Illinois · Private foundation
Ries 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.
- $67k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2024
- 35
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $18,418
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 37
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations Ries Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 32 | $67k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $54k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $56k | 24% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $58k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $51k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $54k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $52k | 41% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $52k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $149,824 | 8 | 0% |
| Am Shalom | $35,395 | 8 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $17,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Worthy Books | $15,000 | 1 | 46% |
| Northwestern University | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $11,628 | 8 | 0% |
| The Selfhelp Home Inc | $11,185 | 7 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $8,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $5,225 | 7 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $5,025 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 62 recipients with no EIN on record ($153k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ries Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 24 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ries Foundation
- How much does Ries Foundation give?
- Ries Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $66,586 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ries Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (37%), Religion (12%), Education (10%).
- Who are Ries Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($150k), Am Shalom ($35k), Cornell University ($18k).
- Does Ries Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ries 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 Ries Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Polk Bros Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Ries Foundation based?
- Ries Foundation is based in IL.
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