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William G Rohrer Charitable Foundation

Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 22-6455062. Reported 115 grants totalling $8,272,299 to 44 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$25,000median grant
$8,272,299granted, 2021-2024
44organizations funded
86%of grantees funded again the next year
$49.9Massets, latest filing

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. William G Rohrer Charitable 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $950,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
3 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
46 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
28 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
20 grants
$100,000 and Up
16 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Rowan University FoundationGlassboro, NJ$3,390,000442024
Coriell Institute for Medical ResearchCamden, NJ$700,000442024
The Cooper Foundation IncCamden, NJ$500,000112021
Food Bank of South JerseyPennsauken, NJ$475,000442024
Ronald Mcdonald HouseCamden, NJ$330,000442024
Junior Achievement of New JerseyCherry Hill, NJ$265,000442024
Haddon Township Athletic Association inCollingswood, NJ$250,000442024
Camden County CollegeBlackwood, NJ$210,000332024
Center for Family Services IncCamden, NJ$200,000222024
American Red CrossSummit, NJ$195,000442024
Cathedral Soup Kitchen IncCamden, NJ$190,000442024
Urbanpromise Ministries IncCamden, NJ$150,000442024
Woodford Cedar Run Wildflife RefugeMedford, NJ$115,000442024
The Salvation ArmyWest Nyack, NY$100,000442024
Camden SchoolsCamden, NJ$90,000332024
Project RefitVoorhees, NJ$90,000332024
Animal Welfare Association IncVoorhees, NJ$81,249442024
Bestwork Industries for the BlindCherry Hill, NJ$80,500442024
Boy Scouts of America Southern New Jersey CouncilBlackwood, NJ$70,000222023
Larc School IncBellmawr, NJ$65,000442024
Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice IncMount Laurel, NJ$65,000332024
Moorestown Visting Nurse AssociationMoorestown, NJ$55,000332023
Alicia Rose Victorious FoundationVoorhees, NJ$53,550222024
Camden County Historical SocietyCamden, NJ$50,000112024
Jefferson Health FoundationPhiladelphia, PA$50,000112022
Lucy Outreach a Nj Nonprofit CorpCamden, NJ$42,000222024
Boys & Girls Clubs of GloucesterGlassboro, NJ$40,000442024
Interfaith Caregivers of HaddonfieldHaddonfield, NJ$40,000222024
Saddlers Woods Conservation AssociationOaklyn, NJ$40,000442024
Saint Josephs Carpenter SocietyCamden, NJ$40,000112022
Symphony in Camden New JerseyCamden, NJ$40,000112024
Symphony in New JerseyCollingswood, NJ$30,000222022
Westmont Fire Company No 1Wetmont, NJ$30,000332024
Cancer Support CommunityWashington, DC$20,000222023
Haddon Township Crew Club IncWestmont, NJ$20,000222024
Big Brothers Big SistersTampa, FL$15,000112022
HopeworksAlbuquerque, NM$15,000112022
Interfaith Caregivers of Haddonfield inHaddonfield, NJ$15,000112021
Sharing ExcessPhiladelphia, PA$15,000112024
Operation Warm IncGlen Mills, PA$11,000442024
Boys & Girls Club of Camden County IncCamden, NJ$10,000112024
Mainstage Center for the Arts IncBlackwood, NJ$10,000112024
Metropolitan Camden Habitat for HumanityPennsauken, NJ$10,000112024
Camden City Garden Club IncCamden, NJ$9,000112022

31 of 44 (70%) 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 86%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
13 grants
Human Services
13 grants
Environment
5 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Science & Technology
4 grants
Animal Welfare
4 grants
Employment
4 grants
International Affairs
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$1,840,750$20,125
202231$2,410,000$25,000
202329$2,082,044$25,000
202433$1,939,505$25,000

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.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in New Jersey. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

New Jersey
$8.0M
New York
$100K
Pennsylvania
$76K
District of Columbia
$20K
Florida
$15K
New Mexico
$15K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New Jersey.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 William G Rohrer Charitable Foundation'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: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. 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.

EIN 22-6455062 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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