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James and Catherine Rosenthal Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

James and Catherine Rosenthal 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.

$80k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$277kEducation$241kArts & Culture$186kAnimals$161kHuman Services$93kHousing & Shelter$33kYouth Development$17kPhilanthropy$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $60k
$4,900
Median grant
5
States reached
$975k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ART$27,500
GLADNEY CTR FOR ADOPTION$22,500
CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY$10,000
BEYOND BASICS$6,000
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT$5,000
DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$4,900
Individual grant recipient$2,500
DETROIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$1,000
KAT US$500
THE UCLA FOUNDATION$250
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY$100
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $16k → 11%STARFISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 21%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
MI
NY
PA
UT
AZ
TN
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$807k · 11 repeat orgs$305k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
20

Total granted

$807k
$293k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+19%

Still filing today

55%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k 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

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EducationHealthArts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • DZ
    DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $165k · revenue +39%
  • THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS
    7× · 2017–2025 · $91k · revenue +46%
  • CRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $24k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • MS
    MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $202k
  • M
    MSU
    one grant, 2019 · $33k
  • TG
    THE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION
    one grant, 2019 · $16k · revenue +24%
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
4
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
5
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
6
Michigan Virtual University

Maximize learning and teaching by bringing together the best in people and technology.

Education
7
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
8
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
9
Alumni Association of the University of Michigan

The Association is an independent worldwide organization that nurtures lifelong relationships with and among current and future Michigan alumni. As a committed partner of the University the Association offers programs of relevance and…

Education
10
Business Leaders for Michigan

Business leaders for michigan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan statewide organization driven by ceos from the state's leading employers, all working toward a shared goal: making michigan a top 10 state for jobs, talent and a thriving economy.…

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11
Detroit Regional Chamber

The chamber is the voice for business and works to power the economy for southeast michigan through public policy, advocacy and leading regional economic development and talent initiatives.

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12
Detroit Regional Chamber Foundation Inc

Detroit regional chamber foundation, inc. (the "foundation") is dedicated to growing programs or initiatives that are important to ensuring the detroit region's economy is one of the fastest growing in the u.s.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way for Southeastern Michigan; the most unlike its peers is The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration. 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

24 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. 24 of the 36 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEAUMONT FOUNDATION: $265,000 · OtherBEAUMONT FOUNDATIONMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $202,310 · OtherMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITYCRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART: $117,445 · OtherCRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ARTGLADNEY CTR FOR ADOPTION: $97,500 · OtherGLADNEY CTR FOR ADOPTIONMSU: $32,997 · Other+17 more: $36,129 · OtherDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $165,460 · AnimalsDETROIT ZOOLOGIC…+1 more: $500 · AnimalsTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $90,550 · Arts & CultureTHE DETRO…MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $200 · Arts & CultureCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $24,200 · EducationCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $13,862 · EducationDETROIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $11,300 · EducationBEYOND BASICS: $6,000 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $16,250 · Human ServicesSTARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesBRILLIANT DETROIT: $15,850 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $10,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$751,381Animals$165,960Arts & Culture$95,750Education$55,612Human Services$17,250Youth Development$15,850Public Safety & Disaster$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $165,460 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $90,550 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCRANBROOK EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY: $24,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GLADNEY CENTER FOR ADOPTION: $16,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRILLIANT DETROIT: $15,850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: $13,862 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDETROIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $11,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBEYOND BASICS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW DETROIT INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONGREGATION B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL: $1,548 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTARFISH FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRACQUET UP DETROIT: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAT USA: $500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGLAAD INC: $325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAIN STREET LEAGUE: $200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $100 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.

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.

Grosfeld FoundationMax M & Marjorie S Fi…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Grosfeld FoundationMI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Grosfeld Foundation · Max M & Marjorie S Fisher Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · 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 James and Catherine Rosenthal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Catherine Rosenthal Foundation. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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
    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 36 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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