Pennsylvania · Private foundation
The John B Rosenthal 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.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 31%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $800,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $38M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The John B Rosenthal Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 70% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 9 | $1.6M | 22% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $1.6M | 31% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $2.1M | 75% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $521k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $230k | 44% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $90k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia | $1,350,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Philadelphia Youth for Change Charter School Inc | $1,100,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Make the World Better Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 42% |
| Heights Philadelphia | $380,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Haven of Hope & Opportunity Inc | $306,250 | 2 | 84% |
| Juvenile Law Center | $300,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Community Partnership School | $235,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc | $196,400 | 1 | 2% |
| Sharing Excess | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tree House Books | $130,000 | 3 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia | $1,350,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Philadelphia Youth for Change Charter School Inc | $1,100,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Make the World Better Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 42% |
| Heights Philadelphia | $380,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Haven of Hope & Opportunity Inc | $306,250 | 2 | 84% |
| Juvenile Law Center | $300,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Community Partnership School | $235,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia Inc | $196,400 | 1 | 2% |
| Sharing Excess | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tree House Books | $130,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Project Home | $125,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Play on Philly | $125,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Mighty Writers | $125,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Ed Snider Youth Hockey & Education | $110,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Valley Youth House Committee Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Settlement Music School of Philadelphia | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Fresh Artists | $70,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Pennrose Foundation | $49,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Friends of Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries | $45,000 | 3 | 4% |
| The International Institute for Advanced Instruction | $37,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Hopephl | $36,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Steppingstone Scholars Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
The John B Rosenthal Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 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.
Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Lindback Cr & Mf Foundation Tw Main · Claneil Foundation Inc · Union Benevolent Association · Pincus Family Foundation · The Gordon Charter Foundation · The Patricia Kind Family Foundation · Connelly Foundation · The Vert Charitable Trust UA 12222011
How this is measured
About The John B Rosenthal Foundation
- How much does The John B Rosenthal Foundation give?
- The John B Rosenthal Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $1,670,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The John B Rosenthal Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Philanthropy (15%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are The John B Rosenthal Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: The Fund for the School District of Philadelphia ($1.4M), Philadelphia Youth for Change Charter School Inc ($1.1M), Make the World Better Foundation Inc ($1.0M).
- Does The John B Rosenthal Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The John B Rosenthal 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 John B Rosenthal Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Philadelphia Foundation, The William Penn Foundation, Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust Uw.
- Where is The John B Rosenthal Foundation based?
- The John B Rosenthal Foundation is based in PA.
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