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Ross Stores Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4.2M
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
140
Grants FY2026
111
Organizations funded FY2025
21%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2026
$1,603,333
Organizations funded a year
94 to 261
FY2021 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
33
Total assets, FY2026
$10M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 21% of the organizations Ross Stores Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $680k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving137$3.9M39%
FY2025111$3.8M21%
FY202494$1.5M26%
FY2023107$2.9M31%
FY2022180$3.0M59%
FY2021261$4.1Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.

Youth Development$9.9MEducation$4.4MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.9MPhilanthropy$1.4MHuman Services$557kFood & Nutrition$556kInternational$468kCivil Rights$452kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 369 grantees
All grantees of Ross Stores Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$6,619,16661%
First Book$1,984,15060%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$1,920,00060%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula$394,96060%
United Way Inc$350,00011%
The Educational Alliance Inc$261,52550%
Direct Relief$250,00010%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$250,00020%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$175,00010%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$175,00010%
Scientific Adventures dba Scientific Adventures for Girls$150,00056%
City Harvest Inc$150,00010%
Alameda County Community Food Bank$150,00010%
A Place Called Home$140,30051%
Schools Mentoring and Resources Team Inc (Smart)$120,00041%
Beyond Emancipation$120,00041%
Aim High for High School$120,00040%
Foundation for Students Rising Above$120,00041%
Girl Scouts of Northern California$110,00040%
Los Angeles Urban Foudation$110,000411%
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship$93,00040%
Summer Program for Youth$90,400312%
Jumpstart for Young Children Inc$90,40040%
PS Science$90,00033%
Girls Incorporated of Alameda County$90,00030%
Think Together$90,00030%
Casa Youth Shelter$90,00031%
The Bell Foundation Inc$90,00030%
New Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc$90,00031%
Young Eisner Scholars$90,00033%
Lavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric$80,00031%
Reading Partners$80,00030%
Bayview-Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology DBA BAYCAT$80,00031%
Enterprise for Youth$80,00031%
Larkin Street Youth Services$80,00030%
Junior Achievement of Northern California$70,30051%
Junior Achievement of South Central Pa$70,00041%
826 Valencia$70,00030%
Portland Tennis & Education$65,00042%
Mission Bit$60,80050%
Elevate Tutoring Inc$60,40033%
San Francisco Friends School$60,40030%
Hillsides$60,30020%
City Year Inc$60,00020%
Children Rising Inc$60,00023%
Inner-City Arts$60,00021%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$60,00020%
Read to a Child Inc$60,00022%
Braille Institute of America Inc$60,00020%
The Enlightened Mentor Corp$60,000210%
After-School All-Stars$60,00030%
Coalition for Engaged Education$60,00024%
Oakland Leaf Foundation$60,00031%
Silicon Valley Education Foundation$50,40030%
Sfusd$50,0002n/a
Hack the Hood Inc$50,0002n/a
Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream$50,00021%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$50,00020%
Mission Graduates$50,00020%
Wings for Kids$50,00030%
Uaspire Inc$50,00020%
ourBRIDGE Inc$50,00021%
PowerMyLearning Inc$40,70040%
Family Support Services$40,30030%
Self-Estem$40,00022%
Resource Area for Teaching$40,00020%
Be A Mentor Inc$40,00022%
Get Lit - Words Ignite Inc$35,00021%
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired$30,40030%
All Peoples Community Center$30,0001n/a
Canine Companions for Independence Inc$30,0001n/a
Para Los Ninos$30,00010%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$30,0001n/a
Oakland Career Training Depot Corp$30,0001n/a
Raising A Reader$30,0001n/a
Community Alliance for Learning Dba Writercoach Connection$30,0001n/a
Project Echo$30,000110%
Huckleberry Youth Programs Inc$30,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star$30,0001n/a
Learnup Centers$30,0001n/a
Boys Club of Napa Inc Boys & Girls Club of Napa Valley$30,00011%
Communities in Schools of Houston Inc$30,00010%
Hively$30,00010%
Safe Passages$30,00010%
Dev Mission$30,0001n/a
Urban Angels SF$30,0001n/a
East Bay Agency for Children$30,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Grays Harbor$28,25860%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland$27,50051%
Runway of Dreams Foundation$25,00012%
Friends of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association Inc$25,000167%
Integral Youth Services$24,52560%
Science From Scientists Inc$20,75040%
Improve Your Tomorrow Inc$20,30020%
Mentor Tutor Connection$20,00013%
Access Youth Academy$20,0001n/a
Reading and Math Inc$20,0001n/a
KIPP Texas Inc$20,00010%
The Circuit Epa$20,0001n/a
Engaging Creative Minds$20,0001n/a
Reach Foundation$20,0001n/a
Oakland Genesis DBA Oakland Genesis Soccer Club$20,00012%
Ready to Succeed$20,0001n/a
Shine Together Inc$20,00011%
Curiodyssey$20,00010%
Good Brother Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
Genesys Works$20,0001n/a
University YWCA Berkeley California$20,00012%
Kid Spark Education$20,00011%
Girls Leadership Institute Inc dba Girls Leadership$20,00011%
Juniper Ridge Community School$18,62460%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Blair County Inc$17,52162%
Longview Public Schools$17,0495n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin$15,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley$15,00010%
Good360$15,00010%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley$15,00010%
Show Low Library Friends Inc$13,9535n/a
Friends of the Kingman Public Library$13,3522n/a
The Arc of Cape May County Inc$12,48950%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Montana$12,18861%
Yakima Valley Libraries Foundation$10,946666%
American Cancer Society Inc$10,50020%
Young Men's Christian Association of Wenatchee$10,38850%
The Oakland Public Education Fund$10,00010%
Colorado Healing Fund$10,00011%
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park$10,00010%
Education is Key$10,0001n/a
United Voices of Literacy - Uvol$10,0001n/a
The Korean American Scholarship Foundation$10,00020%
CollegeCommunityCareer Inc$10,00012%
East Side Union High School District Education Foundation$10,00013%
America Needs You$10,00010%
Civicorps$10,00010%
You Discover Math Inc$10,0001n/a
Westmont College$10,00010%
The Club for Youth$9,61930%
Childrens Museum of Walla Walla$8,97165%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Salina Inc$8,88060%
Putnam County Family YMCA$8,87660%
Montgomery County Youth Services$8,37060%
Gateway Preparatory Academy$8,36120%
Gabriels House Inc$8,34151%
Shasta County Young Men's Christian Association$8,12860%
Schlow Memorial Library$7,8776n/a
Camp Fire Columbia$7,73030%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah$7,56340%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Finney and Kearny Counties Inc$7,25961%
Casa of Jefferson County$6,26562%
Brentwood Library Foundation$5,4501n/a
Mbolden Change$5,00011%
Open Heart Kitchen of Livermore Inc$5,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5,00010%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville$4,80551%
The YMCA of Southwest Washington$4,66110%
Castle Rock Community Inter Church Task Force$4,45530%
Russell House Response to Domestic$4,33330%
Pikeville Area Family YMCA Inc$4,22760%
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)$3,50010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of SWLA Inc$3,48520%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago$3,00020%
United Way of Mid & South Jefferson Co$2,6941n/a
Butler County Family YMCA$2,67210%
Freire Charter School$2,6401n/a
Bay Area Homeless Services Inc$2,58610%
Department of Education$2,5001n/a
Manelu$2,50010%
Read and Feed$2,50010%
Casa of Mideast Missouri$2,40250%
Afterschool America$2,32620%
John McClure Snook Youth Club of Foley$2,2621n/a
California Academy of Sciences$2,00010%
Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Foundation Inc$2,00010%
New Caney New Horizons Inc$1,96011%
Lawton Public School Foundation Inc$1,7681n/a
The Open Book Project$1,7641n/a
Anderson Five Education Foundation$1,7491n/a
Magnolia Education Foundation$1,7351n/a
Tyler Ind School District Foundation$1,6901n/a
Lexington Children's Museum$1,6211n/a
Warrenton Schools Foundation Inc$1,5931n/a
YMCA of Greenville$1,5781n/a
Albany Co Public Library Foundation$1,5231n/a
Happy Hill Farm Childrens Home Inc$1,50010%
Cullman Caring for Kids Inc$1,31810%
Junior Achievement of South Texas Inc$1,30030%
YMCA of Dodge County Inc$1,21530%
The Community Partnership$1,12510%
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta Inc$1,09910%
Bozeman Public Schools Foundation Inc$1,0831n/a
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$1,00010%
Ohiohealth Corporation$1,0001n/a
Ann Arbor Young Men's Christian Association$9701n/a
Lowell Elementary PTO Parent Teacher Organization Inc$90027%
Madison Square Boys & Girls Club$8951n/a
Empowered Tutoring Inc$80020%
Discovery World Ltd$80020%
Reading to Kids$80020%
East Palo Alto Kids Foundation$75020%
Northern California Bulldog Rescueinc$7501n/a
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION of Greater Spartanburg$7121n/a
Mentors for Youth of Dubois County$70610%
Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco$70020%
Npower Inc$70020%
Troubled Movement Inc$7002n/a
St John the Baptist School$7002n/a
Hands on Atlanta Inc$70020%
Hope Alliance of Missouri$69611%
Flint River Regional Library$6461n/a
Texarkana Isd Education Foundation$5221n/a
The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital$50010%
Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of Youth Inc (Handy Inc)$50010%
Black Hawk College Foundation$50010%
Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Foundation$50010%
Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh Inc$50010%
Beulahs Safe Haven$50012%
Communities In Schools of Hampton Roads$50010%
YMCA of Waycross Ga Inc$4681n/a
Young Men's Christian Association$4161n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Orange Coast$40010%
Seneca Family of Agencies$40010%
Scalawags$4001n/a
Aliquippa Green$40010%
Keystone Human Services$40010%
El Salvador Foundation$4001n/a
Girl Scouts Hornets Nest Council$40010%
Juma Ventures Inc$40010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Chattahoochee Valley Inc$40010%
Stems4girls Inc$4001n/a
Ignite Worldwide$40010%
The Menifee Valley Boys & Girls Club$40010%
Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori School$40010%
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund$40010%
Life Learning Academy$40010%
We Are Light$4001n/a
Boys and Girls Club of Vista Inc$40010%
Performing Arts and Science Academy Pasa$40010%
University South Foundation Inc$40010%
International Rescue Committee INC$40010%
Livingston Parish School Board$4001n/a
Sigma Beta XI Inc$40010%
Chinatown Community Development Center$40010%
Dyslexia Advocation Inc$4001n/a
South Sebastian County Boys & Girls$4001n/a
Keystone Opportunity Center Inc$40010%
Youth 2 Leaders Education Foundatio$40010%
Foster Grants and Giving Inc$4001n/a
Rock Hill School District Foundation Inc$40010%
Junior Achievement of Southern California Inc$40010%
Voices for Children$40010%
International Child Resource Institute$40010%
Encuentros Leadership of Northernsan Diego County Inc$4001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of North County$40010%
Career Girls$40010%
John Burton Advocates for Youth$40010%
Heyburn School PTO$4001n/a
Two Bit Circus Foundation$40010%
Young Leaders Program$40011%
Environmental Volunteers Inc$40010%
Meemli Inc$40011%
Academics R US$4001n/a
Youth Science Center$40010%
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation$40010%
Peace 4 Kids$40010%
Alameda County Library Foundation$40010%
EDUTRACk$40017%
House of Shelter Incorporated$4001n/a
Boundless Brilliance Inc$40011%
Durango Education Foundation$40010%
The Partners Program$40010%
Glamorous Gemz Inc$4001n/a
Boys & Girls Club of the Colorado River$4001n/a
Earthwatch Institute Inc$40010%
Hugh Obrian Youth Leadership$4001n/a
Southern Scholarship Foundation Inc$40010%
Bbp Gem Inc$4001n/a
Black Ensemble Theater Corporation$40010%
Readysetexcel Inc$40011%
Camden City Garden Club Inc$35010%
Leaders of Excellence Inc$35011%
Stellas Girls Inc$3501n/a
College Thriver Inc$3501n/a
Kingdom Kare Inc$35010%
Face to Face Enrichment Center$35010%
Mentoring Youth Through Technology$35011%
First Foundation Kids Inc$35010%
The Arbor School of Central Florida$35010%
Sail2Change$3501n/a
Better Basics Inc$35010%
Jewish Family Services of Delaware Inc$35010%
Orange County Coastkeeper$35010%
Blueprint Schools Network Inc$35010%
The Steam Generation Inc$35011%
Front Porch Community Development Association Inc$35011%
Victoria Isd Education Foundation Inc$35010%
Reach for the Stars$3501n/a
First Impressions$3501n/a
Recapturing the Vision International Inc$3501n/a
Bernadettes House$3501n/a
National Action Network$3501n/a
We Lead Ours$35010%
G E M Environmental Nfp$35010%
Agape Villages Inc$35010%
Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland$35010%
Allendale Association$35010%
Wayfinder Family Services$35010%
Visions and Pathways a Nj Nonprofit Corporation$35010%
Girlstart$35010%
The 4c Foundation Inc$35010%
Opportunity Junction Inc$35010%
Well Suited$3501n/a
Compass Family Services$35010%
STEM Education and Innovation Center$3501n/a
Techbridge Girls$35010%
Inspiring Greatness in You Inc$3501n/a
Redefiners World Languages Inc$35010%
Kids Xplore Inc$35010%
Youth Alive$35010%
Literacy Volunteers of the New River Valley$35010%
Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona$35010%
Autism Rec$35011%
Reading Results$35010%
Vitendo4africa$35010%
Coro Northern California Inc$35010%
Overtown Children and Youth Coalition Inc$35010%
Center for Human Rights Andconstitutional Law Inc$35010%
Venice Arts$35010%
Yucaipa Valley Historical Society$3501n/a
Girls Incorporated of Pinellas$35010%
Tri-County Young Mens Christian Association$30510%
Sunset District Community Development dba Sunset Youth Services$30010%
Destiny Community Services$30010%
Forkids Inc$30010%
The Tulsa Initiative Inc$30010%
Aim High St Louis$30010%
The Jester & Pharley Phund$30010%
Peak Parent Center Inc$30010%
Holy Family Day Home$30010%
Operation Progress Student Assistance Fdn Cal-1$30010%
Witthauer Murrah Foundation$30011%
National Pacific Islander Educator Network$3001n/a
Beauty Marks for Girls$3001n/a
Island Estates Womens Club Charitable Trust$3001n/a
Education Based Housing Inc$30010%
Santa Fe Children's Museum Inc$30010%
The Shaw University$30010%
Gathering at Forestville Inc$3001n/a
The Reunion Center Inc$3001n/a
Belton Educational Foundation$30010%
Frank P Moncure Lodge Scholarship Fund Inc$3001n/a
The Niles Foundation$3001n/a
Henry Ford Elementary School PTA$3001n/a
Hale Kipa Inc$30010%
National Coalition of 100 Black Women$30010%
Youth Inspiration Nation Inc$30011%
Dunn Police Athl & Act League Inc$30010%
The Vine School$30010%
Cambridge Community Center Dba Cambridge Child Development Center$30010%
Davidson County Transitional Services Inc$3001n/a
Dennis Henneke Foundation$30010%
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$25010%
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation$20010%
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research$20010%
Prism Fl Inc$20010%
Lexington Public Library Foundation$1961n/a
Grand Island Public Library Foundation$1511n/a
Hobe Sound Womens Club Inc$1001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 132 recipients with no EIN on record ($885k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ross Stores Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of America: $6,619,166 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetFirst Book: $1,984,150 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,920,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula: $394,960 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way Inc: $350,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Educational Alliance Inc: $261,525 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDirect Relief: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $250,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP Empowerment Programs Inc: $175,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetScientific Adventures dba Scientific Adventures for Girls: $150,000 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetCity Harvest Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlameda County Community Food Bank: $150,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetA Place Called Home: $140,300 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetSchools Mentoring and Resources Team Inc (Smart): $120,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBeyond Emancipation: $120,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetAim High for High School: $120,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFoundation for Students Rising Above: $120,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGirl Scouts of Northern California: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Urban Foudation: $110,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetNetwork for Teaching Entrepreneurship: $93,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSummer Program for Youth: $90,400 over 3y, 12% of budgetJumpstart for Young Children Inc: $90,400 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPS Science: $90,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Alameda County: $90,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetThink Together: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCasa Youth Shelter: $90,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetThe Bell Foundation Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNew Door Ventures Fka Golden Gate Community Inc: $90,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetYoung Eisner Scholars: $90,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetLavender Youth Recreation & Information Center Inc Lyric: $80,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetReading Partners: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBayview-Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology DBA BAYCAT: $80,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetEnterprise for Youth: $80,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetLarkin Street Youth Services: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Northern California: $70,300 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetJunior Achievement of South Central Pa: $70,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budget826 Valencia: $70,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPortland Tennis & Education: $65,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetMission Bit: $60,800 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetElevate Tutoring Inc: $60,400 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetSan Francisco Friends School: $60,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHillsides: $60,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCity Year Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren Rising Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetInner-City Arts: $60,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLos Angeles Lgbt Center: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRead to a Child Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Golden State Community FoundationCA48.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Golden State Community Foundation · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation · Quest Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Bothin Foundation · The Barrios Trust · The San Francisco Foundation · Crankstart Foundation · Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Tipping Point Community · Atkinson Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Ross Stores Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Ross Stores Foundation

How much does Ross Stores Foundation give?
Ross Stores Foundation reported 140 grants totaling $4,226,636 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 94 and 261 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
What does Ross Stores Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Youth Development (48%), Education (21%), Public Safety & Disaster (9%).
Who are Ross Stores Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Boys & Girls Clubs of America ($6.6M), First Book ($2.0M), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($1.9M).
Does Ross Stores Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ross Stores Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ross Stores Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Golden State Community Foundation, The Morris Stulsaft Foundation, Quest Foundation.
Where is Ross Stores Foundation based?
Ross Stores Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 510 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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