The Thelma S Rodbell Charitable Foundati
Cranston, RI · EIN 06-1486581. Reported 206 grants totalling $2,660,413 to 104 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". The Thelma S Rodbell Charitable Foundati checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
3 of the organizations The Thelma S Rodbell Charitable Foundati funded make grants themselves, and it reported 7 grants totalling $1,392,600 to them. That is 61% of the $2,291,803 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of | federated giving programme | New York | $1,390,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Actblue Charities Inc | grantmaking organization | Massachusetts | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Rhode Island Community Foundation | community foundation | Rhode Island | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,931. Half of everything it gave fell between $575 and $5,000; the smallest was $30 and the largest $420,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Jewish Appeal (uja) Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of Ny Inc | New York, NY | $1,390,600 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $334,615 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Independent Curator's International (ici) | New York, NY | $142,182 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Friends of Leket Israel | Teaneck, NJ | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hearing Health Foundation | New York, NY | $111,814 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $69,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Food Bank for New York City | New York, NY | $51,342 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| City Harvest | New York, NY | $29,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Friends Kol Haneshama Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Kol Haneshama Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Tsad Kadima | Northbrook, IL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jewish Child Care Association | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Bowery Residents Committee | New York, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mother Jones | San Francisco, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Zaka USA | New York, NY | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Orr Shalom Inc | Janesville, WI | $13,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smack Mellon | Brooklyn, NY | $13,020 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ezer Mizion Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of United Hatzalah | New York, NY | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Childrens Bridge of Zichron Menachem Inc | New York, NY | $11,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Civil Liberties Union (aclu) | New York, NY | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Brain & Behavior Research Foundation | New York, NY | $7,590 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $7,084 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness - NAMI | New York, NY | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Propublica Inc | New York, NY | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $6,900 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Alliance to End Homelessness | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Environmetal Defense Fund - Edf | Washington, DC | $5,084 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bizchut | Jerusalem | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Urban Co | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smack Mellon Studios Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Fund for Global Human Rights | Washington, DC | $4,404 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Rescue Committee - Irc | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lone Soldier Center | Jerusalem | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Arts Club | New York, NY | $3,729 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dorot | New York, NY | $3,104 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wnyc | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Brc (bowery Residents Committee) | New York, NY | $2,725 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sharsheret | Teaneck, NJ | $2,540 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| 92ND Street Y Development | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Art Spiel | Brooklyn, NY | $2,145 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Yaffed | Brooklyn, NY | $2,037 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Act Blue Charities | Somerville, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Common Cause Foundation | Washington DC, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Feed Soldiers | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grameen Foundation USA | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | Bronx, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Alyn Hospital | New York, NY | $1,863 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Alyn Hospital | New York, NY | $1,849 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Counsel | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New York Public Radio Wqxr | New York, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queens College | Queens, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Jewish Committee | New York, NY | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope High Dollars for Scholars | Providence, RI | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $1,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hunter College Foundation | New York, NY | $1,150 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center for Preservation of Artist Legacies | Brooklyn, NY | $1,050 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Pan Mass Challenge | Needham, MA | $1,026 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Footsteps | New York, NY | $1,023 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Actblue Charities Inc | Somerville, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Policy Forum Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Represent US | Florence, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rhode Island Foundation | Providence, RI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congregation B'nai Jeshurun | New York, NY | $832 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Charity Navigator | Glen Rock, NY | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wqxr | New York, NY | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $638 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Norte Mar- Give Fund | New York, NY | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum | New York, NY | $575 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The City | New York, NY | $570 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | $526 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Partners in Health | Boston, MA | $523 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Disaster Philanthopy | Washington, DC | $515 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Publice Library | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Art Students League | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wjcs | White Plains, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Five Miles | Brokklyn, NY | $409 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Artist Equity Associatioin | New York, NY | $330 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Victory Hall Inc | Bayonne, NJ | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Artists First | Maplewood, MO | $281 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Thirteen | New York, NY | $280 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Americans United | Washington, DC | $267 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Teak Fellowship | New York, NY | $263 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Democracy Forward | Washington, DC | $258 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Park Avenue Synogogue | New York, NY | $258 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hunter College Fund | New York, NY | $257 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Central Park Convservancy | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Center | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lincoln Center Development Project Inc | New York, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Civil Liberties Alliance | Arlington, VA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Reporters Committee | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hudson Guild | New York, NY | $224 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Israelgivesorg | Tel Aviv, Israel | $220 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Art Republic Space | New York, NY | $109 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pizza to the Polls | Portland, OR | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wikimedia Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $52 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
46 of 104 (44%) 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 44%, 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, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT - Friends of Alyn Hospital
SUPPORT OF MEDICAL CARE TO NEEDY - Actblue Charities Inc
GENERAL O PERATING BUDGET - Israel Policy Forum Inc
PEACE AND SECUIRITY IN ISRAEL - National Arts Club
EDUCATION AND PROMOTION OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE ARTS - Central Park Convservancy
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVANCY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 113 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 | 58 | $546,306 | $2,450 |
| 2022 | 37 | $359,766 | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 32 | $799,829 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 47 | $520,354 | $1,500 |
| 2025 | 32 | $434,158 | $1,064 |
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
91% of its giving went to organizations in New York.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Thelma S Rodbell Charitable Foundati'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: 1000 Chapel View Blvd 220, Cranston, RI, 02920. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 06-1486581 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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