· Private foundation
James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k32 grants · $95k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHRIST SCHOOL FUND | $15,000 |
| LONGVIEW MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS | $8,000 |
| SEWANEE | $5,000 |
| FRENCH BROAD RIVER ACADEMY | $5,000 |
| CONSERVING CAROLINA | $4,000 |
| MOUNTAIN TRUE | $4,000 |
| THE PISGAH CONSERVANCY | $4,000 |
| BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC RADIO | $3,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF ASHEVILLE AND | $3,000 |
| EAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $3,000 |
| HOLLINS UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES | $3,000 |
| NORTH CAROLINA ARBORETUM SOCIETY | $3,000 |
| URBAN LEAGUE PHILADELPHIA | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 12% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +21% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 20 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, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AAAsheville Art Museum Association Inc5× · 2017–2021 · $32k · revenue +15%
- TNThe North Carolina Arboretum Society8× · 2017–2024 · $31k · revenue +85%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH4× · 2017–2023 · $20k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- BCBOSTON COLLEGE FLYNN FUNDone grant, 2018 · $10k
- HPHIGHLAND PARK HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICone grant, 2020 · $10k
- TGTHE GIRLS BUILDING FUNDone grant, 2022 · $10k
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.
Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…
Founded in 1827, the pennsylvania horticultural society (phs) uses horticulture to advance the health and well-being of the greater philadelphia region. (continued in sch o)phs's work focuses on four impact priorities: creating healthy…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To cultivate and develop an expansive collection of trees, gardens, and plants for all to explore, enjoy and study; and to provide through education and stewardship, a greener, healthier, more beautiful environment.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
To restore and protect clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in tennessee by employing scientific expertise and collaborative relationships to develop, promote, and support broad community stewardship and action.
How this is measured
48 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. 48 of the 75 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 P E R C INC ↗
- Who funds LONGVIEW MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
- Who funds HOLLINS UNIVERSITY CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds Asheville Art Museum Association Inc ↗
- Who funds The North Carolina Arboretum Society ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH ↗
- Who funds KID SMART ↗
- Who funds PISGAH LEGAL SERVICES ↗
- Who funds BREVARD MUSIC CENTER INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds RAINFOREST TRUST ↗
- Who funds Conserving Carolina ↗
- Who funds FRENCH BROAD RIVER ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
- Who funds American Whitewater ↗
- Who funds EAST TEXAS COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds AMOS HOUSE ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PROVIDENCE ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds HOMEWARD BOUND OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
- Who funds TEXAS WINDS MUSICAL OUTREACH 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- American Whitewater: 5% of income from government
How this is measured
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