Delaware · Private foundation
The Rivers 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.
- $22k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Rivers Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $22k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $737k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $623k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $437k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $49k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $445k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $820k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $233k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus Inc | $999,999 | 3 | 7% |
| Dominican Smme Corporation | $522,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Agnus Dei Foundation | $274,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Culture of Life Family Services | $175,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $136,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Church of the Nativity | $114,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Immaculate Heart Media Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mueller Ministries Kingdom Living Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Rady Children's Hospital San Diego | $36,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damascus Inc | $999,999 | 3 | 7% |
| Dominican Smme Corporation | $522,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Agnus Dei Foundation | $274,000 | 3 | 35% |
| Culture of Life Family Services | $175,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $136,500 | 9 | n/a |
| Church of the Nativity | $114,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Immaculate Heart Media Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Church Extension Society of US of Amer | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mueller Ministries Kingdom Living Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 26% |
| Rady Children's Hospital San Diego | $36,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Promises2kids Foundation | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Chastity Project | $30,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Real Life Catholic | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Coeur Du Christ Academy Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Culture Project International | $21,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Miles Christi | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Just in Time for Foster Youth | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Knot Today Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 10th Hour Productions | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Voices for Children | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Angels Foster Family Agency | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Casa of North Alabama | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Christ the King Parish Daphne | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Rivers Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: God's Gift · The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Rivers Foundation
- How much does The Rivers Foundation give?
- The Rivers Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $22,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Rivers Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (27%), Recreation & Sports (16%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Rivers Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Damascus Inc ($1000k), Dominican Smme Corporation ($522k), Agnus Dei Foundation ($274k).
- Does The Rivers Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rivers 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 Rivers Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include God's Gift, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is The Rivers Foundation based?
- The Rivers Foundation is based in DE.
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