Delaware · Private foundation
Romo 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.
- $101k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
93% of Romo Family Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Romo Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $101k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 5
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Romo Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $101k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $67k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $60k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $54k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 14 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Grace Parish | $131,500 | 7 | n/a |
| North Suburban Young Men's Christian Association | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Depaul University | $65,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Miami University | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Lester and Rosalie Anixter Center | $36,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Loving Library | $25,000 | 1 | 23% |
| The Latino Alzheimers and Memory Disorders Alliance | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Miami University Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Barbara Olson Center of Hope | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Romo Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Arizona Community Foundation · American Express Foundation · The Coleman Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Romo Family Foundation
- How much does Romo Family Foundation give?
- Romo Family Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $101,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Romo Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Religion (23%), Human Services (22%).
- Who are Romo Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Our Lady of Grace Parish ($132k), North Suburban Young Men's Christian Association ($100k), Depaul University ($65k).
- Does Romo Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Romo Family 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 Romo Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, American Express Foundation, The Coleman Foundation Inc.
- Where is Romo Family Foundation based?
- Romo Family Foundation is based in DE.
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