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Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc

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.

$344k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2024
31
Organizations funded FY2023
29%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 35
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$5.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $69k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Civil RightsCrime & LegalHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving40$334k40%
FY202331$244k29%
FY202221$109k5%
FY202129$223k21%
FY202029$297k21%
FY201935$295kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$615kArts & Culture$235kPublic Benefit$125kCivil Rights$112kEnvironment$77kHealth$71kHuman Services$55kFood & Nutrition$42kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
CA
MD
AZ
NC
DC
OK
AL
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 57 grantees
All grantees of Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Common Justice Inc$230,00051%
Justleadershipusa Inc$117,50051%
Pro Publica Inc$107,50050%
New Politics Leadership Academy Inc$75,00051%
Impact Justice$70,00040%
Muso Inc$70,00060%
The Pierpont Morgan Library$51,00060%
Measures for Justice Institute$42,50050%
Global Justice Center$40,00051%
The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc$32,50060%
Opensecrets$30,00051%
Givedirectly Inc$30,00020%
Weld Seattle$28,00060%
Islesboro Community Center$27,00052%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$25,00010%
Feeding America$25,00010%
Island Institute$22,50060%
Freer Records Inc$22,50036%
Jail Project of Texas$20,50024%
Free Our Vote Inc$20,00011%
Medical Justice Allianceinc$20,00024%
CloseGap$20,00023%
The Clear Fund$20,00010%
Abundance Network Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
Maine Coast Heritage Trust$15,00060%
National Religious Campaign Against Torture$15,00030%
Equal Justice Initiative$15,00010%
First Step Alliance$15,0003n/a
Grist Magazine Inc$12,50020%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$10,00010%
Solarapp Foundation$10,00011%
Civil Rights Corps$10,00010%
Community Initiatives$10,00010%
Open Philanthropy$10,00020%
Southern Coalition for Social Justice$6,00030%
Billion Oyster Project Inc$5,00010%
Town of Skowhegan$5,0004n/a
National Coalition Against Censorship Inc$5,00010%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$5,00010%
Make the Road New York$5,00010%
Pen American Center Inc$5,00010%
Town of Islesboro$5,0001n/a
Fractured Atlas Inc$3,10020%
Islesboro Community Fund$3,00060%
Casa Latina$2,50050%
The Red Hook Daily Catch Inc$2,50011%
Society for the Preservation of the Free Will Baptist Church Of$2,0002n/a
Gulf of Maine Research Institute$1,00010%
The Beacon Project Inc$1,00011%
The If Project$1,00020%
Vietnam Foundation$1,00010%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$1,00010%
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inc$75010%
Islesboro Historical Society Inc$60060%
Islesboro Ambulance Association$52550%
Alliance for Gun Responsibility Foundation$50010%
Blue Hill Heritage Trust$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($156k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommon Justice Inc: $230,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetJustleadershipusa Inc: $117,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $107,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNew Politics Leadership Academy Inc: $75,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetImpact Justice: $70,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMuso Inc: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $51,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMeasures for Justice Institute: $42,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGlobal Justice Center: $40,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetThe William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc: $32,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOpensecrets: $30,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGivedirectly Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWeld Seattle: $28,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetIslesboro Community Center: $27,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIsland Institute: $22,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFreer Records Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetJail Project of Texas: $20,500 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetFree Our Vote Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMedical Justice Allianceinc: $20,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCloseGap: $20,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetThe Clear Fund: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Coast Heritage Trust: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Religious Campaign Against Torture: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrist Magazine Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSolarapp Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCivil Rights Corps: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Initiatives: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Philanthropy: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Coalition for Social Justice: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBillion Oyster Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Coalition Against Censorship Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCenter for Biological Diversity Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake the Road New York: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPen American Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIslesboro Community Fund: $3,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCasa Latina: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Red Hook Daily Catch Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGulf of Maine Research Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Beacon Project Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe If Project: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVietnam Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inc: $750 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 52.

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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.

The Ford FoundationNY17.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ford Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · The Tow Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Impactassetsinc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Seattle Foundation · Public Welfare Foundation Inc · The Heising-Simons Foundation · Foundation to Promote Open Society · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Windhover 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 Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc?

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About Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc

How much does Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc give?
Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc reported 41 grants totaling $343,805 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 35 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (40%), Arts & Culture (15%), Public Benefit (8%).
Who are Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Common Justice Inc ($230k), Justleadershipusa Inc ($118k), Pro Publica Inc ($108k).
Does Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc, The Tow Foundation Inc.
Where is Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc based?
Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc is based in ME.

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 76 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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