Raymond J and Mary C Reisert Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 80-0002341. Reported 74 grants totalling $800,100 to 54 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. 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 $13,200; 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. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASA | Raleigh, NC | $86,100 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope Center at Pullen | Raleigh, NC | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Tree Street Youth | Lewiston, ME | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 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 and Lymphoma Society of Long Island | Melville, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Nc Museum of Life and Science | Durham, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Peace Makers of Rocky Mount | Rocky Mount, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prosperity Maine | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Book Fairies | Freeport, NY | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Junior Achievement of Maine | Portland, ME | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Androscoggin Home Health Services | Lewiston, ME | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope Reins | Raleigh, NC | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alfond Youth & Community Center | Waterville, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lifeflight Foundation | Camden, ME | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 Most | East Hampton, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | Melville, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Port Washington Library Foundation | Port Washington, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Read and Feed | Cary, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rebuilding Together Long Island | Farmingdale, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Camp Susan Curtis | Portland, ME | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 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 |
| Midcoast Literacy | Bath, ME | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dental Lifeline Network | Cary, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Portland, ME | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
16 of 54 (30%) 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 28%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
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 recipient's own IRS classification, for the 43 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
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 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 41% of this one's giving went to organizations in Maine. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- 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 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
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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