California · Private foundation
The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal 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.
- $365k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $365k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $440k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $335k | 30% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $200k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $370k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $366k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $225k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $365k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Amboseli Trust for Elephants | $250,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $170,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Fistula Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| My Sister's Place Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Solar Sister Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc | $600,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Amboseli Trust for Elephants | $250,000 | 4 | 12% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $170,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation | $95,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Fistula Foundation | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| My Sister's Place Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Direct Relief | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Solar Sister Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Panzi Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| La Raza Centro Legal - San Francisco | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Food Bank for New York City | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Borders Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Lucky Dog Animal Rescue | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City Dogs Rescue Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation
- How much does The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation give?
- The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $365,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (57%), International (12%), Health (3%).
- Who are The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc ($600k), Amboseli Trust for Elephants ($250k), Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc ($170k).
- Does The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Network for Good.
- Where is The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation based?
- The Rolf and Elizabeth Rosenthal Family Foundation is based in CA.
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