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Dh Rowe Foundation at a glance

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Dh Rowe Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$368k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$100k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Science & Tech$300kEducation$285kHealth$270kArts & Culture$140kCommunity Improvement$100kRecreation & Sports$75kAnimals$50kHuman Services$25k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $3k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $165k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$100,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$100,000
CORPORATE ANGEL NETWORK$30,000
ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION$25,000
FLORIDA KEYS WILD BIRD REHABILITATION CENTER INC$25,000
LIVING SKILLS IN THE SCHOOL$25,000
THE PALLETTE SOCIETY OCEAN REEF ART LEAGUE INC$20,000
BRIGHTSIDE CHILD AND FAMILY ADVOCACY$10,000
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$10,000
KULTURECITY$10,000
NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME$10,000
TRUSTBRIDGE HOSPICE FOUNDATION$2,500
CLOVE VALLEY FOUNDATION INC$500
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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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $48k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%TRUSTBRIDGE FOUNDATION: $3k → 11%KULTURECITY: $10k → 16%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10k → 15%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

IL
NY
OH
CT
TN
DC
LA
AL
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 8 repeat orgs$313k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
9

Total granted

$1.3M
$228k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+116%

Still filing today

75%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $86k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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

  • SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $400k · revenue +6%
  • TA
    THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
    2× · 2020–2021 · $50k · revenue +44%
  • FK
    Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $50k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • GC
    GE COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • CT
    CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • OI
    ORCAT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +116%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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2
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

Animals
3
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
4
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Inc

The american board of thoracic surgery serves the public by promoting excellence in practice through rigorous evaluation and examination, providing leadership in education, and ensuring high standards for professionalism, lifelong learning…

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5
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc

The association is an educational organization dedicated to the advancement of zoological parks and aquariums in the areas of species conservation, animal welfare, and conservation education.

Animals
6
South Carolina Aquarium

Our mission is to inspire conservation of the natural world by exhibiting and caring for animals, by excelling in education and research, and by providing an exceptional visitor experience.

Animals
7
American Ornithological Society

See schedule othe american ornithological society (aos) is an international membership organization that connects ornithologists, science, and bird conservation by supporting science that advances the understanding and conservation of…

Science & Tech
8
Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Inc

To aid the united states in retaining its world leadership in technology and innovation by supporting the very best and brightest scholars in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics while commemorating the legacy of america's…

Education
9
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
10
Air Transport Association of America Inc

Airlines for america (a4a) vigorously advocates for america's airlines as models of safety, customer service, and environmental responsibility; and as the indispensable network that drives our nation's economy and global…

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11
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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12
The Aopa Foundation Inc

See schedule oto promote, advance and encourage aviation and airport safety and security and the research and testing in the support thereof; to educate the public and users of the national air transportation system to the value and…

Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trustbridge Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Smithsonian Institution. 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

16 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. 16 of the 24 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
9/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $475,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMAGE COMMUNITY SERVICE FUND: $100,000 · OtherGE COMMUNITY SERVICE FUNDCRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherSTRICKS GIFT: $25,000 · Other+5 more: $70,000 · Other+5 moreSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $400,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCORPORATE ANGEL NETWORK INC: $230,000 · HealthCORPORATE ANGEL NETWOR…CRC RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 · HealthCRC RECOVERY FOUNDATIO…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 · HealthFlorida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center Inc: $50,000 · AnimalsORCAT INC: $25,000 · AnimalsTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 · EducationOCEAN STUDIES CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $5,000 · EducationAdaptive Training Foundation: $25,000 · Human ServicesKultureCity: $10,000 · Human ServicesLittle Sisters of The Poor: $10,000 · Human ServicesTrustBridge Foundation Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesBRIGHTSIDE CHILD AND FAMILIY ADVOCACY INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsCLOVE VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Environment
Other$695,000Arts & Culture$410,000Health$320,000Animals$75,000Education$55,000Human Services$47,500Civil Rights$10,000Environment$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $400,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCORPORATE ANGEL NETWORK INC: $230,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetCRC RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetORCAT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAdaptive Training Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOCEAN REEF ART LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKultureCity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBRIGHTSIDE CHILD AND FAMILIY ADVOCACY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOCEAN STUDIES CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTrustBridge Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLOVE VALLEY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.9% 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Dh Rowe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dh Rowe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    5get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 24 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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