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Rostrevor Foundation Inc at a glance

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Rostrevor Foundation Inc

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.

$785k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$5.1MArts & Culture$1.7MRecreation & Sports$1.1MPhilanthropy$500kHousing & Shelter$200kHuman Services$60kAnimals$25k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $260k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GILDA'S CLUB$500,000
HILDEGARD HOUSE$100,000
WELLSPRING$100,000
DELTA FOUNDATION$60,000
KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY$25,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC: $300k → 10%ONEPULSE FOUNDATION INC: $75k → 13%THE NATIONAL NAVY SEAL MUSEUM: $150k → 13%NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $150k → 5%GILDA'S CLUB: $500k → 15%LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC: $275k → 10%THE NATIONAL NAVY SEAL MUSEUM: $150k → 13%NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $100k → 5%GILDA'S CLUB: $500k → 15%LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC: $50k → 10%THE NATIONAL NAVY SEAL MUSEUM: $100k → 13%NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $100k → 5%GILDA'S CLUB: $500k → 15%THE NATIONAL NAVY SEAL MUSEUM: $100k → 13%NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $100k → 5%GILDA'S CLUB: $500k → 15%NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $100k → 5%GILDA'S CLUB: $400k → 15%NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $75k → 5%GILDA'S CLUB: $300k → 15%NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $60k → 5%GILDA'S CLUB: $200k → 15%GILDA'S CLUB: $100k → 15%GILDA'S CLUB: $100k → 15%OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY: $200k → 15%KENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY: $25k → 15%OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY: $175k → 15%NATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION: $550k → 15%NATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION: $525k → 15%NATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION: $300k → 15%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE - DENDRI FUND: $200k → 15%THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE - DENDRI FUND: $200k → 15%FRAZIER INTERNATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM INC: $200k → 15%NATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION: $200k → 15%FRAZIER INTERNATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM INC: $100k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE: $100k → 15%HILDEGARD HOUSE: $100k → 15%HILDEGARD HOUSE: $100k → 15%WELLSPRING: $100k → 15%WELLSPRING: $100k → 15%HEUSER HEARING INSTITUTE - BUTTERFLY SOCIETY: $50k → 15%KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 15%HEUSER HEARING INSTITUTE - BUTTERFLY SOCIETY: $50k → 15%HEUSER HEARING INSTITUTE - BUTTERFLY SOCIETY: $50k → 15%HEUSER HEARING INSTITUTE - BUTTERFLY SOCIETY: $50k → 15%HEUSER HEARING INSTITUTE - BUTTERFLY SOCIETY: $45k → 15%KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION INC: $30k → 15%DELTA FOUNDATION: $60k → 15%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.
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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.4M · 14 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1% since the first grant, against -99% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
1

Total granted

$8.4M
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
-99%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalAnimalsOther
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

  • GC
    GILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.1M · revenue +32%
  • US
    UDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2019–2022 · $500k · revenue +219%
  • WI
    WELLSPRING INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $200k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • OF
    ONEPULSE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue -99%
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
Kentucky Public Radio Inc

Lpm provides independent and courageous news, music and experiences that serve the needs and aspirations of our diverse communities.

Arts & Culture
2
Kentucky Derby Museum Corporation

To engage,educate, and excite everyone about the extraordinary experience that is the kentucky derby!

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3
Kentucky Chamber Foundation Inc

The Kentucky Chamber Foundation's purpose is to unlock the power of business, accelerate solutions, and build opportunity in Kentucky.

Community Improvement
4
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Inc

To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.

Public Benefit
5
Kentucky Habitat for Humanity Inc

Kentucky Habitat for Humanity's purpose is to work on a statewide level to create partnerships, financial resources, and educational programs to support the mission of building decent, affordable, and sustainable homes and communities for…

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6
Greater Louisville Sports Commission Inc

To attract, create, and host quality sporting events in the louisville area that increase economic vitality, enhance the quality of life, promote healthy lifestyles, and brand louisville as a great place to live, work, and play.

Recreation & Sports
7
Louisville Preservation Fund Inc Co Community Foundation of Louisville

The louisville preservation fund,inc. revitalizes historic places through direct real estate action and partnerships to enhance community and promote economic development.

Community Improvement
8
Kentucky Equine Humane Center Inc

The mission of the kentucky equine humane center, inc (kyehc) is to create second chances for kentucky's equines through care, retraingin, and adoption, while educating the public to ensure every horse thrives.

Animals
9
Kentucky Tennis Association Inc

To promote the development of tennis as a means of healthful recreation and physical fitness in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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10
Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky Inc

Addressing the unmet health needs of kentuckians by developing and influencing policy, improving access to care, reducing health risks and disparities, and promoting health equity. the foundation makes grants, conducts campaigns, supports…

Health
11
Hospice of Southern Kentucky Inc

The hospice mission is to honor life through exceptional service and compassionate care. the organization is primarily engaged in providing care and support that enables the terminally ill to spend their final days in a comfortable and…

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12
Horse Country Inc

Horse country, inc. is a coordinated equine industry initiative to connect guests to the horse, land, and people of kentucky's signature equine industry through immerserive experiences at unique member locations. horse country, inc.…

Membership Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc; the most unlike its peers is Delta Foundation Inc. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 18 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
6/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC: $3,100,000 · OtherGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INCUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $500,000 · OtherUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INCTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE - DENDRI FUND: $400,000 · OtherTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE - DENDRI FUNDLOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN: $375,090 · OtherLOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INFRAZIER INTERNATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM INC: $300,000 · OtherFRAZIER INTERNATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM INCHEUSER HEARING INSTITUTE - BUTTERFLY SOCIETY: $245,000 · OtherWELLSPRING INC: $200,000 · Other+2 more: $135,000 · OtherNATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $1,575,000 · HealthNATIONAL STEM CELL F…LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC: $625,000 · Arts & CultureLIGHTHOUSE…KENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $140,000 · Arts & CultureKENTUCKY D…HISTORIC HOMES FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $685,000 · Recreation & SportsHildegard House Incorporated: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $100,000 · PhilanthropyDELTA FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · Crime & LegalKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $25,000 · Animals
Other$5,255,090Health$1,575,000Arts & Culture$795,000Recreation & Sports$685,000Housing & Shelter$200,000Philanthropy$100,000Crime & Legal$60,000Animals$25,000

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 budgetGILDA'S CLUB KENTUCKIANA INC: $3,100,000 over 9y, 19% of budgetNATIONAL STEM CELL FOUNDATION INC: $1,575,000 over 4y, 62% of budgetNATIONAL ABILITY CENTER: $685,000 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC: $625,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetUDT - SEAL MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC: $500,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetLOUISVILLE OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY IN: $375,090 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetWELLSPRING INC: $200,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHildegard House Incorporated: $200,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetKENTUCKY DERBY FESTIVAL FOUNDATION: $140,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LOUISVILLE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetONEPULSE FOUNDATION INC: $75,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetDELTA FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetHISTORIC HOMES FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetKENTUCKY HUMANE SOCIETY - ANIMAL RESCUE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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 Community Foundat…The Gheens Foundation…The Community Foundat…Cralle Foundation IncThe Community Foundat…Baird Foundation IncMightycause Charitabl…Norton Healthcare IncW L Lyons Brown Found…Republic Bank Foundat…Snowy Owl Foundation …LG&E and Ku Foundatio…
The Community Foundation of Louisville IncKY19.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Norton Healthcare Inc · W L Lyons Brown Foundation · Republic Bank Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · LG&E and Ku 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 Rostrevor Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rostrevor Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Lighthouse Artcenter Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Rostrevor Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Rostrevor Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 18 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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