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The Rogers Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$773k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.8MScience & Tech$334kHuman Services$250kInternational$240kCommunity Improvement$60kFood & Nutrition$60kCrime & Legal$50kEnvironment$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $560k
$20,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUFTS COLLEGE$200,000
TUFTS COLLEGE$185,000
KARKHANA GLOBAL$125,000
CASA FOUNDATION$50,000
MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY$40,000
WHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE$30,000
UCLA FOUNDATION$30,000
FIREWHEEL STEM INSTITUTE$25,000
YMCA OF THE USA$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
CODMAN COMMUNITY FARMS$20,000
PROJECT SYNCERE$10,000
MUSEUM OF SCIENCE$5,000
NORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER$2,000
LINCOLN SCHOOL FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 39% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CASA FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%EMERGENCE GROUP: $50k → 28%SOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES: $140k → 8%CLIMATE WORKS FOUNDATION: $30k → 10%FIREWHEEL STEM INSTITUTE: $25k → 11%UCLA FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%VIOLIN ACOUSTICS: $20k → 7%KE'YAH ADVANCED RURAL MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE: $25k → 32%NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND: $50k → 14%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $50k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $25k → 21%GATHERING FOR OPEN SCIENCE HARDWARE INC: $5k → 13%PROJECT SYNCERE: $30k → 14%SARVODAYA: $5k → 6%WHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE: $60k → 10%ST MICHAEL INDIAN SCHOOL (CATHOLIC): $100k → 28%CODMAN COMMUNITY FARMS: $20k → 8%NAVAJO TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $50k → 32%NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND: $50k → 14%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $40k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $10k → 21%PROJECT SYNCERE: $20k → 14%WHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE: $50k → 10%CODMAN COMMUNITY FARMS: $20k → 8%NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND: $50k → 14%MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY: $40k → 11%PROJECT SYNCERE: $10k → 14%WHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE: $30k → 10%CODMAN COMMUNITY FARMS: $20k → 8%OLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF ST LOUIS: $100k → 11%PROJECT SYNCERE: $10k → 14%WHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE: $11k → 10%MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $5k → 16%KARKHANA GLOBAL: $125k → 14%WHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE: $5k → 10%MUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $5k → 16%KARKHANA GLOBAL: $75k → 14%TUFTS COLLEGE: $200k → 8%KARKHANA GLOBAL: $40k → 14%TUFTS COLLEGE: $185k → 8%YMCA OF THE USA: $25k → 14%TUFTS COLLEGE: $145k → 8%YMCA OF THE USA: $25k → 14%TUFTS COLLEGE: $120k → 8%TUFTS COLLEGE: $50k → 8%TUFTS COLLEGE: $35k → 8%TUFTS COLLEGE: $30k → 8%TUFTS COLLEGE: $25k → 8%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

AK
NH
ID
IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
MO
VA
AZ
NM
DC
GA
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 21 repeat orgs$611k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
11

Total granted

$2.3M
$516k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
-4%

Still filing today

76%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationScience & TechFood & NutritionHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentOther
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

  • Trustees of Tufts College
    6× · 2020–2025 · $790k · revenue +39%
  • TA
    Thinker Analytix Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $240k · revenue +109%
  • FS
    Firewheel STEM Institute
    5× · 2020–2024 · $200k · revenue +183%

Funded once

  • SS
    SOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $140k · revenue -17% · 30% of their budget
  • OB
    OLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF ST LOUIS
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • SM
    ST MICHAEL INDIAN SCHOOL (CATHOLIC)
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
2
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

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3
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
6
National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Inc

To provide leadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful african american, native american and latinx women and men in engineering and technology, math, and science-based careers.

Civil Rights
7
Lowell Observatory

The mission of lowell observatory is to pursue the study of astronomy, especially the study of our solar system and its evolution; to conduct pure research in astronomical phenomena; and to maintain quality public education and outreach…

Science & Tech
8
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) is a world-renowned center for biological discovery and training that is notably affiliated with more than 60 Nobel Prize winners. Research is conducted by full-time faculty as well as hundreds of the…

Science & Tech
11
New York Hall of Science

Nysci's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through design make play - an approach to learning and engagement that is deeply rooted in research on stem learning and guides the…

Arts & Culture
12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Indian College Fund; the most unlike its peers is Open Science Hardware 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.
04the grantee network

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 36 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/24
Grantees still filing
13/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Trustees of Tufts College: $790,000 · EducationTrustees of Tufts CollegeThinker Analytix Inc: $240,000 · EducationThinker Analytix IncWHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE INC: $157,100 · EducationWHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE INCSOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC: $140,000 · EducationSOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INCMaryville University - St Louis: $130,000 · EducationMaryville University - St LouisPROJECT SYNCERE: $70,000 · Education+3 more: $33,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITIY: $100,000 · OtherARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITI…OLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF ST LOUIS: $100,000 · OtherOLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL AT …ST MICHAEL INDIAN SCHOOL (CATHOLIC): $100,000 · OtherST MICHAEL INDIAN SCHOOL…NAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherNAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERS…YMCA OF THE USA: $50,000 · OtherYMCA OF THE USAIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipie…CASA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherCASA FOUNDATIONURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $35,000 · OtherURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOL…FIREWHEEL STEM INSTITUTE: $25,000 · Other+9 more: $70,056 · Other+9 moreKarkhana Global: $240,000 · InternationalKarkhana …Firewheel STEM Institute: $200,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND: $150,000 · Science & TechCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Science & Tech+2 more: $7,000 · Science & TechCODMAN COMMUNITY FARMS INC: $60,000 · Food & NutritionCOLORADO CATTLEMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST: $3,030 · Food & NutritionKEYAH ADVANCED RURAL MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Education$1,560,100Other$630,056International$240,000Human Services$200,000Science & Tech$187,000Food & Nutrition$63,030Community Improvement$25,000

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 budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $790,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKarkhana Global: $240,000 over 3y, 36% of budgetThinker Analytix Inc: $240,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetFirewheel STEM Institute: $200,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetWHITE MOUNTAIN SCIENCE INC: $157,100 over 6y, 11% of budgetNATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING FUND: $150,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSOUTH SUDANESE ENRICHMENT FOR FAMILIES INC: $140,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetMaryville University - St Louis: $130,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT SYNCERE: $70,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCODMAN COMMUNITY FARMS INC: $60,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetNAVAJO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF SCIENCE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN SCIENCE HARDWARE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetNORTHERN ALASKA ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER: $4,056 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO CATTLEMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST: $3,030 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetScratch Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Mac Five Foundation I…Trustees of Tufts Col…Tides FoundationVanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Mac Five Foundation IncMA17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mac Five Foundation Inc · Trustees of Tufts College · Tides Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Rogers Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rogers Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Museum of Science: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report 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
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Rogers Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Rogers Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 36 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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