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The Robert E Rose Foundation at a glance

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The Robert E Rose 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.

$28k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$101kHuman Services$50kYouth Development$25kFood & Nutrition$23kAnimals$15kEnvironment$8kRecreation & Sports$2k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$429k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND$8,000
VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION$5,000
WILD SHEEP FOUNDATION$5,000
KRISTI HOUSE INC$5,000
K9S FOR WARRIORS INC$2,500
WHISPERING MAINES THERAPEUTIC RIDIN$1,000
TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC$1,000
OFF THE STREETZ BULLY RESCUE INC$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WHEELCHAIRS 4 KIDS INC: $1k → 12%SHILOH HOUSE: $2k → 7%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

MT
IL
NY
CO
AZ
TN
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$205k · 14 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +31% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$205k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+31%

Still filing today

86%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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

  • SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN
    5× · 2017–2021 · $32k · revenue +120%
  • MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
    5× · 2017–2021 · $25k · revenue +38%
  • AS
    AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $23k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • HH
    HIS HOUSE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +31%
  • CC
    CAT CAY MEDICAL CLINIC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -64%
  • HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · revenue +84%
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
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
2
The Shriners' Hospital for Children

Shriners children's is committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment. (continued on schedule o)

Health
3
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
4
Miami Children's Hospital Research Institute Inc

The NCHRI directly supports the NICKLAUS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ("NCH") mission to provide hope through advanced care for our children and families. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

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5
Miami Children's Health System Inc

Nicklaus Children's Health System is the region's only healthcare system exclusively for children. Our mission is to inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child. TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO…

Health
6
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital Inc

Mission: johns hopkins all children's hospital (all children's), a member of johns hopkins medicine, strives to provide the highest quality care to improve the health of our entire community through innovation, collaboration, service…

Health
7
Pediatric Specialty Group Inc

Pediatric specialty group, inc. (d/b/a nicklaus children's pediatric specialists ("ncps")) is a physician-directed, multi-specialty pediatric group with a regional, national, and international presence in providing pediatric-centric care…

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8
Variety Children's Hospital

To inspire hope and promote lifelong health by providing the best care to every child.

Health
9
Cook Children's Medical Center

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury.

Health
10
Wi Cook Foundation Inc

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
11
Cook Children's Home Health

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
12
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of America; the most unlike its peers is Cat Cay Medical Clinic Foundation. 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

18 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. 18 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $31,500 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDRENST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL…Ronald McDonald House Global: $15,000 · HealthRonald McDonald House GlobalCAT CAY MEDICAL CLINIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthCAT CAY MEDICAL CLINIC FOUNDATIONMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $25,300 · OtherMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMER…VOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 · OtherVOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION…WHISPERING MAINES THERAPEUTIC RIDIN: $5,000 · OtherWHISPERING MAINES THERAPEUTIC …HIS HOUSE INC: $5,000 · OtherHIS HOUSE INCTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 · OtherTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOU…SHILOH HOME INC: $2,000 · OtherHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $2,250 · Other+4 more: $3,450 · Other+4 moreSpindletop Community Impact Partners Inc: $25,230 · PhilanthropySpindletop Commun…Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $9,000 · PhilanthropyNicklaus Children…AMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC: $23,000 · Food & NutritionAMERICA'S S…KRISTI HOUSE INC: $15,000 · Crime & LegalWILD SHEEP FOUNDATION: $10,000 · AnimalsK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,500 · AnimalsTALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC: $8,000 · Science & Tech
Health$71,500Other$59,500Philanthropy$34,230Food & Nutrition$23,000Crime & Legal$15,000Animals$12,500Science & Tech$8,000

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 budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $31,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $25,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSpindletop Community Impact Partners Inc: $25,230 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetAMERICA'S SECOND HARVEST OF THE BIG BEND INC: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKRISTI HOUSE INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWILD SHEEP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTALL TIMBERS RESEARCH INC: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIS HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAT CAY MEDICAL CLINIC FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetK9S FOR WARRIORS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW AND RODEO INC: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHILOH HOME INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWheelchairs 4 Kids Inc: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Natl Christian Charit…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Natl Christian Charitable Fdn IncGA8.9× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Robert E Rose Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert E Rose Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • His House Inc: 75% of income from government
  • Kristi House Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Voices for Children Foundation Inc: 48% of income from government
  • Tall Timbers Research Inc: 10% of income from government
  • America's Second Harvest of the Big Bend Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
  • K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 22 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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