Illinois · Private foundation
Renee and Edward Ross Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $20M
- Granted FY2018
- 16
- Grants FY2018
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2018
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2018
- Median grant, FY2018
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2018
- $4,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 47
- FY2017 to FY2018
- States reached, FY2018
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2018, 19% of the organizations Renee and Edward Ross Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2018 | 16 | $20M | 19% |
| FY2017 | 47 | $703k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
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 FY2018, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $4,100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Providence St Mel School | $2,115,000 | 2 | 15% |
| The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | $2,051,000 | 2 | 1% |
| American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $1,020,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Painted Turtle | $1,006,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Kenneth C Griffin Museum of Science and Industry | $1,002,500 | 2 | 1% |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | $505,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Park Zoological Society | $501,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Field Museum of Natural History | $501,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 29 grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Renee and Edward Ross 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 Renee and Edward Ross Foundation
- How much does Renee and Edward Ross Foundation give?
- Renee and Edward Ross Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $20,130,706 in its FY2018 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2018.
- What does Renee and Edward Ross Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2018, its largest causes are Education (31%), Health (20%), Arts & Culture (17%).
- Who are Renee and Edward Ross Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2018: Illinois Institute of Technology ($4.1M), Providence St Mel School ($2.1M), The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ($2.1M).
- Does Renee and Edward Ross Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2018, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Renee and Edward Ross 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 Renee and Edward Ross Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Renee and Edward Ross Foundation based?
- Renee and Edward Ross Foundation is based in IL.
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