Nevada · Private foundation
Russell Mace 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.
- $325k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
62% of Russell Mace Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $683k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Russell Mace Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $125k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $80k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $110k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truckee Meadows Community College Foundation | $110,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Nevada Humane Society | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Children's Learning Center Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Teton Music Festival Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northern Nevada Children's Cancer Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Drive Toward a Cure | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($25k), not named here.
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: Peek Family Charitable Foundation · Willametta K Day Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Community Foundation of Northern Nevada · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Russell Mace Foundation
- How much does Russell Mace Foundation give?
- Russell Mace Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $325,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Russell Mace Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (64%), Education (20%), Animals (7%).
- Who are Russell Mace Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Truckee Meadows Community College Foundation ($110k), Nevada Humane Society ($60k), Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows ($50k).
- Does Russell Mace Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Russell Mace 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 Russell Mace Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Peek Family Charitable Foundation, Willametta K Day Foundation, NV Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Russell Mace Foundation based?
- Russell Mace Foundation is based in NV.
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