· Private foundation
Risser Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SUNKEN GARDENS FOREVER FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| READY FOR LIFE | $25,000 |
| JEFFERSON COUNTY SPCA | $10,000 |
| POLYWOGS CHARITIES INC | $10,000 |
| PLAYHOUSE SQUARE FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| ST LAWRENCE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COUNCIL INC DBA WPBS-TV | $5,000 |
| ZOO NEW YORK AT THOMPSON PARK | $5,000 |
| THE THRESHOLDS | $5,000 |
| HOMELESS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM | $5,000 |
| ALL CREATURES BIG AND SMALL | $2,500 |
| SALVATION ARMY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY NY | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against -12% for those funded once.
8 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RFREADY FOR LIFE INC2× · 2024–2025 · $35k · revenue +20%
- PSPlayhouse Square Foundation2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +7%
- JCJEFFERSON COUNTY SPCA2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +60%
Funded once
- SSSEASIDE SEABIRD SANCTUARYone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -12%
- APACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURGone grant, 2024 · $3k · 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.
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.
Spca tampa bay is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates pinellas county's only nonprofit for-all animal shelter assisting all animals in need, regardless of species or circumstance, at its 10-acre campus in largo. (continued on…
The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…
At the spca serving erie county, our mission is to create a more humane community through education; rescuing, protecting, and enhancing the lives of animals; and nurturing the bond between animals and people.
To provide for the welfare and humane protection, care and treatment of homeless animals through the operation of an animal shelter that rescues, rehabilitates, cares for, spays and neuters, and places homeless pets for adoption.
Animal care centers of nyc's (acc) mission is to end animal homelessness in nyc.
Pet pride of new york has been saving homeless cats and matching them with caring adopters since 1977. we operate a no-kill cat sanctuary and adoption center with an on-site veterinary medical center where we shelter and care for cats and…
Committed to the rescue and adoption of animals from shelters, reducing the euthanasia of adoptable pets within our community. using community resources, we will provide and support an adoptive friendly no-kill shelter for rescued animals…
Rescue pointer dogs and treat back to health and f
The humane society of pinellas' mission is to prevent animal homelessness in our community and provide care and assistance to those in need.
The potsdam humane society operates a not-for-profit animal shelter, which provides care and protection to animals in need, including the returning of lost pets to their homes, giving proper medical attention and/or arranging for their…
The mission of sweet dreams senior pet sanctuary is to support elderly individuals who can no longer care for their senior pets by providing a safe and loving home for their cherished companions. the sanctuary offers two primary programs…
Animal house project's mission is to offer comprehensive support to vulnerable animals. this includes rescuing, adopting, and facilitating access to veterinary care and food. through dedicated efforts, innovative solutions and strategic…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 14 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 SUNKEN GARDENS FOREVER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds READY FOR LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds Playhouse Square Foundation ↗
- Who funds JEFFERSON COUNTY SPCA ↗
- Who funds POLYWOGS CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds SEASIDE SEABIRD SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds THE THRESHOLDS ↗
- Who funds HOMELESS EMERGENCY PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds ALL CREATURES BIG AND SMALL INC ↗
- Who funds ST LAWRENCE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST PETERSBURG ↗
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: Francis and Gertrude Levett Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Risser Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Risser Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Homeless Emergency Project Inc: 15% of income from government
- Seaside Seabird Sanctuary: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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