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Rothwell Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$21k
Granted FY2022
5
Grants FY2022
4
Organizations funded FY2022
0%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2022
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2022
$7,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 9
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
3
Total assets, FY2022
$221k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Rothwell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22
EducationHealthAnimalsCivil RightsEnvironmentOther
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
FY20224$19k0%
FY20219$18k67%
FY20205$9k60%
FY20199$12k11%
FY20189$12k22%
FY20179$16kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Health$37kEducation$26kAnimals$25kArts & Culture$4kPublic Benefit$3kEnvironment$2kHousing & Shelter$1k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
MD
TN
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Buddy Dog Humane Society Inc$19,75052%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$9,0003n/a
Wellesley College$7,00050%
Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue Inc$5,00011%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,75030%
Johns Hopkins University$3,50020%
Civic Nation$3,00010%
Epilepsy Foundation of America$2,50010%
Compassion & Choices$2,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,50020%
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All grantees of Rothwell Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Buddy Dog Humane Society Inc$19,75052%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$9,0003n/a
Wellesley College$7,00050%
Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue Inc$5,00011%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$3,75030%
Johns Hopkins University$3,50020%
Civic Nation$3,00010%
Epilepsy Foundation of America$2,50010%
Compassion & Choices$2,00010%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$1,50020%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$1,00010%

Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBuddy Dog Humane Society Inc: $19,750 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetWellesley College: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYankee Golden Retriever Rescue Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $3,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCivic Nation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation of America: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassion & Choices: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $1,000 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 10.

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About Rothwell Foundation

How much does Rothwell Foundation give?
Rothwell Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $21,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Rothwell Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Health (38%), Education (27%), Animals (26%).
Who are Rothwell Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Buddy Dog Humane Society Inc ($20k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($9k), Wellesley College ($7k).
Does Rothwell Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rothwell 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.
Where is Rothwell Foundation based?
Rothwell Foundation 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 22 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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