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James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$110k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
33
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
30%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
12 to 23
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$1.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 30% of the organizations James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureInternationalHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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 arriving32$107k63%
FY202323$74k30%
FY202220$98k45%
FY202119$60k42%
FY202012$51k8%
FY201915$86k53%
FY201815$86k27%
FY201717$100kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$187kArts & Culture$116kEnvironment$76kPublic Safety & Disaster$49kReligion$31kInternational$21kHousing & Shelter$19kYouth Development$18kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NY
MA
IA
PA
RI
CA
VA
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
P E R C Inc$46,00080%
Longview Museum of Fine Arts$33,00041%
Hollins University Corporation$32,50080%
Asheville Art Museum Association Inc$32,00050%
The North Carolina Arboretum Society$30,50080%
University of the South$20,00040%
Kid Smart$18,00060%
Pisgah Legal Services$16,50050%
St Christophers Episcopal Church$13,0002n/a
Brevard Music Center Incorporated$13,00040%
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All grantees of James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
P E R C Inc$46,00080%
Longview Museum of Fine Arts$33,00041%
Hollins University Corporation$32,50080%
Asheville Art Museum Association Inc$32,00050%
The North Carolina Arboretum Society$30,50080%
University of the South$20,00040%
Kid Smart$18,00060%
Pisgah Legal Services$16,50050%
St Christophers Episcopal Church$13,0002n/a
Brevard Music Center Incorporated$13,00040%
Rainforest Trust$11,00020%
Conserving Carolina$10,00030%
French Broad River Academy Inc$8,00020%
United States Fund for Unicef$7,50010%
American Whitewater$7,00020%
Direct Relief$6,00010%
New Zion Baptist Church$5,5002n/a
Amos House$5,50020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Providence$5,50020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,00010%
Homeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc$5,00010%
Texas Winds Musical Outreach Inc$5,00011%
Medshare International Inc$5,00010%
Asheville Tool Library$5,0001n/a
Room to Read$5,00010%
Chief and Calla Bell Scholarship Foundation$5,00014%
The Pisgah Conservancy$4,00010%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$4,00010%
MountainTrue$4,00010%
Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc$4,00010%
Comp-U-Dopt Inc$3,00010%
The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia$3,00010%
Philadelphia Orchard Project Inc$3,00010%
Western N Carolina Public Radio$3,00010%
Asheville Area Arts Council$3,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$3,00010%
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc$2,50010%
United Way of Southeast Louisiana$2,50010%
Cheer 4 Your Life$2,50012%
The Genesis Center$2,50010%
Rebuilding Together Philadelphia$2,00010%
The John Bartram Association$2,00010%
Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc$2,00010%
Longview Community Ministries Inc$2,00010%
Meals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc$2,00010%
Gregg County Historical Foundation$2,00011%
Project Home$2,00010%
Philabundance$2,00010%
Broad Street Ministry$2,00010%
Del Valle Isd$1,5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($242k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetP E R C Inc: $46,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLongview Museum of Fine Arts: $33,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHollins University Corporation: $32,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAsheville Art Museum Association Inc: $32,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe North Carolina Arboretum Society: $30,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of the South: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKid Smart: $18,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPisgah Legal Services: $16,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBrevard Music Center Incorporated: $13,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRainforest Trust: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConserving Carolina: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFrench Broad River Academy Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Whitewater: $7,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDirect Relief: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmos House: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Providence: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHomeward Bound of Western North Carolina Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas Winds Musical Outreach Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMedshare International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoom to Read: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChief and Calla Bell Scholarship Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetThe Pisgah Conservancy: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMountainTrue: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAsheville Area Habitat for Humanity Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetComp-U-Dopt Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fund for the School District of Philadelphia: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Orchard Project Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWestern N Carolina Public Radio: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAsheville Area Arts Council: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhiladelphia Mural Arts Advocates Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Southeast Louisiana: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCheer 4 Your Life: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetThe Genesis Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRebuilding Together Philadelphia: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe John Bartram Association: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSamuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLongview Community Ministries Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Asheville and Buncombe County Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGregg County Historical Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetProject Home: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhilabundance: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBroad Street Ministry: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 46.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC30.5× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc · The Frances & William H Beattie Fdn · Bailey Family Foundation Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · Richard Eckerd Foundation Inc · The Goodman Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc · Ruth & Jacques Sartisky Foundation · Fernandez Pave the Way Foundation · Walnut Cove Members Association Inc · Td Charitable 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.

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About James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation

How much does James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation give?
James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $110,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (17%), Environment (11%).
Who are James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: P E R C Inc ($46k), Longview Museum of Fine Arts ($33k), Hollins University Corporation ($33k).
Does James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc, The Frances & William H Beattie Fdn.
Where is James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation based?
James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation 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 75 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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