The Reiner Family Foundation concentrates its giving through a major donor-advised vehicle while making targeted institutional gifts to higher education and international humanitarian relief. Most dollars are routed to a donor-advised fund (Maverick Donor Advisor Fund), with smaller, discretionary grants to a university athletic program and emergency response to the Ukraine crisis. The pattern suggests strategic use of a DAF for long-term philanthropic planning alongside occasional direct, issue-specific grants.
A single donor-advised vehicle dominates the Reiner Family Foundation’s recent giving: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. received the foundation’s three largest grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025, including $2,235,226 in 2024 and $2,030,773 in 2025. That pattern places DAF-based grantmaking at the center of the foundation’s activity, with additional direct gifts layered onto a smaller set of education, athletics, humanitarian, and community awards. Beyond the donor-advised channel, the foundation has backed Gonzaga University across several different purposes, including athletic enhancement, men’s basketball enhancement, and a tennis endowment. It has also made an international crisis grant through United States Fund for UNICEF for support in Ukraine. The rest of the recent record shows targeted, named gifts that are practical in scope: research support at University of California San Francisco Foundation for Tom Nguyen’s research, annual support for American Prairie Foundation, and operating or program support for organizations such as Spokane Humane Society and Innovia Foundation. Across these grants, the foundation appears to use a mix of unrestricted support, project funding, and endowment-oriented gifts rather than a single narrow program model.
Education and athletics are a visible thread in the foundation’s direct giving. In 2025, it gave $300,000 to Corporation of Gonzaga University for the Athletic Enhancement Fund, after earlier awards of $150,000 in 2023 and $100,000 in 2023 for men’s basketball enhancement. It also supported the Rhonda L. Reiner Tennis Endowment Fund at Gonzaga with $50,000 in 2023. The foundation also funds community and research-oriented work. University of California San Francisco Foundation received $100,000 in 2024 for Tom Nguyen’s research, while Innovia Foundation received $100,000 in 2025 for Rural Healthcare & Mobile Clinics. Basic needs show up as well: Spokane Humane Society received $36,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for a year’s supply of food, and Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation received $10,000 in 2024 for the Tools for Tradespeople Project.
Typical grant sizes cluster around the middle of the foundation’s giving: p25 is $10,000, median is $50,000, and p75 is $100,000. The record also includes several much larger DAF-related awards above $1.7 million, which pushes the overall scale beyond the middle of the distribution. The recent list shows repeat support to the same organizations across multiple years, especially Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc., Corporation of Gonzaga University, American Prairie Foundation, and Spokane Humane Society. The structure is also clear: the foundation uses a donor-advised fund vehicle alongside direct institutional grants, including general support, project support, and endowment-related awards. No application process is shown in the data.
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$61.1M
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$3.5M
Most grants fall between $10K and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in WA.
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Highly concentrated: the majority of total assets were placed into a single donor-advised fund, with a small number of direct, one-off institutional gifts. Few grants overall, favoring large, centralized giving through a DAF and occasional targeted grants for discrete needs.
Notable grantees: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc (Maverick Donor Advisor Fund), Corporation of Gonzaga University, United States Fund for UNICEF
Grants are entirely U.S.-based in the recent sample, with the strongest concentration in California by recipient count. Spokane, WA appears frequently through gifts to local institutions including Second Harvest Inland Northwest, Inland Northwest Land Trust, Innovia Foundation, Spokane Humane Society, and Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation. San Francisco, CA also appears more than once, including Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. and University of California San Francisco Foundation. Other recipient cities include New York, NY; Bozeman, MT; Detroit, MI; and Seattle, WA.
The recent grants show support for donor-advised grantmaking through Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc., college athletics at Corporation of Gonzaga University, international humanitarian relief through United States Fund for UNICEF, and community-focused work such as rural healthcare, food assistance, and trades training.
The distribution centers on $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $100,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes multi-million-dollar awards routed through the donor-advised vehicle.
Yes. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc. appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Corporation of Gonzaga University appears in multiple years as well, and Spokane Humane Society received grants in both 2024 and 2025.
The recent sample is entirely U.S.-based, and California is the top state by grant count. Recipient cities show a strong presence in Spokane, WA and San Francisco, CA, with additional grants in New York, Bozeman, Detroit, and Seattle.
Recent direct grants include athletic enhancement at Gonzaga, research support at University of California San Francisco Foundation, rural healthcare and mobile clinics through Innovia Foundation, food support for Spokane Humane Society, and tools for tradespeople through Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $2,030,773 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | SPOKANE, WA | $300,000 | 2025 | Athletic Enhancement Fund |
| INNOVIA FOUNDATION | SPOKANE, WA | $100,000 | 2025 | Rural Healthcare & Mobile Clinics |
| SECOND HARVEST INLAND NORTHWEST | SPOKANE, WA | $100,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| INLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST | SPOKANE, WA | $100,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| SPOKANE HUMANE SOCIETY | SPOKANE, WA | $36,000 | 2025 | One Year Worth of Food |
| AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION | BOZEMAN, MT | $25,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| RELEASE RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $2,235,226 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | for Tom Nguyen's Research |
| CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | SPOKANE, WA | $100,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| SPOKANE HUMANE SOCIETY | SPOKANE, WA | $36,000 | 2024 | to purchase a year's supply of food |
| AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION | BOZEMAN, MT | $25,000 | 2024 | Annual Gala |
| COMMUNITY COLLEGES OF SPOKANE FOUNDATION | SPOKANE, WA | $10,000 | 2024 | to purchase Tools for Tradespeople Project |
| HONNOLD FOUNDATION | SALT LAKE CTY, UT | $10,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $1,742,885 | 2023 | Maverick Donor Advisor Fund |
| UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF | NEW YORK, NY | $250,000 | 2023 | In support of the crisis in Ukraine |
| CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | SPOKANE, WA | $150,000 | 2023 | Athletic Enhancement FUND |
| CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | SPOKANE, WA | $100,000 | 2023 | Men's Basketball Enhancement FUND |
| CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $75,000 | 2023 | Cricket Farm Construction Fund |
| CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY | SPOKANE, WA | $50,000 | 2023 | Rhonda L. Reiner Tennis Endowment FUND |
| THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS | DETROIT, MI | $10,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION | BOZEMAN, MT | $10,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| SALAAM CULTURAL CENTER | SEATTLE, WA | $1,815 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| RAM BOOSTER CLUB | DEER PARK, WA | $1,000 | 2023 | Riverside High Lady Rams Basketball Team Fund |
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC
$2,030,773General & Unrestricted
INLAND NORTHWEST LAND TRUST
$100,000General & Unrestricted
One Year Worth of Food
AMERICAN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION
$25,000General & Unrestricted
RELEASE RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC
$15,000General & Unrestricted
for Tom Nguyen's Research
to purchase Tools for Tradespeople Project
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC
$1,742,885Maverick Donor Advisor Fund
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
$75,000Cricket Farm Construction Fund
THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS
$10,000General & Unrestricted
SALAAM CULTURAL CENTER
$1,815General & Unrestricted
RAM BOOSTER CLUB
$1,000Riverside High Lady Rams Basketball Team Fund