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The Robert P Rotella Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8.8M
Granted FY2020
3
Grants FY2020
3
States reached
$8.8M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2020.

Philanthropy$10MCivil Rights$48kPublic Benefit$28kEnvironment$22kHealth$18kScience & Tech$16kAnimals$13kCrime & Legal$11kOther$0
02FY2020 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k2 grants · $4k
  • $250k+1 grant · $8.8M
$2,050
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST (GIFT)$8,827,975
PEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL$2,050
BLUE SPHERE FOUNDATION$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–19, $350) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHARITY NAVIGATOR: $350 → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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World Resources Institute

Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…

International
2
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
3
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
4
Partnership for Policy Integrity

Partnership for Policy Integrity (PFPI) uses data-driven advocacy and litigation to fight for forests, communities and the climate.

Environment
5
International Rivers Network

International Rivers protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.

Environment
6
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
7
World Coffee Research

World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…

International
8
Water Environment Federation

WEF's mission is inspiring the water community in pursuit of human and environmental well-being. WEF is a global environmental leader committed to water quality education and technical best practices. WEF connects water professionals;…

Environment
9
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide

Educational & charitable. to provide legal and scientific information to public interest attorneys and scientists in numerous countries.

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10
World Privacy Forum

The world privacy forum is dedicated to reimaging privacy in a digital era through ground-breaking, in-depth privacy research and consumer education of the highest quality. our vision is to empower people with the knowledge, rights, and…

Public Benefit
11
Institute for Public Accuracy

To teach and disseminate educational materials to the public.

Arts & Culture
12
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Only One Inc and the most unlike its peers is African Wildlife Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyWildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Domestic Violence Crisis Se…Youth Development CentersUrban Agriculture & Food Ac…Land Conservation Organizat…Community Health CentersGovernment Accountability R…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%4%5–10yr18%4%10–20yr14%52%20–35yr13%30%35–55yr23%11%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%1%5–10yr18%1%10–20yr14%62%20–35yr13%31%35–55yr23%5%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
10%
4,324/41,967

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
25/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST (GIFT) — $10,084,110 · OtherMORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST (GIFT)+16 more — $97,950 · OtherWASHINGTON POLICY CENTER — $15,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE — $10,000 · Civil RightsSTATE POLICY NETWORK — $5,000 · Civil RightsActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty — $2,500 · Civil RightsPollinator Partnership — $7,500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP — $7,500 · EnvironmentWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY — $2,500 · EnvironmentONLY ONE INC — $2,000 · EnvironmentPCC FARMLAND TRUST — $1,000 · EnvironmentCITIZENS' COUNCIL FOR HEALTH FREEDOM — $10,000 · HealthNATIONAL HEALTH FREEDOM COALITION — $7,723 · HealthBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $7,500 · Public BenefitTAX FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Public BenefitFRIENDS OF MAITI NEPAL A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION — $5,000 · InternationalPEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC — $4,510 · InternationalWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC — $7,500 · AnimalsWASHINGTON WILD — $1,000 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC — $500 · Animals
Other$10,182,060Civil Rights$32,500Environment$20,500Health$17,723Public Benefit$12,500International$9,510Animals$9,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON POLICY CENTER — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE RUTHERFORD INSTITUTE — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCenter for Food Safety — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPollinator Partnership — $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP — $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBAT CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOVING PICTURE INSTITUTE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTAX FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAtlas Economic Research Foundation — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUDWIG VON MISES INSTITUTE FOR AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF MAITI NEPAL A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION — $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPEARL S BUCK INTERNATIONAL INC — $4,510 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELLEVUE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPCC FARMLAND TRUST — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON WILD — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVeterans For Child Rescue Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCharity Navigator — $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Seattle FoundationPatagoniaorgMorgan Stanley Global…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…The Bank of America C…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
Seattle FoundationWA14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Robert P Rotella Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Western Rivers Conservancy — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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