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William Mead Regan 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.

$50k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$88kEnvironment$34kEmployment$30kHealth$28kInternational$28kYouth Development$20kFood & Nutrition$10kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$519k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
We Defy Foundation$10,000
The Guardsmen$10,000
Beaverkill Valley Land Trust$7,500
High Fives Non Profit Foundation$5,000
A Single Bite$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,500
Coombs Outdoors$2,500
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cen$2,500
The Surfrider Foundation$2,500
Open Space Institute$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%The Surfrider Foundation: $3k → 10%BRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $5k → 10%HIGH FIVES NONPROFIT FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $5k → 14%Catskill Art Space: $4k → 16%Beaverkill Valley Land Trust: $8k → 17%HOODS TO WOODS INC: $3k → 20%We Defy Foundation: $10k → 5%THE ARBOR SCHOOL: $3k → 16%INTERNATIONAL CARPE DIEM FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 12%YALE-NEW HAVEN MEDICAL CENTER INC: $5k → 12%ZEALOUS SCHOOLS: $15k → 7%ROCK STEADY BOXING INC: $5k → 16%DAYS FOR GIRLS: $3k → 11%DOUG COOMBS FOUNDATION: $5k → 5%CHEWONKI FOUNDATION: $8k → 9%The Guardsmen: $10k → 10%High Fives Non Profit Foundation: $5k → 11%A Single Bite: $5k → 16%BEAVERKILL VALLEY LAND TRUST: $5k → 17%GREEN GUERILLAS INC: $10k → 20%ZEALOUS SCHOOLS: $10k → 7%Coombs Outdoors: $3k → 5%CHEWONKI FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%BEAVERKILL VALLEY LAND TRUST: $5k → 17%GREEN GUERILLAS INC: $10k → 20%BEAVERKILL VALLEY LAND TRUST: $5k → 17%GREEN GUERILLAS INC: $5k → 20%Open Space Institute: $1k → 17%GREEN GUERILLAS INC: $5k → 20%PIPS EDUCATION FUND INC: $10k → 17%PIPS EDUCATION FUND INC: $5k → 17%HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMIES: $5k → 17%PIPS EDUCATION FUND INC: $3k → 17%HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMIES: $5k → 17%Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Cen: $3k → 17%MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $3k → 17%MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $3k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN FUND: $5k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $10k → 17%SAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $8k → 17%INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: $10k → 17%SAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $5k → 17%SUITUP INCORPORATED: $5k → 17%NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $5k → 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

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WA
NY
OR
WY
IN
CT
CA
CO
TX
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$168k · 11 repeat orgs$82k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
11

Total granted

$168k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+21%

Still filing today

82%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalEnvironmentHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther
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

  • GG
    GREEN GUERILLAS INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +100%
  • IR
    International Rescue Committee INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +38%
  • SD
    SAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $13k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • UO
    University Of Dublin Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +103%
  • NY
    NEW YORK COMMON PANTRY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +17%
  • BC
    BRING CHANGE 2 MINDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +42%
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.

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Ie New York College

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Education
2
United Nations International School

Under the auspices of the united nations and guided by its ideals, the united nations international school (unis) provides an inclusive and diverse learning environment in which rigorous international programs foster academic excellence,…

Education
3
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
4
The International School of San Francisco

Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…

Education
5
Cdp North America Inc

Cdp north america, inc. 's ("cdp-na") vision for the future is a thriving economy that works for people and planet in the long term. we focus investors and companies on taking urgent action to build a truly sustainable economy by measuring…

Environment
6
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
7
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
8
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
10
Stony Brook Ophthalmology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
University Camps

Unicamp student volunteers harness the healing power of the wilderness to provide a unique outdoor camping experience for at-risk children. through relationship-building, leadership and character development, and just plain fun, unicamp…

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12
Open New York Education Inc

Open new york education, inc. supports public education, awareness, and engagement around housing issues to help build a movement for a more abundant and inclusive new york.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open Space Institute Inc; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee 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

24 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. 24 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Zealous Schools: $25,000 · OtherZealous SchoolsSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $12,500 · OtherSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOLHARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMIES: $10,000 · OtherHARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMIESMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $5,000 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTERA Single Bite: $5,000 · OtherA Single BiteIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherROCK STEADY BOXING INC: $5,000 · OtherROCK STEADY BOXING INCSUITUP INCORPORATED: $5,000 · OtherSUITUP INCORPORATEDWe Defy: $10,000 · OtherWe DefyNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $5,000 · OtherNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY+2 more: $5,000 · Other+2 moreInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 · InternationalInternational Res…University Of Dublin Fund: $5,000 · InternationalUniversity Of Dub…The International Carpe Diem Foundation: $5,000 · InternationalThe International…INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $5,000 · InternationalINTERNATIONAL MED…Days For Girls International: $2,500 · InternationalDays For Girls In…BEAVERKILL VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $22,500 · EnvironmentBEAVERKILL VALL…Chewonki Foundation Inc: $8,000 · EnvironmentChewonki Founda…THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER F…+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentGREEN GUERILLAS INC: $30,000 · EmploymentGREEN GUERILL…HIGH FIVES NONPROFIT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthHIGH FIVE…BRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $5,000 · HealthBRING CHA…YALE NEW HAVEN MEDICAL CENTER INC: $5,000 · HealthYALE NEW …The Guardsmen: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Guard…The Doug Coombs Foundation: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentThe Doug …Hoods to Woods Inc: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentHoods to …PIPS EDUCATION FUND INC: $17,500 · Philanthropy
Other$91,000International$37,500Environment$34,000Employment$30,000Health$20,000Youth Development$20,000Philanthropy$17,500

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 budgetGREEN GUERILLAS INC: $30,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetZealous Schools: $25,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBEAVERKILL VALLEY LAND TRUST INC: $22,500 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPIPS EDUCATION FUND INC: $17,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetSAINT DAVID'S SCHOOL: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH FIVES NONPROFIT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Guardsmen: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetChewonki Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Doug Coombs Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity Of Dublin Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe International Carpe Diem Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetYALE NEW HAVEN MEDICAL CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROCK STEADY BOXING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUITUP INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDays For Girls International: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARBOR SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHoods to Woods Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% 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.

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 Blackbaud Giving …Silicon Valley Commun…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…The Pfizer Foundation…Paypal Charitable Giv…Network for Good
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC11.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%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
    2get no government money at all
    10report 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

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    How do I get to William Mead Regan Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to William Mead Regan 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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