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The Riley Family Foundation Inc

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.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$15k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$283kEducation$74kHealth$56kHuman Services$38kYouth Development$23kHousing & Shelter$11kEnvironment$11kPhilanthropy$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$743k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Dana Hall School$15,000
Columbus Associatin for Performing Arts$10,000
Nationwide Childrens Hospital Fund$5,000
Hays Symphony Guild$5,000
Kitchen Theatre Company Inc$5,000
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center$5,000
First Call For Help$5,000
Mary's Place Seattle$5,000
Tom Browning Boys & Girls Club$5,000
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 (FY18–21, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%She's The First: $2k → 17%Lifewire: $1k → 9%Sophia Way: $1k → 9%Program for Early Parent Support: $2k → 9%Program for Early Parent Support: $2k → 9%Program for Early Parent Support: $2k → 9%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

WA
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CA
KY
KS
LA
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.
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.
$437k · 14 repeat orgs$73k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
23

Total granted

$437k
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+59%

Still filing today

64%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentOther
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

  • DANA HALL SCHOOL
    9× · 2017–2025 · $61k · revenue +26%
  • CA
    COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    5× · 2020–2025 · $55k · revenue +107%
  • TB
    TOM BROWNING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
    9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • HM
    Hays Medical Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • CC
    Columbus Community Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • TN
    TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · 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.

1
Women's Project & Productions Inc

Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…

Arts & Culture
2
Guthrie Theater Foundation

The guthrie theater engages exceptional theater artists in the exploration of both classic and contemporary plays, connecting the community we serve to one another and to the world. through its extraordinary artists, staff and facility,…

Arts & Culture
3
Portland Center Stage

Portland center stage's mission is to create transcendent theatrical experiences and community programs that break down the barriers separating people. we support our community in celebrating the full scope of humanity, appreciating…

Arts & Culture
4
Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Please see schedule o for the complete mission statement.berkeley repertory theatre creates ambitious theatre that entertains and challenges its audiences, provokes civic engagement, and inspires people to experience the world in new and…

Arts & Culture
5
Park Square Theatre

To enrich the community by producing and presenting exceptional live theatre that touches the heart, engages the mind and delights the spirit.

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6
Children's Theatre Company and School

Children's Theatre Company exists to create extraordinary theater experiences that educate, challenge, and inspire young people and their communities.

Arts & Culture
7
Theater Mu Incorporated

Theater mu produces great performances born of arts, equity, and justice from the heart of the asian american experience.

Arts & Culture
8
New York Shakespeare Festival

As the nation's foremost producer of shakespeare and new work, the public theater is dedicated to achieving artistic excellence while developing an american theater that is accessible and relevant to all people through productions of…

Arts & Culture
9
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
10
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Inc
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11
The Royal National Theatre

Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…

Arts & Culture
12
Philadelphia Theatre Company

Philadelphia theatre company is a vital civic institution dedicated to the creation of extraordinary theatrical experiences that reflect the essential issues and ideas of our time, and which foster connection, understanding, and…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio; the most unlike its peers is Tom Browning Boys and Girls Club. 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

28 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. 28 of the 41 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CONTEMPORARY THEATRE OF OHIO: $170,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CONTEMPORARY THEATRE OF OHIOCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $55,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSKitchen Theatre Company Inc: $26,000 · Arts & CultureKitchen Theatre Company Inc+3 more: $11,000 · Arts & CultureCenter for Family Safety and Healing: $25,000 · OtherCenter for Family Safety…Nationwide Children's Hospital Fund: $20,000 · OtherNationwide Children's Ho…Sternberg Museum: $15,000 · OtherSternberg MuseumHays Medical Foundation: $10,000 · OtherHays Medical FoundationHilltop PreSchool: $7,000 · OtherHilltop PreSchoolColumbus Community Fund: $5,000 · OtherBlack Mamas Matter (SisterSong): $5,000 · OtherHAYS SYMPHONY GUILD INC: $5,000 · Other+12 more: $20,000 · Other+12 moreDANA HALL SCHOOL: $60,500 · EducationDANA HALL SCHO…King County Library System Foundation: $4,000 · EducationKing County Li…MARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER: $15,000 · HealthTRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthFirst Call for Help Inc: $5,000 · HealthPERFECT PUSH FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthTOM BROWNING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $10,000 · Human ServicesPROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $5,000 · Human ServicesSHE'S THE FIRST INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesLifeWire: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE SOPHIA WAY: $1,000 · Human ServicesENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,000 · EnvironmentThe Finger Lakes Land Trust Inc: $1,000 · Environment
Arts & Culture$262,000Other$112,000Education$64,500Health$28,000Youth Development$22,000Human Services$19,000Environment$6,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY THEATRE OF OHIO: $170,000 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetDANA HALL SCHOOL: $60,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $55,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetKitchen Theatre Company Inc: $26,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetTOM BROWNING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $21,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetMARY BIRD PERKINS CANCER CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARY'S PLACE SEATTLE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCayuga Chamber Orchestra Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPROGRAM FOR EARLY PARENT SUPPORT: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKing County Library System Foundation: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPERFECT PUSH FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetEVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAudubon Nature Institute Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHE'S THE FIRST INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLifeWire: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYSVILLE PLAYERS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPALEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SOPHIA WAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON OPERA HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $1,000 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.

Robert E Browning FundPuget Sound Energy Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…Mightycause Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Ge Aerospace Foundati…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…Charities Aid Foundat…
Robert E Browning FundVA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Robert E Browning Fund · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Riley Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Riley Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Riley Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Riley Family 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 41 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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