· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2023
- $10k–50k11 grants · $290k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER | $200,000 |
| MACKINAC CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY | $200,000 |
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | $200,000 |
| PAC LEGAL FOUNDATION | $190,000 |
| YOUNG AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY | $150,000 |
| THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE | $80,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $80,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ECON EDUCA | $80,000 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH | $70,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $70,000 |
| CAPTIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT | $40,000 |
| HEARTLAND INSTITUTE | $35,000 |
| STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY | $35,000 |
| XPRIZE | $30,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $28k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- MCMACKINAC CENTER4× · 2020–2023 · $535k · revenue +64%
- IFINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE4× · 2020–2023 · $501k · revenue +57%
- LJLIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER4× · 2020–2023 · $493k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- YOYOUTH ON THEIR OWNone grant, 2020 · $28k · revenue -12%
- BHBEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -46%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2020 · $13k
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.
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…
Disseminate information and education about pertinent economic, social and governmental topics, via print, web and other media to educate the public about the principles of LIbertarianism.
To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…
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…
The institute supports and provides research regarding issues of public policy having effects on the rights, freedom, security, and quality of life of american citizens.
To educate the public on constitutional issues and public policy matters. We are dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, peace through strength, limited government, free enterprise, and the values embodied in the Declaration of…
Iri advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance and the rule of law.
The mission of independence institute is to empower individuals and to educate citizens,legislators and opinion makers about public policies that enhance personal and economic freedom.
The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 41 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds MACKINAC CENTER ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds LIBERTY JUSTICE CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE AYN RAND INSTITUTE THE CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF OBJECTIVISM ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
- Who funds STUDENTS FOR LIBERTY INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT THOUGHT ↗
- Who funds THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds YOUTH ON THEIR OWN ↗
- Who funds Institute for Humane Studies ↗
- Who funds BEAUMONT HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds THE REASON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GRACE CENTERS OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR THE RIGHTS OF ABUSED CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
- Who funds Praxis Foundation ↗
- Who funds US TERM LIMITS INC ↗
- Who funds Mercatus Center Inc ↗
- Who funds THE FUND FOR AMERICAN STUDIES ↗
- Who funds THE INDEPENDENT INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds LEARNING ABOUT DIABETES INC ↗
- Who funds IZZITORG ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Rodney Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rodney Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
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