Massachusetts · Private foundation
The Don Rodman Family 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.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,228,490
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations The Don Rodman Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 7 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $1.4M | 25% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $970k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $1.3M | 46% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $1.3M | 92% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $270k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodman For Kids Inc | $5,404,490 | 6 | 52% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc | $477,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Seal Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Curry College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Martin W Richard Charitable Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Canton Choral Society | $5,500 | 4 | n/a |
| South Shore Young Men's Christian Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eliza Juliet Norton Memorial Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodman For Kids Inc | $5,404,490 | 6 | 52% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc | $477,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 25% |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Seal Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Curry College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Martin W Richard Charitable Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Canton Choral Society | $5,500 | 4 | n/a |
| South Shore Young Men's Christian Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eliza Juliet Norton Memorial Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dorchester Baseball Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| My Brothers Keeper Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($650k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Don Rodman Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 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.
Open a dossier: Rodman For Kids Inc · Eastern Bank Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Don Rodman Family Foundation
- How much does The Don Rodman Family Foundation give?
- The Don Rodman Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $1,582,990 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Don Rodman Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (95%), Arts & Culture (3%), Human Services (1%).
- Who are The Don Rodman Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Rodman For Kids Inc ($5.4M), Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc ($477k), Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center Inc ($150k).
- Does The Don Rodman Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Don Rodman Family 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 Don Rodman Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rodman For Kids Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Don Rodman Family Foundation based?
- The Don Rodman Family Foundation is based in MA.
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