Delaware · Public charity
Rodel Charitable Foundation - De
The organization was formed as a supporting organization under irc section 509(a)(3) to support the delaware community foundation. Rodel strengthens delaware's public education system and workforce by connecting partners to advance and implement sustainable solutions.
- $2.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $105,183
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,032,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations Rodel Charitable Foundation - De funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $359k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $2.1M | 9% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.0M | 86% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $1.0M | 83% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $535k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $530k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $700k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $499k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $645k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Contro | $2,332,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $600,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Innovative Schools Development Corporation | $326,291 | 2 | 20% |
| Zip Code Wilmington Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 12% |
| University of Delaware | $216,870 | 2 | 0% |
| Democracy a Journal of Ideas Inc | $200,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Ethical Systems Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 58% |
| Delaware Technical & Community College Educational Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Investment Fund Inc | $199,305 | 2 | 0% |
| Education Northwest | $199,286 | 2 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Rodel Charitable Foundation - De supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · The Rodel Foundation · Gates Foundation · New Venture Fund · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Rodel Charitable Foundation - De
- How much does Rodel Charitable Foundation - De give?
- Rodel Charitable Foundation - De reported 12 itemized grants totaling $2,227,870, out of $2,903,082 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Rodel Charitable Foundation - De fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (69%), Social Science (11%), Employment (5%).
- Who are Rodel Charitable Foundation - De's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Contro ($2.3M), The Aspen Institute Inc ($600k), Innovative Schools Development Corporation ($326k).
- Does Rodel Charitable Foundation - De fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rodel Charitable Foundation - De?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaware Community Foundation Inc, Longwood Foundation Inc, The Rodel Foundation.
- Where is Rodel Charitable Foundation - De based?
- Rodel Charitable Foundation - De is based in DE.
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