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Rhodenbaugh Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$75k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
18
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$910
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,500
Organizations funded a year
18 to 33
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$691k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations Rhodenbaugh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsInternationalEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$75k52%
FY202418$76k22%
FY202322$126k27%
FY202233$66k39%
FY202128$32k39%
FY202019$12k37%
FY201923$37k52%
FY201827$16k56%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$288kHuman Services$35kRecreation & Sports$23kArts & Culture$17kHealth$16kEducation$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kPhilanthropy$9kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
NE
MD
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
MS
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 45 grantees
All grantees of Rhodenbaugh Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ncga Foundation$282,95571%
Peace Center Foundation$15,74890%
Carolinas Golf Foundation$10,71152%
University of Michigan$10,00015%
Cliffs Residents Outreach Inc$4,60010%
Ride to Work Ministry Nonprofit Inc$3,95071%
Collins Home Family Ministries$3,62580%
United Way of Oconee County Inc$3,25060%
South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation$3,03550%
Hv3 Foundation$3,00030%
Girls Golf of America Inc$2,10020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$2,00020%
Ronald McDonald House Global$2,00010%
Tri-County Community College$2,0001n/a
Metrolina Association for the Blind Inc$1,85040%
Reading Is Essential for All People$1,50010%
Golden Corner Food Pantry$1,45040%
Nw Furniture Bank$1,15050%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,00010%
Trees Greenville$1,00010%
Fcs Urban Ministries Inc$1,00010%
Metropolitan Arts Council$65070%
St Anthonys Church-School$6002n/a
Lewisville Education Foundation Inc$50010%
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$50010%
Manna Food Bank Inc$50010%
Bearings Bike Shop Inc$50010%
The Shivas Irons Society$35030%
March of Dimes Inc$30020%
Gateway for Cancer Research$30010%
The Haven of Rest Ministries of Battle Creek$2501n/a
Greenville Arts Council$2001n/a
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$20020%
Adam Don Foundation$12510%
Upstate Forever$10010%
Julie Valentine Center$10010%
OneWorld Health$10010%
Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc$10010%
Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma$10010%
The V Foundation$10010%
Knights of Columbus$851n/a
ETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc$7510%
St Joseph's Catholic School Inc$501n/a
Easter Seals Inc$5020%
The Warehouse Theatre$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 56 recipients with no EIN on record ($116k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rhodenbaugh Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNcga Foundation: $282,955 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetPeace Center Foundation: $15,748 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCarolinas Golf Foundation: $10,711 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetCliffs Residents Outreach Inc: $4,600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRide to Work Ministry Nonprofit Inc: $3,950 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCollins Home Family Ministries: $3,625 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Oconee County Inc: $3,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSouth Carolina Junior Golf Foundation: $3,035 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHv3 Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Golf of America Inc: $2,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetrolina Association for the Blind Inc: $1,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetReading Is Essential for All People: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGolden Corner Food Pantry: $1,450 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNw Furniture Bank: $1,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrees Greenville: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFcs Urban Ministries Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Arts Council: $650 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLewisville Education Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetManna Food Bank Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBearings Bike Shop Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shivas Irons Society: $350 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGateway for Cancer Research: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAdam Don Foundation: $125 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUpstate Forever: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJulie Valentine Center: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOneWorld Health: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamilies of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe V Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetETV Endowment of South Carolina Inc: $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Inc: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Warehouse Theatre: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

Duke Energy FoundationNC19.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duke Energy Foundation · Central Carolina Community Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Elbert W Rogers Foundation · Scsymmes Foundation · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · J M Smith Foundation · South Carolina Christian Foundation · The Wayne & Pauline Thrift Family Foundation · Hayne Hipp Foundation · Helga Marston 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.

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How do I get to Rhodenbaugh Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Rhodenbaugh 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.

About Rhodenbaugh Foundation

How much does Rhodenbaugh Foundation give?
Rhodenbaugh Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $74,643 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Rhodenbaugh Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (60%), Human Services (7%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
Who are Rhodenbaugh Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ncga Foundation ($283k), Peace Center Foundation ($16k), Carolinas Golf Foundation ($11k).
Does Rhodenbaugh Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rhodenbaugh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Rhodenbaugh Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duke Energy Foundation, Central Carolina Community Foundation, The Jolley Foundation.
Where is Rhodenbaugh Foundation based?
Rhodenbaugh Foundation is based in SC.

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 102 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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