New Jersey · Private foundation
Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation
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.
- $52k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 40
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $804k
- 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 Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 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 | 18 | $52k | 72% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $35k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $23k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $52k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $46k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $48k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 35 | $55k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 40 | $60k | 23% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church | $137,997 | 7 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $16,500 | 5 | 0% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Elle Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Planetary Society | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $3,600 | 5 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $3,600 | 6 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($226k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ralph and Laura Durso 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.
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How this is measured
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About Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation
- How much does Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation give?
- Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $51,600 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (65%), Arts & Culture (7%), Education (6%).
- Who are Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church ($138k), Wildlife Conservation Society ($17k), American Museum of Natural History ($15k).
- Does Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ralph and Laura Durso 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 and Laura Durso Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, Verizon Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation based?
- Ralph and Laura Durso Foundation is based in NJ.
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