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The Rogovy 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.

$249k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.7MPublic Benefit$390kEnvironment$220kCrime & Legal$35kInternational$34kEducation$25kAnimals$25kCivil Rights$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $4k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $245k
$20,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRO PUBLICA INC$35,000
FILM MAKERS COLLABORATIVE INCORPORATED$25,000
UTAH FILM CENTER$25,000
FRIENDS OF BONOBOS$25,000
WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC$25,000
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION$25,000
KINDLING GROUP NFP$20,000
REDFORD CENTER INC$15,000
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION$15,000
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION$15,000
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGT$10,000
FILM INDEPENDENT INC$10,000
RATTAPALLAX INCORPORATED$3,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $1k → 15%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

IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
UT
KY
VA
NM
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 22 repeat orgs$629k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
33

Total granted

$1.8M
$551k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+6%

Still filing today

95%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $79k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CulturePublic BenefitInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • PRO PUBLICA INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $195k · revenue +48%
  • IF
    INDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT INC
    4× · 2017–2020 · $118k · revenue +8%
  • WM
    WOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $105k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • REWILDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $120k · revenue +101%
  • AP
    AFTERIMAGE PUBLIC MEDIA
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +10%
  • MP
    Mirabel Pictures
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -95%
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
Field of Vision Inc

Field of Vision is a filmmaker and artist driven organization that commissions, creates and supports original nonfiction films about developing and ongoing stories around the globe. Field of Vision supports work that uses innovative and…

Arts & Culture
2
WorkingFilms Inc

Recognizing the power of film to inspire, Working Films positions documentaries to increase civic engagement and shift culture at the local, state, and national level.

Arts & Culture
3
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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4
Breaking Through the Lens

Advocate for gender equality in the film industry.

Arts & Culture
5
Reel Earth Films

Reel Earth Films promotes wildlife conservation by creating films that nurture the human connection to nature, spread awareness about life-threatening challenges facing species worldwide, and advance environmental activism and research.

Arts & Culture
6
Moving Picture Institute

The moving picture institute is a nonprofit production company and talent incubator that creates high-impact films designed to entertain, inspire, and educate audiences with captivating stories about human freedom.

Arts & Culture
7
Newport Film Inc

Newport film inspires, educates, and entertains by presenting current and impactful documentaries that build community and propel change.

Arts & Culture
8
Authentic Arc Inc

Authentic arc's mission includes supporting the independent documentary film community and supporting and promoting diversity in the independent documentary film community. authentic arc helps fund unique films that make a meaningful…

Arts & Culture
9
Cabin Creek Center for Work & Environmental Studies Inc

Documentary films

Arts & Culture
10
National Film Preservation Foundation

The NFPF is a nonprofit organization established in the District of Columbia resulting from an Act of Congress in order to preserve and make publicly accessible our nations film heritage. The NFPF works with archives to preserve American…

Arts & Culture
11
Docs in Progress Inc

Docs in progress is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which gives individuals the tools to tell stories through documentary film to educate, inspire, and transform the way people view their world.

Arts & Culture
12
Kartemquin Educational Films

Kartemquin's mission is to empower the creation of stories that foster a more engaged and just society -- turning toward and grappling with the most critical issues of our time. we do this by producing documentaries on a wide range of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Documentary Educational Resources Inc; the most unlike its peers is Btl Project. 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

57 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. 57 of the 60 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
53/57
Grantees still filing
35/57
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $337,500 · Arts & CultureINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INCPRO PUBLICA INC: $195,000 · Arts & CulturePRO PUBLICA INCINDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT INC: $117,500 · Arts & CultureINDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT INCWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $105,000 · Arts & CultureWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INCFrom The Heart Productions: $100,000 · Arts & CultureFrom The Heart ProductionsTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INCFILM INDEPENDENT: $79,415 · Arts & CultureFILM INDEPENDENTFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $60,000 · Arts & Culture+18 more: $378,032 · Arts & Culture+18 moreThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $250,000 · OtherThe Center for Investigat…SALT LAKE CITY FILM CENTER AND ARTISTS COLLABORATI: $130,000 · OtherSALT LAKE CITY FILM CENTE…NEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION INC: $25,000 · OtherJIGSAW EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIONS INC: $25,000 · OtherPROP 8 FILMS: $25,000 · OtherWOMEN RISING PRODUCTIONS: $20,000 · Other+16 more: $91,000 · Other+16 moreREWILD: $120,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF BONOBOS: $25,000 · AnimalsCITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON INC: $52,500 · Public BenefitOPENSECRETS: $37,500 · Public BenefitGreater Philadelphia Film Office: $25,000 · Public BenefitTHE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY: $15,000 · Public BenefitPROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $10,000 · Public BenefitREDFORD CENTER INC: $50,000 · EnvironmentLEGASEAS INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentDOC SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $24,100 · PhilanthropyMARCH FOR OUR LIVES FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Crime & Legal
Arts & Culture$1,457,447Other$566,000Animals$145,000Public Benefit$140,000Environment$75,000Philanthropy$49,100Crime & Legal$35,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FOUNDATION INC: $337,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetThe Center for Investigative Reporting Inc: $250,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPRO PUBLICA INC: $195,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetREWILD: $120,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINDEPENDENT FEATURE PROJECT INC: $117,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWOMEN MAKE MOVIES INC: $105,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFrom The Heart Productions: $100,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $85,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $79,415 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON INC: $52,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetREDFORD CENTER INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE KINDLING GROUP: $45,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetOPENSECRETS: $37,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTHERN DOCUMENTARY FUND: $35,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetMARCH FOR OUR LIVES FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNIONDOCS INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAFTERIMAGE PUBLIC MEDIA: $30,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE FILMMAKERS COLLABORATIVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF BONOBOS: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMirabel Pictures: $25,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetUTAH FILM CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCITY LORE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNEW YORK WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLEGASEAS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetGreater Philadelphia Film Office: $25,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetDOC SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA: $24,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN RISING PRODUCTIONS: $20,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetDOCUMENTARY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEGRITY: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Third Way Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCalifornia Prison Focus: $15,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetCHICKEN & EGG FILMS INC: $10,532 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNew Mexico Film Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetTHE RICKS OBEROI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetHOMELANDS RESEARCH GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetPROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT INC: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE & CREATIVITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN OVERSIGHT INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRATTAPALLAX INCORPORATED: $3,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetRAZOM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $2,500 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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The Ford FoundationPerspective Media Ini…Jewish Communal FundThe San Francisco Fou…Catapult Film FundChicken & Egg Films I…Harnisch Family Found…Sundance InstituteTides FoundationImpactassetsincWellspring Philanthro…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA23.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Perspective Media Initiatives Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Catapult Film Fund · Chicken & Egg Films Inc · Harnisch Family Foundation · Sundance Institute · Tides Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc

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 Rogovy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rogovy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Documentary Educational Resources Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 60 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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