Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Dave and Patsy Rommel 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.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $899k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $26k | 60% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $32k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $34k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $63k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury University Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tidalhealth Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Horizons Delmarva Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Main Street Gym Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Salisbury Jaycees Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Red Stocking Fund Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope & Life Outreach Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edgartown Patrolmen's Association I | $1,250 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury University Foundation Inc | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tidalhealth Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Horizons Delmarva Inc | $13,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Main Street Gym Inc | $9,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Salisbury Jaycees Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Red Stocking Fund Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope & Life Outreach Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edgartown Patrolmen's Association I | $1,250 | 3 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Edgartown Firemen's Associationinc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($3k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Dave and Patsy Rommel 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: Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor · Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation Inc · Salisbury Wicomico Economic Development Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation
- How much does The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation give?
- The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $25,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (57%), Health (33%), Youth Development (6%).
- Who are The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Salisbury University Foundation Inc ($55k), Tidalhealth Foundation Inc ($50k), Horizons Delmarva Inc ($14k).
- Does The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Dave and Patsy Rommel 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 The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Eastern Shor, Franklin P and Arthur W Perdue Foundation Inc, Salisbury Wicomico Economic Development Inc.
- Where is The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation based?
- The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation is based in MA.
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