California · Public charity
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association
As a volunteer-driven nonprofit organization, the Tournament of Roses Association brings people together to create premiere events and entertainment celebrating the New Year. The Tournament of Roses enriches the lives of the many people and organizations it touches by providing satisfying, meaningful, and rewarding experiences.
- $103M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2026
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $47,497,278
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $66M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 17% of the organizations Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 8 | $103M | 38% |
| FY2025 | 6 | $90M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $120M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $84M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $81M | 53% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $91M | 57% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $76M | 79% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $76M | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Ten Conference Inc | $286,725,137 | 7 | 7% |
| Pac-12 Conference | $248,605,192 | 6 | 40% |
| Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association | $120,059,981 | 1 | 81% |
| Barton County Community College Foundation | $94,729,936 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasadena Tournament of Roses Endowment | $7,442,638 | 1 | 82% |
| Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation | $877,458 | 9 | 55% |
| City of Pasadena | $284,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Pasadena City College | $210,560 | 1 | n/a |
| Rose Bowl Operating Company | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | $170,500 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 40 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($129M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: California Community Foundation · Pasadena Community Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association
- How much does Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association give?
- Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association reported 8 grants totaling $103,169,850 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (88%), Education (12%), Environment (0%).
- Who are Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: The Big Ten Conference Inc ($287M), Pac-12 Conference ($249M), Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association ($120M).
- Does Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Pasadena Community Foundation, Sempra Foundation.
- Where is Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association based?
- Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association is based in CA.
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