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The Rjn 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.

$109k
Granted FY2025still arriving
31
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$171kEnvironment$66kHealth$42kHuman Services$15kFood & Nutrition$10kYouth Development$8kHousing & Shelter$7kReligion$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k30 grants · $59k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RIVERS$50,000
WINE TO WATER$7,780
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE COLLEGE$3,500
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION$3,500
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON$3,500
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA$3,500
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO$3,500
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY$3,500
BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY$3,500
ELMHURST COLLEGE$3,500
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$3,500
CHILDRENS MIRACLE NETWORK$1,070
FOX VALLEY BALLET$1,000
SPECIAL CONNECTIONS$1,000
DUPAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANI$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 60% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LIFE GIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL: $1k → 8%PLACE OF HOPE: $500 → 11%OMEGA HOUSE: $1k → 14%EQUESTRIAN CONNECTION: $800 → 8%CENTER FOR HELP INC: $700 → 6%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $500 → 14%EQUESTRIAN CONNECTION: $800 → 8%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $500 → 14%EQUESTRIAN CONNECTION: $500 → 8%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $800 → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $500 → 14%FAMILY SHELTER SERVICE: $1k → 7%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $800 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $800 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $800 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $500 → 14%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $1k → 7%OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $1k → 7%HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $800 → 7%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
TN
NC
DC
OK
TX
FL
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$296k · 48 repeat orgs$77k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

48 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
30

Total granted

$296k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+7%

Still filing today

52%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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
EducationHuman ServicesHealthInternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureOther
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

  • SI
    SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +105%
  • EU
    ELMHURST UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +43%
  • University of Illinois Foundation
    7× · 2019–2025 · $16k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • HF
    HOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +7%
  • V
    VOLAR
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • CG
    CSWEA GLOBAL WATER STEWARDSHIP
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare

Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare follows the mission of Endeavor Health to "help everyone in our communities be their best."

Health
3
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
4
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
5
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Stanley Manne Childrens Research Institute

Stanley manne children's research institute strives to generate new knowledge and advance the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric diseases.

Health
10
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
11
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
12
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Ann & robert h. lurie children's hospital of chicago is dedicated to the health and well-being of all children. as the pediatric teaching facility for northwestern university feinberg school of medicine, this commitment drives us to be a…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Daves Killer Bread 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

52 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 52 of the 87 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
50/52
Grantees still filing
31/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIV OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON: $18,500 · OtherUNIV OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONELMHURST UNIVERSITY: $18,500 · OtherELMHURST UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $12,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING: $11,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINGOKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherRESPIRATORY HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $8,600 · OtherPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $7,300 · OtherQUALITY LIFE CENTER: $7,300 · OtherDUPAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $7,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $7,100 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE COLLEGE: $7,000 · OtherOKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $7,000 · OtherGRACE LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $6,500 · Other+38 more: $59,995 · Other+38 moreBenedictine University: $18,500 · EducationBenedictine UniversitySOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $18,500 · EducationSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVE…University of Illinois Foundation: $15,500 · EducationUniversity of Illinois …Illinois Institute of Technology: $15,500 · EducationIllinois Institute of T…SORSBY FOUNDATION: $4,500 · EducationSORSBY FOUNDATION+5 more: $6,100 · Education+5 moreAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN RIVERS INCWine to Water: $14,936 · EnvironmentWine to WaterLITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $7,400 · Human ServicesYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $2,300 · Human ServicesEquestrian Connection NFP: $2,100 · Human ServicesOUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $2,000 · Human ServicesOMEGA HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFamily Shelter Service Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesLIFE GIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE PROJECT: $800 · Human ServicesCENTER OF HELP: $700 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesFeeding America: $8,494 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $50 · Food & NutritionA NEW LEAF: $3,300 · HealthNATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $800 · HealthSadie Keller Foundation: $700 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $430 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $1,800 · InternationalTURKISH PHILANTHROPY FUNDS INC: $1,000 · InternationalIMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY DUPAGE: $1,000 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,000 · InternationalWATER FOR PEOPLE: $800 · International
Other$189,095Education$78,600Environment$64,936Human Services$18,800Food & Nutrition$8,544Health$7,580International$5,600

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 budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBenedictine University: $18,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $18,500 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetELMHURST UNIVERSITY: $18,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $15,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetIllinois Institute of Technology: $15,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWine to Water: $14,936 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESPIRATORY HEALTH ASSOCIATION: $8,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $8,494 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE CITY FOUNDATION: $7,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER: $7,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDUPAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $7,300 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSORSBY FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetA NEW LEAF: $3,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $2,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEquestrian Connection NFP: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $2,070 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOX VALLEY BALLET: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetA NEW LEAF INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS-USAINC: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY FAMILY MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLAR: $1,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTURKISH PHILANTHROPY FUNDS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY DUPAGE: $1,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetOMEGA HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAIR LADY PRODUCTIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDONORSCHOOSEORG: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Shelter Service Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE GIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADELANTE LATINA INC: $800 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATER FOR PEOPLE: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER OF HELP: $700 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLACE OF HOPE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILKINSON CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLONE STAR WARRIORS OUTDOORS: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $430 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ANDREW MCDONOUGH B FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $50 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.

  • Who funds AMERICAN RIVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Benedictine University ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds ELMHURST UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of Illinois Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Illinois Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Wine to Water ↗
  • Who funds RESPIRATORY HEALTH ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE CITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE'S RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DUPAGE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds SORSBY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds A NEW LEAF ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Equestrian Connection NFP ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds OUTREACH COMMUNITY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds FOX VALLEY BALLET ↗
  • Who funds A NEW LEAF INC ↗

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 Dupage Community …United Way of Metropo…Motorola Solutions Fo…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Northern Illinois Foo…The Chicago Community…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…AbbVie FoundationEnterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …Thrivent Financial fo…
The Dupage Community FoundationIL19.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dupage Community Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Motorola Solutions Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Northern Illinois Food Bank · The Chicago Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Place of Hope Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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

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How do I get to The Rjn Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Rjn 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 87 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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