New Hampshire · Private foundation
Stephen M Ross 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.
- $396k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Stephen M Ross Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.0M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $396k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $39M | 17% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $3.0M | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $11M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.3M | 100% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $13M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Resources Institute | $26,400,000 | 2 | 6% |
| University of Michigan | $21,562,690 | 2 | n/a |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc | $9,350,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Cornell University | $6,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality | $1,268,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Architectural College | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bank Street College of Education | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Resources Institute | $26,400,000 | 2 | 6% |
| University of Michigan | $21,562,690 | 2 | n/a |
| New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc | $9,350,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Cornell University | $6,000,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc | $2,000,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality | $1,268,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Trust for Public Land | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Architectural College | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bank Street College of Education | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($462k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Stephen M Ross Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
About Stephen M Ross Foundation
- How much does Stephen M Ross Foundation give?
- Stephen M Ross Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $396,414 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Stephen M Ross Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (46%), Environment (40%), Education (9%).
- Who are Stephen M Ross Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: World Resources Institute ($26M), University of Michigan ($22M), New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc ($9.3M).
- Does Stephen M Ross Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stephen M Ross 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.
- Where is Stephen M Ross Foundation based?
- Stephen M Ross Foundation is based in NH.
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