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The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation at a glance

· 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 FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$88kHealth$51kYouth Development$9kFood & Nutrition$3kHousing & Shelter$2kMembership Benefit$1kHuman Services$500Public Safety & Disaster$500
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$899k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
HORIZONS DELMARVA$5,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$2,000
HOPE AND LIFE OUTREACH INC$2,000
MAIN STREET GYM$2,000
SALISBURY UNIV FOUNDATION JAYCEES FOUNDATION$2,000
RED STOCKING FUND INC$1,000
EDGARTOWN PATROLMAN'S ASSOCIATION$500
EDGARTOWN FIREMENS ASSOCIATION$500
ST JUDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$500
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 (FY25–25, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%HOPE AND LIFE OUTREACH INC: $2k → 13%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$87k · 6 repeat orgs$68k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
3

Total granted

$87k
$51k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+118%

Still filing today

83%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • SU
    SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $55k · revenue +89%
  • HD
    HORIZONS DELMARVA INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $14k · revenue +12%
  • MS
    MAIN STREET GYM INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $9k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • TF
    TIDALHEALTH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +118%
  • KE
    KIM & EVANS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $250
  • KE
    Kim & Evans Family Fund
    one grant, 2024 · $250
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.

1
Samaritan Hospital and the Eddy Foundation

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.samaritan hospital and the eddy foundation is a member of st.…

Health
2
The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide educational services, see schedule o.

Education
3
St Francis Foundation

We, st. francis foundation and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.st. francis foundation is a member of st. francis healthcare and trinity…

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4
Stanbridge University Foundation
Education
5
Stephens College Endowment Foundation

This corporation is organized exclusively for, and at all times hereafter shall be operated exclusively for the benefit of stephens college.

—
6
Tidalhealth Physician Network Inc

Tidalhealth physician network's mission is to provide quality medical care.effective 9/1/20, tidalhealth physician network, inc. is a subsidiary of tidalhealth medical partners, inc. (thmp). thmp's revenue and expenses are reported on its…

Health
7
Stony Brook Foundation Inc

The stony brook foundation, inc. is a not-for-profit, "no member" corporation established in 1965. sbf exists to advance the mission and goals of suny stony brook by facilitating, accepting and managing philanthropic gifts. (continued on…

Education
8
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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10
William & Mary Foundation

The William & Mary Foundation advances the university's highest aspirations by securing private support, guiding a multi-asset investment portfolio, and offering strategic leadership. In this work, we propel the university toward national…

Education
11
The College of Staten Island Foundation Inc

The foundation was established to stimulate and strengthen community,corporate and foundation support for public higher education on staten island and to support the college of staten island in providing its students with the finest…

Education
12
Ny Police and Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund Inc

Brief description of the organization's mission the purpose of the fund is to provide assistance to the families of new york city police officers and firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty. after the events of september 11,…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tidalhealth Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Edgartown Firemen's Associationinc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
6/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 · EducationSALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCHORIZONS DELMARVA INC: $13,500 · EducationHORIZONS DELMARVA INCRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION+1 more: $2,000 · EducationTIDALHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · HealthTIDALHEALTH FOUNDATION INC+1 more: $500 · HealthSALISBURY JAYCEES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · OtherRED STOCKING FUND INC: $3,000 · OtherSALISBURY UNIV FOUNDATION JAYCEES FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherEDGARTOWN PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION I: $1,250 · Other+2 more: $500 · OtherMAIN STREET GYM INC: $9,000 · Recreation & SportsHOPE & LIFE OUTREACH INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesTHE EDGARTOWN FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATIONINC: $500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Education$80,500Health$50,500Other$11,750Recreation & Sports$9,000Human Services$2,000Public Safety & Disaster$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $55,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTIDALHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHORIZONS DELMARVA INC: $13,500 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAIN STREET GYM INC: $9,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetRED STOCKING FUND INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHOPE & LIFE OUTREACH INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEDGARTOWN PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION I: $1,250 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDGARTOWN FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATIONINC: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Community Foundation …Franklin P and Arthur…Salisbury Wicomico Ec…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Community Foundation of the Eastern ShorMD15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dave and Patsy Rommel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Salisbury University Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 15 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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