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Roney-Fitzpatrick Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 59-6147880. Reported 130 grants totalling $167,578 to 65 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$167,578granted, 2021-2024
65organizations funded
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$947,418assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Roney-Fitzpatrick Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $1,050; the smallest was $250 and the largest $10,209. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
63 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
62 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
4 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL$22,500332024
Montage Health DevelopmentMonterey, CA$14,000442024
CgfBoston, MA$10,209112022
Kazu Public RadioSeaside, CA$9,459442024
University of Miami Development Office of Business AdministrationCoral Gables, FL$7,500112021
Khan Academy IncMountain View, CA$7,455222024
College of General StudiesBoston, MA$7,100442024
Kqed Public TelevisionSan Francisco, CA$5,450442024
Winchester Hospital FoundationWinchester, MA$5,000442024
Northfield Mount Hermon SchoolMount Hermon, MA$4,500332024
Winchester AbcWinchester, MA$4,500442024
University of Miami School of LawCoral Gables, FL$4,000332024
Golden Oldies Cat RescueMonterey, CA$3,250442024
Natividad Medical Foundation IncSalinas, CA$3,155332024
Nfs Charitable Gift FundNewark, DE$3,150112021
Arverne Church of God IncFar Rockaway, NY$3,000332024
Boston University School of EngineeringBoston, MA$3,000332024
The Madeira SchoolMclean, VA$3,000332023
Monterey County Symphony AssnCarmel By the, CA$2,400332024
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital FoundationSalinas, CA$2,150332023
Carmel Bach Festival Foundation IncCarmel, CA$2,000222024
Meals on Wheels of the Salinas Valley inSalinas, CA$2,000332024
Winchester Public LibraryWinchester, MA$2,000442024
Hope Horses & KidsSalinas, CA$1,750222024
Animal Rescue League of BostonBoston, MA$1,500332024
Big Sur Land TrustMonterey, CA$1,500332024
Cambridge School of Weston IncWeston, MA$1,500332024
Friends of the HighlineNew York, NY$1,500332023
Good Shepherd ServicesNew York, NY$1,500332023
North Mount Hermon Development OfficeWinchester, MA$1,500112021
Year UpBoston, MA$1,500332023
YWCAWashington DC, DC$1,200332024
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA$1,050112022
Mount Holyoke College the Alumnae FundSouth Hadley, MA$1,050112021
Arvernechurch OfgodFar Rockaway, NY$1,000112021
Boston University College of EngineeringBoston, MA$1,000112023
Carmel Bach Festival Cfmc/Mc GivesCarmel, CA$1,000112021
Carmel Bach Festival IncCarmel, CA$1,000112023
Community Human ServicesMonterey, CA$1,000222024
Hope Horses and KidsSalinas, CA$1,000112023
Loaves Fishes and ComputersSalinas, CA$1,000222023
Rancho Cielo IncSalinas, CA$1,000222024
The Madeira SchoolMclean, VI$1,000112024
The Vincent ClubBoston, MA$1,000112024
Trustees of Boston UniversityBoston, MA$1,000112023
University of Miami Law School Office of Alumni DevelopmentCoral Gables, FL$1,000112021
Girls Inc of the Central CoastSalinas, CA$750112021
Girls Incorporated of the CentralcoastSalinas, CA$750112022
Hopes Horses & KidsSalinas, CA$750112021
Larz Anderson MuseumBrookline, MA$750112024
Cambridge School WestonBoston, MA$500112021
Fast FriendsSwanzey, NH$500112024
Good Shepherd ServicesNew York, NE$500112024
Loaves Fishes & Computers IncSalinas, CA$500112022
Minds Matter Lars AndersonBoston, MA$500112024
Rancho Cielo Youth CampusSalinas, CA$500112023
Salinas Valley Health FoundationSalinas, CA$500112024
Winchester Fdn for Educational ExcellencWinchester, MA$500222023
Monterey County Symphony Cfm/Mc GivesMonterey, CA$450112021
YWCASalinas, CA$400112021
Big Sur Land Trust Cfmc/Mc GivesMonterey, CA$300112021
Meals on Wheels Cfmc/Mc GivesSalinas, CA$300112021
Rancho Cielo Youth Camps Cfmc/Cm GivesSalinas, CA$300112021
Animal Rescue Legaue of BostonBoston, MA$250112021
Winchester Foundation for Educational EsceWinchester, MA$250112021

32 of 65 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 64%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 74 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
20 grants
Health Care
12 grants
Human Services
10 grants
Arts & Culture
9 grants
Animal Welfare
7 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Food & Nutrition
3 grants
Environment
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202132$34,800$750
202233$48,918$1,000
202333$43,910$1,000
202432$39,950$775

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 39% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

California
$66K
Massachusetts
$50K
Florida
$35K
New York
$7K
Delaware
$3K
Virginia
$3K
District of Columbia
$1K
VI
$1K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund18 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc15 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program13 shared recipientsMorgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc13 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Roney-Fitzpatrick Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 185, Pittsburgh, PA, 15230. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 59-6147880 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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