHealthEducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UM
    USSGA MEMORIAL FUND INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $4k · revenue +60%
  • FF
    FOWNES FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $3k · revenue +912%
  • CC
    CROSSROADS CLUB INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $2k · revenue +79%

Funded once

  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +64%
  • RJ
    ROBERT JONES JR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2017 · $500
  • VIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +22%
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
Washington and Lee University

Mission statement of washington and lee university: washington and lee university provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity,…

Education
2
Golf Course Superintendents Association of New Jersey

To serve the golf course superintendent by advancing the profession, offering professional development, and fostering relationships for all members.

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3
World Golf Foundation Inc

To unite the golf industry around initiatives that promote, enhance the growth of and provide access to the game worldwide, while preserving golf's traditional values and passing them on to others. it accomplishes its mission through: 1.…

Recreation & Sports
4
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…

Education
5
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
6
Harvard Club of Washington Dc

To inform and enrich the intellectual lives of 20,000 alumni of harvard university in the washington, dc area and to assist harvard university with respect to applicants and undergraduates from the dc area.

Education
7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Energy & Mineral Law Foundation

The energy & mineral law foundation is a national nonprofit educational organization that fosters the study of the laws and regulations related to natural resource development and energy use. the foundation is an accredited provider of…

Crime & Legal
9
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
10
New Jersey State Golf Association

The new jersey state golf association, inc. ("the association") is a non-profit organization of public and private clubs that was formed for the purpose of preserving and promoting the game of golf throughout the state of new jersey.the…

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11
Junior Golf Foundation of Greater St Louis

To impact the lives of young people in the greater st. louis area by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

Recreation & Sports
12
The Lpga Foundation

To inspire, empower and transform the lives of girls and women through the game of golf.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Usga Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Morgan Family Foundation 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

27 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. 27 of the 39 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
23/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS INC: $5,500 · Arts & CultureMARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIV…FOWNES FOUNDATION: $2,894 · Arts & CultureFOWNES FOUNDATIONTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Arts & CultureTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION I…ST ANNE'S SCHOOL: $1,500 · OtherST ANNE'S SCHOOLJOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE: $1,000 · OtherJOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINEUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $1,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIATHE GILMAN FUND: $700 · OtherTHE GILMAN FUNDROBERT JONES JR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $500 · OtherST PAUL'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $500 · OtherROBERT T JONES JR MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP: $500 · OtherWAYSIDE HOUSE INC: $400 · Other+16 more: $3,350 · Other+16 moreCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $6,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION …GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $250 · Philanthropy+1 more: $100 · PhilanthropyUSSGA MEMORIAL FUND INC: $3,850 · EmploymentUSSGA MEMORI…CROSSROADS CLUB INC: $1,500 · HealthSt John's Health Foundation: $500 · HealthLINDEN LODGE FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,000 · EducationVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $250 · EducationCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentIRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $250 · Environment
Arts & Culture$8,894Other$9,450Philanthropy$6,350Employment$3,850Health$2,500Education$1,750Environment$1,250

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND HALL FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUSSGA MEMORIAL FUND INC: $3,850 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFOWNES FOUNDATION: $2,894 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCROSSROADS CLUB INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt John's Health Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA STUDENT AID FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST PAUL'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAYSIDE HOUSE INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CAMPING ASSOCIATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ridge Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE SCHOOL: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST ELMO FOUNDATION: $250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIRVINE NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARYLAND STATE GOLF ASSOCIATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF GREATER BALTIMORE INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING WITH WOLVES LTD: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREEDOM GOLF ASSOCIATION: $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 Marion I & Henry …T Rowe Price Program …The United Way of Cen…Baltimore Community F…The Chicago Community…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…
The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation IncMD13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Marion I & Henry J Knott Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn 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 Rbr Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rbr Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Wayside House Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 13% of income from government
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get 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 · 0–75%
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 The Rbr Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Rbr Foundation Inc 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 39 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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