Rhode Island · Private foundation
Mark and Donna Ross Family 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.
- $135k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 32%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 31
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 32% of the organizations Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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 | 14 | $135k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $125k | 32% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $161k | 46% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $155k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Corporation | $47,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mi Amore Incorporated | $20,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rocky Hill Country Day School | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clothes to Kids Ri Inc | $14,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Winthrop Foundation | $14,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Community Musicworks | $12,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Friend and Service | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cradles to Crayons Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($216k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Mark and Donna Ross Family 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: The Rhode Island Community Foundation · United Way of Rhode Island Inc · The Champlin Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Ralph R Papitto & Barbara a Papitto Private Family Foundation · The Beacon Foundation · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Ida Ballou Littlefield Memorial Trust · Washington Trust Co Charitable Fdn · Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation Inc · Uw Urania C Sherburne
How this is measured
Compare Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation with peer funders
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About Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation
- How much does Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation give?
- Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $135,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 31 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (27%), Human Services (12%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Children's Hospital Corporation ($47k), Mi Amore Incorporated ($20k), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ($18k).
- Does Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 32% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mark and Donna Ross Family 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 Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Rhode Island Community Foundation, United Way of Rhode Island Inc, The Champlin Foundation.
- Where is Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation based?
- Mark and Donna Ross Family Foundation is based in RI.
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