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The Francis and Kathleen Rooney Foundation at a glance

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The Francis and Kathleen Rooney Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$12MEducation$7.9MArts & Culture$1.4MPublic Benefit$1.3MRecreation & Sports$1.2MPhilanthropy$354kEnvironment$152kHuman Services$150kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $470k
  • $250k+6 grants · $3.5M
$250,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$48M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC$1,500,000
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$675,000
MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION$400,000
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC$350,000
WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY$300,000
THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION$250,000
CONSORTIUM OF CATHOLIC ACADEMIES$200,000
AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC$100,000
BELLA MENTE QUANTUM RACING ASSOCIATION$100,000
NAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION$70,000
NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC$20,000
THE METROPOLITAN CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 41% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%BELLA MENTE QUANTUM RACING ASSOCIATION: $100k → 11%MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $400k → 11%THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $250k → 16%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $675k → 19%THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $84k → 14%NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $10.0M → 10%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC: $350k → 13%GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $358k → 8%BELLA MENTE QUANTUM RACING ASSOCIATION: $75k → 11%MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $400k → 11%THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%The George and Barbara Bush Foundation: $250k → 16%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $675k → 19%THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $83k → 14%NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $1.5M → 10%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC: $350k → 13%GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $358k → 8%MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $250k → 16%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $675k → 19%THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $83k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $350k → 13%GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $350k → 8%MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $100k → 11%OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $300k → 19%NAPLES CHILDREN & EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $354k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $350k → 13%GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $130k → 8%Washington Jesuit Academy: $328k → 14%AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $150k → 10%University of Notre Dame: $325k → 13%Georgetown Preparatory School Inc: $69k → 8%WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $318k → 14%AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $150k → 10%WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $318k → 14%Ave Maria University Inc: $150k → 10%WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $300k → 14%AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $150k → 10%WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $300k → 14%AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $100k → 10%WASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $300k → 14%NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $35k → 10%NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN: $30k → 10%CONSORTIUM OF CATHOLIC ACADEMIES: $200k → 14%CONSORTIUM OF CATHOLIC ACADEMIES: $150k → 14%Monumental Scholars Fund: $200k → 14%MONUMENTAL SCHOLARS FUND: $200k → 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

MN
IL
NY
IN
CA
MD
DC
OK
TX
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$21M · 20 repeat orgs$781k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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21

Total granted

$21M
$781k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+34%

Still filing today

75%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthSocial SciencePhilanthropyOther
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

  • NC
    NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $12M · revenue +26%
  • OS
    Oklahoma State University Foundation
    4× · 2021–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +43%
  • AM
    AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC
    5× · 2019–2024 · $700k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • NC
    NAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $354k · revenue +31%
  • TG
    THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +44%
  • HF
    Holy Family Cathedral
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
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
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
2
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Inc

We harness the power of plants for humankind and share the joy and beauty of tropical gardening with everyone. fairchild tropical botanic garden is a museum of tropical plants within a world famous, 83-acre designed landscape. it was…

Environment
3
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
4
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
5
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…

Arts & Culture
6
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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7
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
8
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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9
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
10
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

—
11
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
12
The Harry S Truman Library Institute National and International Affairs

To preserve and promote the enduring legacy of harry s. truman, america's 33rd president.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naples Botanical Garden Inc; the most unlike its peers is Bella Mente Quantum Racing Association. 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

34 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. 34 of the 42 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $11,500,000 · HealthNAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC+1 more: $15,000 · HealthOklahoma State University Foundation: $2,325,000 · EducationOklahoma State University …University of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,725,000 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame d…AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $700,000 · EducationAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INCTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $500,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATI…THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Education+1 more: $15,000 · EducationWASHINGTON JESUIT ACADEMY: $1,864,000 · OtherWASHINGTON JESUIT ACADE…GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL INC: $1,264,999 · OtherGEORGETOWN PREPARATORY …GEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $500,000 · OtherGEORGE W BUSH PRESIDENT…MONUMENTAL SCHOLARS FUND INC: $400,000 · OtherMONUMENTAL SCHOLARS FUN…CONSORTIUM OF CATHOLIC ACADEMIES: $350,000 · OtherCONSORTIUM OF CATHOLIC …THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $250,000 · Other+19 more: $322,500 · Other+19 moreNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · Arts & CultureNAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $52,000 · Arts & CultureNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $354,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $175,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE FREEDOM & VIRTUE INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 · Human Services
Health$11,515,000Education$5,515,000Other$4,951,499Arts & Culture$1,302,000Philanthropy$359,000Recreation & Sports$175,000Human Services$150,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNAPLES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC: $11,500,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetOklahoma State University Foundation: $2,325,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,725,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $700,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMONUMENTAL SCHOLARS FUND INC: $400,000 over 2y, 34% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $354,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 3y, 90% of budgetNAPLES HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INC: $250,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetTHE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBella Mente Quantum Racing Association: $175,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FREEDOM & VIRTUE INSTITUTE INC: $150,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $125,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $45,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN CLUB PRESERVATION FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTULSA BALLET THEATRE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChild Abuse Network Inc dba Child Advocacy Network: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY PREGNANCY CLINICS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSANIBEL-CAPTIVA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTUDOR PLACE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEORGETOWN MINISTRY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS EDISON & HENRY FORD WINTER ESTATES INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Ayco Charitable F…Clark-Winchcole Found…Greater Washington Co…National Philanthropi…Ge Aerospace Foundati…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Natl Christian Charit…
The Ayco Charitable FoundationNY16.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation: 4% of income from government
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Naples Community Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 42 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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