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Rhodenbaugh Foundation at a glance

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Rhodenbaugh Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$51k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% 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
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $24k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $51k
$910
Median grant
7
States reached
$691k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUTH ON COURSE$50,500
Individual grant recipient$5,700
CLIFFS RESIDENTS OUTREACH$4,600
PEACE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ART$3,748
Individual grant recipient$2,500
GIRLS GOLF OF AMERICA$1,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,000
NAF$1,000
GLASSY FIRE FOUNDATION$1,000
RIDE TO WORK MINISTRY NONPROFIT INC$1,000
SC JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION$910
BEARINGS BIKE WORKS$500
COLLINS CHILDREN'S HOME$325
THE LUTHEREAN CHURCH OF THE GOOD SH$200
HAVEN OF REST$100
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOYS TOWN: $500 → 12%NORTHWEST FURNITURE BANK: $600 → 9%GOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY: $500 → 17%NORTHWEST FURNITURE BANK: $250 → 9%NORTHWEST FURNITURE BANK: $100 → 9%BEARINGS BIKE WORKS: $500 → 13%NORTHWEST FURNITURE BANK: $100 → 9%NORTHWEST FURNITURE BANK: $100 → 9%CLIFFS RESIDENTS OUTREACH: $5k → 10%GOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY: $500 → 17%GOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY: $250 → 17%GOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY: $200 → 17%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

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

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$404k · 37 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +73% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
53

Total granted

$404k
$65k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+73%
+30%

Still filing today

49%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NF
    NCGA FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $283k · revenue +580%
  • PC
    PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +79%
  • CG
    CAROLINAS GOLF FOUNDATION
    5× · 2017–2023 · $11k · revenue +118%

Funded once

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +202%
  • UO
    UNIVERSTIY OF IOWA CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Carolinas Golf Association

The cga is a non-profit service organization that was formed in 1909 to conduct championships and tournaments for amateur golfers in north and south carolina, administer the usga handicap system in the carolinas, and support its membership…

Recreation & Sports
2
United States Golf Association

The united states golf association champions and advances the game of golf. it serves millions of golfers and thousands of golf courses both within the united states and around the world through programs and services that promote a…

Recreation & Sports
3
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Inc

Goodwill builds pathways that help people pursue the life they want to achieve. goodwill exists to help people see possibilities, seize opportunities, and prosper. we partner with individuals to identify their strengths, interests and…

Employment
4
Central Carolina Community Foundation

Central carolina community foundation is a nonprofit community foundation that connects and mobilizes people and resources to strengthen the midlands of south carolina. the foundation partners with donors, nonprofit organizations,…

Philanthropy
5
Greenville Country Club Scholarship Foundation

To identify qualified applicants in order to provide scholarship grants for advanced career educational opportunities that may otherwise go unfulfilled.

Education
6
Sc Chamber of Commerce

Enhancing the quality of life for all south carolinians, achieving global competiteveness and ultimately increasing prosperity for sc citizens.

—
7
Foundation for the Carolinas

Inspiring philanthropy and strengthening our region through innovative community initiatives and quality services to donors and constituents.

Philanthropy
8
Southern Wesleyan University

Southern wesleyan university is a christ-centered, student-focused learning community devoted to transforming lives by challenging students to be dedicated scholars and servant-leaders who impact the world for christ.

Education
9
Greenwood Genetic Center Inc

The greenwood genetic center is a nonprofit institute centered on clinical genetic services, diagnostic laboratory testing, educational programs and resources, and research. with a focus on compassionate patient care and innovative…

Health
10
South Carolina Golf Association

To preserve, promote, and serve the game of golf

—
11
North Greenville University

North greenville university exists to glorify god by cultivating graduates who are equipped to serve as transformational leaders for church and society.

Education
12
South Carolina Council On Competitiveness

The south carolina council on competitiveness is a nonpartisan, business-led non-profit organization committed to advancing the long term competitiveness of south carolina through actionable research, support of industry clusters and…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Advocacy Center of Spartanburg Cherokee - Union Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Shivas Irons Society. 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

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 102 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
27/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NCGA FOUNDATION: $282,955 · OtherNCGA FOUNDATIONRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $20,003 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $17,933 · Other+75 more: $113,335 · Other+75 morePEACE CENTER FOUNDATION: $15,748 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $325 · Arts & CultureCLIFFS RESIDENTS OUTREACH INC: $4,600 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,000 · Human ServicesGOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY: $1,450 · Human ServicesNW FURNITURE BANK: $1,150 · Human ServicesFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $500 · Human ServicesBEARINGS BIKE SHOP INC: $500 · Human ServicesSOUTH CAROLINA JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION: $3,035 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,700 · EducationREADING IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALL PEOPLE: $1,500 · EducationLewisville Education Foundation Inc: $500 · EducationHV3 FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsGIRLS GOLF OF AMERICA INC: $2,100 · Recreation & SportsRonald McDonald House Global: $2,000 · HealthMETROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,850 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $300 · HealthGATEWAY FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $300 · HealthTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $200 · Health+2 more: $200 · HealthRIDE TO WORK MINISTRY NONPROFIT INC: $3,950 · Public Benefit
Other$434,226Arts & Culture$16,073Human Services$10,200Education$6,735Recreation & Sports$5,100Health$4,850Public Benefit$3,950

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 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 budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,700 over 1y, 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
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 NCGA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEACE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAROLINAS GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds CLIFFS RESIDENTS OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds RIDE TO WORK MINISTRY NONPROFIT INC ↗
  • Who funds COLLINS HOME FAMILY MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF OCONEE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CAROLINA JUNIOR GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HV3 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS GOLF OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Global ↗
  • Who funds METROLINA ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds READING IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALL PEOPLE ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN CORNER FOOD PANTRY ↗
  • Who funds NW FURNITURE BANK ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds TREES GREENVILLE ↗

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 FoundationCentral Carolina Comm…The Jolley FoundationGe Aerospace Foundati…Elbert W Rogers Found…Scsymmes FoundationDaniel-Mickel Foundat…J M Smith FoundationSouth Carolina Christ…The Wayne & Pauline T…Hayne Hipp FoundationHelga Marston Foundat…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rhodenbaugh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rhodenbaugh 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
    15report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    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.

    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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