How much does Rose Francis Foundation give?

Rose Francis Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $241,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Rose Francis Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Arts & Culture (19%), Health (16%).

Who are Rose Francis Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Way to Grow ($660k), Walker Art Center ($349k), Ready Set Smile Pa ($311k).

Does Rose Francis Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Rose Francis 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 Rose Francis Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation.

Where is Rose Francis Foundation based?

Rose Francis Foundation is based in MN.

Foundation Dossiers

Minnesota · Private foundation

Rose Francis 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.

$241k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 14
Grants FY2025: 15
Organizations funded FY2024: 40%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $10,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $50,000
Organizations funded a year: 9 to 21; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $1.2M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Rose Francis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyCivil RightsEnvironmentHealthOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	14	$241k	14%
FY2024	15	$202k	40%
FY2023	15	$185k	7%
FY2022	9	$157k	0%
FY2021	16	$303k	6%
FY2020	17	$332k	12%
FY2019	21	$389k	14%
FY2018	20	$334k	25%

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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$660kArts & Culture$486kHealth$407kYouth Development$403kFood & Nutrition$295kPhilanthropy$140kHousing & Shelter$95kCommunity Improvement$53kOther$0

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
Way to Grow	$659,500	9	3%
Walker Art Center	$349,226	9	1%
Ready Set Smile Pa	$311,166	9	8%
Second Harvest Heartland	$277,570	8	0%
The Banyan Foundation	$180,000	9	4%
The Constellation Fund	$135,000	5	1%
The Cookie Cart	$110,000	7	1%
Hospitality House Youth Development	$90,000	9	1%
Juxtaposition Arts Inc	$46,299	4	1%
Emerge Community Development	$42,500	6	0%

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All grantees of Rose Francis Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Way to Grow	$659,500	9	3%
Walker Art Center	$349,226	9	1%
Ready Set Smile Pa	$311,166	9	8%
Second Harvest Heartland	$277,570	8	0%
The Banyan Foundation	$180,000	9	4%
The Constellation Fund	$135,000	5	1%
The Cookie Cart	$110,000	7	1%
Hospitality House Youth Development	$90,000	9	1%
Juxtaposition Arts Inc	$46,299	4	1%
Emerge Community Development	$42,500	6	0%
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative	$41,000	5	0%
Alliance Housing Inc	$37,000	6	0%
Highpoint Center for Printmaking	$33,103	4	1%
Inspiremsp	$25,000	3	10%
Guthrie Theater Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
Project Success	$23,000	6	0%
Northside Achievement Zone	$20,000	2	0%
Alliance Housing	$17,000	2	n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation	$15,551	5	0%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design	$14,182	4	0%
Youth Farm and Market Project	$12,000	8	0%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc	$10,000	2	0%
The Aj Blain Foundation	$5,000	1	3%
Green Cities Accord	$5,000	1	0%
The Third Rail	$2,300	1	2%
The Art Base	$2,000	1	0%
Macphail Center for Music	$2,000	1	0%
American Lung Association	$1,000	1	0%
Watch	$1,000	1	0%
Minnesota Humanities Center	$1,000	1	0%
Minneapolis Parks Foundation	$500	1	0%
Minnesota Citizens for the Arts Inc	$150	2	0%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rose Francis Foundation supplied at peak.

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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 31.

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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.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN35.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The McKnight Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Target Foundation · Smikis Foundation · Frey 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 Rose Francis Foundation

How much does Rose Francis Foundation give?: Rose Francis Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $241,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Rose Francis Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Arts & Culture (19%), Health (16%).
Who are Rose Francis Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Way to Grow ($660k), Walker Art Center ($349k), Ready Set Smile Pa ($311k).
Does Rose Francis Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rose Francis 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 Rose Francis Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation.
Where is Rose Francis Foundation based?: Rose Francis Foundation is based in MN.