North Carolina · Private foundation
Rostan 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.
- $680k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $130,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Rostan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k 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 | 32 | $670k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $613k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $616k | 19% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $618k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $510k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $318k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $426k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $404k | 54% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Inc | $467,500 | 8 | 6% |
| Burke United Christian Ministries | $378,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Old Colony Players Inc | $223,000 | 9 | 24% |
| Good Samaritan Clinic | $174,500 | 7 | 4% |
| Blue Ridge Healthcare Foundation Inc | $152,000 | 3 | 14% |
| Friends of the Valdese Rec Inc | $132,500 | 2 | 4% |
| East Burke Christian Ministries | $105,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Burke Council on Alcoholism & Chemical Dependency Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The Outreach Center | $65,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Open Hearts Place | $63,000 | 4 | 9% |
Show all 63 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rostan Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 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: Community Foundation of Burke County · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Co Ta Huffman-Cornwell Foundation · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Gateway Wellness Foundation · Dogwood Health Trust · North Carolina Community Foundation · Burke County United Way · Foundation for the Carolinas · Morganton Womans Club Foundation Inc · Duke Energy Foundation · Grace Episcopal Church Foundation
How this is measured
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About Rostan Family Foundation
- How much does Rostan Family Foundation give?
- Rostan Family Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $679,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rostan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (14%), Environment (10%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
- Who are Rostan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina Inc ($468k), Burke United Christian Ministries ($379k), Old Colony Players Inc ($223k).
- Does Rostan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rostan 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 Rostan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Burke County, The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Co Ta Huffman-Cornwell Foundation.
- Where is Rostan Family Foundation based?
- Rostan Family Foundation is based in NC.
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