Michigan · Private foundation
The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $152k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
50% of The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2025, the last year The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $152k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $135,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 28
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $72k 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 | $152k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $93k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $17k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $49k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $31k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $34k | 73% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $57k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc | $25,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $19,250 | 4 | 4% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Detroit Institute of Arts | $4,150 | 4 | 0% |
| American Laryngological Association | $4,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Jarc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Marwen Foundation Inc | $1,700 | 3 | 0% |
| The Chicago Help Initiative | $1,250 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwestern University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($777k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: United Jewish Foundation · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · The Chicago Community Trust · The Andrea and Lawrence Wolfe Family Foundation · Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation with peer funders
About The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation
- How much does The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation give?
- The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $151,525 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 28 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (51%), Environment (20%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Inc ($26k), Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy ($20k), University of Michigan ($19k).
- Does The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joseph and Rose Rontal 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 Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Jewish Foundation, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, The Chicago Community Trust.
- Where is The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation based?
- The Joseph and Rose Rontal Foundation is based in MI.
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