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The Rosewood Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Education$742kHealth$726kArts & Culture$403kEnvironment$254kHuman Services$214kPhilanthropy$139kReligion$124kYouth Development$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,520
Median grant
2
States reached
$19k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOUSTON LIVESTOCK SHOW & RODEO$3,500
ALEXANDER DAWSON FOUNDATION$2,520
ACHIEVEMENT CENTER OF TEXAS$100
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 (FY20–24, $158k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COVENANT HOUSE - NY: $50 → 17%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $275 → 5%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $2k → 20%NATIONAL DIAPER BANK NETWORK: $104 → 12%ORPHANOS FOUNDATION: $4k → 17%HEART FOR ORPHANS: $250 → 7%PATRIOT PAWS SERVICE DOGS: $150 → 5%ORPHANOS FOUNDATION: $450 → 17%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES: $100 → 8%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $50 → 20%ORPHANOS FOUNDATION: $257 → 17%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 16%CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $50 → 20%FRISCO FAMILY SERVICES: $52 → 8%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $2k → 12%CORE: $105 → 14%MODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%WICHITA CHILDRENS HOME: $500 → 16%OPERATION LIBERTY HILL: $100 → 10%INCARNATION HOUSE: $200 → 14%NETWORK OF COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $5k → 14%CARSON'S VILLAGE: $155 → 14%DALLAS HEARING FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%TRUSTED WORLD: $10k → 14%TRUSTED WORLD: $5k → 14%TRUSTED WORLD: $3k → 14%CITY SQUARE: $15k → 14%CITY SQUARE: $10k → 14%CITY SQUARE: $10k → 14%DALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $5k → 14%COMMUNITY PARTNERS OF DALLAS: $235 → 14%DALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $3k → 14%OUR CALLING: $50 → 14%TO BE LIKE ME: $3k → 14%DALLAS FURNITURE BANK: $8k → 14%DALLAS FURNITURE BANK: $8k → 14%DALLAS FURNITURE BANK: $8k → 14%THE CONCILIO: $10k → 14%ACHIEVEMENT CENTER OF TEXAS: $100 → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $20k → 14%FAMILY PLACE: $3k → 14%FAMILY PLACE: $2k → 14%FAMILY PLACE: $1k → 14%BACHMAN LAKE TOGETHER: $5k → 14%DELIVER FUND: $10k → 14%GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $3k → 14%GENESIS WOMENS SHELTER & SUPPORT: $1k → 14%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $100 → 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.

Which US states your grants reach

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CA
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CO
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AL
GA
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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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.6M · 126 repeat orgs$585k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

126 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 125 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

126
201

Total granted

$2.6M
$582k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+25%

Still filing today

74%
62%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureAnimalsEnvironmentOther

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

  • RF
    RETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST
    3× · 2020–2022 · $216k · revenue +28%
  • DC
    DALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $160k · revenue +18%
  • HH
    HEALING HANDS MINISTRIES INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $139k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • TC
    THE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXASgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $141k · revenue +712%
  • FC
    FAMILY COMPASS
    one grant, 2020 · $40k · revenue +5%
  • MI
    Momentous Institutegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +31%

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
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
2
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
3
Dallas Citizens Council

To lead and serve in the moments that matter the most for the people of dallas.

4
Dallas County Medical Society

The mission of the dallas county medical society is to promote public health and advocate for physicians and their relationship with patients, while upholding professionalism in the practice of medicine.

5
Dallas College Foundation Inc

Dallas college foundation enhances the level of achievement and excellence of dallas college by providing scholarships, eliminating barriers that prevent students from attending and graduating, and supporting innovation.

Education
6
Children's Health System of Texas

With more than 1 million patient visits each year, Children's Health is North Texas' leading pediatric health system and among the largest in the nation. For more than a century, our mission has been clear: make life better for children.…

Health
7
Texas Trees Foundation

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

8
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
9
Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

The mission of the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council is to drive evidence-based improvement in patient care and health equity throughout the region.

10
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
11
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
12
Episcopal Foundation of Dallas

The foundation's mission is to strengthen and support faith communities by partnering wise investments with purposeful giving.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Dallas Children's Advocacy Center and the most unlike its peers is Andrew Sabin Family Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Affordable Housing Developm…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Cancer Support ServicesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Immigrant Worker SupportCommunity College Foundatio…Military Veterans SupportEquine Therapy ProgramsDevelopmental Disabilities …School Parent OrganizationsSchool District FoundationsDomestic Violence ServicesFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Ymca Youth DevelopmentDance Arts OrganizationsElementary Literacy TutoringPolicy Research and AdvocacyYouth Sports ProgramsCommunity Arts CentersAnimal Rescue and ShelterHealth Access Advocacy and …Community FoundationsChristian Missionary Organi…Local History MuseumsSenior Support ServicesFood Banks and PantriesEnvironmental Conservation …Community Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 12. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number26%2%<5yr16%6%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr10%24%35–55yr13%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value26%6%<5yr16%1%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr16%18%20–35yr10%39%35–55yr13%25%55yr+

The field is 26% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 6% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.4% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.4%1/243
the rest of the field
15%
20,233/136,561

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

231 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. 231 of the 333 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)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
224/231
Grantees still filing
166/231
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COVENANT SCHOOL - DALLAS — $105,000 · OtherCOVENANT SCHOOL - DALLASTHE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION — $96,463 · OtherTHE CATHOLIC FOUNDATIONTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC — $76,100 · OtherTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INCCENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE COUNSELING — $66,103 · OtherDISCOVERY INSTITUTE — $63,000 · OtherWINGS — $55,000 · OtherESSILOR VISION FOUNDATION — $46,250 · Other+105 more — $789,577 · Other+105 moreRETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST — $215,730 · HealthRETINA FOUNDATION …HEALING HANDS MINISTRIES INC — $139,000 · HealthHEALING HANDS MINI…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $41,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SO…PARKLAND FOUNDATION — $30,250 · HealthPARKLAND FOUNDATIO…Nexus Recovery Center Incorporated — $30,000 · HealthNexus Recovery Cen…+10 more — $51,207 · Health+10 moreTHE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS — $141,001 · EducationTHE COMPASS SCHO…PRINCE OF PEACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $50,000 · EducationPRINCE OF PEACE …EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INC — $49,445 · EducationEDUCATIONAL OPPO…CARLTHORP SCHOOL — $40,000 · EducationCARLTHORP SCHOOLTexas A&M Foundation — $24,500 · EducationTexas A&M Founda…WEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $20,663 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION — $20,250 · Education+20 more — $113,202 · Education+20 moreDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC — $160,000 · Arts & CultureDALLAS CHILDR…DALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $80,175 · Arts & CultureDALLAS SYMPHO…The Dallas Opera — $50,000 · Arts & CultureThe Dallas Op…THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER — $30,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NASHER SC…FRONTIERS OF FLIGHT MUSEUM INC — $15,000 · Arts & CultureDallas Museum of Art — $14,995 · Arts & Culture+9 more — $31,437 · Arts & Culture+9 moreJohn Bunker Sands Wetland Center Inc — $138,135 · EnvironmentTexas Agricultural Land Trust — $30,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $21,000 · EnvironmentDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC — $20,659 · EnvironmentPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — $20,000 · Environment+2 more — $1,259 · EnvironmentCITYSQUARE — $35,000 · Human ServicesThe Family Place — $25,500 · Human ServicesDALLAS FURNITURE BANK — $22,500 · Human ServicesTRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION INC — $17,950 · Human ServicesDeliverFund — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE CONCILIO — $10,000 · Human ServicesDALLAS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER — $7,500 · Human Services+9 more — $27,205 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $124,720 · PhilanthropyTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL — $10,400 · Philanthropy+6 more — $16,962 · Philanthropy
Other$1,297,493Health$507,187Education$459,061Arts & Culture$381,607Environment$231,053Human Services$155,655Philanthropy$152,082

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRETINA FOUNDATION OF THE SOUTHWEST — $215,730 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetDALLAS CHILDRENS THEATER INC — $160,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE COMPASS SCHOOL OF TEXAS — $141,001 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetHEALING HANDS MINISTRIES INC — $139,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetJohn Bunker Sands Wetland Center Inc — $138,135 over 3y, 12% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC — $124,720 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $80,175 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF DALLAS INC — $76,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDISCOVERY INSTITUTE — $63,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Dallas Opera — $50,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPRINCE OF PEACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL — $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INC — $49,445 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetESSILOR VISION FOUNDATION — $46,250 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $41,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY COMPASS — $40,103 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCARLTHORP SCHOOL — $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCITYSQUARE — $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK — $32,525 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARKLAND FOUNDATION — $30,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNexus Recovery Center Incorporated — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTexas Agricultural Land Trust — $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCROSSROADS COMMUNITY SERVICES INC — $27,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Family Place — $25,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMomentous Institute — $25,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation — $24,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDALLAS FURNITURE BANK — $22,500 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC — $21,068 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND — $21,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEST DALLAS COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $20,663 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDALLAS ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL SOCIETY INC — $20,659 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION — $20,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARKS AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF TEXAS — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COOPER INSTITUTE — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTRUSTED WORLD FOUNDATION INC — $17,950 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRONTIERS OF FLIGHT MUSEUM INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Health Resources Foundation — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLUMIN EDUCATION — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDallas Museum of Art — $14,995 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHIGHLAND PARK ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $14,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDALLAS CASA — $12,260 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPARKINSON VOICE PROJECT INC — $11,050 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CRYSTAL CHARITY BALL — $10,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWILKINSON CENTER — $10,103 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPROMISE HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX68.6× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · The Dallas Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Hoblitzelle Foundation · United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Moody Foundation · The Addy Foundation · The Perot Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · W P & Bulah Luse Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation

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 Rosewood 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.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 50%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 1%
  • Feed the Children Inc1% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
52report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Rosewood Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Rosewood 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 333 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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