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The Rodel 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$1.4M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Public Benefit$3.0MSocial Science$2.6MYouth Development$2.2MEnvironment$2.2MEducation$1.0MCivil Rights$601kCommunity Improvement$525kInternational$260kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $160k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $450k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.4M
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$64M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RODEL INSTITUTE$1,390,000
THE BREAKTHROUGH INSTITUTE$100,000
SOCIAL GOOD FUND$100,000
ASPEN INSTITUTE$75,000
DEMOCRACY A JOURNAL OF IDEAS$75,000
THIRD WAY INSTITUTE$50,000
HOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$50,000
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE$25,000
UC BERKELEY FOUNDATION$25,000
ECOFLIGHT$20,000
AHA$20,000
THE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP$20,000
ASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES$15,000
TRIBAL TRUST FOUNDATION$15,000
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS$10,000
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, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ANGELS FOSTER CARE-SANTA BARBARA: $500 → 14%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

NY
MA
PA
CA
CO
VA
DE
AZ
DC
FL

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 edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$12M · 30 repeat orgs$901k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships — 15 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
10

Total granted

$12M
$891k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+88%

Still filing today

73%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
EnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureCivil RightsSocial ScienceOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +192%
  • RI
    RODEL INSTITUTE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $2.5M · revenue +94% · 48% of their budget
  • TB
    The Breakthrough Institute
    5× · 2019–2024 · $880k · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • NC
    NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +88%
  • HA
    HETERODOX ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +341%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $140k · revenue +139%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your 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.

1
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
2
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
3
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. we believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being…

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4
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
5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
7
E3G Third Generation Environmentalism

E3g is a leading international not-for-profit think tank specialising in climate diplomacy harnessing expertise in the politics and economics of climate change.

Environment
8
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
9
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Inc

The manhattan institute is a community of scholars, journalists, activists, and civic leaders dedicated to advancing opportunity, individual liberty, and the rule of law in america and its great cities.

Public Benefit
10
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
11
CarbonPlan

Improving the transparency and scientific integrity of climate solutions through open data and tools.

Environment
12
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Aspen Institute Inc and the most unlike its peers is Rodel Leadership Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 24 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%3%<5yr14%19%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr16%26%20–35yr13%13%35–55yr16%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%27%<5yr14%16%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%11%20–35yr13%4%35–55yr16%32%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 27% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/35
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,530

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

35 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. 35 of the 45 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

RODEL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — $2,216,991 · OtherRODEL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTETHE SEMINAR NETWORK TRUST — $400,000 · OtherTHE SEMINAR NETWORK TRUSTUC BERKELEY FOUNDATION — $150,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION - NICD — $150,000 · OtherAHA — $120,000 · Other+13 more — $555,500 · Other+13 moreRODEL INSTITUTE — $2,548,000 · PhilanthropyRODEL INSTITUTE+3 more — $146,500 · Philanthropy+3 moreTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $2,622,228 · Social ScienceTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE IN…The Breakthrough Institute — $880,000 · EnvironmentThe Breakthrough I…CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $505,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN AIR TASK FOR…THE ENERGY FOR GROWTH HUB INC — $200,000 · EnvironmentTHE ENERGY FOR GRO…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $140,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFE…ECOFLIGHT — $120,000 · EnvironmentECOFLIGHTASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES — $110,000 · Environment+4 more — $107,500 · EnvironmentHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — $250,000 · EducationDEMOCRACY A JOURNAL OF IDEAS INC — $175,000 · EducationCONTINA IMPACT — $150,000 · EducationHETERODOX ACADEMY — $150,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $125,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $100,000 · Education+2 more — $40,000 · EducationTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE — $601,000 · Civil RightsSAVE DEMOCRACY INC — $100,000 · Civil RightsNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER — $200,000 · Arts & CultureTRIBAL TRUST FOUNDATION INC — $70,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$3,592,491Philanthropy$2,694,500Social Science$2,622,228Environment$2,062,500Education$990,000Civil Rights$701,000Arts & Culture$270,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $2,622,228 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetRODEL INSTITUTE — $2,548,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetRODEL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — $2,216,991 over 3y, 100% of budgetThe Breakthrough Institute — $880,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetTHIRD WAY INSTITUTE — $601,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCLEAN AIR TASK FORCE INC — $505,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetHOFFMAN INSTITUTE FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetNATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER — $200,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE ENERGY FOR GROWTH HUB INC — $200,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetDEMOCRACY A JOURNAL OF IDEAS INC — $175,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetCONTINA IMPACT — $150,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetHETERODOX ACADEMY — $150,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $140,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — $125,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetECOFLIGHT — $120,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetASPEN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES — $110,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSAVE DEMOCRACY INC — $100,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetMILLENNIAL ACTION PROJECT DBA FUTURE CAUCUS — $100,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetRODEL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION - DE — $75,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTRIBAL TRUST FOUNDATION INC — $70,000 over 6y, 65% of budgetCOUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY WORKSHOP INC DBA FORWARD GLOBAL — $46,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThe Third Way Foundation Inc — $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSUSTAINABLE SETTINGS — $27,500 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetTHE DISCOVERY LAND COMPANY FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE INC — $25,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetBRIDGE ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND — $20,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH COUNTRY NEWS — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetResources for the Future Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA — $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCASA DEL HERRERO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANGELS FOSTER CARE OF SANTA BARBARA — $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The William & Flora H…Jewish Community Fede…Rodel Charitable Foun…Bernard and Anne Spit…Santa Barbara Foundat…Jewish Communal FundRockefeller Philanthr…Alex C Walker Educati…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…Breakthrough Energy F…Catena FoundationAnn Jackson Family Fo…
The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationCA22.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Rodel Charitable Foundation - De · Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust · Santa Barbara Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Alex C Walker Educational & Charitable · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Breakthrough Energy Foundation · Catena Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation

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 Rodel 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
  • Rodel Charitable Foundation - De — 20% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Rodel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Rodel Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 45 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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