California · Private foundation
The Roklen 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.
- $71k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $63,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $139k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Roklen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
InternationalHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsEducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $71k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $129k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $114k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $116k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $123k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $59k | 37% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $28k | n/a |
95% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Philanthropy$426kInternational$149kReligion$42kAnimals$14kPublic Benefit$10kEducation$8kHealth$7kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
IL
WI
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
MO
KY
VA
AZ
DC
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Elnet | $109,860 | 8 | 0% |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind | $13,481 | 6 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center | $8,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $6,320 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,050 | 4 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $2,970 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Waterorg | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Elnet | $109,860 | 8 | 0% |
| Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind | $13,481 | 6 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center | $8,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Israel Emergency Alliance | $6,320 | 5 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $5,050 | 4 | 0% |
| Navy Seal Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $2,970 | 3 | 0% |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Waterorg | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $2,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Chabad of Pacific Palisades Inc | $2,160 | 3 | n/a |
| Share Our Strength | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $1,580 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Biological Diversity Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Smile Train Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Academy for Jewish Religion | $1,440 | 2 | 0% |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Humane Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($506k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Roklen Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 20.
About The Roklen Foundation
- How much does The Roklen Foundation give?
- The Roklen Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $70,565 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Roklen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (63%), International (22%), Religion (6%).
- Who are The Roklen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Elnet ($110k), Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind ($13k), American Friends of the Rambam Medical Center ($9k).
- Does The Roklen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Roklen Foundation 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.
- Where is The Roklen Foundation based?
- The Roklen Foundation is based in CA.
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