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The Rose Family Foundation at a glance

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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 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, FY2022 to 2025.

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE$100,000
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
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 (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 its 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
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.

4%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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%
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
Texas Trees Foundation

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

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc; 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 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. 15 of the 21 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
4/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER: $100,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF DALLAS TX: $100,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTrinity Park Conservancy: $12,000,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $200,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBIG THOUGHT: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE: $200,000 over 2y, 0.8% 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
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.

O'Donnell FoundationThe Addy FoundationMeadows Foundation IncTexas Instruments Fou…Kline Family Foundati…The Rees-Jones Founda…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's 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, 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 21 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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