Rosenberger Family Charitable Trust
Lewes, DE · EIN 23-2583927. Reported 90 grants totalling $268,600 to 44 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Rosenberger Family Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juniata College | Huntingdon, PA | $61,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bv Gathering for Generations Capital Campaign | Lititz, PA | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Church of the Brethren | Elgin, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Airedale Rescue & Adoption of the Delaware Valley Inc | Glen Mills, PA | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Flagstaff Festival of Science | Flagstaff, AZ | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends of Camp Colton | Flagstaff, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brethren Village | Lancaster, PA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richmond Symphony Orchestra | Richmond, IN | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Elizabethtown Library | Elizabethtown, PA | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arizona Trail Association | Tuscon, AZ | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bethany Theological Society | Richmond, IN | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Redlands | Redlands, CA | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Willow Bend Environmental Education Center | Flagstaff, AZ | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Womaen's Caucus | Portland, OR | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chimpanzee Sanctuary | Cle Elum, WA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Church of the Brethren Ministry | Elgin, IL | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends Fellowship Community | Richmond, IN | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center | Boulder, CO | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hospice and Community Care | Lancaster, PA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hymn Society | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lower Dauphin Communities That Care | Hummelstown, PA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Manchester University | North Manchester, IN | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New Community Project | Blue Ridge, VA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Warwick Education Foundation | Lititz, PA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Chefs | Portsmouth, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nittany Lions Wrestling Club | State College, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outreach International | Kansas City, MO | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Robyne's Nest | Huntington Beach, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cobys Family Services | Leola, PA | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| First Tee - Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Flagstaff Biking Organization | Flagstaff, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hershey Food Bank | Hershey, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| On Earth Peace | New Windsor, MD | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Richmond Friends School | Richmond, IN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Richmond Shakespeare Festival | Richmond, IN | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Warwick Mat Club | Lititz, PA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Habitat for Humanity - Richmond | Richmond, IN | $1,700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Schuylkill River Greenways Nha | Pottstown, PA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The First Tee-Pheonix | Pheonix, AZ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Camp Alexander Mack | Milford, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Church World Service | Elkhart, IN | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Christian Century | Chicago, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope House | Richmond, IN | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
27 of 44 (61%) 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 67%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Bv Gathering for Generations Capital Campaign
DEVELOPMENT BUILDING FUND - Flagstaff Festival of Science
GENERAL USE OF THE ORGANIZATION - Bethany Theological Society
GENERAL USE OF THE SEMINARY - Warwick Education Foundation
GENERAL USE OF THE FOUNDATION - Elizabethtown Library
GENERAL USE OF THE LIBRARY - Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
GENERAL USE OF ORGANIZATION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $83,700 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 25 | $57,200 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 22 | $57,200 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 13 | $70,500 | $2,500 |
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. 57% of this one's giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- 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.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Pennsylvania.
- 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.
- 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 Rosenberger Family Charitable Trust'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: 13 Cyprus Lane, Lewes, DE, 19958. 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.
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