California · Private foundation
Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $671k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 48
- Grants FY2026
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $93,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 38
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 2
- Total assets, FY2026
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 34% of the organizations Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 48 | $671k | 38% |
| FY2025 | 38 | $526k | 34% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $421k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $431k | 42% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $68k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $30k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $50k | 72% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $28k | 92% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Museum of Ceramic Art | $200,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Oaks Christian School | $123,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Art & Creativity for Healing | $105,900 | 7 | 6% |
| Claremont Lewis Museum of Art | $85,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Focus On The Masters Inc | $79,250 | 5 | 8% |
| The Ryman-Carroll Foundation | $66,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Free Arts dba Free Arts for Abused Children | $60,060 | 7 | 2% |
| Museum of Neon Art | $60,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Inner-City Arts | $59,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Craft Contemporary | $51,250 | 7 | 1% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($878k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts 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: California Community Foundation · Perenchio Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · Pasadena Art Alliance · The Ahmanson Foundation · Weingart Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · Sempra Foundation · The Philip and Muriel Berman Foundation · Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts with peer funders
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About Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts
- How much does Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts give?
- Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts reported 48 grants totaling $670,935 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 38 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (90%), Education (2%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: American Museum of Ceramic Art ($200k), Oaks Christian School ($124k), Art & Creativity for Healing ($106k).
- Does Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts 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 Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, Perenchio Foundation, The Ralph M Parsons Foundation.
- Where is Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts based?
- Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for The Arts is based in CA.
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