New York · Private foundation
Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $108k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 17
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $108k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $116k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $136k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $157k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $158k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $160k | 35% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $160k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art Therapy Project Corporation | $130,000 | 7 | 4% |
| The New York Center for Children | $122,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Day One of New York Inc | $97,800 | 7 | 1% |
| Artistic Noise Inc | $91,500 | 7 | 6% |
| The Center for Anti-Violence Education Inc | $73,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music | $56,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Possibility Project Inc | $55,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls Inc | $55,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Right to Be Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Art Creates US Inc | $35,500 | 3 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Art Therapy Project Corporation | $130,000 | 7 | 4% |
| The New York Center for Children | $122,500 | 7 | 2% |
| Day One of New York Inc | $97,800 | 7 | 1% |
| Artistic Noise Inc | $91,500 | 7 | 6% |
| The Center for Anti-Violence Education Inc | $73,000 | 7 | 2% |
| The Brooklyn Queens Conservatory of Music | $56,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Possibility Project Inc | $55,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls Inc | $55,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Right to Be Inc | $37,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Art Creates US Inc | $35,500 | 3 | 1% |
| A Fair Shake for Youth Inc | $20,500 | 6 | 3% |
| Upbeat NYC Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Groundswell Community Mural Projectinc | $19,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Extreme Kids and Crew Inc | $19,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Reconciliation Center Inc | $17,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Time in Childrens Arts Initiative Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Gina Gibney Dance Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Music Therapy Association | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($127k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation
- How much does Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation give?
- Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $108,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 17 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (32%), Arts & Culture (29%), Youth Development (24%).
- Who are Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: The Art Therapy Project Corporation ($130k), The New York Center for Children ($123k), Day One of New York Inc ($98k).
- Does Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Hyde and Watson Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, Brooklyn Community Foundation.
- Where is Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation based?
- Frank & Ruth E Caruso Foundation is based in NY.
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