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Mattie Esther Helen Rose Foundation Inc at a glance

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Mattie Esther Helen Rose Foundation Inc

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.

$600k
Granted FY2025still arriving
19
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$80k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

International$160kHuman Services$149kReligion$131kHealth$114kEducation$100kCivil Rights$95kRecreation & Sports$64kHousing & Shelter$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $235k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $360k
$20,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
READING IS FUNDAMENTAL$80,000
PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS$60,000
BLUE RIDGE WOMEN'S CENTER$60,000
FAMILY HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICES INC$60,000
ROANOKE REFUGEE PARTNERSHIP$50,000
RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC$50,000
SAMARITAN'S FEET$20,000
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION$20,000
CALEB MISSION$20,000
MERCY CHEFS$20,000
IRIS GLOBAL$20,000
LITTLE SAMARITAN MISSION$20,000
ANGLICAN FRONTIER MISSIONS$20,000
CRISIS RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL$20,000
OPERATION 300 INC$20,000
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, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COVENANT HOUSE: $17k → 17%MERCY CHEFS: $20k → 20%MERCY CHEFS: $14k → 20%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $50k → 20%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $30k → 20%RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $15k → 20%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

NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
NE
VA
TN
NC
DC
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 15 repeat orgs$368k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
15

Total granted

$1.2M
$263k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+14%

Still filing today

100%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalReligionYouth DevelopmentHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • RI
    READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $180k · revenue +67%
  • RR
    ROANOKE REFUGEE PARTNERSHIP
    3× · 2023–2025 · $145k · revenue +18% · 49% of their budget
  • BR
    BLUE RIDGE WOMEN'S CENTER INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $132k · revenue +62%

Funded once

  • CA
    CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +13%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +22%
  • AR
    Anglican Relief and Development Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue +33%
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
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals

To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.

International
2
Fsi-Freedom Seekers International

Freedom seekers international is a christian organization that exists to rescue the most severely persecuted for their religious faith in hostile and restrictive countries. through collaborative partnerships we deliver those who are…

Human Services
3
Heaven's Family

Heaven's family's mission is to advance the kingdom of the lord jesus christ. we do that by strategically linking kingdom needs and opportunities with resources that the lord has entrusted to those who love him. through god-given…

Religion
4
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

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5
New Road Missions

We are compelled by god's word to provide security, education and the hope of jesus to children in south africa so they can thrive personally and impact their future families, communities and the kingdom of god.

Religion
6
Church World Service Inc

Church world service, inc. is a private, voluntary faith-based organization with 37 member communions that transformscommunities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.

International
7
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
8
Rise Against Hunger Inc

Rise against hunger, inc. is an international hunger relief non-profit organization that is driven by a vision of a world without hunger and a mission to end hunger in our lifetime. rise against hunger distributes food and other…

International
9
The Salvation Army World Service Office

To support and strengthen the salvation army's efforts to work hand in hand with communities to improve the health, economic, and spiritual conditions of the poor throughout the world.

International
10
International Needs

International needs has the vision to transform lives and change communities by helping christian nationals serve both god and neighbor within their own countries.

—
11
International Rescue Committee Inc

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

International
12
World Hope International Inc

The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Iris Global; the most unlike its peers is Reading Is Fundamental Inc. 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

28 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. 28 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
17/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IRIS GLOBAL: $85,000 · InternationalIRIS GLOBALLITTLE SAMARITAN MISSION: $51,750 · InternationalLITTLE SAMARIT…Anglican Relief and Development Fund: $30,150 · InternationalAnglican Relie…MAP International Inc: $20,000 · InternationalMAP Internatio…Samaritan's Feet International: $20,000 · InternationalSamaritan's Fe…THE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $95,000 · Human ServicesTHE RESCUE MIS…SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $46,750 · Human ServicesSHAOHANNAHS HO…MERCY CHEFS INC: $33,500 · Human ServicesMERCY CHEFS IN…COVENANT HOUSE: $17,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE+2 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesBLUE RIDGE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $132,000 · HealthBLUE RIDGE WO…BREAKTHROUGH T1D: $62,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH …READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $180,000 · EducationREADING IS F…ROANOKE REFUGEE PARTNERSHIP: $145,000 · Civil RightsROANOKE RE…PACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentPACE CENTE…OPERATION 300 INC: $51,750 · Youth DevelopmentOPERATION …MERCY MULTIPLIED AMERICA INC: $26,750 · OtherCALEB MISSION: $20,000 · OtherANGLICAN FRONTIER MISSIONS: $20,000 · OtherLAMPSTAND PARTNERSHIP INC: $20,000 · OtherLIFE FOR THE INNOCENT: $110,000 · OtherLIFE FOR THE INNOCENTFAMILY HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICES: $90,000 · OtherFAMILY HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICESCrisis Response International: $33,500 · OtherCrisis Response InternationalALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $30,000 · OtherALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE I…CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 · OtherCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INCSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $50,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS INCJAARS INC: $20,000 · Other+8 more: $64,000 · Other+8 more
International$206,900Human Services$199,250Health$194,000Education$180,000Civil Rights$145,000Youth Development$141,750Other$534,250

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 budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $180,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetROANOKE REFUGEE PARTNERSHIP: $145,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetBLUE RIDGE WOMEN'S CENTER INC: $132,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetLIFE FOR THE INNOCENT: $110,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetTHE RESCUE MISSION OF ROANOKE INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILY HOUSING ADVISORY SERVICES: $90,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPACE CENTER FOR GIRLSINC: $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIRIS GLOBAL: $85,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $62,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE SAMARITAN MISSION: $51,750 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetOPERATION 300 INC: $51,750 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetCAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE: $46,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMERCY CHEFS INC: $33,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCrisis Response International: $33,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAnglican Relief and Development Fund: $30,150 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY MULTIPLIED AMERICA INC: $26,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMAP International Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJAARS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $13,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALVARY WOMEN'S SERVICES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBORN TO FLY INTERNATIONAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetHANDS FOR HOMELESS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

Servant FoundationPowell Charitable Fou…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…Texas Instruments Fou…American Endowment Fo…Renaissance Charitabl…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…
Servant FoundationKS15.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Servant Foundation · Powell Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Mattie Esther Helen Rose Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mattie Esther Helen Rose Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Pace Center for Girlsinc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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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