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The Rouse Company 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.

$150k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.2MCommunity Improvement$1.2MEducation$1.1MPhilanthropy$150kHealth$111kAnimals$83kFood & Nutrition$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$150,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$150,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $22k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS: $20k → 10%ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY: $2k → 6%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

NY
MA
PA
RI
MD
TN
TX
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 10 repeat orgs$432k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
30

Total granted

$3.7M
$432k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-7%
+48%

Still filing today

70%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman 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

  • BU
    Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc
    2× · 2019–2020 · $1.2M · revenue -67% · 45% of their budget
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    2× · 2019–2020 · $532k
  • JH
    JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $501k

Funded once

  • KB
    KIPP BALTIMORE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +36%
  • RM
    REBUILD METRO INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +270%
  • TM
    THE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +18%
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
Greater Baybrook Alliance Inc

Greater Baybrook Alliance GBA is a non-profit community development organization whose mission is to act as a catalyst and conduit for equitable development and reinvestment in the Brooklyn, Brooklyn Park, Curtis Bay neighborhoods and…

Community Improvement
2
Baltimore Corps Inc

To cultivate career advancement opportunities for local talent, facilitate talent acquisition for local employers, increase access to capital for local entrepreneurs' social ventures, and foster cross-sector collaboration to address city…

Employment
3
Southwest Baltimore Charter School Inc

Sbcs, a title 1 school, seeks to provide each child with the tools necessary to live a fulfilling, productive life. the rigorous expeditionary learning (el) school model is engaging and student-centered. el cultivates students' love of…

Education
4
The Arc Baltimore Inc

The arc baltimore supports people with developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives with a sense of belonging, purpose, and meaningful relationships.

Human Services
5
The Maryland School for the Blind

As a statewide resource center, the school provides outreach, educational and residential services for students to reach their fullest potential by preparing them to be as successful, independent, and well-rounded contributing members of…

Education
6
Greater Baltimore Committee Inc

Greater Baltimore Committee, Inc. is a not-for-profit, civic-interest corporation comprised of business and professional organizations located within the Greater Baltimore Area. Its purpose is to provide a strong, unified and effective…

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7
Howard County Chamber of Commerce

To represent the business community of howard county, maryland

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8
Metropolitan Baltimore Council of Afl-Cio Unions

The council was organized for the purpose of providing its members with adequate representation in various union related matters.

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9
The Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors Inc

The greater baltimore board of realtors, inc. is an advocate for the business and professional interests of its members, the practice of high ethical standards in the transfer of real property, and preserving private property rights.

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10
Baltimore Area Health Education Center

To eliminate health disparities by educating and strengthening the health care workforce. bahec provides interdisciplinary education programs that bridge academic, healthcare, and community settings to transform the health of underserved…

Health
11
Maryland Center On Economic Policy Inc

The maryland center on economic policy advances innovative policy ideas to foster broad prosperity and help our state be the standard-bearer for responsible public policy.

Social Science
12
Healthcare Access Maryland Inc

We are making maryland healthier by connecting residents to insurance and care, educating the community about healthier living, and advocating a more equitable health care system.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of Howard County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Howard County General Hospital 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

27 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. 27 of the 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $531,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $501,000 · OtherJOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITYHOWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $500,500 · OtherHOWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE+21 more: $287,500 · Other+21 moreBaltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc: $1,210,000 · Community ImprovementBaltimoreans United in Leadership…+1 more: $25,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $500,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES…BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $350,000 · Arts & CultureBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART+3 more: $26,000 · Arts & CultureHOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL INC: $81,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 · HealthON OUR OWN OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $10,000 · HealthKIPP BALTIMORE INC: $25,000 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $25,000 · EducationBRITTANY RESCUE IN TEXAS INC: $15,000 · AnimalsTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $12,500 · AnimalsFALLEN HORSE RESCUE: $10,000 · AnimalsVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $30,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,820,500Community Improvement$1,235,000Arts & Culture$876,000Health$111,000Education$50,000Animals$37,500Crime & Legal$30,000

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 budgetBaltimoreans United in Leadership Development Inc: $1,210,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetCENTER STAGE ASSOCIATES INC: $500,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $350,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHOWARD COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL INC: $81,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN INC: $30,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetKIPP BALTIMORE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREBUILD METRO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MARYLAND FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN MIGUEL EDUCATION CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF TALBOT COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetBLUE WATER BALTIMORE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBRITTANY RESCUE IN TEXAS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetTHE MARYLAND SPCA INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCREATIVE ALLIANCE INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSchoolSeed Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFALLEN HORSE RESCUE: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetSingle Carrot Theatre Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetON OUR OWN OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetMOVEABLE FEAST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDORCHESTER CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetBALTIMORE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ARC OF HOWARD COUNTY INC: $1,500 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.

The United Way of Cen…Baltimore Community F…The Abell Foundation …T Rowe Price Program …The Bunting Family Fo…The Morris Goldseker …Associated Jewish Cha…Annie E Casey Foundat…Ac and Penney Hubbard…Clayton Baker TrustThe John J Leidy Foun…The Kahlert Foundatio…
The United Way of Central Maryland IncMD21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · Baltimore Community Foundation Inc · The Abell Foundation Inc · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · The Bunting Family Foundation · The Morris Goldseker Foundation of Maryland Inc · Associated Jewish Charities of Baltimore · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Ac and Penney Hubbard Foundation Inc · Clayton Baker Trust · The John J Leidy Foundation Inc · The Kahlert Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Dorchester Center for the Arts Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Moveable Feast Inc: 18% of income from government
  • The Maryland Food Bank Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Center Stage Associates Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Rebuild Metro Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Howard County General Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 40 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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