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Rothstein Foundation Inc

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.

$19k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
10
Grants FY2024
10
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 18
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$58k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Rothstein Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentCivil RightsEducationHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving10$19k40%
FY202310$15k20%
FY202217$18k76%
FY202118$20k44%
FY20207$15k86%
FY201913$14k38%
FY201810$13k40%
FY201713$15kn/a
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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 2024.

Civil Rights$34kFood & Nutrition$19kCrime & Legal$19kEnvironment$12kHealth$10kHousing & Shelter$10kInternational$6kArts & Culture$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
CT
CA
VA
DE
AZ
DC
MS
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Rothstein Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Rosie's Place Inc$9,50050%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$8,25050%
Spoonfuls$7,50040%
Greater Boston Legal Services Inc$6,50040%
The Welcome Project Inc$4,50030%
Massachusetts Advocates for Children Inc$4,00030%
Access Reproductive Care - Southeast$4,00030%
Our Restorative Justice Inc$4,00024%
Cair-Foundation Inc$4,00040%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$3,50030%
Boston Baroque Inc$3,00030%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,00010%
We the Protesters Inc$2,50020%
Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc$2,50020%
Legacy Lives on Inc$2,50021%
Dementia Action Alliance$2,00021%
Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson$2,0002n/a
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated$2,00020%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$2,00020%
Pro Publica Inc$2,00020%
ACT Institute Inc$2,00010%
Acadia Center$2,00020%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$2,00010%
Volunteer Legal Advocates$1,50020%
Resist Inc$1,50010%
Movement Generation$1,5001n/a
Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center$1,50010%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,00010%
Off Their Plate Inc$1,0001n/a
Brookline Education Foundation$1,00010%
Project Drawdown$1,00010%
The Solar Foundation$1,00010%
One Voice$1,00010%
Mercy Corps$1,00010%
Climable Inc$1,00011%
Center for Arms Control and$1,00010%
Trustees of Boston University$1,00010%
Ready Willing & Working Inc$5001n/a
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$50010%
Center for Constitutional Rights$50010%
National Network of Abortion Funds Inc$50010%
Center for Economic Democracy Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($23k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rothstein Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRosie's Place Inc: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Food Bank Inc: $8,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSpoonfuls: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Boston Legal Services Inc: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Welcome Project Inc: $4,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMassachusetts Advocates for Children Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAccess Reproductive Care - Southeast: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOur Restorative Justice Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetCair-Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoston Baroque Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWe the Protesters Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBerkshire Immigrant Center Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLegacy Lives on Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetDementia Action Alliance: $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy Library Foundation Incorporated: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPro Publica Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACT Institute Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAcadia Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVolunteer Legal Advocates: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetResist Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLas Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrookline Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetProject Drawdown: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Solar Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Voice: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Corps: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClimable Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCenter for Arms Control and: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Constitutional Rights: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Network of Abortion Funds Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Economic Democracy Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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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 38.

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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.

Barr FoundationMA17.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Barr Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Burkehaven Family Foundation · Boston Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment 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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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.

About Rothstein Foundation Inc

How much does Rothstein Foundation Inc give?
Rothstein Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $18,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Rothstein Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Civil Rights (26%), Food & Nutrition (15%), Crime & Legal (15%).
Who are Rothstein Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rosie's Place Inc ($10k), Greater Boston Food Bank Inc ($8k), Spoonfuls ($8k).
Does Rothstein Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rothstein Foundation Inc 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 Rothstein Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Barr Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation.
Where is Rothstein Foundation Inc based?
Rothstein Foundation Inc is based in MA.

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 55 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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