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The Reeder Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$5.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$7.6MEmployment$5.9MEducation$5.9MCommunity Improvement$3.3MYouth Development$2.3MPhilanthropy$810kArts & Culture$280kScience & Tech$50k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k5 grants · $720k
  • $250k+7 grants · $4.3M
$300,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOCIAL FINANCE$1,500,000
MERIT AMERICA$1,000,000
YEAR UP$600,000
DUET INC$350,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$300,000
GREENLIGHT FUND$300,000
FRIENDS OF PIONEER CHARTER SCHOOL$250,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS EASTERN MA$200,000
STEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION$170,000
MORE THAN WORDS$150,000
FISHTANK LEARNING INC$150,000
UNCORNERED$50,000
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 (FY19–25, $7.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $150k → 7%MERIT AMERICA: $1.0M → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $130k → 7%MERIT AMERICA: $1.0M → 14%MERIT AMERICA: $500k → 14%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $150k → 8%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $150k → 16%CRADLES TO CRAYONS: $150k → 8%SOCIAL FINANCE: $2.0M → 16%SOCIAL FINANCE: $1.5M → 16%SOCIAL FINANCE: $400k → 16%SOCIAL FINANCE: $250k → 16%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $20k → 16%COLLEGE BOUND DORCHESTER: $10k → 16%UNCORNERED: $50k → 16%UNCORNERED: $50k → 16%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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$24M · 20 repeat orgs$2.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
5

Total granted

$24M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
0%

Still filing today

75%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • MA
    MERIT AMERICA
    3× · 2023–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +42%
  • GF
    GREENLIGHT FUND INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +46%
  • DI
    DUET INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • D(
    DUET (FKA The MATCH Foundation)
    one grant, 2019 · $750k
  • PC
    POSTSECONDARY COMMISSION
    one grant, 2024 · $500k · revenue 0%
  • D(
    DUET (FORMERLY THE MATCH FOUNDATION)
    one grant, 2021 · $250k
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
Onegoal

Onegoal (the organization") is a nonprofit organization incorporated on june 13, 2003 to provide underserved students with the resources, support, and network to earn a postsecondary degree.

Youth Development
2
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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3
College Summit Inc

College summit, inc. d/b/a peerforward (peerforward)'s mission is to unleash the power of positive peer influence to transform the lives of youth living in low-income communities by connecting them to college and careers. in low-income…

Education
4
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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7
Springboard Collaborative

Springboard collaborative combines targeted student instruction with parent training in an incentivized system that closes the literacy gap, by transferring the summer from a barrier into a springboard for financially disadvantaged…

Human Services
8
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
9
Wallin Education Partners

To ensure college and career success for high-potential students from low-income backgrounds, and through our efforts help build diverse, equitable, and vibrant communities. we do this through a comprehensive model of financial aid and…

Education
10
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
11
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
12
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is More Than Words Inc; the most unlike its peers is Postsecondary Commission. 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

19 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. 19 of the 27 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YEAR UP INC: $5,900,000 · EducationYEAR UP INCSTEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC: $1,020,000 · EducationSTEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INCFISHTANK LEARNING INC: $800,000 · EducationFISHTANK LEARNING INCTeach for America Inc: $800,000 · EducationTeach for America IncPOSTSECONDARY COMMISSION: $500,000 · EducationPOSTSECONDARY COMMISSION+2 more: $275,000 · EducationSocial Finance Inc: $4,150,000 · Human ServicesSocial Finance IncMERIT AMERICA: $2,500,000 · Human ServicesMERIT AMERICACRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $730,000 · Human ServicesCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC+1 more: $130,000 · Human ServicesNEW PROFIT INC: $1,790,000 · Community ImprovementNEW PROFIT INCGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $1,420,000 · Community ImprovementGREENLIGHT FUND INCDUET INC: $1,250,000 · Community ImprovementDUET INCMORE THAN WORDS INC: $1,070,000 · OtherMORE THAN WORDS …DUET (FKA The MATCH Foundation): $750,000 · OtherDUET (FKA The MA…TEACH FOR AMERICA - MA REGION: $500,000 · OtherTEACH FOR AMERIC…TEACH FOR AMERICA - BOSTON: $500,000 · OtherTEACH FOR AMERIC…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS EASTERN MA: $350,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG…FRIENDS OF PIONEER CHARTER SCHOOL: $250,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF PIONE…DUET (FORMERLY THE MATCH FOUNDATION): $250,000 · OtherDUET (FORMERLY T…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $150,000 · Other+2 more: $80,000 · OtherFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $650,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE OHIO VALLEY INC: $160,000 · PhilanthropySTEPPINGSTONE INC: $170,000 · Health
Education$9,295,000Human Services$7,510,000Community Improvement$4,460,000Other$3,900,000Philanthropy$810,000Health$170,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYEAR UP INC: $5,900,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetSocial Finance Inc: $4,150,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetMERIT AMERICA: $2,500,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetNEW PROFIT INC: $1,790,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $1,420,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetDUET INC: $1,250,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetMORE THAN WORDS INC: $1,070,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetSTEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC: $1,020,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetFISHTANK LEARNING INC: $800,000 over 3y, 26% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $800,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCRADLES TO CRAYONS INC: $730,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetFOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC: $650,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetPOSTSECONDARY COMMISSION: $500,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetRAR-MA INC: $175,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetSTEPPINGSTONE INC: $170,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE OHIO VALLEY INC: $160,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUNCORNERED INC: $130,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetOberlin College: $100,000 over 2y, 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 YEAR UP INC ↗
  • Who funds Social Finance Inc ↗
  • Who funds MERIT AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds NEW PROFIT INC ↗
  • Who funds GREENLIGHT FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds DUET INC ↗
  • Who funds MORE THAN WORDS INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPPINGSTONE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FISHTANK LEARNING INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds CRADLES TO CRAYONS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOCUSING PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
  • Who funds POSTSECONDARY COMMISSION ↗
  • Who funds RAR-MA INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPPINGSTONE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE OHIO VALLEY INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNCORNERED INC ↗
  • Who funds Oberlin College ↗

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.

Boston Foundation IncCombined Jewish Phila…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Boston Foundation IncMA14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Reeder Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Reeder Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Steppingstone Inc: 33% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Uncornered Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Social Finance Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Cradles to Crayons Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Year Up Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Steppingstone Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Reeder Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Reeder 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 27 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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