California · Private foundation
The Deborah Groening-Rother 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.
- $2.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 94%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $900,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 94% of the organizations The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $2.7M | 41% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $1.2M | 94% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Well Family Marian Place Fka the Infant Parent Mental Health Fdn | $1,237,500 | 2 | 87% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bennington College Corporation | $175,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 826la | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Venice Family Clinic | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pbs Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Well Family Marian Place Fka the Infant Parent Mental Health Fdn | $1,237,500 | 2 | 87% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights | $250,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Public Radio Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bennington College Corporation | $175,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 826la | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Venice Family Clinic | $100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pbs Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Climate Resolve | $100,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Esperanza Community Housing Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Rescue Center | $60,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Earthjustice | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Earth Island Institute Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project Open Hand | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Plastic Free America | $30,000 | 1 | 33% |
| United in Harmony | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Covenant House California | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The People Concern | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Project on Government Oversight Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Icivics Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($530k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation
- How much does The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation give?
- The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $2,695,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Civil Rights (14%), Environment (12%).
- Who are The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Well Family Marian Place Fka the Infant Parent Mental Health Fdn ($1.2M), Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc ($350k), Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights ($250k).
- Does The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 94% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Deborah Groening-Rother 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 Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation based?
- The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation is based in CA.
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