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Rowe Family 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 FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$4.1MHealth$3.2MYouth Development$2.0MArts & Culture$1.5MScience & Tech$750kPhilanthropy$388kSocial Science$375kCommunity Improvement$300kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$100,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$250,000
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI$150,000
CARROLL SCHOOL CORP$150,000
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK$105,000
URBAN INSTITUTE$100,000
THE CARPENTERS BOAT SHOP$100,000
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC$100,000
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION$100,000
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER$100,000
BOWDOIN COLLEGE$96,388
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW$83,000
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL$50,000
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW$50,000
STANFORD UNIVERSITY$50,000
NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $1.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YO: $550k → 17%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YO: $500k → 17%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YO: $250k → 17%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YO: $250k → 17%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
NH
WA
MI
NY
MA
CT
CA
KS
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 8% of Rowe Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Rowe Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.0% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 25 repeat orgs$999k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
12

Total granted

$11M
$999k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+47%

Still filing today

92%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureSocial ScienceScience & TechHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • YM
    YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK
    4× · 2017–2023 · $1.6M · revenue +13%
  • BI
    BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING
    4× · 2020–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +21%
  • CU
    CANISIUS UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • FU
    Fordham Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $250k · revenue +47%
  • IO
    INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIEN
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
  • MG
    MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2019 · $125k
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.

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New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
5
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
9
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
10
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
11
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fordham University; the most unlike its peers is Community for Education Foundation Dba Overcoming Obstacles. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

32 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. 32 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
24/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 · EducationCANISIUS UNIVERSITYTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $600,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAN…STUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $475,000 · EducationSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INCICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $300,000 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT …Bowdoin College: $296,388 · EducationBowdoin CollegeCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL: $260,000 · EducationCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOLFordham University: $250,000 · EducationFordham UniversityPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $250,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard C…THE CARROLL SCHOOL: $200,000 · Education+4 more: $350,000 · Education+4 moreTRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW: $1,108,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVE…HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL: $375,000 · OtherHARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOLTHE CARPENTERS BOAT SHOP: $246,000 · OtherTHE CARPENTERS BOAT SHOPINSTITUTE OF MEDICINE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIEN: $150,000 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $125,000 · OtherCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $125,000 · OtherBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $200,000 · OtherBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDI…THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE: $175,000 · OtherTHE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ME…NEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $300,000 · OtherNEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDA…+7 more: $294,000 · Other+7 moreBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $1,550,000 · Social ScienceBUCK INSTITUTE F…THE URBAN INSTITUTE: $350,000 · Social ScienceTHE URBAN INSTIT…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $1,550,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S C…THE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $750,000 · Arts & CultureTHE VIVIAN BE…MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $590,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE…SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $136,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN I…+1 more: $25,000 · Arts & CultureMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $550,000 · Science & TechAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $100,000 · Science & TechGENERATIONS UNITED INC: $387,500 · Philanthropy
Education$3,981,388Other$3,098,000Social Science$1,900,000Human Services$1,550,000Arts & Culture$1,501,000Science & Tech$650,000Philanthropy$387,500

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 budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER NEW YORK: $1,550,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING: $1,550,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCANISIUS UNIVERSITY: $1,000,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATERINC D/B/A LINCOLN CENTER THEATER: $750,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $600,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $590,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetMARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY: $550,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSTUDENTSPONSOR PARTNERS INC: $475,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetGENERATIONS UNITED INC: $387,500 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetTHE URBAN INSTITUTE: $350,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $296,388 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCRISTO REY NEW YORK HIGH SCHOOL: $260,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetFordham University: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $250,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARPENTERS BOAT SHOP: $246,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetBETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER INC: $200,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARROLL SCHOOL: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE: $175,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $136,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOR EDUCATION FOUNDATION DBA OVERCOMING OBSTACLES: $120,000 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION OF OUTDOOR EDUCATION: $100,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROCTOR ACADEMY: $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBELMONT HILL SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAMMALOGISTS: $40,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA11.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Rowe Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rowe Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Marine Biological Laboratory: 20% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 39 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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