Hawaii · Private foundation
John M Ross Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $25k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $630k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations John M Ross Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 3 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $26k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $32k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $30k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $72,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra Society | $19,500 | 5 | 7% |
| Hawaii Agricultural Foundation | $15,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Ho'Ola Na Pua | $3,600 | 1 | 0% |
| Girl Scouts of Hawaii | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Mountain Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| East Hawaii Cultural Council | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About John M Ross Foundation
- How much does John M Ross Foundation give?
- John M Ross Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $25,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does John M Ross Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Arts & Culture (16%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are John M Ross Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: University of Hawaii Foundation ($72k), Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra Society ($20k), Hawaii Agricultural Foundation ($15k).
- Does John M Ross Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John M Ross Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John M Ross Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is John M Ross Foundation based?
- John M Ross Foundation is based in HI.
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