· Private foundation
Rough-J-Ranch 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k31 grants · $101k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COX SCIENCE CENTER AND AQUARIUM | $25,000 |
| THE THACHER SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| JUPITER MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| CRAIG FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC | $7,500 |
| CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE OFFICERS FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| DELTA WATERFOWL | $5,000 |
| BONEFISH AND TARPON TRUST | $5,000 |
| FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA | $5,000 |
| NATIVE FISH SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY | $5,000 |
| CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| OCEAN CONSERVANCY | $5,000 |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING | $5,000 |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TTThe Thacher School Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $150k · revenue +32%
- CSCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $83k · revenue +844%
- DWDelta Waterfowl Foundation9× · 2017–2025 · $45k · revenue +161%
Funded once
- SASEA ANGELS GREEN BEACH CLEANone grant, 2019 · $1k
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.
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.
To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.
The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species
Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.
Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)
To safeguard Florida's water, wildlife, and wild spaces by taking action today to prevent irreversible loss tomorrow.
To improve fisheries resources in the state of california.
As the only community foundation for the ocean, The Ocean Foundation's 501(c)(3) mission is to improve global ocean health, climate resilience, and the blue economy. We create partnerships to connect people in the communities in which we…
To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.
The mission of the hudson river foundation is to inspire and inform action through science and engaging people to enhance the hudson river, estuary, and watershed (see schedule o).
California ocean science trust (ost) is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating progress towards a healthy and productive ocean future for california. created by state legislation, ost bridges the gap between cutting-edge…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
How this is measured
31 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. 31 of the 39 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds The Thacher School Inc ↗
- Who funds Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc ↗
- Who funds Delta Waterfowl Foundation ↗
- Who funds Craig Hospital Foundation ↗
- Who funds Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA FIRE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC ↗
- Who funds OCEAN CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Native Fish Society Inc ↗
- Who funds BONEFISH & TARPON TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds WILD STEELHEAD COALITION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE OFFICERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALL HANDS AND HEARTS SMART RESPONSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE EVERGLADES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE TREASURE COAST INC ↗
- Who funds THE OUTSIDE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EVERGLADES INC ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ↗
- Who funds THE FIT KIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CALIFORNIA TROUT INC ↗
- Who funds THEODORE ROOSEVELT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
- Who funds FISH & WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA I ↗
- Who funds CAPTAINS FOR CLEAN WATER INC ↗
- Who funds Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
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: Patagoniaorg · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rough-J-Ranch Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rough-J-Ranch Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Native Fish Society Inc: 27% of income from government
- Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: 6% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast Inc: 6% of income from government
- Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida I: 1% of income from government
- Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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