Sam and Victoria Reed Family Foundation
Hinsdale, IL · EIN 36-4393893. Reported 130 grants totalling $1,178,400 to 68 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. Sam and Victoria Reed Family 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 $5,250. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $400 and the largest $70,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddlebred Rescue Inc | Hardwick, NJ | $195,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rice University | Houston, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Food for Thought Denver | Arvada, CO | $62,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Saddlebred Horse Association Inc | Lexington, KY | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Butler National Scholarship Fund Inc | Oak Brook, IL | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Move Up Global Inc | Canton, MA | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Access Fund | Boulder, CO | $49,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Colorado State University Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Parkinsons Foundation Inc | Miami, FL | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stand | San Francisco, CA | $25,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ocala International Horse Show | Lutz, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Hospital Foundation | Lexington, KY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | Geneva, IL | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Abortion Care Network | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Faraja Fund Foundation | Charlotte, NC | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Misericordia Home | Chicago, IL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fistula Foundation | San Jose, CA | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rainforest Action Network | San Francisco, CA | $18,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 350ORG | Brooklyn, NY | $18,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Denver Zoological Foundation Inc | Denver, CO | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Malala Fund | Washington, DC | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Global Fund for Women Inc | San Francisco, CA | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hinsdale Humane Society | Hindsdale, NC | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Marine Mammal Center | Sausalito, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Clean Air Task Force | Boston, MA | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | New York, NY | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Academy Championship Finals Inc | Hartselle, AL | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm | Santa Rosa, CA | $13,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | Tucson, AZ | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Humane Association | Washington DC, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| ASPCA | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Home & Aid Society of Ill | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hinsdale Hospital Foundation | Hinsdale, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Paws Chicago | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Land Institute | Salina, KS | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Combat Marine Outdoors | Houston, TX | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warrior Foundation Freedom Station | Ramona, CA | $6,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Bone Canine Rescue Services Inc | Windsor, CO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Puppy Rescue | Aurora, KY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Maxfund | Denver, CO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Clean Air Task Force | Boston, CA | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois | North Riverside, IL | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warren Village Inc | Denver, CO | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Audubon Society | Moses Lake, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brightpoint Care Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Colorado Puppy Rescue | Aurora, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mersades Ann Foundation | Wheaton, IL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Ability Center | Park City, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sierra Club Foundation | Ste Oakland, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ashoka | Arlington, VA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Saddlebread Museum Annual Fund | Lexington, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Saddlebred Musuem | Lexington, KY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Midwest Charity Show | Springfield, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Outdoor Buddies Inc | Kingman, KS | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vpha Foundation Inc | North Chesterfield, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Care International Foundation | Richmond Hill, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Everytown Support Fund | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ahhs Foundation | Shelbyville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Hackney Horse Foundation | Shelbyville, TN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| As You Sow | Berkley, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mercy Home for Boys and Girls | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Organic Farm School | Freeeland, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Food Depot | Santa Fe, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feeding America | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| AARP Foundation | Washington, DC | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
31 of 68 (46%) 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 71%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Saddlebred Rescue Inc
TO FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE DONEE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 95 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | $197,500 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 46 | $387,000 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 31 | $298,900 | $6,500 |
| 2024 | 27 | $295,000 | $6,500 |
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. 17% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Jersey. 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 $5,250. 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 New Jersey.
- 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 Sam and Victoria Reed Family 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: 622 West Maple Street, Hinsdale, IL, 60521. 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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