· Private foundation
Ralph H Foss Memorial Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITYBOZEMAN | $8,360 |
| DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,680 |
| MONTANA TECH UNIVERSITY | $2,840 |
| NORTHWEST COLLEGE | $1,840 |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | $1,840 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA | $1,840 |
| UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE | $1,000 |
| WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY | $840 |
| UNIVERSITY OF JAMESTOWN | $840 |
| UNIVERSITY OF DENVER | $840 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 15 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DUDORDT UNIVERSITY5× · 2020–2024 · $7k · revenue +50%
- NYNew York University4× · 2022–2025 · $7k · revenue +21%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF DENVER5× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $2k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Mcdaniel college is a diverse student-centered community committed to excellence in the liberal arts & sciences and professional studies with careful mentoring and attention to the individual. mcdaniel changes lives. we challenge students…
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds DORDT UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds New York University ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DENVER ↗
- Who funds University of Jamestown ↗
- Who funds University of Mary ↗
- Who funds SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PROVIDENCE ↗
- Who funds MARANATHA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY INC ↗
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 Darcy Lynn Dengel Foundation Inc · The Leonard Rydell Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ralph H Foss Memorial Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ralph H Foss Memorial Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
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