Raymond J and Mary C Reisert Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 80-0002341. Reported 97 grants totalling $1,015,100 to 66 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Raymond J and Mary C Reisert Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $12,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $46,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASA | Raleigh, NC | $86,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope Center at Pullen | Raleigh, NC | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Tree Street Youth | Lewiston, ME | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alfond Youth & Community Center | Waterville, ME | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hope Reins | Raleigh, NC | $31,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Nc Museum of Life and Science | Durham, NC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prosperity Maine | Portland, ME | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends of Quarry Road | Waterville, ME | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Avesta Housing Development Corp | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chatham County Literacy Council | Siler City, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Haven House Service | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Melville, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Long Island | Melville, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Peace Makers of Rocky Mount | Rocky Mount, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Susan Curtis | Portland, ME | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Book Fairies | Freeport, NY | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifeflight Foundation | Camden, ME | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Junior Achievement of Maine | Portland, ME | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Androscoggin Home Health Services | Lewiston, ME | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Family & Children's Association | Garden City, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Long Island Alzheimers | Westbury, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Morry' Camp Inc | Port Chester, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Morry's Camp | Port Chester, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Beginnings Inc | Lewiston, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Opening Word Program Inc | Amityville, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Morry | Port Chester, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Project Most | East Hampton, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rebuilding Together Long Island | Farmingdale, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Waterfall Arts | Belfast, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Waterville Creates | Waterville, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mid Maine Homeless Shelter | Waterville, ME | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Opening Word | Wyandanch, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Avesta Housing | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Capital Kids | Augusta, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities in Schools of Wake Co | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Communities in Schools Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Action Southold Town | Southold, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Haven House | Allentown, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Li Alzheimer's & Dementia Ctr | Westbury, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Long Island Children's Museum | Garden City, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midcoast Literacy | Bath, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Port Washington Library Foundation | Port Washington, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Read and Feed | Cary, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Safe Center of Long Island | Bethpage, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sisters of St Joseph | Brentwood, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Susan Curtis Foundation | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Telamon | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Volunteers of America | Brunswick, ME | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Waterville Community Land Trust | Waterville, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wayfinder Schools | Camden, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Center of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Concepts | Lewiston, ME | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Housing Resources for Youth | Topsham, ME | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Heckscher Museum of Art | Huntington, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mission at Eastward | Farmington, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mission for Eastward | Fairbanks, ME | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Obx Room at the Inn | Kill Devil Hills, NC | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dental Lifeline Network | Cary, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dental Lifeline Network | Denver, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Maine Boys to Men | Portland, ME | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Cancer Foundation | Westhampton Beach, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sensory Island | Deer Park, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Discovery | Eastsound, WA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Community Living Center | Augusta, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Viles Arboretum | Augusta, ME | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Portland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
22 of 66 (33%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 30%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- CASA
SUPPLEMENT TO RESIDENT'S AFFORDABLE RENT - Peace Makers of Rocky Mount
DEVELOPE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY - The Book Fairies
PROVIDE AGE APPROPRIATE BOOKS FOR HOME LIBRARIES - Hope Center at Pullen
RENT FOR YOUTH AGED OUT OF FOSTER CARE - New Beginnings Inc
STREET OUTREACH FOR HOMELESS YOUTH - Waterfall Arts
GLASS BLOWING CLASS IN AN ALTERNATIVE HS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 59 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | $210,400 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 18 | $190,200 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 19 | $204,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 18 | $195,500 | $9,000 |
| 2025 | 23 | $215,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
40% of its giving went to organizations in Maine. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Maine.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Raymond J and Mary C Reisert Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Co Ftci - One Madison Ave Ste 200, New York, NY, 10010. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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