New York · Private foundation
James B Russell Foundation Inc
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.
- $303k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Grants FY2025
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 30 to 36
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations James B Russell Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k 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 | 31 | $268k | 16% |
| FY2024 | 36 | $247k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $269k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $243k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $146k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $200k | 32% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $175k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $162k | 53% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Rehabilitation Foundation Inc | $80,000 | 6 | 14% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $75,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Ugandan Water Project | $72,000 | 8 | 1% |
| University of the Nations Kona Inc | $67,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Independent Baptist Camping Association | $55,800 | 8 | 4% |
| Four Winds Ecclesia Incorporated | $49,830 | 8 | n/a |
| Community Kitchen Inc of Myrtle Beach | $42,000 | 9 | 2% |
| Pregnancy Care Center Inc | $40,500 | 9 | 14% |
| Sonset Solutions Inc | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Open Doors With Brother Andrew Inc | $35,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 64 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 44 recipients with no EIN on record ($752k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James B Russell Foundation Inc 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
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About James B Russell Foundation Inc
- How much does James B Russell Foundation Inc give?
- James B Russell Foundation Inc reported 33 grants totaling $303,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 36 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James B Russell Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Food & Nutrition (12%), International (12%).
- Who are James B Russell Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wilson Rehabilitation Foundation Inc ($80k), Samaritan's Purse ($76k), Ugandan Water Project ($72k).
- Does James B Russell Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James B Russell Foundation Inc 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 B Russell Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fred L Emerson Foundation Inc, Christian Community Foundation Inc, The US Charitable Gift Trust.
- Where is James B Russell Foundation Inc based?
- James B Russell Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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