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Rowland Family Charitable Trust

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.

$193k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
48
Grants FY2025
33
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 34
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$1.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Rowland Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalHealthFood & NutritionArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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
FY2025still arriving47$191k30%
FY202433$145k6%
FY202332$112k9%
FY202234$142k12%
FY202132$121k78%
FY20201$163k100%
FY201919$126kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$342kHealth$251kHousing & Shelter$99kFood & Nutrition$76kInternational$55kCivil Rights$44kEnvironment$42kCommunity Improvement$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
WV
VA
MD
SC
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Rowland Family Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Center for Great Expectations Inc$66,00060%
Covenant House Washington DC$60,00050%
Homefront Inc$55,00060%
Southern Center for Human Rights$36,00060%
The Homestead Inc of Nantucket$30,00032%
Jubilee House Community$25,00051%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$25,00010%
ALIVE Inc$25,00050%
Addiction Solutions of Nantucket Inc$23,000611%
TASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc$23,00050%
Rapp at Home$18,00042%
Upper Valley Haven$17,00050%
Carpenter's Shelter Inc$17,00040%
Feeding America$16,00050%
Woodstock Community Trust Inc$15,00051%
NAMI National$15,00050%
A Safe Place Inc$14,00060%
Mike's 5k to Crush Substance Abuse Inc$14,00044%
Virginia League for Planned Parenthood Incorporated$13,00020%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$13,00050%
Disability Law Center Inc$12,00060%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$12,00030%
Covenant House$12,00010%
Direct Relief$10,00050%
Finca International Inc$10,00050%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$10,00050%
Special Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley$9,00041%
Lacuna Corporation$8,00013%
Lawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation$7,50032%
Environmental Working Group$7,00030%
Nantucket Star and Therapeutic Accessibl$5,00051%
Womanspace Inc$5,00010%
Southern Environmental Law Center$5,00010%
Democracy Forward Foundation$5,00010%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$5,00010%
D&R Greenway Land Trust Inc$3,5001n/a
Nantucket Interfaith Council$3,0001n/a
Willing Hands Enterprises Inc$1,50010%
Vermont Public Co$1,25010%
Upper Valley Trails Alliance$1,00010%
New Britain Museum of American Art Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($346k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rowland Family Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Center for Great Expectations Inc: $66,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCovenant House Washington DC: $60,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHomefront Inc: $55,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $36,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Homestead Inc of Nantucket: $30,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetJubilee House Community: $25,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIVE Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAddiction Solutions of Nantucket Inc: $23,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetTASK Inc Trenton Area Soup Kitchen Inc: $23,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRapp at Home: $18,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetUpper Valley Haven: $17,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCarpenter's Shelter Inc: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWoodstock Community Trust Inc: $15,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetNAMI National: $15,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetA Safe Place Inc: $14,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMike's 5k to Crush Substance Abuse Inc: $14,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetVirginia League for Planned Parenthood Incorporated: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDisability Law Center Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Federation of America Inc: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFinca International Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley: $9,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLacuna Corporation: $8,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLawrence Hopewell Trail Corporation: $7,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetEnvironmental Working Group: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNantucket Star and Therapeutic Accessibl: $5,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetWomanspace Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDemocracy Forward Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Law Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWilling Hands Enterprises Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVermont Public Co: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUpper Valley Trails Alliance: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew Britain Museum of American Art Inc: $500 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 39.

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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.

Community Foundation for Nantucket IncMA15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc · The Vermont Community Foundation · The Help for People Foundation · The Couch Family Foundation · Mascoma Bank Foundation · Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Impactassetsinc · Mightycause Charitable 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.

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About Rowland Family Charitable Trust

How much does Rowland Family Charitable Trust give?
Rowland Family Charitable Trust reported 48 grants totaling $192,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 34 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Rowland Family Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Health (25%), Housing & Shelter (10%).
Who are Rowland Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Center for Great Expectations Inc ($66k), Covenant House Washington DC ($60k), Homefront Inc ($55k).
Does Rowland Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rowland Family Charitable Trust 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 Rowland Family Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc, The Vermont Community Foundation, The Help for People Foundation.
Where is Rowland Family Charitable Trust based?
Rowland Family Charitable Trust is based in VT.

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 69 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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