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Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
41
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% 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
02FY2024 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $219k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$5,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$5.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Common Justice$60,000
Just Leadership USA Inc$42,500
Free Our Vote Inc$20,000
MUSO$20,000
Abundance Network Foundation$15,000
The Pierpont Morgan Library (dba The Morgan Library & Museum)$11,000
Closegap$10,000
Solarapp Foundation$10,000
Medical Justice Alliance$10,000
Scrutinize (Urban Justice Center)$10,000
FREER Records$10,000
Zealous (The Tides Center)$10,000
Jail Project of Texas$10,000
New Politics Leadership Academy Inc$10,000
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Closegap: $10k → 14%New Politics Leadership Academy Inc: $20k → 16%Community Justice Exchange: $25k → 10%Closegap: $10k → 14%New Politics Leadership Academy Inc: $15k → 16%New Politics Leadership Academy Inc: $15k → 16%New Politics Leadership Academy Inc: $15k → 16%New Politics Leadership Academy Inc: $10k → 16%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

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

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 38 repeat orgs$258k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
19

Total granted

$1.2M
$171k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+92%

Still filing today

79%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Civil RightsCrime & LegalArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CJ
    COMMON JUSTICE INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $230k · revenue +50%
  • JI
    JUSTLEADERSHIPUSA INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $118k · revenue +51%
  • PRO PUBLICA INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $108k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • CF
    CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -22%
  • Feeding Americagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +40%
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
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
2
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Inc

International consortium of investigative journalists, inc.'s (icij) mission is to show people how the world really works through stories that rock the world; forcing positive change.

International
3
Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
4
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
5
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
6
World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
7
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
8
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc

To lead and coordinate the global initiative to address and prevent criminalization, violence, and impunity against indigenous peoples towards strengthening their collectives, solidarity, and actions.

Human Services
9
Center for International Policy Inc

The center for international policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable u.s. approach to foreign policy. through…

International
10
Institute for Justice

Through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research, the institute for justice (ij) advances a rule of law under which individuals can control their destinies as free and responsible members of society. ij…

Civil Rights
11
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
12
The Marshall Project Inc

The marshall project is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization covering criminal justice.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Initiatives; the most unlike its peers is The William a Farnsworth Library and Art Museum Inc. 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

55 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. 55 of the 76 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
37/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMON JUSTICE INC: $230,000 · Social ScienceCOMMON JUSTICE I…IMPACT JUSTICE: $70,000 · Civil RightsIMPACT JUSTICEMeasures for Justice Institute: $42,500 · Civil RightsMeasures for Jus…GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER: $40,000 · Civil RightsGLOBAL JUSTICE C…FREE OUR VOTE INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsFREE OUR VOTE IN…NATIONAL RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST TORTURE: $15,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL RELIGIO…EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE: $15,000 · Civil RightsEQUAL JUSTICE IN…FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $10,000 · Civil RightsCIVIL RIGHTS CORPS: $10,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $5,000 · Civil RightsJUSTLEADERSHIPUSA INC: $117,500 · Crime & LegalJUSTLEADERSHIPUS…WELD SEATTLE: $28,000 · Crime & LegalWELD SEATTLEFREER RECORDS INC: $22,500 · Crime & LegalFREER RECORDS IN…JAIL PROJECT OF TEXAS: $20,500 · Crime & LegalJAIL PROJECT OF …MEDICAL JUSTICE ALLIANCEINC: $20,000 · Crime & LegalMEDICAL JUSTICE …+3 more: $12,000 · Crime & Legal+3 moreThe Justice Collaborative Education Fund: $50,000 · OtherThe Justice Collaborative Educatio…Individual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherScrutinize (Urban Justice Center): $20,000 · OtherZealous (The Tides Center): $20,000 · OtherMUSO INC: $70,000 · OtherMUSO INCTHE CLEAR FUND: $20,000 · OtherOPENSECRETS: $30,000 · OtherOPENSECRETSIslesboro Community Center: $27,000 · OtherIslesboro Community CenterFeeding America: $25,000 · OtherCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $25,000 · Other+33 more: $165,125 · Other+33 morePRO PUBLICA INC: $107,500 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA…THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $32,500 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLIAM…+4 more: $11,350 · Arts & Culture+4 moreNEW POLITICS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesNEW POLITI…GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECT…TIDES CENTER: $25,000 · Human ServicesTIDES CENT…CloseGap: $20,000 · Human ServicesCloseGapThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $51,000 · EducationIsland Institute: $22,500 · EducationOPEN PHILANTHROPY: $10,000 · EducationBILLION OYSTER PROJECT INC: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $2,500 · Education
Social Science$230,000Civil Rights$227,500Crime & Legal$220,500Other$477,125Arts & Culture$151,350Human Services$150,000Education$91,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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 budgetTIDES CENTER: $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 PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $15,000 over 2y, 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 budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $5,300 over 1y, 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 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.

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 FoundationRockefeller Philanthr…The Tow Foundation IncNew Venture FundImpactassetsincGs Donor Advised Phil…Seattle FoundationPublic Welfare Founda…The Heising-Simons Fo…Foundation to Promote…Amalgamated Charitabl…Windhover Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Robert & Maurine Rothschild Fund Inc 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 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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