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Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$201k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
91
Grants FY2024
91
Organizations funded FY2023
2%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$20,000
Organizations funded a year
77 to 99
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$2.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 2% of the organizations Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationInternationalArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving90$199k11%
FY202391$187k2%
FY202288$168k5%
FY202191$172k3%
FY202093$173k13%
FY201977$100k32%
FY201877$97k1%
FY201799$200kn/a
92% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$267kHealth$232kArts & Culture$184kHuman Services$93kFood & Nutrition$84kEnvironment$44kRecreation & Sports$41kInternational$39kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
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IN
NJ
CA
CO
WV
VA
NM
AR
TN
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 66 grantees
All grantees of Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$64,60060%
Texas Christian University$55,00080%
Tarrant Area Food Bank$27,00080%
Crystal Clear Ministries$23,50088%
Houston Parks Board$23,00080%
Star of Hope Mission$23,00080%
Open Door Mission$23,00080%
Planned Parenthood San Antonio$21,20060%
Family Service Association of San Antonio Inc$18,50080%
The Houston Food Bank$18,50070%
Texas Public Radio$16,00070%
BLUE BEAR SCHOOL of MUSIC$13,80080%
Alliance for Choice in Education$13,00050%
McNay Art Museum$13,00080%
Augustheart$13,00081%
Hope Haven Charitable Trust$13,00050%
San Antonio Food Bank$12,20040%
Brenham Fire Department$12,000896%
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc$11,65080%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$11,50050%
San Antonio Zoological Society$11,00050%
The Brookwood Community Inc$11,00070%
Respite Care of San Antonio Inc$10,60080%
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc$9,50080%
Witte Museum$9,00080%
Heifer Project International$9,00060%
Healy-Murphy Center$8,30080%
San Antonio Museum of Art$8,00080%
Shoal Creek Conservancy$7,75080%
Children At Risk$7,50060%
Culver Educational Foundation$7,45060%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$6,75060%
The Trail Conservancy$6,50080%
Southwest School of Art$6,00020%
Hill Country Conservancy$5,75080%
I Care San Antonio Inc$5,50060%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$5,40050%
Children's Bereavement Center Inc$5,00050%
Old Jail Art Center$4,40080%
Austin Wildlife Rescue$4,13080%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc$4,00010%
Botanical Research Institute of Texas Inc$2,90080%
San Miguel Community Foundation$2,70060%
Santa Fe Botanical Garden$2,60030%
Denver Academy Inc$2,50050%
The Denver Waldorf School Association$2,50050%
Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch$2,30052%
Texas Biomedical Research Institute$2,30010%
Escape Family Resource Center of the Exchange Clubs of Houston$2,0001n/a
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History$2,00010%
Fort Worth Botanical Society Inc$1,70087%
San Antonio Art League$1,60060%
Haven for Hope of Bexar County$1,50020%
Texas Hearing & Service Dogs Inc$1,45060%
Aspen Chapel$1,3008n/a
Friends of the Parks of Austin$1,2006n/a
The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center$1,0002n/a
The Care Communities$1,00010%
St David's Foundation$1,00010%
Legacy Community Health Services Inc$1,00050%
Eckerd College$1,00010%
The LifeRaft Foundation$7501n/a
Bo's Place$50010%
Mission of Yahweh Inc$5001n/a
Houston A Challenge$50010%
Baylor University$40020%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 90 recipients with no EIN on record ($677k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 60 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $64,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Christian University: $55,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTarrant Area Food Bank: $27,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCrystal Clear Ministries: $23,500 over 8y, 7.6% of budgetHouston Parks Board: $23,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetStar of Hope Mission: $23,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Door Mission: $23,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood San Antonio: $21,200 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Service Association of San Antonio Inc: $18,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $18,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Public Radio: $16,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBLUE BEAR SCHOOL of MUSIC: $13,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Choice in Education: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMcNay Art Museum: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAugustheart: $13,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetHope Haven Charitable Trust: $13,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSan Antonio Food Bank: $12,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBrenham Fire Department: $12,000 over 8y, 96% of budgetThe Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc: $11,650 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $11,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSan Antonio Zoological Society: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $11,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRespite Care of San Antonio Inc: $10,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc: $9,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWitte Museum: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHeifer Project International: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHealy-Murphy Center: $8,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSan Antonio Museum of Art: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetShoal Creek Conservancy: $7,750 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetChildren At Risk: $7,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $7,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $6,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Trail Conservancy: $6,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSouthwest School of Art: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHill Country Conservancy: $5,750 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetI Care San Antonio Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $5,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Bereavement Center Inc: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOld Jail Art Center: $4,400 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAustin Wildlife Rescue: $4,130 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Greater Houston Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBotanical Research Institute of Texas Inc: $2,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSan Miguel Community Foundation: $2,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Fe Botanical Garden: $2,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Academy Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Denver Waldorf School Association: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUtopia Animal Rescue Ranch: $2,300 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetTexas Biomedical Research Institute: $2,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 60.

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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Austin Community Foundation IncTX27× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Community Foundation Inc · Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation · Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992 · Faye L & William L Cowden Charitable Foundation · The Brown Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Marcia & Otto Koehler Foundation · Pryor Myra Stafford Char Tr F0030100 · Shield-Ayres Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · Harris & Eliza Kempner Fund Inc · John R & Greli N Less Charitable Trust #FE324

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.

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About Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc

How much does Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc give?
Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc reported 91 grants totaling $200,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 77 and 99 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (21%), Health (18%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston ($65k), Texas Christian University ($55k), Tarrant Area Food Bank ($27k).
Does Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Austin Community Foundation Inc, Nancy Smith Hurd Foundation, Elizabeth Huth Coates Charitable Foundation of 1992.
Where is Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc based?
Arch & Stella Rowan Foundation Inc is based in TX.

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 157 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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