Rhodenbaugh Foundation
Travelers Rest, SC · EIN 36-4404572. Reported 122 grants totalling $374,471 to 71 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. 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. Rhodenbaugh 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 $550. Half of everything it gave fell between $250 and $1,100; the smallest was $25 and the largest $103,605. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Youth on Course | Pebble Beach, CA | $252,055 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Firsttee Upstate | Greenville, SC | $17,933 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Firsttee | Greenville, SC | $8,655 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Universtiy of Iowa Center for Advancement | Iowa City, IA | $5,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peace Center for the Performing Art | Greenville, SC | $5,248 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Americas, GA | $5,100 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Peace Center for the Performing Arts | Greenville, SC | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cliffs Outreach Organization | Salem, SC | $4,815 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cliffs Residents Outreach | Travelers Rest, SC | $4,600 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Greenville, SC | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bearing Bike Works Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenville Women Giving | Greenville, SC | $3,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women's Giving Community Foundation | Greenville, SC | $3,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ride to Work Ministry Nonprofit Inc | Seneca, SC | $3,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hv 3 Foundation | Southern Pines, NC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Collins Children's Home | Seneca, SC | $2,925 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Upstate Warriors | Greenville, SC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| South Carolina Junior Golf Foundation | Columbia, SC | $2,350 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girls Golf of America Inc | Greensboro, NC | $2,100 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Onocee Memorial Hospital | Seneca, SC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way Oconee County | Seneca, SC | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement | Greenville, SC | $1,760 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Metrolina Association for the Blind | Charlotte, NC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Reading Is Essential for All People | Atlanta, GA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sc Junior Golf Foundation | Columbia, SC | $1,410 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Carolina Golf Foundation | South Pines, NC | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Focused Community Strategies | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Glassy Fire Foundation | Landrum, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Golden Corner Food Pantry | Seneca, SC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lakeview Christian School Foundation | Marion, IN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Naf | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Neabpd | Washington, NJ | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oconee County Salvation Army | Seneca, SC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Red Cross | Boone, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Treesupstate | Greenville, SC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salvation Army | Seneca, SC | $700 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northwest Furniture Bank | Tacoma, WA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bearings Bike Works | Atlanta, GA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys Town | Boys Town, NE | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Butterfield Scholorship Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conquer Cancer | Charlotte, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lewisville Isd Education Foundation | Lewisville, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Manna Food Bank | Asheville, NC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mcc Foundation (jerry Greene) | Meridian, MS | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Art Council | Greenville, SC | $500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Church of St Martha | Morton Grove, IL | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Buford Hs Foundation | Buford, GA | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pga Reach Foundation | Frisco, TX | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bethel United Methodist Trustee Fund | Charleston, SC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Haven of Rest Ministries | Battle Creek, MI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Central College Foundation | Naperville, IL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Second Harvest | Stamford, CT | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shivas Irons Society | Sand City, CA | $250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Lutherean Church of the Good Sh | Greenville, SC | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sdsu Campanile Foundation | San Diego, CA | $170 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sc Sheriff's Assoc | Columbia, SC | $120 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Advocacy Center | Spartanburg, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Haven of Rest | Anderson, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Julie Valentine Center | Greenville, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Michael J Fox Foundation | New York, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwestern Memorial Foundation | Chicago, IL | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Shivas Iron Society | Carmel, CA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Selective Corporate Internship | West New York, NJ | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The V Foundation | Cary, NC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Upstate Forever | Greenville, SC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sc Sheriff's Association | Columbia, SC | $95 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Knight of Columbus | New Haven, CT | $85 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Etv Endowment of Sc | Spartanburg, SC | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Carolina Educational Television | Columbia, SC | $75 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
26 of 71 (37%) 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 46%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 36 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | $31,870 | $500 |
| 2022 | 33 | $66,000 | $500 |
| 2023 | 22 | $126,090 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 18 | $75,868 | $750 |
| 2025 | 21 | $74,643 | $910 |
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
67% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $550. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- 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.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Rhodenbaugh Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 5 Crown Ridge Road, Travelers Rest, SC, 29690. 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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