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The Rosen Family 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.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.7MEnvironment$900kArts & Culture$706kFood & Nutrition$674kHealth$513kHuman Services$426kCommunity Improvement$250kMembership Benefit$106kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k10 grants · $153k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $240k
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.5M
$30,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$22M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - RIVER FALLS FOUNDATION$250,000
LAKEVIEW METHODIST HEALTH CARE CENTER$250,000
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND$100,000
MINNESOTA AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROM INC FOUNDATION$70,000
NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION$70,000
MONOGRAM FOODS LOVES KIDS FOUNDATION$40,000
FAIRMONT AREA COMMUNITY CENTER$30,000
BREAKTHROUGH T1D$12,500
CAREGIVERS RESPONSE EFFORT & SERVICE TEAM$10,704
FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND$10,000
AGAPE COMMUNITY OUTREACH$10,000
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF MID-NEBRASKA FOOD BANK$10,000
HEAVEN'S TABLE FOOD SHELF$10,000
PAUL'S PANTRY INC$10,000
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 (FY24–25, $71k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AGAPE COMMUNITY OUTREACH: $10k → 8%CAREGIVERS RESPONSE EFFORT & SERVICE TEAM: $50k → 11%CAREGIVERS RESPONSE EFFORT & SERVICE TEAM: $11k → 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.
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of The Rosen Family Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

The Rosen Family Foundation Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 11 repeat orgs$1.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue -10% since the first grant, against -29% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
6

Total granted

$3.5M
$1.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-10%
-29%

Still filing today

82%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $363k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +12%
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - RIVER FALLS FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $500k · revenue +43%
  • MH
    MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    3× · 2020–2022 · $206k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREEN BAY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +166% · 79% of their budget
  • GB
    GIBBON BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue -94% · 100% of their budget
  • WF
    WISE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $150k · revenue -40% · 63% of their budget
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
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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2
Midwest Food Bank Nfp

It is the mission of midwest food bank to share the love of christ by alleviating hunger and malnutrition and providing disaster relief.

Human Services
3
Mill City Farmers Market Charitable Fund

Mission: to support a healthier community through partnerships, educational programming, and support for organic farmers and local food producers.vision: to grow a just, local, sustainable food system by sharing resources and collaborating…

Arts & Culture
4
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
5
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
6
Minnesota Hospital Foundation

The minnesota hospital foundation works on strategies that include data-led quality and safety improvement, education, research, training and leadership to improve the health of minnesotans.

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7
Minnesota State Fair Foundation

The minnesota state fair foundation's mission is to preserve and improve the historic minnesota state fairgrounds and support state fair programs and projects in agriculture, arts & culture, education, the environment, and history.

Philanthropy
8
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
9
Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio

To grow hope in our region by creating pathways to nutritious food.

Food & Nutrition
10
Northland Foundation

The northland foundation supports northeastern minnesota people and communities working toward a future where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

Philanthropy
11
Mill City Farmers Market Inc

Mission: to inspire and nurture a healthy community by building a local, sustainable, and organic food economy in a vibrant experiential marketplace.vision: to be a nationally recognized marketplace model that connects, educates, and…

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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 Minnesota Ffa Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Caregivers Response Effort & Servic. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 28 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)
24/24
Grantees still filing
5/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $1,005,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - RIVER FALLS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - RIVER FALLS FOU…NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE INC: $280,000 · EducationNEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRIC…WISE FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationWISE FOUNDATION+1 more: $6,000 · EducationTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $400,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYMINNESOTA AGRICULTURE IN THE CLASSROM INC FOUNDATION: $297,500 · OtherMINNESOTA AGRICULTURE IN…CITY OF GIBBON: $75,000 · OtherCITY OF GIBBONGOLDEN HOUSE INC: $100,000 · OtherGOLDEN HOUSE INCCAREGIVERS RESPONSE EFFORT & SERVIC: $60,702 · OtherLAKESIDE CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $105,587 · OtherLAKESIDE CEMETERY FOUNDA…Monogram Foods Loves Kids Foundation: $40,000 · Other+7 more: $70,000 · Other+7 moreCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREEN BAY INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S MUSE…MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $206,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA HISTO…CENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $250,000 · HealthCENTRACARE …LAKEVIEW METHODIST HEALTH CARE CENTER: $250,000 · HealthLAKEVIEW ME…+1 more: $12,500 · HealthWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500,000 · EnvironmentWORLD WILD…GIBBON BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $200,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Community ImprovementFAIRMONT AREA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $180,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$1,941,000Other$1,148,789Arts & Culture$706,000Health$512,500Environment$500,000Community Improvement$250,000Recreation & Sports$180,000

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 MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $1,005,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - RIVER FALLS FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 2y, 4.9% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $500,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREEN BAY INC: $500,000 over 1y, 79% of budgetNEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION FOR AGRICULTURE INC: $280,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetCENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLAKEVIEW METHODIST HEALTH CARE CENTER: $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $206,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGIBBON BEAUTIFICATION FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetFAIRMONT AREA COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $180,000 over 3y, 79% of budgetWISE FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 63% of budgetLAKESIDE CEMETERY FOUNDATION: $105,587 over 2y, 69% of budgetGOLDEN HOUSE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCAREGIVERS RESPONSE EFFORT & SERVIC: $60,702 over 2y, 25% of budgetSOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMonogram Foods Loves Kids Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF MID-NEBR: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEAVENS TABLE FOOD SHELF: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL'S PANTRY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAGAPE Community Outreach: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSECOND CHANCES: $10,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetMINNESOTA FFA FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Land O'Lakes Foundati…Juanita E Schmeeckle …Minnesota Community F…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Land O'Lakes FoundationMN16.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Land O'Lakes Foundation · Juanita E Schmeeckle Charitable Trust · Minnesota Community Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Rosen Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rosen Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Rosen Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Rosen Family 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 28 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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