Michigan · Private foundation
The Rodney Fund
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2023
- 21
- Grants FY2023
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 31
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 11
- Total assets, FY2023
- $32M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations The Rodney Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 21 | $1.6M | 24% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $1.6M | 19% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $465k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $411k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
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, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackinac Center | $535,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Institute for Justice | $501,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Liberty Justice Center | $493,000 | 4 | 9% |
| The Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism | $191,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $184,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $101,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Center for Independent Thought | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Heartland Institute | $62,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Youth on Their Own | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackinac Center | $535,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Institute for Justice | $501,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Liberty Justice Center | $493,000 | 4 | 9% |
| The Ayn Rand Institute the Center for the Advancement of Objectivism | $191,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $184,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Students for Liberty Inc | $101,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Center for Independent Thought | $80,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Heartland Institute | $62,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Youth on Their Own | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Institute for Humane Studies | $27,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Beaumont Health Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Institute for Economic Research | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Reason Foundation | $23,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grace Centers of Hope | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for the Rights of Abused Children | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cato Institute | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Praxis Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| US Term Limits Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercatus Center Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fund for American Studies | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Independent Institute | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Learning About Diabetes Inc | $4,600 | 1 | 18% |
| Izzitorg | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rodney Fund 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: Donors Trust Inc · Atlas Economic Research Foundation · Triad Foundation Inc · The Snider Foundation · Charles Koch Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Rodney Fund
- How much does The Rodney Fund give?
- The Rodney Fund reported 21 grants totaling $1,610,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 31 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Rodney Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (35%), Public Benefit (20%), Civil Rights (11%).
- Who are The Rodney Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Mackinac Center ($535k), Institute for Justice ($501k), Liberty Justice Center ($493k).
- Does The Rodney Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rodney Fund 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 Rodney Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donors Trust Inc, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Triad Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Rodney Fund based?
- The Rodney Fund is based in MI.
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