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Roenigk Family Foundation at a glance

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Roenigk Family 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$545k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$640kPhilanthropy$505kScience & Tech$170kReligion$60kEnvironment$46kAnimals$34kHealth$23kArts & Culture$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $52k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $168k
  • $250k+2 grants · $881k
$168,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE OHIO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$545,000
DAF GIVING 360 SCHWAB$336,000
FIDELITY CHARITABLE FUND$168,000
LIVING WATERS CHURCH$42,000
PACIFIC WHALE 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, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%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

ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
KY
MD
AZ
DC
HI
GA
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.

26%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$358k · 27 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
51

Total granted

$358k
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+38%

Still filing today

37%
39%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $923k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’25
Arts & CultureEnvironmentAnimalsHealthEducationRecreation & 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

  • PW
    PACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2025 · $17k · revenue +56%
  • TI
    THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +16%
  • DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $15k · revenue +162%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • TR
    THE RIDGES NATURE CENTER OF DOOR
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • TC
    THE CLEARING OF DOOR COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $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
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
2
Lincoln Park Zoological Society

Lincoln park zoo is dedicated to connecting people with nature by providing a free, family-oriented wildlife experience in the heart of chicago and by advancing the highest quality of animal care, horticulture, education, science and…

Animals
3
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
4
The Wildlife Society

The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.

Animals
5
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
6
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
7
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
8
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
9
The Adler Planetarium

The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…

Arts & Culture
10
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
11
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
12
Chicago Zoological Society

To inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lincoln Park Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is Direct Effect Charities. 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

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 84 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
24/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DAF GIVING 360 SCHWAB: $336,000 · OtherDAF GIVING 360 SCHWABOHIO UNIVERSITY: $170,000 · OtherOHIO UNIVERSITYNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDSCHOOL: $80,000 · OtherNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDSCHOOLLIVING WATERS CHURCH: $42,000 · OtherLIVING WATERS CHURCH+56 more: $93,902 · Other+56 moreThe Ohio University Foundation: $545,000 · EducationThe Ohio University Foundation+2 more: $3,875 · EducationFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $168,000 · Community ImprovementFIDELITY INV…PACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION: $16,700 · EnvironmentTHE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA: $15,000 · EnvironmentDOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $5,000 · EnvironmentMAYO CLINIC: $13,600 · HealthWEST SIDE WAYOUT CLUB INC: $7,500 · HealthREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Health+3 more: $1,375 · HealthPAWS CHICAGO: $9,830 · AnimalsDefenders of Wildlife: $3,000 · AnimalsCINCINNATI ANIMAL CARE HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsPAWS for Life Animal League: $1,000 · AnimalsNORTHERN SKY THEATER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMICHIGAN MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureMCDOWELL MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,000 · Arts & CultureCHICAGO SINFONIETTA INC: $1,250 · Arts & CultureSCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF THE WEST INC: $500 · Arts & Culture
Other$721,902Education$548,875Community Improvement$168,000Environment$51,700Health$23,475Animals$14,830Arts & Culture$13,750

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 budgetThe Ohio University Foundation: $545,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND: $168,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION: $16,700 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $13,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPAWS CHICAGO: $9,830 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN SKY THEATER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE MONTESSORI CORP ELEMENTARY: $3,675 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICHIGAN MARITIME MUSEUM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMCDOWELL MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT EFFECT CHARITIES: $1,400 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCHICAGO SINFONIETTA INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN PARK CONSERVANCY: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI ANIMAL CARE HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CHICAGO: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PSORIASIS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCOTTSDALE MUSEUM OF THE WEST INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC SAVANNAH FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHY LIFESTARS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNOAH WORCESTER DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC: $375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Heightening Opportunity and Potential for: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLincoln Park Chamber of Commerce Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 The Ohio University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE IZAAK WALTON LEAGUE OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds DOOR COUNTY LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds PAWS CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE WAYOUT CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN SKY THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds LIGHTHOUSE MONTESSORI CORP ELEMENTARY ↗
  • Who funds SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Defenders of Wildlife ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds MICHIGAN MARITIME MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MCDOWELL MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT EFFECT CHARITIES ↗

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.

Greater Green Bay Com…T Rowe Price Program …Ibm International Fou…The Chicago Community…Morgan Stanley Global…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…
Greater Green Bay Community Foundation IncWI12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

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 Roenigk Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Roenigk Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 84 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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