Washington · Private foundation
Roma Charitable Foundation
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.
- $2.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $85,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $303,186
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Roma Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $226k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $2.3M | 53% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $2.7M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $1,882,481 | 8 | 1% |
| Childhaven | $1,584,056 | 7 | 3% |
| Farestart | $1,004,092 | 8 | 1% |
| Seattle Milk Fund Inc | $960,000 | 6 | 71% |
| Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County | $951,292 | 7 | 1% |
| Hope For The Warriors | $833,274 | 8 | 2% |
| Medical Teams International | $798,155 | 8 | 0% |
| Treehouse | $455,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $435,338 | 8 | 0% |
| Medic One Foundation | $296,801 | 7 | 2% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc | $1,882,481 | 8 | 1% |
| Childhaven | $1,584,056 | 7 | 3% |
| Farestart | $1,004,092 | 8 | 1% |
| Seattle Milk Fund Inc | $960,000 | 6 | 71% |
| Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County | $951,292 | 7 | 1% |
| Hope For The Warriors | $833,274 | 8 | 2% |
| Medical Teams International | $798,155 | 8 | 0% |
| Treehouse | $455,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Northwest Harvest Emm | $435,338 | 8 | 0% |
| Medic One Foundation | $296,801 | 7 | 2% |
| Stroke Recovery Center dba Neuro Vitality Center | $220,000 | 6 | 13% |
| The Brian Grant Foundation | $175,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $151,593 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Washington Foundation | $120,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bloodworks | $101,077 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Alaska & Washington | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wave Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 6 | 2% |
| City of Hoonah | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Earthcorps | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Roma Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 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: Puget Sound Energy Foundation · Seattle Foundation · United Way of King County · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About Roma Charitable Foundation
- How much does Roma Charitable Foundation give?
- Roma Charitable Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $2,317,645 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Roma Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Health (15%), International (13%).
- Who are Roma Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Guide Dogs for the Blind Inc ($1.9M), Childhaven ($1.6M), Farestart ($1.0M).
- Does Roma Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Roma Charitable 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 Roma Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Puget Sound Energy Foundation, Seattle Foundation, United Way of King County.
- Where is Roma Charitable Foundation based?
- Roma Charitable Foundation is based in WA.
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