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The Riversville Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$500k
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 2024.

Education$13MArts & Culture$642kHuman Services$575kPublic Safety & Disaster$250kReligion$15kInternational$10k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $34k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+2 grants · $801k
$136,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$500,000
NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY$301,370
SPELMAN COLLEGE$238,000
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA$181,000
FORDAM UNIVERSITY$170,000
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$136,000
ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE$126,000
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY$102,000
ELON UNIVERSITY$68,000
PACE UNIVERSITY$59,500
DOMINICAN COLLEGE$34,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 65% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%FORDAM UNIVERSITY: $170k → 28%ELON UNIVERSITY: $140k → 13%NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $301k → 16%THE RFADT DAF FUND: $1.2M → 7%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $238k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $238k → 19%XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $181k → 23%ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $126k → 14%FORDAM UNIVERSITY: $153k → 28%NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $291k → 16%VANGUARD DAF: $500k → 7%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $204k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $221k → 19%XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $120k → 23%FORDAM UNIVERSITY: $136k → 28%NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $279k → 16%THE RFADT DAF FUND: $250k → 7%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $204k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $204k → 19%ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $126k → 14%FORDAM UNIVERSITY: $119k → 28%NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $237k → 16%THE RFADT DAF FUND: $250k → 7%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $204k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $197k → 19%NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $152k → 16%THE RFADT DAF FUND: $189k → 7%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $204k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $187k → 19%ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $126k → 14%NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $148k → 16%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $191k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $145k → 19%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $190k → 13%DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $187k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $136k → 19%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $180k → 13%DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $180k → 14%PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $300k → 17%DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $170k → 14%PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $300k → 17%DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $170k → 14%HIGHBRIDGE VOICES: $187k → 17%DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $150k → 14%HIGHBRIDGE VOICES: $140k → 17%DEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $136k → 14%HIGHBRIDGE VOICES: $120k → 17%HIGHBRIDGE VOICES: $120k → 17%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

IL
NY
MA
NJ
RI
MD
NM
NC
DC
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$14M · 25 repeat orgs$640k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
3

Total granted

$14M
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+71%

Still filing today

48%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SC
    Spelman College
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +46%
  • DU
    DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +25%
  • Elon University
    8× · 2017–2024 · $778k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • EA
    ELON ACADEMY
    one grant, 2019 · $75k
  • SF
    SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +71%
  • SO
    SISTERS OF ST DOMINIC
    one grant, 2018 · $15k
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
3
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
4
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
5
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
6
Xavier University

Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…

Education
7
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
8
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
9
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
10
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

—
11
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
12
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fordham University; the most unlike its peers is Waterlines. 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

14 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. 14 of the 29 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE RFADT DAF FUND: $1,889,000 · OtherTHE RFADT DAF FUNDNC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,599,870 · OtherNC A&T STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $1,433,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISSUNY ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $689,075 · OtherSUNY ROCKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGEDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $574,500 · OtherDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORKIndividual grant recipient: $500,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+11 more: $950,900 · Other+11 moreSpelman College: $1,615,000 · EducationSpelman CollegeDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $1,197,882 · EducationDEPAUL UNIVERSITYElon University: $778,000 · EducationElon UniversityFordham University: $680,000 · EducationFordham UniversityPACE UNIVERSITY: $664,500 · EducationPACE UNIVERSITYXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $361,000 · EducationXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANALOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $331,500 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO+3 more: $313,400 · EducationHIGHBRIDGE VOICES CORPORATION: $641,680 · Youth DevelopmentPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $600,000 · Philanthropy
Other$7,636,345Education$5,941,282Youth Development$641,680Philanthropy$600,000

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 budgetSpelman College: $1,615,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDEPAUL UNIVERSITY: $1,197,882 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetElon University: $778,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University: $680,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPACE UNIVERSITY: $664,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHBRIDGE VOICES CORPORATION: $641,680 over 5y, 30% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS: $600,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $574,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA: $361,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $331,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $158,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $105,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 Spelman College ↗
  • Who funds DEPAUL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Elon University ↗
  • Who funds Fordham University ↗
  • Who funds PACE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HIGHBRIDGE VOICES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Research Foundation of the City University of New York ↗
  • Who funds SPONSORS FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds WATERLINES ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Riversville Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Riversville Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report 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 Riversville Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Riversville 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 29 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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