The Rosenthal Foundation prioritizes direct service and community-building organizations that address housing instability, immigrant and legal defense, healing from violence/trauma, and culturally specific social services. They fund both neighborhood-level initiatives (day shelters, lease-to-own community land trusts, farm and youth programs) and advocacy/legal service groups, often supporting general operating needs or capacity upgrades. Grants are distributed across several states but show particular strength in Virginia and New York-area organizations, and include at least one substantial anchor gift to a Jewish social services organization.
A $100,000 grant to Jewish Family Services Supporting Foundation stands out in the Rosenthal Foundation’s recent record and signals a willingness to make larger anchor gifts alongside a broad base of $15,000 awards. The foundation’s giving centers on direct service and community-building organizations working on housing instability, immigrant and legal defense, healing from violence and trauma, and culturally specific social services. In practice, that means support for day shelters, emergency assistance, lease-to-own housing models, immigrant defense, trauma-healing work, and neighborhood-based community programs. The Rosenthal Foundation also appears to favor operating support and program organization support, with several grants framed that way across its recent awards. Recent recipients include The Haven at First and Market Inc, which received support for a multi-resource day shelter in Charlottesville, and Maggie Walker Community Land Trust, funded for its lease-to-own program. The pattern suggests a funder that backs both frontline service providers and organizations building longer-term community stability, often through modest, repeatable grants and an occasional larger commitment.
Housing support is a clear theme in the Rosenthal Foundation’s recent giving. They awarded $20,000 to The Haven at First and Market Inc for a multi-resource day shelter in Charlottesville, and gave $15,000 to SAVE Inc. in Kansas City for permanent, transitional, and emergency housing. Affordable homeownership and neighborhood stabilization also appear through a $15,000 grant to Maggie Walker Community Land Trust for its lease-to-own program. On the immigrant and legal defense side, the foundation gave $15,000 to Ulster Immigrant Defense Network for program organization needs and $15,000 to Columbia County Sanctuary Movement for DEI campaign and implementation. Their trauma and violence-related funding includes $15,000 to Truth Be Told for healing trauma and $15,000 to Virginia Anti-Violence Project for general operations.
Grant sizes cluster tightly at $15,000, with the reported p25, median, and p75 all at $15,000. That points to a highly standardized grantmaking pattern, even though the foundation also made one larger $100,000 award. Recent recipients repeat across years, including The Haven at First and Market Inc, Girls for a Change, The Happily Natural Day, SAVE Inc., Maggie Walker Community Land Trust, Urban Justice Center, Truth Be Told, and Columbia County Sanctuary Movement. The Rosenthal Foundation appears to fund from a private family-style model rather than through a public application system, and the grants frequently support general operations, program organization, or facility and website improvements.
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Most grants fall between $15K and $15K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$15K
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Mostly mid-sized, often repeat grants (many organizations received two grants) with a mix of operational and program support; geographically distributed but with recurring investments in Virginia and New York-area nonprofits. Portfolio features one large anchor gift alongside several $15k–$35k commitments, indicating concentrated but diversified support to a small number of repeated grantees.
Notable grantees: Jewish Family Services Supporting Foundation, The Haven at First and Market Inc, Urban Justice Center, SAVE Inc, Truth Be Told
The Rosenthal Foundation gives nationally, with grants landing across Virginia, Missouri, New York, Texas, Tennessee, Washington, DC, and California. Virginia is a major destination, including Richmond, Charlottesville, and Chesterfield, while Missouri appears through Kansas City and New York through Hudson, Kingston, New York City, and Poughkeepsie. Recipients in Virginia are especially visible in the recent list, but the grant map extends well beyond the foundation’s headquarters and shows a broad East Coast and Midwest footprint.
Their recent grants go to direct service and community-building groups working on housing instability, immigrant and legal defense, healing from violence and trauma, and culturally specific social services. The list also includes neighborhood land trust work, emergency assistance, youth programs, and community development efforts.
The foundation’s typical grant size is $15,000, and the p25, median, and p75 are all $15,000. That means most recent awards land at the same level, even though the foundation also made a larger $100,000 grant in the recent record.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including The Haven at First and Market Inc., Girls for a Change, The Happily Natural Day, SAVE Inc., Maggie Walker Community Land Trust, Urban Justice Center, Truth Be Told, and Columbia County Sanctuary Movement. That suggests repeat support is part of the pattern.
Their recent awards include general operations, program organization needs, facility and website updates, an immersion computer lab, a lease-to-own program, and a day shelter. The mix shows support for both operating capacity and specific program or capital needs.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund | Chattanooga, TN | $376,629 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Kate Belleman Donor Advised Fund | Richmond, VA | $376,629 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Amy Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund | Washington, DC | $376,629 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Elizabeth Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund | Chicago, IL | $376,629 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Abigail Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund | Austin, TX | $376,628 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Sarah Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund | Rhinebeck, NY | $376,628 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Jerry Rosenthanl Donor Advised Fund | Charlottesville, VA | $376,628 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Tom Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund | Richmond, VA | $376,628 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Jean Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund | Kansas City, MO | $376,628 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Nancy Belleman Donor Advised Fund | Richmond, VA | $376,628 | 2025 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Casa Marianella | Austin, TX | $3,157 | 2025 | Housing and supportservices for displacedimmigrants in Austin, TX |
| Jewish Family Services Supporting Foundation | Richmond, VA | $100,000 | 2024 | Fund program organization needs |
| Columbia County Sanctuary Movement | Hudson, NY | $15,000 | 2024 | DEI campaign and implementation |
| Urban Justice Center | New York City, NY | $15,000 | 2024 | support vulnerableNew Yorkers &fuel social change |
| Girls for a Change | Chesterfield, VA | $15,000 | 2024 | Immersion computer lab |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $15,000 | 2024 | create projects to positivelyimpact and develop localcommunities into happy healthy places. |
| Poughkeepsie Farm Project | Poughkeepsie, NY | $15,000 | 2024 | Fund general operations |
| Ulster Immigrant Defense Network | Kingston, NY | $15,000 | 2024 | Fund programorganization needs |
| SAVE Inc | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 2024 | Provide permanent,transitional, and emergencyhousing to KC vulnerable |
| Truth Be Told | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 2024 | Healing Trauma |
| The Haven at First and Market Inc | Charlottesville, VA | $15,000 | 2024 | To combat homelessnessthrough multi-resource dayshelter in Charlottesville, VA |
| Kite's Nest | Hudson, NY | $15,000 | 2024 | Fund programorganization needs |
| Maggie Walker Community Land Trust | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | 2024 | lease-to-own program |
| The Happily Natural Day | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | 2024 | Fund general operations |
| Beloved Community Incubator | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 2024 | Fund general operatingexpenses |
| Virginia Anti-Violence Project | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | 2024 | Fund general operations |
| The Haven at First and Market Inc | Charlottesville, VA | $20,000 | 2023 | To combat homelessnessthrough multi-resource dayshelter in Charlottesville, VA |
| AIM Center | Chattanooga, TN | $20,000 | 2023 | facility and websiteupdates |
| Truth Be Told | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 2023 | Healing Trauma |
| Alliance for Interfaith Ministries | Charlottesville, VA | $15,000 | 2023 | Temporary emergency assistanceto families in crisis,from homelessness,or other hardship. |
| Virginia Anti-Violence Project | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | 2023 | Fund general operations |
| Urban Justice Center | New York City, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | support vulnerableNew Yorkers &fuel social change |
| The Happily Natural Day | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | 2023 | Fund general operations |
| Columbia County Sanctuary Movement | Hudson, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | DEI campaign and implementation |
| Girls for a Change | Chesterfield, VA | $15,000 | 2023 | Immersion computer lab |
| Social Good Fund | Richmond, CA | $15,000 | 2023 | create projects to positivelyimpact and develop localcommunities into happy healthy places. |
| Maggie Walker Community Land Trust | Richmond, VA | $15,000 | 2023 | lease-to-own program |
| SAVE Inc | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 2023 | Provide permanent,transitional, and emergencyhousing to KC vulnerable |
Jesse Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund
$376,629Fund programorganization needs
Kate Belleman Donor Advised Fund
$376,629Fund programorganization needs
Amy Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund
$376,629Fund programorganization needs
Elizabeth Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund
$376,629Fund programorganization needs
Abigail Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund
$376,628Fund programorganization needs
Sarah Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund
$376,628Fund programorganization needs
Jerry Rosenthanl Donor Advised Fund
$376,628Fund programorganization needs
Tom Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund
$376,628Fund programorganization needs
Jean Rosenthal Donor Advised Fund
$376,628Fund programorganization needs
Nancy Belleman Donor Advised Fund
$376,628Fund programorganization needs
Housing and supportservices for displacedimmigrants in Austin, TX
Jewish Family Services Supporting Foundation
$100,000Fund program organization needs
create projects to positivelyimpact and develop localcommunities into happy healthy places.
Ulster Immigrant Defense Network
$15,000Fund programorganization needs
Provide permanent,transitional, and emergencyhousing to KC vulnerable
Truth Be Told
$15,000Healing Trauma
To combat homelessnessthrough multi-resource dayshelter in Charlottesville, VA
Virginia Anti-Violence Project
$15,000Fund general operations
To combat homelessnessthrough multi-resource dayshelter in Charlottesville, VA
Truth Be Told
$15,000Healing Trauma
Alliance for Interfaith Ministries
$15,000Temporary emergency assistanceto families in crisis,from homelessness,or other hardship.
Virginia Anti-Violence Project
$15,000Fund general operations
create projects to positivelyimpact and develop localcommunities into happy healthy places.
Provide permanent,transitional, and emergencyhousing to KC vulnerable