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Ann and Mike Rosenthal Family Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$55k
Granted FY2017
12
Grants FY2017
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k10 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEAUMONT FOUNDATION$20,000
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART$10,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$5,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL$5,000
MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
CASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES$1,000
COMMON GROUND$1,000
LIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY$500
LAKE CHARLEVOIX ASSOCIATION$500
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 49% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $5k → 17%MICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1k → 8%LAKE CHARLEVOIX ASSOCIATION: $500 → 9%CASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES: $1k → 21%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5k → 17%COMMON GROUND: $1k → 8%CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS: $5k → 17%BEAUMONT FOUNDATION: $20k → 8%NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL: $5k → 17%DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS: $1k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

The minnesota center for environmental advocacy is a nonprofit organization that uses law, science and research to protect minnesota's environment, its natural resources and the health of its people.

Environment
2
Michigan Enviromental Council

Informing and educating the public and decision makers about environmental issues.

Environment
3
Legal Aid of Western Ohio Inc

Legal aid of western ohio, inc. (lawo) is a non-profit law firm that champions equity and justice through client-centered community collaboration and transformative legal advocacy.

Crime & Legal
4
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
5
American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan

Freedom, equality, and justicethe bill of rights declared that we have rights and liberties that the government shouldn't interfere with. rights like the freedom of speech and our right to a speedy trial that are the cornerstone of our…

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6
Climate Catalyst Inc

Climate catalyst sparks collective action to tackle the biggest climate challenges we face today: cutting emissions in heavy industries.

Environment
7
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

See schedule o.legal aid's mission is to secure justice, equity and access to opportunity for and with people who have low incomes through passionate legal representation and advocacy for systematic change.

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8
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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9
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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10
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
11
Center for International Environmental Law Inc

To investigate, research, write, publish, present conferences and teach with respect to global, regional, transboundary, and comparative environmental issues and to make the findings from such activities available to the general public; to…

International
12
Michigan Anti-Cruelty Society

To maintain and operate a hospital, ambulance and veterinary services for the care of animals. the maintenance and operation of kennels and suitable chambers for the humane destruction of wounded animals.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Michigan Humane Society; the most unlike its peers is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEAUMONT FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherBEAUMONT FOUNDATIONCRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART: $10,000 · OtherCRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ARTPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $5,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD+2 more: $1,500 · OtherNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE …THE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $5,000 · Civil RightsTHE CENTER FOR REPRO…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RE…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · InternationalMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsCOMMON GROUND: $1,000 · HealthLIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY: $500 · Human Services
Other$36,500Civil Rights$10,000Environment$5,000International$1,000Animals$1,000Health$1,000Human Services$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON GROUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASS COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE OF OAKLAND COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester FoundationMI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ann and Mike Rosenthal Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ann and Mike Rosenthal Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Ann and Mike Rosenthal Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ann and Mike Rosenthal Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 12 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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