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· Public charity

ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Inc

To support personal & professional development of nutrition researchers throughout their careers.

$120k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$514kEducation$310k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Purdue University$25,000
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center$25,000
University of South Florida$25,000
The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$25,000
Johns Hopkins University$20,000
02The need
03

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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Boston Children's Hospital: $60k → 16%Regents of the University of Idaho: $25k → 16%Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation: $10k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER: $25k → 14%The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio: $20k → 16%Baylor College of Medicine: $25k → 16%Texas A&M University: $20k → 22%University of South Florida: $25k → 13%The Medical College of Wisconsin: $25k → 17%Duke University: $13k → 11%Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health: $10k → 16%Purdue University: $25k → 19%The Ohio State University: $25k → 15%Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center: $25k → 16%BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS: $10k → 19%Louisiana State University: $25k → 19%Johns Hopkins University: $20k → 19%Massachusetts General Hospital - Research: $50k → 16%Regents of the University of Idaho: $25k → 16%BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE: $25k → 16%Texas A&M University: $25k → 22%University of South Florida: $25k → 13%THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN: $25k → 17%Duke University: $25k → 11%JOHNS HOPKINS: $25k → 19%Boston Children's Hospital: $35k → 16%Baylor College of Medicine: $25k → 16%Medical College of Wisconsin: $25k → 17%Duke University: $13k → 11%Massachusetts General Hospital - Research: $25k → 16%Baylor College of Medicine: $25k → 16%Boston Children's Hospital: $25k → 16%General Hospital Corporation dba Massachusetts General Hospital: $10k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
IL
WI
MA
IN
OH
PA
MD
NC
LA
TX
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$664k · 9 repeat orgs$280k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +64% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
11

Total granted

$664k
$205k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+26%

Still filing today

67%
9%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    3× · 2018–2020 · $120k · revenue +78%
  • BC
    Baylor College of Medicine
    4× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +67%
  • DUKE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2018–2024 · $100k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • LS
    LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • TA
    TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • US
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
3
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
4
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
5
Rush University Medical Center

The mission of Rush is to improve the health of the individuals and diverse communities we serve through the integration of outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships.

Health
6
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation

Johns hopkins health system corporation provides centralized management of a multi-hospital healthcare system. it is a key component of johns hopkins medicine, a collaboration with the johns hopkins university school of medicine.

Health
7
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
8
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
9
Truman Medical Center Incorporated

University health is an academic health center providing accessible, state-of-the-art quality healthcare to our community regardless of the ability to pay.

Health
10
Texas Children's Hospital

Texas children's hospital, headquartered in houston, texas, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create a healthier future for children and women throughout our global community by leading in patient care, education and…

Health
11
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
12
Rhode Island Hospital

As a founding hospital in the brown university health system, rih is committed to its mission: delivering health with care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Medical Center; the most unlike its peers is Children's Hospital Corporation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 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. 8 of the 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
7/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $75,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO: $50,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHOUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA: $50,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDALOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · OtherLOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · OtherTEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA: $25,000 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKAUT Southwestern Medical Center: $25,000 · OtherUT Southwestern Medical CenterTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITYTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONUniversity of Texas: $20,000 · OtherTHE UNIV OF TX HEALTH SCIENCE CTR OF SA: $20,000 · Other+3 more: $30,000 · Other+3 moreBaylor College of Medicine: $100,000 · EducationBaylor College of MedicineDUKE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationDUKE UNIVERSITYTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $75,000 · EducationTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INCJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $45,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYChildren's Hospital Corporation: $120,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Corp…THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $49,028 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOU…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDI…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Health
Other$420,000Education$320,000Health$204,028

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $120,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $49,028 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION: $10,000 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.

  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds Baylor College of Medicine ↗
  • Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH FOUNDATION ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of 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 · 0–30%
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.

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 23 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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