· Private foundation
Ruth & Ralph Friedman 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST | $7,500 |
| ADIRONDACK COUNCIL | $6,000 |
| ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER | $3,000 |
| NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS | $2,500 |
| CENTER FOR INQUIRY | $1,000 |
| PAUL SMITH'S COLLEGE | $1,000 |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY | $1,000 |
| YOUNG CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT CHILDRENS RIGHT | $750 |
| CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEMS STUDIES | $750 |
| ADIRONDACK HISTORICAL MUSEUM | $500 |
| ADIRONDACK SKY CENTER & ABSERVATORY | $500 |
| ADIRONDACK CENTER FOR LOON CONSERVATION | $250 |
| WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION | $250 |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY | $250 |
| ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS | $150 |
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ALADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC6× · 2020–2025 · $45k · revenue +82%
- TATHE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC6× · 2020–2025 · $34k · revenue +25%
- AMADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER6× · 2020–2025 · $18k · revenue +17%
Funded once
- AEADIRONDACK EXPERIENCE INCone grant, 2020 · $500
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.
Adk is the only non-profit organization in new york state dedicated to the conservation, preservation, and responsible recreational use of the new york state forest preserve and other parks, wild lands, and waters vital to our members and…
The central new york land trust seeks to preserve and protect natural areas in order to provide our communities clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat, and a chance to connect with the land.
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Zoo new york, by example and action, provides knowledge and motivation for conserving nature in new york state through science-based natural and cultural experiences.
Dutchess land conservancy (dlc) is dedicated to preserving the scenic, agricultural and environmental resources of dutchess county, new york, and the surrounding area. dlc, as a private non-profit land conservation organization, carries…
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.
See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…
See schedule onylcvef's mission is to educate, engage and empower new yorkers to be effective advocates on behalf of the environment from clean energy and funding for parks, to solid waste and green buildings. first, we educate new yorkers…
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Protect is a grassroots, membership organization dedicated to the protection, stewardship and sustainability of the natural environment and human communities of the adirondack park and the new york state forest preserve for current and…
Northeast wilderness trust is a regional land trust working to preserve and restore forever-wild landscapes for nature and people in new york, vermont, new hampshire, maine, massachusetts and connecticut.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 19 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 ADIRONDACK LAND TRUST INC ↗
- Who funds THE ADIRONDACK COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER ↗
- Who funds NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF THE ADIRONDACKS ↗
- Who funds PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds ADIRONDACK CENTER FOR LOON CONSERVATION ↗
- Who funds CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS INC ↗
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: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ruth & Ralph Friedman Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth & Ralph Friedman Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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