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The Roney 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.

$90k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Religion$436kRecreation & Sports$270kFood & Nutrition$86kEnvironment$54kHuman Services$49kYouth Development$26kEducation$25kHealth$19kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $77k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRIST CHILD SOCIETY$27,000
DETROIT HORSE POWER$20,000
CAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN$20,000
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME$10,000
MARIAN HIGH SCHOOL$5,000
BROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL$4,000
ANGELS PLACE$2,000
HOLY NAME CHURCH$2,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $47k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHARITY NEWSIES: $8k → 15%MISERICORDIA HOME: $3k → 14%CHARITY NEWSIES: $5k → 15%MISERICORDIA HOME: $2k → 14%CHARITY NEWSIES: $5k → 15%MISERICORDIA HOME: $2k → 14%CHARITY NEWSIES: $4k → 15%CHARITY NEWSIES: $2k → 15%WOMENS RESOURCE CENTER OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN: $2k → 9%ANGELS' PLACE: $7k → 8%ANGEL'S PLACE: $3k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $3k → 8%ANGELS PLACE: $2k → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$683k · 17 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
14

Total granted

$683k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+43%

Still filing today

53%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationEnvironmentPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentInternationalOther
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

  • LT
    Little Traverse Conservancy Inc
    4× · 2018–2024 · $45k · revenue +145%
  • DETROIT HORSE POWER
    3× · 2021–2025 · $26k · revenue +133%
  • ON
    OHIO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2018–2022 · $24k · revenue +41%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF OTSEGO
    one grant, 2022 · $8k
  • MF
    MANA FOOD PROJECT
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • KC
    KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
2
Land Conservancy of West Michigan

Our mission is conserving West Michigans ecologically critical land. We protect land by creating public nature preserves, providing support to communities and local governments in creating natural areas, and helping private landowners…

Environment
3
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
University Corporate Research Park I Inc

To hold title and perform related functions in connection with a research park and innovation center in support of michigan state university research foundation.

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6
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Omaha Inc

In response to god's call to love our neighbor, catholic charities of the archdiocese of omaha enables the works of mercy to be received and lived.

—
7
Michigan Science Center

The mission of the michigan science center is to inspire curious minds of all ages to discover, explore and appreciate science, technology, engineering and math in a creative, dynamic learning environment.

Education
8
Mymichigan Health Foundation

The corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, educational and scientific purposes by conducting or supporting activites exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the…

Health
9
Walsh University Inc

Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…

Education
10
Northern Michigan Hematology and Oncology

Provide professional services for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and infectious disease and related conditions.

Health
11
National Opinion Research Center

See schedule onorc at the university of chicago conducts research and data science on critical societal issues to guide decision-making and the development of programs and public policy. our experts identify relationships and trends, and…

Social Science
12
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mclaren Northern Michigan Foundation; the most unlike its peers is University of Notre Dame du Lac. 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

17 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. 17 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY OF THE WOODS: $250,339 · OtherST MARY OF THE WOODSCHRIST CHILD SOCIETY: $172,500 · OtherCHRIST CHILD SOCIETYCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN: $75,500 · OtherCAPUCHIN SOUP KITCHEN+14 more: $75,167 · Other+14 moreUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $270,339 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac+3 more: $10,000 · EducationLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $45,000 · EnvironmentOTSEGO WILDLIFE LEGACY SOCIETY INC: $2,000 · EnvironmentOHIO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION INC: $23,500 · Human ServicesANGELS' PLACE: $15,000 · Human ServicesMISERICORDIA HOME: $6,500 · Human ServicesWomens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc: $2,000 · Human ServicesDETROIT HORSE POWER: $26,000 · Youth DevelopmentWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,000 · InternationalSUNSHINE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyOTSEGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyROSE HILL FOUNDATION: $1,500 · PhilanthropyMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $5,333 · Health
Other$573,506Education$280,339Environment$47,000Human Services$47,000Youth Development$26,000International$7,000Philanthropy$6,500Health$5,333

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 budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $270,339 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDETROIT HORSE POWER: $26,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION INC: $23,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetANGELS' PLACE: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWalsh College of Accountancy & Business Administration: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA HOME: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION: $5,333 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MANNA FOOD PROJECT INC DBA - THE MANNA FOOD PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSUNSHINE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWomens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOTSEGO WILDLIFE LEGACY SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetROSE HILL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetSANDHILL COVE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC: $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.

  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds Little Traverse Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds DETROIT HORSE POWER ↗
  • Who funds OHIO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ANGELS' PLACE ↗
  • Who funds Walsh College of Accountancy & Business Administration ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA HOME ↗
  • Who funds MCLAREN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MANNA FOOD PROJECT INC DBA - THE MANNA FOOD PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds SUNSHINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Womens Resource Center of Northern Michigan Inc ↗
  • Who funds OTSEGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OTSEGO WILDLIFE LEGACY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSE HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANDHILL COVE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AVE MARIA UNIVERSITY INC ↗

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.

Community Foundation …James M and Louise C …DTE Energy FoundationThe Ayco Charitable F…Charities Aid Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Raymond James Charita…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…
Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganMI15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · James M and Louise C Roche Foundation · DTE Energy Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Ave Maria University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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

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How do I get to The Roney Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Roney 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 33 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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