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Roan Universal Foundation at a glance

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Roan Universal Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$10k
Granted FY2021
1
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$43kHealth$36kHuman Services$25kArts & Culture$7kInternational$7kReligion$4kYouth Development$3kHousing & Shelter$300Other$0
02FY2021 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CORNERSTONE SCHOOL FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–17, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS: $20k → 21%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.
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$67k · 6 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2021, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
12

Total granted

$67k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
+55%

Still filing today

50%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentReligionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CS
    CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS PARTNER PROGRAM
    2× · 2017–2018 · $33k
  • A
    AFRIMATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $13k
  • HF
    HENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2019 · $10k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • SJ
    ST JOHN HOSPITAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • SF
    SERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC DBA THE HELM AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +55%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $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
Grosse Pointe Housing Foundation
Philanthropy
2
Henry Ford Health Genesys Foundation

As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related entity of the filing organization, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…

Health
3
The Ford Foundation
Philanthropy
4
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
5
The Goldman Sachs Foundation
Philanthropy
6
The Deerfield Partnership Foundation
Philanthropy
7
Third Federal Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
9
The Ford Family Foundation
Philanthropy
10
Henry Ford Health Rochester Foundation

As one of the nation's leading integrated health systems, it is the mission of henry ford health system, a related entity of the filing organization, to improve people's lives through the excellence of the science and art of health care…

Health
11
Detroit Athletic Club

To create life-enriching experiences that build meaningful relations, foster personal and professional growth, and celebrate culture in the heart of detroit.

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12
The David Rockefeller Fund Inc
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Henry Ford Health St John Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The International Foundation. 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

8 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. 8 of the 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
5/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CORNERSTONE SCHOOLS PARTNER PROGRAM: $33,000 · OtherCORNERSTONE SCHOOLS PARTNER PROGRAMST JOHN HOSPITAL HEALTH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherST JOHN HOSPITAL HEALTH FOUNDATIONAFRIMATION: $12,835 · OtherAFRIMATIONCORNERSTONE SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCORNERSTONE SCHOOL FOUNDATIONThe International Foundation: $7,000 · OtherThe International FoundationIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherNEW CAANAN SOCIETY: $4,000 · OtherSEMPER FI FUND VETS: $4,000 · Other+4 more: $3,800 · OtherSERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC DBA THE HELM AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTER: $20,000 · Human ServicesSERVICES FOR OL…HENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION: $9,700 · HealthCURE MULTIPLE MYELOMA CORPORATION: $1,000 · HealthTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $3,100 · Arts & CultureRACQUET UP DETROIT: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsNew Canaan Society Inc: $1,500 · ReligionGROSSE POINTE FARMS FOUNDATION: $100 · Environment
Other$104,635Human Services$20,000Health$10,700Arts & Culture$3,100Recreation & Sports$2,500Religion$1,500Environment$100

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 budgetSERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC DBA THE HELM AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTER: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION: $9,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe International Foundation: $7,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRACQUET UP DETROIT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew Canaan Society Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCURE MULTIPLE MYELOMA CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGROSSE POINTE FARMS FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 SERVICES FOR OLDER CITIZENS INC DBA THE HELM AT THE BOLL LIFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH ST JOHN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The International Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
  • Who funds RACQUET UP DETROIT ↗
  • Who funds New Canaan Society Inc ↗
  • Who funds CURE MULTIPLE MYELOMA CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds GROSSE POINTE FARMS FOUNDATION ↗

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.

Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Roan Universal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roan Universal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.

    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 19 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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