Rhode Island · Private foundation
Ralph & Clara Shuster 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.
- $101k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,600
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 73
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Ralph & Clara Shuster Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 15 | $76k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $109k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $132k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $102k | 48% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $87k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 34 | $109k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 73 | $130k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 39 | $104k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congregation Beth Sholom | $89,670 | 5 | n/a |
| Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island | $41,134 | 8 | 0% |
| Chain Reaction Foundation | $37,800 | 5 | n/a |
| Hazon Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Kehilat Romemu | $18,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Society of the Evening Star Inc | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Congregation of the Sons of Israel and David Dba Temple Beth-El | $10,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center | $8,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Providence Promise | $8,400 | 4 | 1% |
| Jewish Childrens Home of RI Inc | $7,200 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 70 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 85 recipients with no EIN on record ($503k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ralph & Clara Shuster 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 · Citizens Charitable Foundation · Cvs Health Charity Classic Inc · Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Jewish Federation Foundation of Greater Rhode Island · Harborone Foundation Rhode Island · Harry M Miriam C Will C Horton F · Kane-Barrengos Foundation · June Rockwell Levy Foundation Incorporated
How this is measured
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About Ralph & Clara Shuster Foundation
- How much does Ralph & Clara Shuster Foundation give?
- Ralph & Clara Shuster Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $101,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 73 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ralph & Clara Shuster Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (41%), Education (11%), Philanthropy (10%).
- Who are Ralph & Clara Shuster Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Congregation Beth Sholom ($90k), Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island ($41k), Chain Reaction Foundation ($38k).
- Does Ralph & Clara Shuster Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ralph & Clara Shuster 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 Ralph & Clara Shuster 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 Ralph & Clara Shuster Foundation based?
- Ralph & Clara Shuster Foundation is based in RI.
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