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The Stu and Betsy Reese Family Foundation at a glance

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The Stu and Betsy Reese Family 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.

$95k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$344kHealth$65kAnimals$48kHuman Services$46kPublic Benefit$24kEnvironment$15kPhilanthropy$15kCommunity Improvement$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $35k
$5,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NCH Center for Philanthropy$15,000
Bonefish Tarpon Trust$10,000
Faithcare$10,000
Lahey Health Institute of Advancement$5,000
Joy of Giving$5,000
Harvest Hills Animal Shelter$5,000
United Church of Marco Island$5,000
Judicial Watch$5,000
Semper Fi Fund$5,000
Josh Pallotta Fund$5,000
Project Healing Waters$5,000
Samaritan's Purse$5,000
Our Savior Lutheran Chruch Stone Ha$3,000
Atlantic Salmon Federation$2,500
Mount Washington Observatory$2,000
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 (FY17–24, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Covenant House: $200 → 17%Liberty Youth Ranch: $5k → 11%Covenant House: $100 → 17%Liberty Youth Ranch: $5k → 11%Covenant House: $100 → 17%Liberty Youth Ranch: $2k → 11%Liberty Youth Ranch: $1k → 11%Liberty Youth Ranch: $1k → 11%Joy of Giving: $5k → 10%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

ME
VT
NH
MT
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
VA
MD
NC
SC
DC
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$541k · 29 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +59% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
11

Total granted

$541k
$12k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+59%

Still filing today

66%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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
AnimalsHealthReligionHuman ServicesPublic BenefitArts & 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

  • FI
    FAITHCARE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $102k · revenue +68%
  • SF
    SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $27k · revenue +56%
  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • AI
    AMIABLE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • COMMUNITY PREGNANCY CLINICS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +101%
  • CF
    COMMITTEE FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE TOMORROW
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +15%
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
Shield of Faith Missions

Sof is called to empower warriors to find purpose, be resilient, and live well. we develop and provide customized treatment plans for veterans through our national network of partners.

Religion
2
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
3
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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4
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Monterey County

The SPCA Monterey County's Mission is assuring compassionate treatment of all animals through rescue, rehabilitation, protection and education. The SPCA shelters homeless, neglected, and abused pets, including dogs, cats, horses, exotic…

Animals
5
Stronghold Rescue & Relief

We protect and care for families in conflict zones.

Human Services
6
A Sanctuary for Military Families Inc Dba Project Sanctuary

Believing that when one person serves the whole family serves, Project Sanctuary takes a human-centered, solution-based approach to helping military families heal and move forward in life. Through innovative long-term programming focused…

Public Benefit
7
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
8
Worldwide Vets Incorporated

Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…

Animals
9
Peace River Refuge & Ranch Inc

Forest Animal Rescue protects wildlife by preserving natural habitats for the safe release of rehabilitated animals and the rehabilitation and release of black bears.

Animals
10
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
11
United States War Dogs Association Inc

The mission of the corporation is to provide support for the war dogs of the united states military. the organization provides care packages to war dogs and their handlers serving overseas. the organization also provides support for…

Animals
12
Puppies Behind Bars Inc

Puppies behind bars trains incarcerated individuals to raise service dogs for wounded war veterans and first responders, facility dogs for police departments, and explosive-detecton canines for law enforcement.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Judicial Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Faithcare Inc. 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

27 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. 27 of the 46 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
20/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

United Church of Marco Island: $205,760 · OtherUnited Church of Marco IslandLahey Health Institute of Advancement: $40,000 · OtherLahey Health Institute of AdvancementTurneffe Atoll Trust: $15,000 · OtherNCH Center for Philanthropy: $15,000 · OtherOur Savior Lutheran Church: $12,000 · Other+23 more: $49,300 · Other+23 moreFAITHCARE INC: $101,671 · ReligionFAITHCARE INCSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 · Religion+1 more: $1,900 · ReligionBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $20,000 · AnimalsBONEFISH …HARVEST HILLS ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $15,000 · AnimalsHARVEST H…Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $12,500 · AnimalsAtlantic …+2 more: $450 · AnimalsSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $27,000 · HealthPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $10,500 · HealthThe Josh Pallotta Fund Inc: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $20 · HealthJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $19,000 · Public BenefitPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $5,000 · Public BenefitLIBERTY YOUTH RANCH INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesJoy of Giving Inc: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $400 · Human ServicesMOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY: $7,000 · Science & Tech
Other$337,060Religion$108,571Animals$47,950Health$42,520Public Benefit$24,000Human Services$19,400Science & Tech$7,000

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 budgetFAITHCARE INC: $101,671 over 8y, 17% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $27,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHARVEST HILLS ANIMAL SHELTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLIBERTY YOUTH RANCH INC: $14,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetAtlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc: $12,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC: $10,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJoy of Giving Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Josh Pallotta Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPIONEER VALLEY SYMPHONY INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRYEBURG RESCUE ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHRISTIAN UNION INC: $1,900 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PREGNANCY CLINICS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTONE HARBOR VOLUNTEER FIRE CO 1: $650 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE TOMORROW: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTONE HARBOR RESCUE SQUAD INC: $400 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPeaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA KEYS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOUR DAILY BREAD FOOD PANTRY INCORPORATED: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTONE HARBOR MUSEUM CORPORATION: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $20 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 FAITHCARE INC ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST HILLS ANIMAL SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY YOUTH RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Atlantic Salmon Federation (US) Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HEALING WATERS FLY FISHING INC ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY ↗
  • Who funds Joy of Giving Inc ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds The Josh Pallotta Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds PAWS FOR PURPLE HEARTS ↗
  • Who funds PIONEER VALLEY SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRYEBURG RESCUE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN UNION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY PREGNANCY CLINICS INC ↗
  • Who funds STONE HARBOR VOLUNTEER FIRE CO 1 ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE FOR A CONSTRUCTIVE TOMORROW ↗
  • Who funds COVENANT HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds STONE HARBOR RESCUE SQUAD INC ↗
  • Who funds Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA KEYS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS 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.

Collier Community Fou…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Pfizer Foundation…Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
Collier Community Foundation IncFL13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Collier Community Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Pioneer Valley Symphony Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Josh Pallotta Fund Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
4report 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.

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 46 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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