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The Ww Reynolds Foundation Inc

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.

$73k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$48k
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$1.9MPhilanthropy$604kHealth$447kCivil Rights$260kPublic Benefit$133kInternational$85kSocial Science$51kYouth Development$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$47,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEMOCRACY AND MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION$47,500
UNITED CHARITABLE$25,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%INSTITUTE FOR LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY: $85k → 10%BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $5k → 14%CATO INSTITUTE: $60k → 14%DEMOCRACY AND MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $48k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $652k → 12%UNITED CHARITABLE: $25k → 4%BILL OF RIGHTS INSTITUTE: $260k → 7%CATO INSTITUTION: $50k → 14%BOULDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $437k → 12%STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY: $500 → 7%CATO INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%BOULDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $400k → 12%THE ULI FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%BOULDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $400k → 12%BOULDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $100k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $47k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLRADO CENTER OF THE AMERICAN WEST: $3k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $5k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $5k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $5k → 12%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.
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.
$3.0M · 5 repeat orgs$477k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +49% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
11

Total granted

$3.0M
$430k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+49%

Still filing today

60%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
EducationPublic BenefitHealthSocial ScienceOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $1.9M · revenue +79%
  • BC
    BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2022 · $447k · revenue +1%
  • CI
    CATO INSTITUTE
    2× · 2017–2022 · $85k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • BO
    Bill of Rights Institutegraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $260k · revenue +77%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY
    one grant, 2018 · $85k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
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
Colorado State University Foundation

See schedule o colorado state university foundation assists in the promotion, development, and enhancement of facilities and educational programs and enhancements of faculty, students, and alumni of colorado state university (csu). this is…

Education
2
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
3
Citizens United Foundation

An educational organization, which conducts research, informs and educates the public on various national and international issues.

Unclassified
4
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

Arts & Culture
5
The Governors of the University of Calgary

The University of Calgary is a global intellectual hub located in Canada's most enterprising city. In this spirited, high quality learning environment students will thrive in programs made rich by research, hands-on experiences and…

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6
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
7
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
8
Utah Donor Collaborative

Democracy Means Equality, Freedom & Justice: It means having a representative government. UDC is here to transform Utah politics and ensure that every voice counts.

—
9
National Taxpayers Union Foundation

National taxpayers union foundation (ntuf) provides crucial, impactful research and analysis showing americans how taxes, government spending, and regulations affect them. with our unique combination of policy expertise, outreach know-how,…

—
10
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

—
11
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
12
The University of British Columbia

Pursuing excellence in research learning and engagement to foster global citizenship and advance a sustainable and just society across British Columbia Canada and the world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Northern Colorado Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Democracy and Media Education 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

10 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. 10 of the 18 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,894,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION+2 more: $5,500 · EducationSCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED FUND: $573,800 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE DONOR ADVISED …Bill of Rights Institute: $260,000 · OtherBill of Rights InstituteINSTITUTE FOR LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY: $85,200 · OtherINSTITUTE FOR LIBERTY AND DEMOCR…Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · Other+6 more: $42,000 · OtherBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $447,231 · HealthBOULDER COMMUN…CATO INSTITUTE: $85,000 · Public BenefitDEMOCRACY AND MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $47,500 · Public BenefitUNITED CHARITABLE: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE ULI FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Social Science
Education$1,899,500Other$1,011,000Health$447,231Public Benefit$132,500Philanthropy$25,000Social Science$1,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $1,894,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $447,231 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetBill of Rights Institute: $260,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDEMOCRACY AND MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $47,500 over 1y, 99% of budgetUNITED CHARITABLE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADVENTURE WEST COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ULI FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC: $500 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.

National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA10.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 Ww Reynolds Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Ww Reynolds 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 18 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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