· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $5k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $300k
- $250k+1 grant · $1.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Rodman for Kids | $1,228,490 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DORCHESTER | $200,000 |
| Ron Burton Training Center | $100,000 |
| Dorchester Discretionary Fund | $40,000 |
| Boston Health Care for the Homeless | $10,000 |
| MAB FOOD PANTRY | $2,500 |
| Canton Choral Society | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RFRodman For Kids Inc6× · 2020–2025 · $5.4M · revenue +5% · 52% of their budget
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC4× · 2021–2025 · $477k · revenue +127%
BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC5× · 2021–2025 · $45k · revenue +62%
Funded once
- MRMARILYN RODMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INCone grant, 2022 · $150k · revenue +3%
- MPMGR PERFORMING ARTS CENTERone grant, 2024 · $20k
- CCCURRY COLLEGEone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -2%
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.
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.
To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
Rmk is an educational based non-profit organization located in southeastern massachusetts focused on preparing youth for the future workforce. our mission is to provide individuals with an inclusive mindset, which celebrates differences,…
The mission of the NECC is to provide for athletic competition among institutions that share similar academic aspirations and are committed to the importance of the total educational experience for students engaged in sports.The NECC…
Positive recreational and educational tutoring and basketball program providing intercultural social activities with a focus on developing intelectual and academic social life skills for children in the fourth grade level through high…
The GBMCAA will encourage and promote a culture of scholarship and a community of mentorship by developing a pipeline between Morehouse College and the Greater Boston area.
The purpose of manchester rowing alliance (mra) is to foster the growth of the sport of rowing and other water sports in the greater manchester, nh area for students and adults by providing access to water, equipment, and coaching. mra…
To be a leader in advancing participation, education, and excellence in skating for people of all ages, abilities, and means.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
To provide support for economic revitalization in the roxbury, massachusetts area.
The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code including, but not limited to, providing financial assistance to ice hockey players in…
Mission strengthened by more than a century and a half of dedication to academic excellence, boston college commits itself to the highest standards of teaching and research in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and to the…
The ymca of greater boston is dedicated to improving the health of mind, body, and spirit of individuals and families in our communities. we promote welcoming, belonging, and opportunity for all.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 22 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Rodman For Kids Inc ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DORCHESTER INC ↗
- Who funds MARILYN RODMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BOSTON HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds THE SEAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CURRY COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MARTIN W RICHARD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds South Shore Young Men's Christian Association ↗
- Who funds ELIZA JULIET NORTON MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds My Brothers Keeper Inc ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Don Rodman Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Don Rodman Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program Inc: 8% of income from government
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: 7% of income from government
- Curry College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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