· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $175k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PROJECT ANGEL FOOD (CASH) | $150,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| CITY HEARTS (CASH) | $15,000 |
| FILM 2 FUTURE (CASH) | $15,000 |
| BAILEY HOUSE | $15,000 |
| ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS (CASH) | $10,000 |
| LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER (CASH) | $10,000 |
| FOOTHILL AIDS PROJECT (CASH) | $10,000 |
| NYC LIVE ARTS (CASH) | $10,000 |
| LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM (CASH) | $10,000 |
| VINCENT PRICE ART MUSEUM (CASH) | $10,000 |
| HEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH (CASH) | $10,000 |
| BROADWAY CARES EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS (CASH) | $10,000 |
| BLACK AIDS INSTITUTE (CASH) | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
71 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 47 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- FAFENIMORE ART MUSEUM3× · 2019–2022 · $393k · revenue +407%
- VAVENICE ARTS2× · 2019–2020 · $109k · revenue +80%
ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC2× · 2017–2018 · $70k · revenue +34%
Funded once
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTSgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $385k · revenue +40%- TBTHE BANCROFT LIBRARYone grant, 2019 · $66k
- LLACMAone grant, 2023 · $45k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
The studio museum in harlem is a contemporary art museum that focuses on the work of artists of african descent - as well as work that has been inspired and influenced by african culture - past and present; through its exhibitions,…
Apex Art Curatorial Program is a resolutely noncommercial visual art exhibition space which provides curators and artists with a venue dedicated to ideas that are often too provocative or too small in scope for display elsewhere. Apex Art…
Celebrate cultures of lgbtq+ people
Nurture empathy and connection by engaging communities with socially relevant contemporary art
The academy museum of motion pictures advances the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections. welcoming visitors from los angeles…
Palm springs art museum creates transformative experiences that expand our understanding of ourselves and the world. palm springs art museum has a wide-reaching and growing permanent collection of over 12,000 objects rooted in modern and…
Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.
The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 105 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FENIMORE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ↗
- Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds VENICE ARTS ↗
- Who funds ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BAILEY HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds PERSAD CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds THE ELIZABETH TAYLOR AIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DAP Health Inc ↗
- Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Herb Ritts Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Herb Ritts Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Cascade Aids Project: 13% of income from government
- Museum of Fine Arts: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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