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The Reed 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.

$298k
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$68k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

International$720kHealth$110kFood & Nutrition$81kArts & Culture$60kEnvironment$59kAnimals$54kHuman Services$31kEducation$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $139k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $118k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAP INTERNATIONAL$68,000
MEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL$50,000
SUDAN RELIEF FUND$35,000
AMERICARES$30,000
EMORY UNIVERSITY - ROLLINS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH$20,000
FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION TO CARE VIA LOAN FORGIVENESS - 6302024$20,000
ATLANTA HUMANE SOCIETY$12,000
ATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK$12,000
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
WELLS BRING HOPE$6,300
JUAN NEUMAN CENTER$6,000
CONSCIENCE INTERNATIONAL$5,800
SOUTHERN CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS$5,000
APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY$5,000
WV HIGHLANDS CONSERVANCY$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–24, $61k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WELLS BRING HOPE: $13k → 14%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY: $6k → 4%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF WV: $8k → 15%WELLS BRING HOPE: $10k → 14%THE PLACE OF FORSYTH COUNTY: $6k → 4%WELLS BRING HOPE: $6k → 14%WELLS BRING HOPE: $6k → 14%WELLS BRING HOPE: $6k → 14%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
CT
CA
WV
VA
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 52% of The Reed Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 67% of the giving stays in GA; by stated purpose, 32%.

The Reed Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.8% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$994k · 19 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
14

Total granted

$994k
$99k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+31%

Still filing today

84%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
InternationalHuman ServicesFood & NutritionAnimalsHealthEducationOther
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

  • MAP International Inc
    5× · 2020–2024 · $310k · revenue +134%
  • SR
    SUDAN RELIEF FUND INC
    3× · 2020–2024 · $60k · revenue +44%
  • EU
    Emory University
    5× · 2020–2024 · $58k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • PH
    PLEDGE HEALTH
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue -38%
  • Feeding Americagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +40%
  • SC
    SHEPHERD CENTER INC
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · 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
MedGlobal Inc

MedGlobal is a humanitarian non-governmental organization working to serve vulnerable communities around the world by providing innovative, free, and sustainable healthcare. Our health services support refugees, displaced persons, and…

Health
2
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit, global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical science first and foremost to the most vulnerable communities worldwide. In Haiti, Malawi, Rwanda,…

Health
3
World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
4
International Medical Corps

To save lives & relieve suffering through health interventions & related activities that strengthen communities affected by conflict, natural disasters & disease outbreaks.

International
5
Project Hope - the People-to-People Health Foundation Inc

To conduct and support programs and activities aimed at solving some of the world's greatest public health challenges, with a specific focus on enabling health workers to have the greatest possible impact on the health of the people they…

International
6
Mercy Corps

Our mission is to alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.

International
7
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
8
Charity Global Inc

Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe water to people around the world. continued on schedule o.

Human Services
9
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
10
International Rescue Committee Inc

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

International
11
Health Poverty Action Usa

Health Poverty Action USA acts in solidarity with health workers, activists & communities worldwide to improve health & challenge the causes of poverty. We do this in 3 distinct ways: 1. We approach health as an issue of social justice. We…

International
12
Helping Children Worldwide Inc

Helping Children Worldwide works with local partners in strong collaborations and brings resources and capacity-buillding assistance to partners so they may address the root causes of child poverty and child mortality in their community.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Lemon Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the 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 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAP International Inc: $309,870 · InternationalMAP International IncMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $188,000 · InternationalMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INCSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $60,000 · InternationalSUDAN RELIEF FUND INCCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $40,000 · InternationalCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INCAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 · International+2 more: $23,300 · InternationalMONONGALIA ARTS CENTER: $20,000 · OtherMONONGALIA ARTS CEN…FOUNDATION CONTRIBUTION TO CARE VIA LOAN FORGIVENESS - 6302024: $20,000 · OtherFOUNDATION CONTRIBU…West Virginia Highlands Conservancy Inc: $20,000 · OtherWest Virginia Highl…APPALACHIAN PRISON BOOK PROJECT INC: $11,000 · OtherAPPALACHIAN PRISON …MS CENTER OF ATLANTA: $10,500 · OtherFACING HUNGER FOODBANK INC: $8,000 · OtherAtlantic Essential Development Inc: $7,500 · OtherThe Lemon Foundation: $7,000 · OtherNational Women's Health Network: $11,000 · OtherNational Women's He…SHEPHERD CENTER INC: $10,000 · OtherAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $19,000 · OtherAPPALACHIAN TRAIL C…FRIENDS OF THE CHEAT INC: $17,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHEA…Southern Center for Human Rights: $11,000 · OtherSouthern Center for…+7 more: $26,500 · Other+7 moreATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $53,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $15,000 · Food & NutritionWELLS BRING HOPE: $41,500 · Human ServicesThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $11,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST VIRGINIA INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesEmory University: $58,000 · EducationAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $48,000 · AnimalsTHREE RIVERS AVIAN CENTER INC: $5,000 · AnimalsHUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $40,000 · Arts & Culture
International$676,170Other$198,500Food & Nutrition$68,000Human Services$60,500Education$58,000Animals$53,000Arts & Culture$40,000

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 budgetMAP International Inc: $309,870 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDSHARE INTERNATIONAL INC: $188,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSUDAN RELIEF FUND INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEmory University: $58,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetATLANTA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK INC: $53,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAtlanta Humane Society & Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc: $48,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWELLS BRING HOPE: $41,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetHUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWest Virginia Highlands Conservancy Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetAPPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPLEDGE HEALTH: $17,500 over 1y, 14% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHEAT INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding America: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Place of Forsyth County Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNational Women's Health Network: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSHEPHERD CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFACING HUNGER FOODBANK INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES WEST VIRGINIA INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAtlantic Essential Development Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetThe Lemon Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCONSCIENCE INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,800 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetWOMEN MOVING ON INC WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER TO END DV: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHREE RIVERS AVIAN CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 3.4% 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…Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA9.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Reed Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Reed Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 37 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home