Does Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr 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.

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Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr

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.

$625k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 25
Grants FY2024: 26
Organizations funded FY2023: 12%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $100,000
Organizations funded a year: 26 to 31; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 12
Total assets, FY2024: $18M
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

HealthEducationAnimalsEnvironmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	25	$625k	16%
FY2023	26	$595k	12%
FY2022	31	$625k	26%
FY2021	28	$641k	14%
FY2020	29	$688k	31%
FY2019	28	$428k	32%
FY2018	27	$411k	22%
FY2017	27	$369k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$2.5MEducation$630kPublic Benefit$270kEnvironment$229kFood & Nutrition$196kPublic Safety & Disaster$150kPhilanthropy$127kRecreation & Sports$92kOther$0

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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$755,717	8	0%
Hoag Hospital Foundation	$510,000	8	0%
Georgetown University	$230,000	8	0%
The Barack Obama Foundation	$170,000	3	0%
Kure It Inc	$164,000	7	3%
Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation	$162,000	8	1%
Physicians Committee for Responsible Med	$145,000	6	0%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc	$130,000	6	1%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc	$125,000	5	0%
French Hospital Medical Center Foundation	$111,200	6	1%

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All grantees of Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc	$755,717	8	0%
Hoag Hospital Foundation	$510,000	8	0%
Georgetown University	$230,000	8	0%
The Barack Obama Foundation	$170,000	3	0%
Kure It Inc	$164,000	7	3%
Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation	$162,000	8	1%
Physicians Committee for Responsible Med	$145,000	6	0%
Coast Guard Foundation Inc	$130,000	6	1%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc	$125,000	5	0%
French Hospital Medical Center Foundation	$111,200	6	1%
California State Parks Foundation	$91,500	7	0%
Harbor Day Endowment Corporation	$70,000	4	1%
Food & Friends Inc	$55,000	7	0%
Augies Quest to Cure ALS Inc	$50,000	2	1%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc	$45,000	5	0%
One Tree Planted Inc	$40,000	4	0%
Woods Humane Society Inc	$38,000	4	0%
Hospice of San Luis Obispo County	$35,000	2	4%
Virginia Institute of Marine Science Fdn	$35,000	3	1%
One Cool Earth	$30,000	2	4%
Piedras Blancas Light Station Association Inc	$26,500	2	68%
World Central Kitchen Inc	$20,000	1	0%
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	$20,000	2	0%
American Cancer Society Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Eat Learn Play Foundation	$20,000	1	0%
The Wunderglo Foundation	$15,000	3	3%
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society	$15,000	2	0%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc	$12,500	3	0%
Hope & Heroes Children's Cancer Fund	$10,000	3	0%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	$10,000	1	0%
The Center in Asbury Park Inc	$5,000	2	0%
Project Drawdown	$5,000	1	0%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation	$5,000	1	0%
West End Dog Park	$5,000	1	n/a
Rainforest Action Network	$5,000	1	0%
GreenFare Health and Wellness Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Friends of the Elephant Seal	$2,000	1	1%
PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers and Students Inc	$1,500	1	9%
Pacific Whale Foundation	$1,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 36.

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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.

The Community Foundation San Luis ObispoCA15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr

How much does Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr give?: Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr reported 25 grants totaling $625,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (56%), Education (14%), Public Benefit (6%).
Who are Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($756k), Hoag Hospital Foundation ($510k), Georgetown University ($230k).
Does Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr 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 Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo, Orange County Community Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Where is Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr based?: Peter & Mary Russo Family Foundation Inc Co Peter J Russo Jr is based in NJ.