Funding search · EIN 861015598 · Phoenix, AZ
The Rodel Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 57
- grants reported
- $6.3M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Rodel Institute3 grants · $2.5M
- Rodel Leadearship Insitute2 grants · $1.6M
- Third Way Institute3 grants · $351,000
- Aspen Institute3 grants · $297,228
- The Breakthrough Institute2 grants · $200,000
- Democracy a Journal of Ideas2 grants · $150,000
- University of Arizona Foundation - Nicd1 grant · $100,000
- Energy for Growth Hub2 grants · $100,000
- Hoffman Institute Foundation2 grants · $100,000
- Save Democracy1 grant · $100,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 57 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.6M
Rodel Leadearship Insitute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Program support
- $1.4M
Rodel Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Education
- $1.0M
Rodel Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Education
- $250,000
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Community concern
- $150,000
Rodel Institute · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Education
- $118,728
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Education
- $103,500
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Education
- $100,000
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
Community concern
- $100,000
The Breakthrough Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Environment
- $100,000
The Breakthrough Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Environment
- $100,000
Save Democracy · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Community concern
- $100,000
University of Arizona Foundation - Nicd · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Program support
- $75,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Education
- $75,000
Democracy a Journal of Ideas · Washington, DC · 2024
Environment
- $75,000
Democracy a Journal of Ideas · Washington, DC · 2023
Environment
- $75,000
Rodel Charitable Foundation -De · Wilmington, DE · 2023
Program support
- $51,000
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Community concern
- $50,000
Hoffman Institute Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Community concern
- $50,000
Third Way Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Community concern
- $50,000
Energy for Growth Hub · Washington, DC · 2023
Environment
- $50,000
Hoffman Institute Foundation · San Rafael, CA · 2023
Community concern
- $50,000
Energy for Growth Hub · Washington, DC · 2022
Environment
- $50,000
Policy Impact · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Environment
- $25,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2024
Environment
- $25,000
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Education
- $25,000
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023
Environment
- $25,000
Global Change Data Lab · 2023
Community concern
- $25,000
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Education
- $25,000
Global Change Data Lab · 2022
Community concern
- $25,000
Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Education
- $20,000
Aha · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Community concern
- $20,000
Ecoflight · Aspen, CO · 2024
Environment
- $20,000
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2024
Education
- $20,000
Aha · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Community concern
- $20,000
Ecoflight · Aspen, CO · 2023
Environment
- $20,000
Aha · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Community concern
- $20,000
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2022
Environment
- $20,000
Ecoflight · Aspen, CO · 2022
Environment
- $15,450
Rodel Leadearship Insitute · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support
- $15,000
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2024
Environment
- $15,000
Tribal Trust Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Community concern
- $15,000
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies · Aspen, CO · 2023
Environment
- $15,000
Tribal Trust Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Community concern
- $15,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2022
Environment
- $14,500
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2023
Education
- $12,000
The Philanthropy Workshop · New York, NY · 2022
Education
- $10,000
Casa Del Herrero · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Community concern
- $10,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2024
Community concern
- $10,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2023
Community concern
- $10,000
Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2022
Community concern
- $10,000
Tribal Trust Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Community concern
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Police Activities League · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Community concern
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Police Activities League · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Community concern
- $5,000
United Boys & Girls Clubs-Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Community concern
- $5,000
Santa Barbara Police Activities League · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Community concern
- $2,500
Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2023
Community concern
- $2,500
Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2022
Education
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