New York · Private foundation
Ravitch-Wolfe Family 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.
- $350k
- Granted FY2022
- 8
- Grants FY2022
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $350k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $185,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 5
- Total assets, FY2022
- $4.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 43% of the organizations Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 7 | $315k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $135k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $195k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $258k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $276k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
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, FY2018 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc | $302,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Sylvia Center | $67,500 | 5 | 6% |
| National Park Foundation | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Next for Autism Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Barnard College | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc | $302,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Ocean Conservancy | $135,000 | 4 | 0% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Sylvia Center | $67,500 | 5 | 6% |
| National Park Foundation | $60,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Next for Autism Inc | $38,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Conservation International Foundation | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Barnard College | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Israel Policy Forum Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Pico Union Project | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Colorado College | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wellesley College | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hias Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equal Justice Initiative | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sky's the Limit Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rare | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Committee to Protect Journalists Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Eye Cancer Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Abraham Joshua Heschel School | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Riverside Park Conservancy Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($228k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ravitch-Wolfe Family 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 Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation
- How much does Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation give?
- Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $350,000 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2022.
- What does Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (43%), Youth Development (13%), Environment (11%).
- Who are Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2023: The Brotherhood Sister Sol Inc ($303k), Ocean Conservancy ($135k), International Rescue Committee INC ($105k).
- Does Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ravitch-Wolfe Family 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 Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, National Philanthropic Trust, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation based?
- Ravitch-Wolfe Family Foundation is based in NY.
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