California · Private foundation
Herb Ritts Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $500k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2024
- 54
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 54
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Herb Ritts Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 24 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 54 | $532k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 52 | $617k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 46 | $479k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $482k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 49 | $568k | 61% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $608k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $154k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenimore Art Museum | $392,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Museum of Fine Arts | $384,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $115,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Venice Arts | $109,465 | 2 | 6% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $69,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bailey House Inc | $56,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Persad Center Inc | $41,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation | $31,000 | 2 | 1% |
| DAP Health Inc | $29,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenimore Art Museum | $392,500 | 3 | 5% |
| Museum of Fine Arts | $384,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Foundation for AIDS Research | $115,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Venice Arts | $109,465 | 2 | 6% |
| Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc | $69,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Bailey House Inc | $56,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Persad Center Inc | $41,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation | $31,000 | 2 | 1% |
| DAP Health Inc | $29,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Project Angel Food | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cascade AIDS Project | $13,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Houston Center for Photography Inc | $13,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Foundation for the AIDS Monument | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Center of Photography | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Silver Eye Center for Photography | $9,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Staying Alive Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Housing Works Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Armory Center for the Arts | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New York Academy of Art | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Center of Photography | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | $600 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 83 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Herb Ritts 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.
Open a dossier: Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc · California Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Herb Ritts Foundation
- How much does Herb Ritts Foundation give?
- Herb Ritts Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $499,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 54 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Herb Ritts Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Food & Nutrition (18%), Health (12%).
- Who are Herb Ritts Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Fenimore Art Museum ($393k), Museum of Fine Arts ($385k), The Foundation for AIDS Research ($115k).
- Does Herb Ritts Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herb Ritts 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 Herb Ritts Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Broadway Caresequity Fights AIDS Inc, California Community Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Herb Ritts Foundation based?
- Herb Ritts Foundation is based in CA.
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