What kinds of organizations does The Rose Foundation support?

Recent grants show support for youth-serving organizations, higher-education institutions, and youth sports groups. The active fund list adds environmental justice, consumer rights, privacy, consumer financial education, watershed restoration, and grassroots climate resilience as ongoing areas of support.

Does The Rose Foundation make unrestricted grants?

Yes. The recent grants are repeatedly described as unrestricted contributions for the furtherance of the qualified charity's mission, including awards to Youth Villages Foundation Inc, University of Memphis Foundation, and University of Notre Dame Du Lac.

What is the typical grant size?

The foundation’s grant-size distribution is p25 $5,000, median $40,000, and p75 $137,500. Recent awards range from $2,000 to $500,000 in the list provided.

Where does The Rose Foundation give most often?

The top state by grant count is Tennessee. Recent recipients there include organizations in Memphis, as well as Love Is Action in Moscow, TN and Ave Maria Foundation of Memphis Inc in Bartlett, TN.

Can organizations submit unsolicited applications?

Several active funds accept unsolicited proposals, including the Grays Harbor / Chehalis River Watershed Fund, California Wildlands and Smart Growth Rapid Response Fund, Consumer Products Fund, Consumer Financial Education Fund, California Environmental Grassroots Fund, Madera Well Resilience Fund, Anthony Grassroots Prize, Consumer Privacy Rights Fund, and EJ-CEC.

Rose Foundation

Name: Rose Foundation — grants, 990 financials & funding data
Creator: Kindora

ActiveMutual & Membership Benefit

SANTA MONICA, CAWebsite3109987685

About Rose Foundation

The Rose Foundation makes a small number of large, unrestricted gifts primarily to organizations serving children and youth and to higher-education institutions. Its giving is national rather than locally concentrated, and it shows a clear preference for general operating support rather than project-restricted funding. The foundation repeatedly funds a single child-welfare organization while also supporting university foundations and youth sports programming.

Focus Areas

Residential and community services for at-risk youth (Youth Villages)Unrestricted support for university foundations / higher educationYouth sports and recreation programs (organized soccer)

Giving Approach

Concentrated, high-dollar grants with a small number of recipients; repeated multi-grant support to a flagship youth-welfare organization; primarily unrestricted/general operating contributions.

Funding Style

unrestricted supportgeneral operating supportflexible/core fundingorganizational sustainability

About Rose Foundation

The Rose Foundation’s recent giving is defined by repeated unrestricted support for Youth Villages Foundation Inc in Memphis, including a $500,000 grant in 2025 and a $350,000 grant in 2025. That pattern sits alongside large gifts to higher-education institutions and youth-serving organizations, showing a funder that favors flexible operating support over restricted project funding. The foundation’s largest recent grants also include $198,399 to University of Memphis Foundation in 2023 and $150,000 to Atlanta Youth Soccer Association Inc in 2025, pointing to a mix of child welfare, education, and youth recreation. Across the recent-grants list, the language is consistently “unrestricted contribution for the furtherance of the qualified charity’s mission,” which is a strong signal about how the foundation prefers to fund. The Rose Foundation also appears repeatedly in Memphis-area philanthropy through community and education intermediaries, while the current program list shows additional interests in environmental justice, consumer rights, privacy, watershed protection, and grassroots leadership. Taken together, the foundation combines a small number of large gifts with a broader set of issue-based funds that support organizations working on environmental, consumer, and community resilience topics.

What Rose Foundation Funds

In youth and child-welfare funding, The Rose Foundation gave $500,000 to Youth Villages Foundation Inc in 2025 for unrestricted support, with a second $350,000 unrestricted grant to the same organization that same year. For higher education, it supported University of Memphis Foundation with a $198,399 unrestricted grant in 2023 and later gave University of Notre Dame Du Lac $125,000 in 2023 and $100,000 in 2025. The foundation also backed youth sports with $150,000 to Atlanta Youth Soccer Association Inc in 2025, again as unrestricted support. Beyond these larger institutional gifts, the active fund list shows subject-specific work in environmental justice, consumer privacy, consumer financial education, watershed restoration, and grassroots climate resilience. That mix suggests a foundation that combines broad operating grants with targeted program funds.

How Rose Foundation Gives

The Rose Foundation’s recent grants are highly top-heavy: p25 is $5,000, median grant size is $40,000, and p75 is $137,500. The recent list also shows repeated support across years for the same organizations, especially Youth Villages Foundation Inc and University of Memphis Foundation, indicating a recurring pattern rather than one-time-only awards. Most grants are unrestricted contributions for the furtherance of the charity’s mission. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Its active funds accept unsolicited proposals in many cases, including several California-based and consumer-rights funds.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$1.2M

Total Assets

$31M

Total Revenue

$16.4M

Total Expenses

$1.4M

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $5K and $138K, with a median of $40K.

25th Percentile

$5K

Median

$40K

75th Percentile

$138K

Geographic Reach

Regional3 states funded

About 0% of grants go to recipients in TN.

Funding intensity

Low

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC	MEMPHIS, TN	$500,000	2025	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC	MEMPHIS, TN	$350,000	2025	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
ATLANTA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC	ATLANTA, GA	$150,000	2025	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	NOTRE DAME, IN	$100,000	2025	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
CHURCH HEALTH CENTER OF MEMPHIS INC	MEMPHIS, TN	$50,000	2025	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS	MEMPHIS, TN	$10,000	2025	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC	MEMPHIS, TN	$275,000	2024	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC	MEMPHIS, TN	$225,000	2024	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
ATLANTA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION INC	ATLANTA, GA	$150,000	2024	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC	MEMPHIS, TN	$150,000	2024	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	NOTRE DAME, IN	$100,000	2024	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION	MEMPHIS, TN	$100,000	2024	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS	MEMPHIS, TN	$40,746	2024	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION	MEMPHIS, TN	$20,000	2024	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC	MEMPHIS, TN	$275,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC	MEMPHIS, TN	$250,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION	MEMPHIS, TN	$198,399	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS FOUNDATION	MEMPHIS, TN	$150,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	NOTRE DAME, IN	$125,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS	MEMPHIS, TN	$40,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS	MEMPHIS, TN	$40,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC	NOTRE DAME, IN	$40,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
YMCA OF MEMPHIS & THE MID-SOUTH	MEMPHIS, TN	$7,500	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
AVE MARIA FOUNDATION OF MEMPHIS INC	BARTLETT, TN	$5,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS	MEMPHIS, TN	$5,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
LOVE IS ACTION	MOSCOW, TN	$5,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
LOVE IS ACTION	MOSCOW, TN	$5,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS	MEMPHIS, TN	$2,500	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MEMPHIS	MEMPHIS, TN	$2,000	2023	UNRESTRICTED CONTRIBUTION FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE QUALIFIED CHARITY'S MISSION

Recipient

Location

Amount

Year

Purpose

YOUTH VILLAGES FOUNDATION INC

MEMPHIS, TN

$500,000

2025