The J Miles and Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests and funds only preselected charitable organisations, so the sensible first step is to seek an introduction rather than send a cold proposal.
- Its stated work covers community needs, environmental stewardship and young lives, and recipients include food banks, healthcare providers, youth services and land trusts, so a charity in those areas will recognise the kind of work it funds.
- Most grants are modest: about 8 in 10 fall between $1,000 and $35,000, and half are $10,000 or less, so a request in that region is typical, though the largest grant was $500,000 and that band is not a ceiling.
- Repeat funding is significant, with 38% of grant dollars to organisations going to groups it had funded before, so a relationship built over time may matter as much as the request itself.
- No geographic focus is stated and the filings show grants mainly in California, which describes past giving rather than limiting who may apply; the filing gives no timing, so do not plan around a deadline.
Overview
The J Miles and Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation is a US private foundation based in Watsonville, CA.
What they fund
Profile based on the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) only: no website or other web source for the foundation was found. Every statement is checked against the filings. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Across the reported grants, the foundation supports community needs, sustainable environmental stewardship and work impacting young lives, alongside general-purpose giving. Its recipients include hospitals and healthcare providers, food banks, housing and mental-health organisations, youth services and educational institutions, environmental organisations and land trusts, as well as other community organisations. Some grants also support agricultural vocational training and community forest and trail work. Giving is concentrated in California, with smaller allocations reaching organisations elsewhere in the United States. The filing says contributions are made only to preselected charitable organisations.
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in California.
How to apply
The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 38% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 139 grants to organisations were $10,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
1 other state: <1%
- The largest single recipient received 19% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 38% of grant dollars went to organisations The J Miles and Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 7% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 41 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $5,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Watsonville Community Hospital Foundation - Pajaro Valley Healthcare District · Supporting the community$500,0002024 tax year
- Elkhorn Slough Foundation · Sustainable environmental stewardship$150,0002024 tax year
- Dominican Hospital Foundation · Supporting the community$100,0002024 tax year
- Land Trust of Santa Cruz County · Sustainable environmental stewardship$100,0002024 tax year
- Sustainable Conservation · Sustainable environmental stewardship$50,0002024 tax year
- Community Foundation Santa Cruz · Supporting the community$30,0002024 tax year
- Rancho Cielo · Case management for ag vocational training program$30,0002024 tax year
- Second Harvest Food Bank · Supporting the community$20,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Kelly Cruz — Secretary
- Sydney K Reiter — Vice President
- Brad Hileman — President
- Steve Stetz — Audit Chairman
- Julie Winfield — CFO & Vice President
- Rosanne A Reiter — Director
- J Miles Reiter — Director
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $1,060,588 | $768,500 | $16,714,640 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $853,598 | $603,949 | $20,224,568 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $1,505,483 | $1,212,000 | $23,349,885 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
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- Watsonville, CA
Applying to The J Miles and Rosanne Reiter Family Foundation?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Watsonville, CA