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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 FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$900k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Human Services$1.3MCivil Rights$530kEnvironment$465kHealth$450kArts & Culture$350kEducation$325kHousing & Shelter$170kPublic Benefit$120kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $675k
  • $250k+5 grants · $1.9M
$50,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WELL FAMILY MARIAN PLACE$900,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FED OF AMERICA$250,000
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC$250,000
ACLU OF SO CA$250,000
COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS$250,000
MOTHER JONES FOUNDATION$100,000
PBS FOUNDATION$100,000
ESPERANZA COMMUNITY HOUSING$100,000
BENNINGTON COLLEGE$75,000
EARTH JUSTICE$50,000
CLIMATE RESOLVE$50,000
VENICE FAMILY CLINIC$50,000
RODALE INSTITUTE$50,000
826 LA$50,000
NATIONAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $70k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $10k → 14%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $5k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $25k → 14%UNITED IN HARMONY: $20k → 14%UNITED IN HARMONY: $10k → 14%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

VT
NY
MA
CA
WV
VA
DC
GA
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 14 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +7% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$2.8M
$205k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
-16%

Still filing today

79%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $900k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’24’25
EnvironmentHealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • WF
    WELL FAMILY MARIAN PLACE FKA THE INFANT PARENT MENTAL HEALTH FDN
    2× · 2024–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +68% · 87% of their budget
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $350k · revenue +5%
  • BC
    BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $175k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • OC
    OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue -1%
  • UR
    UC RIVERSIDE
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • PF
    Plastic Free America
    one grant, 2024 · $30k · revenue -55% · 33% of their budget
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Public Health Institute

Public health institute generates and promotes research, leadership and partnerships to build capacity for strong public health policy, programs, systems and practices.

Health
3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Parliamentarians for Global Action

Parliamentarians for global action (pga) is a non-partisan ngo network of legislators from all regions of the world acting in their individual capacity to advocate for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law; peace and human security;…

International
5
The Population Council Inc

We generate ideas, produce evidence, and design solutions to improve the lives of underserved populations around the world. we take a multidisciplinary, intergenerational, life-cycle approach that contributes to (see schedule o)four global…

International
6
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
7
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
8
The 5 Gyres Institute

The 5 Gyres Institute (5 Gyres) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles, with a global network of supporters united in the pursuit of a planet free of plastic pollution. 5 Gyres' mission is to empower action against the…

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9
Conservation Law Foundation Inc

Conservation law foundation, inc. (clf) protects new england's environment for the benefit of all people and future generations. we use the law, science, and markets to create solutions that preserve and restore our natural resources,…

Environment
10
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
11
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
12
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Climate Resolve; the most unlike its peers is Well Family Marian Place Fka the Infant Parent Mental Health Fdn. 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

23 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. 23 of the 27 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
9/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WELL FAMILY MARIAN PLACE FKA THE INFANT PARENT MENTAL HEALTH FDN: $1,237,500 · HealthWELL FAMILY MARIAN PLACE FKA THE INFANT PARENT ME…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $350,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INCVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $100,000 · HealthVENICE FAMILY CLINICACLU OF SO CA: $280,000 · OtherACLU OF SO CARODALE INSTITUTE: $100,000 · OtherRODALE INSTITUTEMOTHER JONES FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherMOTHER JONES FOUNDATI…UC RIVERSIDE: $50,000 · OtherUC RIVERSIDEHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $30,000 · OtherUNITED IN HARMONY: $30,000 · OtherCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $25,000 · OtherFAMILY RESCUE CENTER: $60,000 · OtherFAMILY RESCUE CENTERProject Open Hand: $30,000 · Other+2 more: $25,000 · OtherNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $150,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOU…OCEAN CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERV…CLIMATE RESOLVE: $100,000 · EnvironmentCLIMATE RESOL…EARTHJUSTICE: $50,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEEarth Island Institute Inc: $35,000 · EnvironmentEarth Island …Plastic Free America: $30,000 · EnvironmentPlastic Free …NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $250,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL P…PBS FOUNDATION: $100,000 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDA…BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $175,000 · Education826LA: $100,000 · EducationICIVICS INC: $10,000 · EducationCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $250,000 · Civil RightsESPERANZA COMMUNITY HOUSING CORPORATION: $100,000 · Housing & Shelter
Health$1,687,500Other$730,000Environment$465,000Arts & Culture$350,000Education$285,000Civil Rights$250,000Housing & Shelter$100,000

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 budgetWELL FAMILY MARIAN PLACE FKA THE INFANT PARENT MENTAL HEALTH FDN: $1,237,500 over 2y, 87% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $350,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $250,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budget826LA: $100,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVENICE FAMILY CLINIC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLIMATE RESOLVE: $100,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetFAMILY RESCUE CENTER: $60,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProject Open Hand: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlastic Free America: $30,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetUNITED IN HARMONY: $30,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetICIVICS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

California Community …The Annenberg Foundat…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
California Community FoundationCA14.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Icivics Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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How do I get to The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Deborah Groening-Rother Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 27 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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