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The Rhe Charitable 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.

$208k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
26%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 55
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$3.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 26% of the organizations The Rhe Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentCrime & LegalInternationalAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving25$208k32%
FY202323$177k26%
FY202235$199k37%
FY202155$218k35%
FY202047$193k40%
FY201941$195k51%
FY201835$187kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$484kEnvironment$383kHousing & Shelter$89kYouth Development$61kFood & Nutrition$52kSocial Science$50kPublic Safety & Disaster$46kHealth$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
NY
MA
OR
CT
CA
VA
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Rhe Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oakland Theater Project$111,00075%
Theatre Bay Area$86,16162%
Vida Verde Nature Education$67,00071%
Central Works$62,00074%
Marin Audubon Society$58,50072%
Cg Jung Institute of San Francisco$50,00050%
Covenant House California$47,50050%
California Academy of Sciences$28,64540%
Ritter Center$27,01050%
American Rivers Inc$25,00030%
California Shakespeare Theater$24,60020%
Playwrights Foundation Inc$24,36763%
Restore the Delta$24,00031%
Earth Island Institute Inc$23,70050%
San Francisco Food Bank$22,00040%
Freedom FWD-DBA Freedom Forward$20,00021%
Marin Baroque$15,0006n/a
African-American Shakespeare Company$13,49043%
Homeless Prenatal Program Inc$13,01820%
Cutting Ball Theater$8,72111%
Committee on the Shelterless$8,00010%
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc$7,23020%
San Francisco Mime Troupe Inc$7,03031%
Blue Earth Alliance$5,50022%
Lower Bottom Playaz Inc$5,10031%
The Good Shepherd Gracenter of San Francisco$5,05720%
Marin Shakespeare Company$5,00010%
Ocean Conservancy$4,50020%
Women's Foundation of California$4,13920%
Essie Justice Group$4,00020%
The Aurora Theatre Company$3,60240%
Mercado Global Inc$3,56230%
Bay Area Childrens Theatre Fka Active Arts Theatre for Young Audien$3,50020%
San Francisco Playhouse$3,25020%
The Marine Mammal Center$2,34930%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,20030%
Literacy for Environmental Justice$2,03020%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$2,00020%
Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center$2,00010%
Young Women's Freedom Center$2,00010%
Kqed Inc$1,90430%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,90050%
Petaluma People Services Center$1,51230%
Amazon Conservation Team$1,23020%
Winnarainbow Inc Dba Camp Winnarainbow$1,20010%
Shotgun Players$1,10020%
Larkin Street Youth Services$1,05010%
The Loveland Foundation Inc$1,04910%
California Film Institute$1,04010%
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco$1,00010%
The Z Space Studio$1,00010%
Dry Dock Corporation$95030%
Wednesdays Gift$50011%
The Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Inc$50010%
Reproductive Freedom for All$50010%
Sierra Club Foundation$30010%
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums$29910%
American Bird Conservancy$26710%
Initiate Justice$25610%
Greenpeace Inc$20010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20010%
Rails to Trails Conservancy$20010%
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$11910%
Khan Academy Inc$10310%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$10010%
Oasis Legal Services$9710%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($525k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rhe Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOakland Theater Project: $111,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetTheatre Bay Area: $86,161 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetVida Verde Nature Education: $67,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCentral Works: $62,000 over 7y, 4.5% of budgetMarin Audubon Society: $58,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetCg Jung Institute of San Francisco: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCovenant House California: $47,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $28,645 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRitter Center: $27,010 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Rivers Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCalifornia Shakespeare Theater: $24,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPlaywrights Foundation Inc: $24,367 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetRestore the Delta: $24,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $23,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $22,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom FWD-DBA Freedom Forward: $20,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAfrican-American Shakespeare Company: $13,490 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetHomeless Prenatal Program Inc: $13,018 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCutting Ball Theater: $8,721 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCommittee on the Shelterless: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: $7,230 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Mime Troupe Inc: $7,030 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetBlue Earth Alliance: $5,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetLower Bottom Playaz Inc: $5,100 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Good Shepherd Gracenter of San Francisco: $5,057 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMarin Shakespeare Company: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Foundation of California: $4,139 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEssie Justice Group: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aurora Theatre Company: $3,602 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMercado Global Inc: $3,562 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Childrens Theatre Fka Active Arts Theatre for Young Audien: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Playhouse: $3,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Marine Mammal Center: $2,349 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLiteracy for Environmental Justice: $2,030 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAshkenaz Music & Dance Community Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Women's Freedom Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $1,904 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $1,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPetaluma People Services Center: $1,512 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmazon Conservation Team: $1,230 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWinnarainbow Inc Dba Camp Winnarainbow: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetShotgun Players: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $1,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Loveland Foundation Inc: $1,049 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Film Institute: $1,040 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 65.

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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 San Francisco FoundationCA39× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · The Zellerbach Family Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Phyllis C Wattis Foundation · The Shubert Foundation Inc · Bothin Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Leo J & Celia Carlin Fund · The Bernard Osher Foundation · The Sam Mazza Foundation · Fleishhacker 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.

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How do I get to The Rhe Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Rhe Charitable 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.

About The Rhe Charitable Foundation

How much does The Rhe Charitable Foundation give?
The Rhe Charitable Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $207,805 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Rhe Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Environment (28%), Housing & Shelter (6%).
Who are The Rhe Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Oakland Theater Project ($111k), Theatre Bay Area ($86k), Vida Verde Nature Education ($67k).
Does The Rhe Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 26% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Rhe Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Rhe Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The San Francisco Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, The Zellerbach Family Foundation.
Where is The Rhe Charitable Foundation based?
The Rhe Charitable Foundation is based in CA.

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 122 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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