Rsd Charitable and Educational Foundation
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About Rsd Charitable and Educational Foundation
RSD Charitable and Educational Foundation concentrates its giving into a small number of sizable, general‑purpose grants to mission-driven nonprofits. Their portfolio pairs domestic disability‑focused programming (notably adaptive arts and life‑services) with significant support for international emergency medical humanitarian work, and they tend to provide repeat funding to favored organizations.
Focus Areas
Adaptive arts and services for people with intellectual/developmental disabilitiesLong‑term operating support for social service organizations focused on life‑stabilizing programs (e.g., 'Friends for Life' type providers)Emergency medical and humanitarian relief (Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders)
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (unspecified)no specific population identified
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: a small number of large grants (two organizations receive most of the budget), repeat grants to the same grantees, and preference for flexible/general contributions rather than restricted project funding.
Funding Style
About Rsd Charitable and Educational Foundation
Rsd Charitable and Educational Foundation has a clear pattern of backing general-contribution grants to a small set of mission-driven nonprofits, with especially large support for Friends for Life in Waco. The foundation’s recent giving combines services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, life-stabilizing social services, and humanitarian relief. In its largest recent awards, it gave $410,000 in 2024 and $350,000 in 2025 to Friends for Life, showing repeat support across years rather than one-off funding. Another recurring recipient is Doctors Without Borders USA, which received $100,000 in 2023 and $60,000 in 2024. The foundation also supports adaptive arts and services through College of Adaptive Arts in San Jose, alongside shelter, meals, reentry, and medical outreach organizations. Its portfolio is built around unrestricted contributions, with grantees receiving general-purpose funding rather than narrowly designated project grants. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on organizational support for nonprofits serving vulnerable populations, both in the United States and through international humanitarian work.
What Rsd Charitable and Educational Foundation Funds
One major thread in the foundation’s grantmaking is support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 2024, it gave $60,000 to College of Adaptive Arts in San Jose, followed by another $45,000 in 2025 and a $20,000 grant in 2023. Another area is social services that help people keep stable housing and basic needs. Grants in that category include $35,000 to Rainbow Place Shelter in Rockville and $30,000 to Path Home Family Village in Portland. The foundation also funds emergency medical and humanitarian relief. Doctors Without Borders USA, based in Hagerstown, received $100,000 in 2023 and $60,000 in 2024. It also supported food and shelter organizations such as St Vincent Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles with $40,000 in 2023.
How Rsd Charitable and Educational Foundation Gives
Typical awards cluster tightly around larger general-purpose grants: the median grant size is $50,000, with p25 at $30,000 and p75 also at $50,000. That points to a fairly concentrated grantmaking style, even though the year-to-year mix includes both six-figure and smaller awards. Repeat funding is common. Friends for Life appears in both 2024 and 2025, Doctors Without Borders USA appears in 2023 and 2024, College of Adaptive Arts appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Hope Renovation appears in both 2023 and 2025. The foundation is a regular funder rather than a DAF and does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Grants are listed as general contributions, indicating broad operating or organizational support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$532K
Total Assets
$11.9M
Total Revenue
$949K
Total Expenses
$603K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $30K and $50K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$30K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
National9 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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