The Rolander Family Foundation
Wake Forest, NC · EIN 91-2080946. Reported 164 grants totalling $1,503,530 to 66 organizations across tax years 2020-2024. 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. The Rolander Family 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $11,900; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $47,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Colonial Willamsburg Foundation | Williamsburg, VA | $96,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Petey Greene Prisoner Assistance Program | Princeton, NJ | $90,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| City Kids Wilderness Project | Washington, DC | $85,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Community in Schools of Chatham County | Silver City, NC | $77,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Enagb Youth Program | Toronto, Ontario | $71,130 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Thurston Research Center Unc School of Medicine | Chapel Hill, NC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| The United Way Asheville & Buncaombe | Asheville, NC | $47,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evergreen Community Charter School | Asheville, NC | $45,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Isles Inc | Trenton, NJ | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Center for Child & Family Health | Durham, NC | $41,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Nc Arts in Action | Chapel Hill, NC | $41,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Chatham County Habitat for Humanity | Pittsboro, NC | $38,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The United Way - Unity Resource Team | Asheville, NC | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Episcopal Diocese of Nc | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Helene Foundation | Raleigh, NC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Princeton in Africa | Princeton, NY | $29,200 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| World Food Program USA | Washington, DC | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alexander Family YMCA | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Association for Community Living | Longmont, CO | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Durham Children's Initiative | Durham, NC | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Liberia | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Keys | Wilton, CT | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Step Up Ministry | Raleigh, NC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Voices Together | Chapel Hill, NC | $25,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cora Food Pantry | Pittsboro, NC | $21,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $21,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Michael's Episcopal Chruch | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Michaels | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Core | Pasadena, CA | $19,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Engagd Youth Program | Toronto, Ontario | $18,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Figs of Wake County | Raleigh, NC | $17,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Outward Bound | Asheville, NC | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cora - Snap Food Pantry | Pittsboro, NC | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Americares | Stamford, CT | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ryerson University | Toronto, Ontario | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Community Link | Boulder, CO | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| The United Way | Asheville, NC | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way Hands on Program | Asheville, NC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Doctor's Without Borders | New York, NY | $14,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Inter-Faith Food Shuttle | Raleigh, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Rescue Committee | Albert Lea, MN | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Hope | Washington, DC | $11,900 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food Bank of Central and Eastern Nc | Raleigh, NC | $11,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Miracle League of the Triangle | Cary, NC | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Link | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Promise | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Now Serving | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Safe Child | Raleigh, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Playful Mindset | Gatineau, Gatineau | $9,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center | Longmont, CO | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Hospital Albert Schweitzer | Pittsburgh, PA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lateral Change | Kawartha Lakes, Ontario | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Americares 2018 | Stamford, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Core Community Lahaina | Pasadena, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feast | Asheville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Harrelson Center | Wilmington, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nc Outward Bound | Asheville, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The National Trust for Historic Preservation | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food Bank of Central & Eastern Nc | Raleigh, NC | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Interfaith Food Shuttle | Raleigh, NC | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lower Cape Fear Diaper Bank | Hillsborough, NC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way Worldwide | Alexandria, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tomken Middle School | Toronto, Ontario | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manna Foodbank | Asheville, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Emergency Family Assistance (efaa) | Boulder, CO | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
37 of 66 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 75%, across 4 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 50 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 31 | $274,730 | $5,000 |
| 2021 | 30 | $305,600 | $6,750 |
| 2022 | 37 | $337,000 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 33 | $263,000 | $6,000 |
| 2024 | 33 | $323,200 | $9,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The Rolander Family Foundation has 1 of them, worth $20,000. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| St Michael's Episcopal Chruch | Raleigh, NC | $20,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 51% of this one's giving went to organizations in North Carolina. 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 $7,000. 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 North Carolina.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Rolander Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1405 Feathery Lane, Wake Forest, NC, 27587. 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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