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Ravenswood Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Ravenswood Charitable 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.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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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 2025.

Education$380kHealth$49kEnvironment$42kArts & Culture$25kReligion$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$5kRecreation & Sports$5kInternational$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$901k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$10,000
BUCKLEY SCHOOL$7,000
FRIENDS OF GRACE CHURCH$5,000
ADVOCATES FOR THE WEST$5,000
YELLOWSTONE TO YOKUN CONSERVATION INITIATIVE$5,000
ST MARKS SCHOOL$2,500
BOWDOIN COLLEGE$2,500
NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION$1,500
Individual grant recipient$500
QUOGUE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT$500
ST JAMES CHURCH$500
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%EAST END HOSPICE INC: $1k → 7%EAST END HOSPICE INC: $1k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MT
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
DC
OK
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of Ravenswood Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 71% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 67%.

Ravenswood Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$497k · 22 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
14

Total granted

$497k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+37%

Still filing today

55%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureRecreation & SportsInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • BD
    Bozeman Deaconess Foundation
    5× · 2017–2022 · $29k · revenue +1%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +4%
  • TB
    THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $19k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • OR
    OCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +101%
  • TP
    THE POLAR BEAR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +16%
  • GS
    Girl Scouts of Greater NY Inc
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -19%
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.

04Its field

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.

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New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
2
Governors Island Corporation

The governors island corporation, doing business as the trust for governors island, is the 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization created by the city of new york and charged with the planning, redevelopment and ongoing operations of 150…

Animals
3
Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation

Brooklyn bridge park corporation's mission, d/b/a brooklyn bridge park ("bbp") mission is to provide an exceptional public space that connects people, nature, and the waterfront, through inclusive, innovative, and sustainable management…

Recreation & Sports
4
Dutchess Land Conservancy Inc

Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…

Environment
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
6
The Pierpont Morgan Library

The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day through the preservation, study, and interpretation of a dynamic and growing collection.

Education
7
The North Shore Land Alliance Inc

To conserve and steward long island's natural and historic lands, waters and environmental resources. through education, outreach and volunteerism, we connect people to nature and inspire a community conservation ethic.

Environment
8
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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9
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
10
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
11
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
12
The Quebec-Labrador Foundation Inc

The program mission of the quebec-labrador foundation u.s. is defined by a regional component (new england and eastern canada), and an international component, which ties our regional model to a global conservation network. qlf's program…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Museum of Natural History. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

25 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. 25 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
22/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

QUOGUE LIBRARY SOCIETY: $259,500 · OtherQUOGUE LIBRARY SOCIETYEAST QUOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $30,000 · OtherEAST QUOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICTTHE BUCKLEY SCHOOL: $19,200 · OtherADVOCATES FOR THE WEST: $15,000 · OtherYELLOWSTONE TO YOKUN CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: $15,000 · Other+16 more: $66,500 · Other+16 moreThe Trustees of Princeton University: $20,000 · EducationThe Trust…ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $11,200 · EducationST MARK'S…Bowdoin College: $10,500 · EducationBowdoin C…THE POLAR BEAR FOUNDATION: $1,500 · EducationBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $29,000 · PhilanthropyQUOGUE JUNIOR THEATER TROUPE INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,100 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $7,500 · EnvironmentCentennial Valley Association Inc: $7,000 · EnvironmentPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $1,000 · Environment+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,750 · Recreation & SportsSTREETSQUASH INC: $300 · Recreation & SportsPortland Community Squash: $300 · Recreation & SportsEast End Hospice Inc: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$405,200Education$43,200Philanthropy$29,000Arts & Culture$19,100Environment$16,000Recreation & Sports$4,350Human Services$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBozeman Deaconess Foundation: $29,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUCKLEY SCHOOL: $19,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetQUOGUE JUNIOR THEATER TROUPE INC: $17,500 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC: $11,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $10,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCentennial Valley Association Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetQUOGUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,450 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $3,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEast End Hospice Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE POLAR BEAR FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater NY Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROUP FOR THE EAST END INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTREETSQUASH INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Community Squash: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 Bozeman Deaconess Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds THE BUCKLEY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds QUOGUE JUNIOR THEATER TROUPE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF SOUTHBOROUGH INC ↗
  • Who funds Bowdoin College ↗
  • Who funds OCEAN REEF CHAPEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION ↗
  • Who funds Centennial Valley Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds QUOGUE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds East End Hospice Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE POLAR BEAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Greater NY Inc ↗
  • Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds PECONIC LAND TRUST INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds THE DOE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds GROUP FOR THE EAST END INC ↗
  • Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
  • Who funds BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds STREETSQUASH INC ↗
  • Who funds Portland Community Squash ↗

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA10× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ravenswood Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ravenswood Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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By state
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