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The Rose Foundation Inc

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.

$227k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$162k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$560kEducation$381kCrime & Legal$201kFood & Nutrition$66kYouth Development$61kArts & Culture$35kHuman Services$32kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $9k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $218k
$56,100
Median grant
2
States reached
$475k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Rippowam Cisqua School$162,000
Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship Inc$56,100
Lotts Creek Community School$6,800
The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry Inc$2,500
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 (FY19–20, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%RxArt: $16k → 17%RxArt: $10k → 17%Zero8Hundred: $2k → 11%San Diego Center for Children: $3k → 11%North County Lifeline: $3k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
NY
OH
PA
CT
CA
KY
DC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 12 repeat orgs$154k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
18

Total granted

$1.2M
$151k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+23%

Still filing today

83%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHealthYouth 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

  • VF
    VOICES FOR CHILDREN
    5× · 2019–2023 · $201k · revenue +42%
  • ET
    ENDEAVOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $141k · revenue +109%
  • RA
    RX ART INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $26k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • RC
    RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO
    one grant, 2024 · $38k · revenue -37%
  • BA
    Boys and Girls Clubs of San Diegutto
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • OO
    OUTDOOR OUTREACHgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +127%
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 San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
2
United Way of San Diego County

To spark breakthrough community action that elevates every child and family toward a brighter future.

Philanthropy
3
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
4
The New Childrens Museum

The New Childrens Museum (the Museum) in San Diego is an arts-based childrens museum whose mission is to stimulate imagination, creativity, and critical thinking in children and families through inventive, engaging experiences with…

Arts & Culture
5
Childrens Legal Services of San Diego

The purpose of providing legal representation and advocacy to foster children and youth in the San Diego County courts.

Philanthropy
6
Feeding San Diego

On a mission to connect every person facing hunger with nutritious meals by maximizing food rescue. through direct service and community partnerships, feeding san diego provides more than 26 million meals each year to children, families,…

Food & Nutrition
7
Jewish Federation of San Diego County

Jewish federation of san diego county is dedicated to building a vibrant, caring, connected, and enduring jewish community.

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8
Jewish Family Service of San Diego

Jewish family service is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, healthier, more resilient san diego.

Human Services
9
Rady Children's Health

Rady children's health (formerly rady children's hospital and health center (rchhc)) was formed to acquire, establish, maintain, conduct, operate, raise funds for, and otherwise support, directly or indirectly through its affiliates,…

Health
10
San Diego Diplomacy Council

Programmed and coordinated visits to san diego by international visitors and escorts, working in association with appropriate united states government agencies and the global ties u.s. network.

Community Improvement
11
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
12
Social Advocates for Youth San Diego Inc

To partner with youth, families, adults and communities to reach their full potential and is achieved through comprehensive and integrated programming in the areas of child and youth development; youth, adult and family wellness and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is San Diego Center for Children; the most unlike its peers is International Rescue Committee Inc. 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

25 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. 25 of the 32 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
17/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Rady Children's Hospital: $345,003 · OtherRady Children's HospitalFeeding America San Diego: $63,333 · OtherFeeding America San DiegoBoys and Girls Clubs of San Diegutto: $25,000 · OtherBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 · Other+11 more: $70,268 · Other+11 moreThe Rippowam Cisqua School Inc: $332,000 · EducationThe Rippowam Cisqua School IncLOTTS CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $37,856 · EducationLOTTS CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL+1 more: $10,000 · EducationVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $201,250 · Civil RightsVOICES FOR CHILD…ENDEAVOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC: $141,350 · HealthENDEAVOR THE…Emilio Nares Foundation: $10,000 · HealthEmilio Nares…RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $37,539 · PhilanthropyCouncil on Foundations Inc: $7,000 · PhilanthropyJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $5,133 · PhilanthropyTHE MOUNT KISCO INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $2,500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $150 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentOUTDOOR OUTREACH: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentRX ART INC: $26,052 · Human ServicesNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3,043 · Human ServicesSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $3,043 · Human ServicesZero8Hundred Inc: $2,178 · Human Services
Other$521,104Education$379,856Civil Rights$201,250Health$151,350Philanthropy$52,322Youth Development$36,000Human Services$34,316

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 budgetThe Rippowam Cisqua School Inc: $332,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $201,250 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetENDEAVOR THERAPEUTIC HORSEMANSHIP INC: $141,350 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetLOTTS CREEK COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $37,856 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetRADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SAN DIEGO: $37,539 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRX ART INC: $26,052 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHWEST SAN DIEGO COUNTY INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBALLET THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CENTER OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOUTDOOR OUTREACH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDON DIEGO SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetEmilio Nares Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE RECORDER NEWS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Butterfly Project: $7,200 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCouncil on Foundations Inc: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO: $5,133 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Diego Nice Guys Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetNORTH COUNTY LIFELINE INC DBA LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $3,043 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $3,043 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT KISCO INTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetZero8Hundred Inc: $2,178 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNEW VOCATIONS RACEHORSE ADOPTION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCatalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties: $150 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.

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.

Rancho Santa Fe Found…The San Diego Foundat…Jewish Community Foun…Walter J & Betty C Za…The Cushman FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…Sempra FoundationPrice Philanthropies …The Conrad Prebys Fou…Pratt Memorial FundThe Parker FoundationLeichtag Foundation
Rancho Santa Fe FoundationCA23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · The San Diego Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Walter J & Betty C Zable Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Sempra Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Pratt Memorial Fund · The Parker Foundation · Leichtag Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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How do I get to The Rose Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Rose Foundation Inc 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 32 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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