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Ralph B Rogers Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$177k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$859kAnimals$562kHealth$538kEducation$338kPhilanthropy$74kReligion$73kEnvironment$27kFood & Nutrition$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $72k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $105k
$3,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
James G Walsh Middle School PTA$37,500
Christ Church Dark Harbor$27,000
MaineHealth$20,000
Groton School$20,000
Dallas Foundation$7,000
American Vaulting Association$7,000
Lisa Parkers Puppies$7,000
Adirondack Foundation$7,000
The Hockaday School$6,500
New Beginnings Cat Rescue$5,500
Solar Car Challeng Foundation$5,000
Kitchen Angels Inc$3,500
Lambda Legal Defense and Educ Fund$3,500
North Texas Public Broadcasting$3,000
Austin Pets Alive$3,000
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 (FY21–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Just Say Yes: $2k → 5%Families and Communities Together: $2k → 8%Familes and Communities Together Re: $500 → 8%Families and Communities Together: $250 → 8%Families and Communities Together: $250 → 8%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

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GA
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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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 40 repeat orgs$552k to everyone else

40 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
18

Total granted

$1.9M
$540k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+52%

Still filing today

68%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationAnimalsArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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

  • PA
    Parker's Animal Rescue
    5× · 2020–2024 · $479k · revenue +78% · 53% of their budget
  • SM
    ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $136k · revenue +2%
  • PM
    PUBLIC MEDIA COMPANY
    2× · 2021–2023 · $125k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • PB
    Pen Bay Waldo Healthcare Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • SF
    SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue -21%
  • ED
    Envision Dallas Lighthouse Foundati
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
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
Bosque School

To create transformative learning experiences that empower a diverse community of students to lead lives of intellectual curiosity, personal integrity, and compassionate contribution to a more just world.

Education
2
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
3
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
4
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
5
American Gas Association

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…

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6
Nashville Public Radio

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.

Arts & Culture
7
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
10
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
11
Site Santa Fe

Guided by artists, rooted in new mexico, site santa fe celebrates contemporary creative expression.

Arts & Culture
12
National Public Radio Inc

National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Communities Foundation of Texas Inc; the most unlike its peers is Annies Orphans. 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

43 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. 43 of the 64 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
33/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD: $700,001 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN RAILROADPUBLIC MEDIA COMPANY: $125,000 · Arts & CulturePUBLIC MEDIA COMPANY+2 more: $15,250 · Arts & CulturePen Bay Waldo Healthcare Foundation: $500,000 · OtherPen Bay Waldo Healthcare FoundationEPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $50,000 · OtherEPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLEChrist Church Dark Harbor: $45,000 · OtherChrist Church Dark HarborJames G Walsh Middle School PTA: $44,500 · OtherJames G Walsh Middle School PTA+29 more: $167,416 · Other+29 moreParker's Animal Rescue: $478,500 · AnimalsParker's Animal RescueDallas Cat Rescue: $22,000 · AnimalsNEW BEGINNINGS CAT RESCUE: $19,500 · Animals+4 more: $41,500 · Animals+4 moreST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $136,250 · EducationST MARK'S …GROTON SCHOOL: $44,000 · EducationGROTON SCH…HOCKADAY SCHOOL: $31,140 · EducationHOCKADAY S…+8 more: $24,500 · Education+8 moreADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $41,500 · PhilanthropyTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $24,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $4,000 · PhilanthropyGROWING UP NEW MEXICOINC: $2,500 · PhilanthropyMaineHealth: $25,000 · HealthANSWER ALS: $2,250 · HealthCANCER FOUNDATION FOR NEW MEXICO: $1,000 · HealthDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,360 · EnvironmentSANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN: $8,333 · Environment
Arts & Culture$840,251Other$806,916Animals$561,500Education$235,890Philanthropy$72,000Health$28,250Environment$18,693

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD: $700,001 over 2y, 53% of budgetParker's Animal Rescue: $478,500 over 5y, 53% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $136,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPUBLIC MEDIA COMPANY: $125,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetEPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE: $50,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGROTON SCHOOL: $44,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetADIRONDACK FOUNDATION: $41,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $31,140 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMaineHealth: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DALLAS FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Cat Rescue: $22,000 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS CAT RESCUE: $19,500 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetAUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIslesboro Community Center: $15,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetNORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $14,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetANNIES ORPHANS: $13,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC: $10,360 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION KINDNESS: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER: $9,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN: $8,333 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHEADWATERS SCHOOL: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEBRON HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADER BOOSTER CLUB: $5,500 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetSOLAR CAR CHALLENGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetLAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKITCHEN ANGELS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER RELIEF: $3,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGROWING UP NEW MEXICOINC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUILFORD COLLEGE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANSWER ALS: $2,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH EQUIPPED TO SUCCEED: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAAUP FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER FOUNDATION FOR NEW MEXICO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetESPANOLA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 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.

  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN RAILROAD ↗
  • Who funds Pen Bay Waldo Healthcare Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Parker's Animal Rescue ↗
  • Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC MEDIA COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE ↗
  • Who funds GROTON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ADIRONDACK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOCKADAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MaineHealth ↗
  • Who funds THE DALLAS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Cat Rescue ↗
  • Who funds NEW BEGINNINGS CAT RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN PETS ALIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds Islesboro Community Center ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC ↗
  • Who funds ANNIES ORPHANS ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds DALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION KINDNESS ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COWBOY AND WESTERN HERITAGE MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds SANTA FE BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds HEADWATERS SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HEBRON HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADER BOOSTER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds KITCHEN ANGELS 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.

Texas Instruments FoundationTX15.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Texas Instruments Foundation · Nancy Ann Mellen Foundation · Santa Fe Community Foundation · The Abeles Foundation · Enterprise Bank & Trust Foundation · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Ralph B Rogers Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ralph B Rogers Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ralph B Rogers Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ralph B Rogers Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 64 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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