New York · Private foundation
Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc
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.
- $285k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 40
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 41
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 40 | $285k | 3% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $278k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 39 | $295k | 8% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $283k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $300k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut College | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The President and Trustees of Colby College | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Lehigh University | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $75,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Greenwich Hospital | $70,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Camp Sunshine at Sebago Lake Inc | $53,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Federated Conservationists of Westchester County Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 18% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $49,000 | 5 | 0% |
| My Sisters Place Inc | $48,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Musella Foundation for Brain Tumor Research and Information Inc | $48,000 | 5 | 2% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($132k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
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How this is measured
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About Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc
- How much does Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc give?
- Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc reported 40 grants totaling $284,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 41 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (45%), Arts & Culture (14%), Health (11%).
- Who are Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Connecticut College ($250k), The President and Trustees of Colby College ($250k), Lehigh University ($100k).
- Does Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc 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 & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Strypemonde Foundation, The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation, The New York Community Trust.
- Where is Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc based?
- Ruth & Seymour Klein Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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