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The Rose 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.

$18M
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$12M
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20222025.

Environment$12MHealth$3.4MAnimals$1.7MEducation$250kHuman Services$250kPhilanthropy$250kPublic Benefit$175kArts & Culture$160kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+5 grants · $17M
$125,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$75M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRINITY PARK CONSERVANCY$12,000,000
SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION$2,000,000
FRIENDS OF THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY$1,700,000
MEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE$1,000,000
METROCARE SERVICES$250,000
UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC$200,000
UT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE$160,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$140,000
CIRCUIT TRAIL CONSERVANCY$125,000
TEXAS 2036$125,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER$100,000
BIG THOUGHT$100,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF DALLAS TX$100,000
NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK$100,000
FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE$100,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY25–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%VOGEL ALCOVE: $50k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

4%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$730k · 4 repeat orgs$18M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
16

Total granted

$730k
$18M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

50%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 2% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
PhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementEducationHealthPublic BenefitHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • US
    UT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $320k
  • BT
    BIG THOUGHT
    2× · 2024–2025 · $200k · revenue -24%
  • FA
    FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $200k · revenue 0%

Funded once

  • TP
    Trinity Park Conservancy
    one grant, 2025 · $12M · revenue 0%
  • SM
    SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2025 · $2.0M · revenue +163%
  • TF
    THE FRIENDS OF THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY INC
    one grant, 2025 · $1.7M · revenue +1%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

2
Texas Water Trade

Creating markets for innovative water resiliency projects.

Environment
3
Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Inc

Coastal bend bays & estuaries program is dedicated to protecting and restoring bays and estuaries of the texas coastal bend. coastal bend bays and estuaries remain a vital part of the environmental and economic landscape by preserving and…

Environment
4
The University of TexasTexas a&M Investment Management Company

To generate superior long-term investment returns to support The University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems as they provide world-class teaching, push the boundaries of discovery, and achieve excellence in patient healthcare for…

Education
5
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
6
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
7
Third Way

To research and develop centrist policy ideas.

Civil Rights
8
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
9
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
10
Texas Agricultural Land Trust

To conserve the Texas heritage of agricultural lands, natural resources, and wildlife habitats.

Environment
11
Texas State Aquarium Association

The texas state aquarium's mission is engaging people with animals, inspiring appreciation for our seas, and supporting wildlife conservation. its vision is to be a global leader in fostering support for the conservation of the gulf of…

Animals
12
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc and the most unlike its peers is Grand Teton National Park Foundation. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
4/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Trinity Park Conservancy — $12,000,000 · Community ImprovementTrinity Park Conservancy+1 more — $125,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION — $2,000,000 · EducationSOUTHWESTERN…+1 more — $50,000 · EducationTHE FRIENDS OF THE CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY INC — $1,700,000 · PhilanthropyTHE FRIENDS…UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $200,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY …+1 more — $50,000 · PhilanthropyMEADOWS MENTAL HEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE FOR TEXAS — $1,000,000 · HealthFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE — $200,000 · HealthUT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE — $320,000 · OtherDALLAS COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH & MENTAL RETARDATION CENTER — $250,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $140,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $100,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — $100,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF DALLAS TX — $100,000 · OtherDALLAS 24 HOUR CLUB INC — $60,000 · OtherCOMMIT PARTNERSHIP — $50,000 · Other+1 more — $10,000 · OtherBIG THOUGHT — $200,000 · Arts & CultureTexas 2036 — $125,000 · Public BenefitVOGEL ALCOVE — $50,000 · Human Services
Community Improvement$12,125,000Education$2,050,000Philanthropy$1,950,000Health$1,200,000Other$1,130,000Arts & Culture$200,000Public Benefit$125,000Human Services$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTrinity Park Conservancy — $12,000,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetBIG THOUGHT — $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE — $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $140,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTexas 2036 — $125,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOGEL ALCOVE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

O'Donnell FoundationTX15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: O'Donnell Foundation · The Addy Foundation · Meadows Foundation Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · Kline Family Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Rose Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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