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The Reitman Foundation at a glance

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The Reitman 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.

$200k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$369kEnvironment$251kHealth$250kPublic Benefit$79kEducation$72kInternational$50kPhilanthropy$27kHuman Services$24kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH$200,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $23k) 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%UNION RESCUE MISSION: $1k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE: $10k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE: $10k → 14%LOLLIPOP THEATER NETWORK: $2k → 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.
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.

30%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$360k · 9 repeat orgs$838k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 0 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

9
29

Total granted

$360k
$638k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+4%

Still filing today

56%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • AF
    ACADEMY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $150k · revenue +81%
  • SB
    SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $61k · revenue +11%
  • US
    UNITY SHOPPE INC
    2× · 2017–2022 · $20k · revenue +65%

Funded once

  • TP
    THE PARTNERSHIP FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
    one grant, 2019 · $250k
  • TI
    TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    one grant, 2019 · $76k
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue 0%
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.

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Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
2
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation

It is the mission of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation to solicit, receive, invest, maintain and distribute funds for the support of charitable, scientific, and educational activities of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital.

Health
3
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
4
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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5
St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara

The mission of st. francis foundation of santa barbara is to promote and support health care.

Health
6
Santa Barbara Education Foundation

Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

Education
7
Santa Barbara Foundation

The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.

Philanthropy
8
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
9
Santa Fe Community Foundation

The santa fe community foundation inspires philanthropic generosity, strengthens nonprofits, and fosters positive change to build a more vibrant, healthy, and resilient region. the foundation's vision is a thriving northern new mexico,…

Philanthropy
10
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara

The scholarship foundation of santa barbara inspires, encourages and supports santa barbara county students to and through college, graduate and vocational school by providing information, advising, and scholarships.

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11
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
12
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College; the most unlike its peers is Wells Fargo Foundation. 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 40 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)
24/24
Grantees still filing
14/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PARTNERSHIP FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: $250,000 · OtherTHE PARTNERSHIP FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIESTORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: $75,984 · OtherTORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALBLITZER 93108 FUND: $50,000 · OtherBLITZER 93108 FUNDIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART: $44,881 · OtherSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ARTIT TAKES OUR VILLAGE: $27,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $25,000 · OtherMCGILL UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · OtherSANTA BARBARA JEWISH FEDERATION: $25,000 · Other+10 more: $45,800 · Other+10 moreLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH: $200,000 · HealthLUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATI…Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital: $25,000 · HealthSanta Barbara Cottage H…CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $10,000 · HealthACADEMY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · Arts & CultureACADEMY FOUNDATIONSANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $60,500 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA INTERNAT…THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $14,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPO…THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $10,250 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $50,000 · InternationalUNITY SHOPPE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesLOLLIPOP THEATER NETWORK INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesUNION RESCUE MISSION: $1,000 · Human ServicesCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationWINDWARD SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationCold Spring School Foundation: $1,500 · EducationQuarterbacking Children's Health Foundation: $5,000 · PhilanthropyWells Fargo Foundation: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMontecito Community Foundation: $500 · Philanthropy
Other$614,165Health$245,000Arts & Culture$237,750International$50,000Human Services$23,000Education$21,500Philanthropy$6,500

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 budgetACADEMY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $60,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $14,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE: $10,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRANE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWINDWARD SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetQuarterbacking Children's Health Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOLLIPOP THEATER NETWORK INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCold Spring School Foundation: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNION RESCUE MISSION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDayspring Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWells Fargo Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontecito Community Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Hutton Foundation Dba…St Francis Foundation…Elizabeth and John Mo…The Spivey Family Fou…Towbes FoundationAnn Jackson Family Fo…The Wood-Claeyssens F…Santa Barbara Foundat…Marin Community Found…California Community …Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…
Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker FoundationCA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · St Francis Foundation of Santa Barbara · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · The Spivey Family Foundation Inc · Towbes Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Santa Barbara Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · California Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Reitman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Reitman 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 40 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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