Illinois · Private foundation
Rowan 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 69%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
74% of Rowan Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Rowan Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $387,304
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 69% of the organizations Rowan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $1.2M | 55% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $978k | 69% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $405k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift Charity Corporation | $251,252 | 1 | 10% |
| Crossroads Fund Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tri-County Health Network | $100,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cabrini Green Legal Aid | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Just For Kids Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Angel Baskets Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| San Miguel Resource Center (Smrc) | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cobalt Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uplift Charity Corporation | $251,252 | 1 | 10% |
| Crossroads Fund Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tri-County Health Network | $100,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Chicago Community Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cabrini Green Legal Aid | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Just For Kids Foundation Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 19% |
| Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Angel Baskets Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| San Miguel Resource Center (Smrc) | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Cobalt Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Abortion Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Doula Project | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Midwest Access Coalition | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medical Students for Choice | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Public Media Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Memphis Center For Reproductive Health Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rowan Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Peter Kinney and Lisa Sandquist Foundation · Telluride Foundation · The Denver Foundation · New Venture Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Rowan Foundation
- How much does Rowan Foundation give?
- Rowan Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $1,619,714 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Rowan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Civil Rights (26%), International (13%).
- Who are Rowan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Uplift Charity Corporation ($251k), Crossroads Fund Inc ($100k), Tri-County Health Network ($100k).
- Does Rowan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rowan 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rowan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peter Kinney and Lisa Sandquist Foundation, Telluride Foundation, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Rowan Foundation based?
- Rowan Foundation is based in IL.
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