· Private foundation
Richard W and Irene Rooker Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $90k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| KCV CYCLING CLUB INC | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL HISTORY DAY | $10,000 |
| FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| ACCESS TO ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATION | $10,000 |
| KOSCIUSKO CARES YOUTH SERVICES BUREAU | $10,000 |
| OLD FORT NIAGARA ASSOC INC | $10,000 |
| ADA HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL HISTORY DAY | $10,000 |
| LIFESOURCE | $5,000 |
| CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER | $5,000 |
| CAMP TAYLOR INC | $5,000 |
| MAY DUGAN CENTER | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NHNational History Day Inc5× · 2020–2024 · $49k · revenue +224%
- IHINDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY5× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +173%
- OFOLD FORT NIAGARA ASSOCIATION INC4× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- OFOLD FORT NIAGARA ASSOCIATION INCORPORATEone grant, 2022 · $10k
- KCKOSCIUSKO CARES YOUTH SERVICESone grant, 2022 · $10k
- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF KOSCIUSKO COUNTYone grant, 2021 · $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.
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.
The mission of the national museum of industrial history, in affiliation with the smithsonian institute is: to forge a connection between america's industrial past and the innovations of today by educating the public and inspiring the…
Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.
Foster, maintain and improve the morale of nps employees and to promote close ties with current nps members and nps alumni.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
North shore health system medical faculty group practice (the corporation) functions as an extension of the northwell health hospitals by bringing medical care to community settings, providing care to medicare, medicaid, and other…
Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…
To preserve the unique character and natural resources of harvard.
See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…
Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.
The organization provides high quality medical care to the community that it serves and specifically provides cardiology & related professional medical services in conjunction with hmh hospitals corp.
Lead the transformation of healthcare through quality, innovation & education, and make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.
The mission of health care without harm (hcwh) is to transform health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health…
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 29 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 National History Day Inc ↗
- Who funds INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds OLD FORT NIAGARA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama ↗
- Who funds KCV CYCLING CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds NIAGARA FALLS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ↗
- Who funds Riverbend Equine Therapy ↗
- Who funds CAMP TAYLOR INC ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds Near Westside MultiService Corp ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Richard W and Irene Rooker Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard W and Irene Rooker Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- National History Day Inc: 13% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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