· Private foundation
Ruth & Jacques Sartisky 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC RADIO | $3,000 |
| ASHEVILLE WATCHDOG | $3,000 |
| BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| MOUNTAIN TRUE | $2,000 |
| BRONX SCIENCE ALUMNI FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION | $750 |
| MANNA FOODBANK | $600 |
| WILMA DYKEMAN LEGACY | $500 |
| SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE | $250 |
| WIKI FOUNDATION | $250 |
| PBS NORTH CAROLINA | $250 |
| SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER | $250 |
| YMCA OF WNC | $250 |
| ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM | $250 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 1 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, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS INC8× · 2017–2024 · $19k · revenue +246%- UAUniversity at Buffalo Foundation Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +27%
- MMountainTrue7× · 2017–2025 · $11k · revenue +258%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVIone grant, 2022 · $2k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $1k
- TWTENNESSEE WILLIAMS LITERARY FESTone grant, 2019 · $1k
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.
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
The north carolina bar association is organized for the purposes of promoting and improving the administration of justice in north carolina; fostering and encouraging law reform when in the public interest; advancing the science of…
American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…
How this is measured
31 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. 31 of the 67 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 CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS INC ↗
- Who funds University at Buffalo Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds MountainTrue ↗
- Who funds WESTERN N CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASHEVILLE WATCHDOG ↗
- Who funds Asheville Art Museum Association Inc ↗
- Who funds WARREN WILSON COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds WILMA DYKEMAN LEGACY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SARAH LAWRENCE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Literacy Together ↗
- Who funds MANNA FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Guardian Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds ASHEVILLE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The North Carolina Arboretum Society ↗
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: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community Inc · James a and Mayme H Rowland Foundation · The Frances & William H Beattie Fdn · Bailey Family Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Henderson County Inc · Dogwood Health Trust · The Goodman Foundation Inc · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ruth & Jacques Sartisky Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth & Jacques Sartisky Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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