Kansas · Private foundation
Ross Charitable Trust
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.
- $320k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $124,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Ross Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 8 | $320k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $232k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $271k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $273k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $249k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross Lutheran Church | $334,052 | 3 | n/a |
| Wichita Grand Opera Inc | $228,200 | 5 | 22% |
| Concordia Theological Seminary | $100,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lutheran Bible Translators Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Concordia University | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kansans For Life Inc | $29,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friends University | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wichita Chamber-Chorale Inc | $12,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Wichita Art Museum Inc | $12,450 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Cross Lutheran Church | $334,052 | 3 | n/a |
| Wichita Grand Opera Inc | $228,200 | 5 | 22% |
| Concordia Theological Seminary | $100,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Nebraska Foundation | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lutheran Bible Translators Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Concordia University | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kansans For Life Inc | $29,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Friends University | $23,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Wichita Chamber-Chorale Inc | $12,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Wichita Art Museum Inc | $12,450 | 3 | 0% |
| Aurora Public Schools Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grumpy Old Men Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wichita State University Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| National Kidney Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($425k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ross Charitable Trust 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.
Open a dossier: Garvey Kansas Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ross Charitable Trust
- How much does Ross Charitable Trust give?
- Ross Charitable Trust reported 8 grants totaling $319,878 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Ross Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (49%), Education (30%), Arts & Culture (19%).
- Who are Ross Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Holy Cross Lutheran Church ($334k), Wichita Grand Opera Inc ($228k), Concordia Theological Seminary ($100k).
- Does Ross Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ross Charitable Trust 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 Ross Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Garvey Kansas Foundation, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing.
- Where is Ross Charitable Trust based?
- Ross Charitable Trust is based in KS.
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