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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 FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$3k
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 2024.

Civil Rights$34kFood & Nutrition$19kCrime & Legal$19kEnvironment$12kHealth$10kHousing & Shelter$10kInternational$6kArts & Culture$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$58k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$3,000
LOVING SPOONFULS$2,500
MOVEMENT VOTERS FUND (CO TIDES FUND)$2,000
ROSIE'S PLACE$2,000
FORCE MULTIPLIER'S DEM IN ACTION FUND (CO AMALGAMATED FUND)$2,000
ACCESS REPRODUCTION CARE SOUTHEAST$1,500
MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN$1,500
THE WELCOME PROJECT$1,500
BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER$1,500
LEWY BODY DEMENTIA ASSOCIATION$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $2k → 12%BERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER: $1k → 12%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$89k · 24 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
27

Total granted

$89k
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
0%

Still filing today

79%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalEnvironmentCivil RightsPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • RP
    ROSIE'S PLACE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +39%
  • GB
    GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $8k · revenue +89%
  • S
    SPOONFULS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $8k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • WC
    WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
  • AI
    ACT Institute Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -3%
  • CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +10%
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
Ceres Inc

Ceres is a nonprofit advocacy organization working to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more just, and resilient world. through education and research, we make the business case for action on the most pressing sustainability…

Environment
2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
Aclu Foundation of Massachusetts Inc

Aclu foundation of ma was established to defend freedoms guaranteed in the constitution and bill of rights through public education and litigation.

Civil Rights
4
The Bridgespan Group Inc

Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.

Community Improvement
5
Massachusetts Business Roundtable Inc

The mission of the roundtable is to make massachusetts the most desirable place to live, work and do business by engaging private sector executives and public leaders to ensure access to a robust, diverse and talented workforce that…

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6
Legal Advocates for Safe Science and Technology Inc

Using legal advocacy to make advances in science and technology safer for people and the planet.

Science & Tech
7
American Flood Coalition Inc

To drive transformational adaptation to protect communities across the country from higher seas, stronger storms, and more frequent flooding.

Environment
8
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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9
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
10
Us Digital Response

U.s. digital response is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps governments, nonprofits, and public entities respond quickly to critical public needs. the organization serves the public by leveraging a network of pro bono…

Public Safety & Disaster
11
Climate Leadership Council Inc

To develop and promote a carbon dividends framework - based on carbon fees whose revenues are rebated to citizens through dividends - as the most cost-effective, equitable, and politically viable climate solution.

Environment
12
Center for International Policy Inc

The center for international policy is a woman-led, progressive, independent nonprofit center for research, education, and advocacy working to advance a more peaceful, just, and sustainable u.s. approach to foreign policy. through…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is We the Protesters Inc; the most unlike its peers is Project Drawdown. 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

41 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. 41 of the 55 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/41
Grantees still filing
24/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $8,250 · OtherGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INCGREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INC: $6,500 · OtherGREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES INCTHE WELCOME PROJECT INC: $4,500 · OtherTHE WELCOME PROJECT INCIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOUR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INC: $4,000 · OtherOUR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INCNORTHEAST CLEAN ENERGY COUNCIL AND NECEC: $3,000 · OtherMASS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN: $2,500 · OtherBOSTON BAROQUE INC: $3,000 · OtherBERKSHIRE IMMIGRANT CENTER INC: $2,500 · OtherLEGACY LIVES ON INC: $2,500 · Other+23 more: $31,500 · Other+23 moreROSIE'S PLACE INC: $9,500 · Housing & ShelterROSIE'S P…VOLUNTEER LEGAL ADVOCATES: $1,500 · Housing & ShelterVOLUNTEER…MASSACHUSETTS ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN INC: $4,000 · Civil RightsMASSACHUS…CAIR-FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · Civil RightsCAIR-FOUN…WE THE PROTESTERS INC: $2,500 · Civil RightsWE THE PR…CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: $500 · Civil RightsACCESS REPRODUCTIVE CARE - SOUTHEAST: $4,000 · EnvironmentACT Institute Inc: $2,000 · EnvironmentAcadia Center: $2,000 · EnvironmentCLIMABLE INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $500 · EnvironmentTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $3,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,000 · InternationalMercy Corps: $1,000 · InternationalCenter for Arms Control and: $1,000 · InternationalSPOONFULS: $7,500 · Food & NutritionJOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY LIBRARY FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $2,000 · EducationMovement Generation: $1,500 · EducationBROOKLINE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationPROJECT DRAWDOWN: $1,000 · EducationWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $500 · Education
Other$72,250Housing & Shelter$11,000Civil Rights$11,000Environment$9,500International$9,500Food & Nutrition$7,500Education$6,000

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 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
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.

Barr FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…Eastern Bank Foundati…Amalgamated Charitabl…The Burkehaven Family…Boston Foundation IncTides FoundationJewish Communal FundAmerican Online Givin…The Pfizer Foundation…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rothstein Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rothstein Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Berkshire Immigrant Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • The Welcome Project Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Legal Services Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Boston Baroque Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Rosie's Place Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to Rothstein Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Rothstein 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 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home