Florida · Private foundation
Ralph S French Charitable
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.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $393,916
- Organizations funded a year
- 22 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $26M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations Ralph S French Charitable funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 | 24 | $1.5M | 8% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $1.4M | 4% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $1.3M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $1.6M | 8% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $1.5M | 4% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $1.3M | 16% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $1.5M | 9% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidewell Hospice Inc | $525,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Coalition on Homelessness dba Turning Points | $521,810 | 9 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $440,231 | 8 | 0% |
| Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc | $423,265 | 9 | 1% |
| Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Inc | $361,082 | 9 | 1% |
| Amvets National Service Foundation | $295,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hold Your Horses | $200,893 | 9 | 10% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Animal Humane Society | $157,898 | 9 | 0% |
| Douglas Animal Welfare Group | $103,595 | 7 | 11% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidewell Hospice Inc | $525,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Coalition on Homelessness dba Turning Points | $521,810 | 9 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $440,231 | 8 | 0% |
| Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc | $423,265 | 9 | 1% |
| Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Inc | $361,082 | 9 | 1% |
| Amvets National Service Foundation | $295,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hold Your Horses | $200,893 | 9 | 10% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $160,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Animal Humane Society | $157,898 | 9 | 0% |
| Douglas Animal Welfare Group | $103,595 | 7 | 11% |
| Valley Outreach | $98,224 | 7 | 1% |
| Mote Marine Laboratory Inc | $71,234 | 3 | 0% |
| Douglas Center for Hope and Healing | $42,449 | 3 | n/a |
| Tahoe Youth and Family Services | $32,852 | 2 | 2% |
| Anna Maria Island Community Center | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| People Reaching Out to Other People Inc | $24,205 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Hennepin County Library | $16,028 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Communities Action Network Inc | $14,913 | 1 | 1% |
| Douglas County Sheriffs Advisory Council | $13,014 | 1 | 12% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ralph S French Charitable 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 Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Ralph S French Charitable
- How much does Ralph S French Charitable give?
- Ralph S French Charitable reported 24 grants totaling $1,495,663 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ralph S French Charitable fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (36%), Education (23%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are Ralph S French Charitable's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Tidewell Hospice Inc ($525k), Community Coalition on Homelessness dba Turning Points ($522k), American Cancer Society Inc ($440k).
- Does Ralph S French Charitable fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ralph S French Charitable 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 S French Charitable?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc, Xcel Energy Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
- Where is Ralph S French Charitable based?
- Ralph S French Charitable is based in FL.
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