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Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$78k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
34
Grants FY2025
34
Organizations funded FY2024
21%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$8,100
Organizations funded a year
31 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$1.3M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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
FY2025still arriving34$78k9%
FY202434$54k21%
FY202332$50k22%
FY202235$47k17%
FY202136$57k28%
FY202031$54k29%
FY201945$52k38%
FY201834$48k41%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$71kFood & Nutrition$49kHuman Services$45kHousing & Shelter$43kHealth$36kCrime & Legal$31kInternational$28kCommunity Improvement$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
PA
RI
VA
AR
NC
DC
AL
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 61 grantees
All grantees of Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Haven Inc$33,25090%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$21,09080%
Cass Community Social Services Inc$19,60090%
Cots$19,50090%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$16,50080%
Forgotten Harvest Inc$16,28460%
Grace Centers of Hope$14,25070%
Edesia Inc$13,45450%
Common Ground$9,60070%
Chicago Children's Museum$8,75050%
Wayne State University$8,3579n/a
Detroit Public Theatre$8,20040%
Flint Institute of Arts$7,80030%
The Christ Child Society of Detroit$7,25040%
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries$7,00020%
Dmc Foundation$6,76330%
Michigan Humane Society$6,45060%
Cranbrook Educational Community$5,45020%
The Heat and Warmth Fund$5,25050%
Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit$5,00040%
Detroit Historical Society$4,75570%
A Hole in the Roof Foundation$4,50040%
Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County Inc$4,0001n/a
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$3,96050%
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council$3,50070%
The Detroit Institute of Arts$3,39030%
Lake Charlevoix Association$3,20081%
Michigan Animal Rescue League$3,15040%
Proximity 2 Humanity Corporation$3,00010%
Charlevoix Historical Society$2,70040%
Charlevoix Circle of Arts$2,50060%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$2,50010%
Detroit Zoological Society$2,35020%
Historical Society of Michigan$2,25050%
Oakland Literacy Council$2,20050%
Harbor Springs Festival of the Book$2,00040%
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue$1,5002n/a
Little Traverse Bay Humane Society$1,50030%
Habitat for Humanity$1,50020%
Motor City Lyric Opera$1,30031%
University of Michigan$1,20030%
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit$1,00010%
Lighthouse of Oakland County$1,00010%
Great Lakes Rabbit Sanctuary Inc$1,00020%
Hudson Lyric Opera$70012%
Salvation Army$5001n/a
Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation$50011%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50010%
The Heidelberg Project$50010%
Charlevoix Venetian Festival Inc$50010%
Blue Star Service Dogs Inc$50010%
Alliance for the Great Lakes$35010%
Charlevoix Public Library$2501n/a
Temple Beth El$2501n/a
Focushope$20010%
Holland Area Arts Council$12510%
Friends of the Bloomfield Township Public Library$1001n/a
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$10010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$10010%
Temple Beth Shalom$1001n/a
Holocaust Memorial Center Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($183k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHaven Inc: $33,250 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetGleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan: $21,090 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCass Community Social Services Inc: $19,600 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCots: $19,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $16,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetForgotten Harvest Inc: $16,284 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Centers of Hope: $14,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEdesia Inc: $13,454 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Ground: $9,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Children's Museum: $8,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Public Theatre: $8,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFlint Institute of Arts: $7,800 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Christ Child Society of Detroit: $7,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDmc Foundation: $6,763 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMichigan Humane Society: $6,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCranbrook Educational Community: $5,450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heat and Warmth Fund: $5,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDetroit Historical Society: $4,755 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetA Hole in the Roof Foundation: $4,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $3,960 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTip of the Mitt Watershed Council: $3,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Detroit Institute of Arts: $3,390 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLake Charlevoix Association: $3,200 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMichigan Animal Rescue League: $3,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetProximity 2 Humanity Corporation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCharlevoix Historical Society: $2,700 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCharlevoix Circle of Arts: $2,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Zoological Society: $2,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHistorical Society of Michigan: $2,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOakland Literacy Council: $2,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHarbor Springs Festival of the Book: $2,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLittle Traverse Bay Humane Society: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity: $1,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMotor City Lyric Opera: $1,300 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $1,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMuseum of Contemporary Art Detroit: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLighthouse of Oakland County: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Lakes Rabbit Sanctuary Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHudson Lyric Opera: $700 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAlbert Kahn Legacy Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heidelberg Project: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharlevoix Venetian Festival Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlue Star Service Dogs Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for the Great Lakes: $350 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 53.

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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.

Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI38.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Kresge Foundation · United Jewish Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · The Eugene Applebaum Family Foundation · Marjorie and Maxwell Jospey Foundation · Edward C and Linda Dresner Levy Foundation · The Fred & Barbara Erb Family Foundation · The Skillman Foundation · United Way for Southeastern Michigan · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Litvak 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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About Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation

How much does Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation give?
Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $78,175 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (17%), Food & Nutrition (12%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Haven Inc ($33k), Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan ($21k), Cass Community Social Services Inc ($20k).
Does Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation 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 Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Kresge Foundation, United Jewish Foundation.
Where is Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation based?
Rochelle Rosenthal Forester and Randolph L Forester Foundation is based in MI.

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 112 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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