The Reis Foundation Inc
Ellicott City, MD · EIN 31-1486993. Reported 162 grants totalling $8,835,500 to 89 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Reis Foundation Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
5 of the organizations The Reis Foundation Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 9 grants totalling $1,086,500 to them. That is 16% of the $6,761,000 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groundswell Fund | grantmaking organization | California | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Humboldt Area Foundation | community foundation | California | $426,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Hopewell Fund | grantmaking organization | District of Columbia | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| California Community Foundation | community foundation | California | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Chautauqua Region Community Foundation | community foundation | New York | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $100,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $280,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groundswell Fund | San Francisco, CA | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Humboldt Area Foundation | Bayside, CA | $426,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Proteus Fund | Amherst, MA | $405,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Common Cause Education Foundation | Washington, DC | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights | Washington, DC | $350,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Advancement Project | Washington, DC | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund | New York, NY | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation | Palos Verdes, CA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tuscon, AZ | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | San Francicso, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| If When How | Oakland, CA | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Network of Abortion Funds | Beaverton, OR | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chautauqua Foundation | Chautauqua, NY | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mid Klamath Watershed Council | Orleans, CA | $166,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Ecology Institute | Columbia, MD | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Health Connected | East Palo Alto, CA | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Root Cause Research Center Cart | Louisville, KY | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Womens Earth and Climate Caucus | Mill Valley, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United States Artists | Chicago, IL | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| 350ORG | Brooklyn, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Change Labs | Tuba City, AZ | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Alliance for California Traditional Arts | Fresno, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Common Counsel | Oakland, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hopewell Fund | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| League of Women Voters | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mass Design Group | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Prx | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pro Choice Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trout Unlimited | Arlington, VA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wiyot Tribe | Loleta, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clemson University | Clemson, SC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Education for Just Peace in Middle East | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| First Nations Development Institute | Longmont, CO | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Latinos for Education | Belmont, MA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Luminus | Columbia, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Profound Gentlemen | Charlotte, NC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Common Counsel Foundation | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Companies for Causes | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Eames Institute | Petaluma, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Food for People | Eureka, CA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Return to the Heart Foundation | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Turkish Philanthropy Fund | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Womens Foundation of California | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Birth Companion Community Center | San Francisco, CA | $40,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Marin Food Bank | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| High Country News | Paonia, CO | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Advocates for Youth | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YWCA Jamestown | Jamestown, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Global Exchange | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Michigan Org on Adolescent Sexual Health | East Lansing, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muslim Family Center | Columbia, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Knowledge | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Street Symphony Project Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The 3RD | Columbia, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Figure Skating in Harlem | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ideoorg | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Klamath Forest Alliance | Arcata, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oak Lake Writers Society | Brookings, SD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Silicon Valley Shakespeare | San Jose, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Vision Maker Media | Lincoln, NE | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Barrier Aung | Ridgewood, NJ | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dellarte International | Blue Lake, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Environmental Protection Information Cen | Arcata, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Master Chorale | Los Angeles, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oceti Sakowin Writers Society | Brookings, SD | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco CASA | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $12,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Chautauqua Region Community Foundation | Jamestown, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Environmental Protection Information Ctr | Arcata, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fair Count | Atlanta, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hocopolitso | Columbia, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Huckleberry House | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Los Angeles Opera | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Peak Grantmaking | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Public Media Group of Southern Californi | Costa Mesa, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southern California Public Radio | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tides Connect Humanity | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Two Feathers Native American Family | Mckinleyville, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Immschools | Dallas, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Khan Academy | Mountain View, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Zero Waste Humboldt | Arcata, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Haight Ashbury Food Program | Atlanta, GA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National AIDS Memorial | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
47 of 89 (53%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 45%, across 3 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- United States Artists
Artists, Justice & Society - Pro Choice Ohio
Sexual Health & Reproductive Justice
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 109 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 | 57 | $2,862,500 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 40 | $1,100,500 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $1,907,500 | $45,000 |
| 2024 | 29 | $2,965,000 | $100,000 |
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
41% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Reis Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 10045 Baltimore National Pike A7310, Ellicott City, MD, 21042. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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