· Private foundation
Fred Rosenau Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k11 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WOODMERE ART MUSEUM | $120,000 |
| PHILADELPHIA OPERA | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $14,500 |
| MAIN LINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $10,000 |
| CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC | $5,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $4,550 |
| FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENCE | $2,000 |
| VIEW | $2,000 |
| ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| MARK VII FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ADIRONDACK EXPERIENCE | $500 |
| FRIENDS OF ISRAELI DEFENSE FUND | $150 |
| ADIRONDACK CENTER FOR CONSERVATION | $150 |
| TIVOLI FREE LIBRARY | $100 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +97% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 20 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WAWOODMERE ART MUSEUM3× · 2020–2022 · $16k · revenue +180%
- TBTHE BARNES FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2023 · $11k · revenue +59%
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION2× · 2020–2021 · $5k · revenue +97%
Funded once
- PAPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTSone grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +2%
- PMPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ARTone grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +14%
- KCKIMMEL CULTURAL CENTERone grant, 2023 · $3k
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.
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.
Pokc was formed for charitable and educational purposes and is dedicated to the promotion of the arts.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.
The mission of artphilly is to amplify philadelphia's arts and culture by commissioning, presenting, producing, and promoting art of all kinds for local audiences and the world. its vision is to spotlight(continued on schedule o)the city…
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
The apollo theater is a commissioner and presenter; catalyst for new artists, audiences, and creative workforce; and partner in the projection of the african american narrative and its role in the development of american and global…
The westmoreland museum of american art offers a place to share compelling and meaningful cultural experiences that open the door to new ideas, perspectives, and possibilities.
The association for public art (apa, formerly the fairmount park art association) commissions, preserves, interprets and promotes public art in philadelphia. dedicated to creating a museum without walls that informs, engages and inspires…
Vision: the morris museum is the region's premier engine of curiosity and wonderment. mission: the morris museum enriches lives with exemplary exhibitions and performances of art, design, and science. see statement attached on schedule o.
The Frick Collection (the "Collection") operates an internationally recognized art museum and library program for the inspiration and enjoyment of the public and for the advancement of the study of fine arts and kindred subjects.
Philadelphia theatre company is a vital civic institution dedicated to the creation of extraordinary theatrical experiences that reflect the essential issues and ideas of our time, and which foster connection, understanding, and…
How this is measured
22 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. 22 of the 61 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 WOODMERE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE BARNES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds TIVOLI FREE LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ↗
- Who funds WHYY INC ↗
- Who funds PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds TIVOLI FIRE CO INC ↗
- Who funds ABINGTON HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FARM FORWARD INC ↗
- Who funds CITY OF PHILADELPHIA TRUSTEE ADMINISTERING WILLS EYE HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds KIMMEL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds KAATSBAAN INTERNATIONAL DANCE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WILLS EYE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRACTURED ATLAS INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Fred Rosenau Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fred Rosenau Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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