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James & Edith Ross 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.

$35k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
11
Grants FY2025
15
Organizations funded FY2024
67%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,257
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,283
Organizations funded a year
7 to 16
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$536k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 67% of the organizations James & Edith Ross Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 60% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesReligionAnimalsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving10$35k60%
FY202415$24k67%
FY202316$20k75%
FY202212$18k83%
FY202114$26k100%
FY20207$22k43%
FY201913$20k54%
FY201816$18k56%
82% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$47kReligion$32kArts & Culture$31kPhilanthropy$26kAnimals$15kEducation$7kCrime & Legal$6kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
IL
NY
NV
IN
OH
CT
CA
CO
MD
KS
DC
LA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Concern Foundation$17,35020%
Moishe House$11,00020%
Fellows of Contemporary Art$10,2831n/a
The Ark Antiques$7,60040%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$7,09720%
Project Angel Food$4,50010%
Foundation for the AIDS Monument$4,00012%
Temple Isaiah$3,7002n/a
Hillel 818$3,52320%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$3,20020%
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All grantees of James & Edith Ross Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Concern Foundation$17,35020%
Moishe House$11,00020%
Fellows of Contemporary Art$10,2831n/a
The Ark Antiques$7,60040%
The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles$7,09720%
Project Angel Food$4,50010%
Foundation for the AIDS Monument$4,00012%
Temple Isaiah$3,7002n/a
Hillel 818$3,52320%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$3,20020%
Geffen Playhouse Inc$3,00010%
Beverly Hills Police Foundation$2,6971n/a
Venice Family Clinic$2,50010%
Pitzer College$2,00010%
Rett Syndrome Research Trust Inc$2,00030%
Realize Impact$1,60010%
Brentwood School$1,50010%
Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation$1,26710%
Sharewell$1,25010%
Mar Vista Family Center$1,20010%
The Maple Counseling Center$1,10330%
Women Inspiring Nextgen$1,03011%
Wilshire Boulevard Temple$1,0001n/a
University of Southern California Hillel Foundation$1,00010%
Santa Barbara Hillel$1,00010%
Allen Matkins Foundation$1,00012%
Fulfillment Fund$1,00010%
La's Best$75810%
Nashuva$7001n/a
Jvs Socal$50010%
Holocaust Museum La$5001n/a
University Synagogue$5001n/a
Sinai Temple$4302n/a
Temple Akiba of Culver City$3601n/a
Harold Robinson Foundation$25010%
Our HOME$2501n/a
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc$25010%
A Little Rescue$25010%
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation Inc$25010%
A Place Called Home$24010%
Columbiabarnard Hillel Inc$18010%
Keep Bel Air Beautiful$17510%
Jewish Family Services$11610%
Voices 4 Freedom$10010%
Storm King Art Center$8510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($97k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James & Edith Ross Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetConcern Foundation: $17,350 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMoishe House: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Ark Antiques: $7,600 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles: $7,097 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject Angel Food: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for the AIDS Monument: $4,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHillel 818: $3,523 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $3,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGeffen Playhouse Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVenice Family Clinic: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPitzer College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRett Syndrome Research Trust Inc: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRealize Impact: $1,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrentwood School: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Fire Department Foundation: $1,267 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSharewell: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMar Vista Family Center: $1,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Maple Counseling Center: $1,103 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Inspiring Nextgen: $1,030 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Southern California Hillel Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Hillel: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAllen Matkins Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFulfillment Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa's Best: $758 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJvs Socal: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarold Robinson Foundation: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArmand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Little Rescue: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Place Called Home: $240 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbiabarnard Hillel Inc: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKeep Bel Air Beautiful: $175 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Family Services: $116 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVoices 4 Freedom: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetStorm King Art Center: $85 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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.

Peter H and Marietta …Jewish Community Foun…California Community …Jewish Federation Cou…Hillel the Foundation…The Stanley & Joyce B…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Annenberg Foundat…Jewish Communal FundAmerican Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Morgan Stanley Global…
Peter H and Marietta K Bach Charitable Trust ConservatorshipCA28.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Peter H and Marietta K Bach Charitable Trust Conservatorship · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · California Community Foundation · Jewish Federation Council of Greater La · Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life · The Stanley & Joyce Black Family Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Annenberg Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About James & Edith Ross Foundation

How much does James & Edith Ross Foundation give?
James & Edith Ross Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $35,112 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does James & Edith Ross Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (22%), Religion (15%), Arts & Culture (15%).
Who are James & Edith Ross Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Concern Foundation ($17k), Moishe House ($11k), Fellows of Contemporary Art ($10k).
Does James & Edith Ross Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does James & Edith Ross 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 James & Edith Ross Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peter H and Marietta K Bach Charitable Trust Conservatorship, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, California Community Foundation.
Where is James & Edith Ross Foundation based?
James & Edith Ross Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 91 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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