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The de Ramel 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.

$616k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
28%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 37
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
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, 28% of the organizations The de Ramel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationInternationalAnimalsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving32$616k47%
FY202336$501k28%
FY202229$497k41%
FY202119$570k21%
FY202019$601k32%
FY201930$594k60%
FY201829$375k52%
FY201737$500kn/a
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.2MPhilanthropy$695kEducation$593kRecreation & Sports$291kYouth Development$253kHealth$199kEnvironment$108kFood & Nutrition$66kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WI
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MA
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NJ
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RI
CA
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MD
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 75 grantees
All grantees of The de Ramel Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Commemorative Air Force$408,65070%
Milton Academy$300,00080%
North Country School Inc$166,00081%
Bike Newport$145,25865%
Rhode Island Hospital Foundation$120,00021%
The Preservation Society of Newport County$115,15070%
Belmont Chapel Foundation$100,15427%
Tunison Foundation Inc$75,00017%
Newport Hospital Foundation$73,25062%
Newport Art Museum and Art Association$57,00022%
Aquidneck Community Table$50,13555%
St Michael's Country Day School$41,00030%
Iyrs School of Technology & Trades Inc$38,03630%
North American Trainer Association$29,75574%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Trinity Episcopal Church$20,0002n/a
Mountainfilm$20,00021%
Lime Rock Foundation$20,000311%
Naval War College Foundation Inc$17,90050%
Newport Art House$17,000249%
Preserve Rhode Island$15,00010%
French Heritage Society Inc$15,00011%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$15,00020%
Flight Experience for Youth$14,03048%
Universal Promise$12,50016%
Katama Airfield Trust$11,00025%
Newport Film Inc$10,30021%
Eaa Aviation Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Newport Historical Society$10,00020%
Friends of Jamestown Housing$10,0001n/a
Hias Inc$10,00020%
City of Newport$10,0001n/a
Green Oceans$10,00012%
Empowers Africa Inc$10,00020%
The Conservation Agency$10,0001n/a
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society$10,00010%
Maritime Education Network Inc$8,0002n/a
Rhode Island Institute for Labor Studies and Research$6,00020%
Clean Ocean Access Inc$5,50021%
Audrain Automobile Museum Inc$5,45820%
Providence Performing Arts Center$5,00010%
Watchdogri Inc$5,000186%
Family Service of Rhode Island Inc$5,00010%
American Airpower Heritage Museum Inc$5,00010%
Jamestown Arts Center$5,00011%
East Bay Community Action Program$5,00010%
The Everglades Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
The Aopa Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Rhode Island Legal Education Foundation$5,000111%
Hillside Charitable Organization Inc$5,00014%
Near North Montessori School$5,00010%
Women & Infants Hospital of Ri$5,00010%
Aquidneck Island Land Trust$2,59110%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$2,54010%
Squashbusters Inc$2,50010%
World War II Foundation$2,00010%
Calle Limpia Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
The Society of the Four Arts Inc$1,50010%
Friends of Mvyradio Inc$1,03010%
Newport String Project$1,02010%
Ewe Spirit Foundation Inc$1,01011%
New Leaders Council$1,00010%
Copa Safety & Education Foundation$1,00010%
Global Footprint Network Inc$1,00010%
The Newport Tree Conservancy$1,00010%
Friends of Ballard Park$1,00011%
Covenant House$52310%
Baby Steps$50011%
Save the Bay Inc$50010%
Newport Contemporary Ballet$50010%
Epic Cure Inc$5001n/a
Womens Resource Center of Newport and Bristol Counties$25010%
The Impossible Dream Inc$20010%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$10010%
Experimental Aircraft Association Inc$9310%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The de Ramel Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 67 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Commemorative Air Force: $408,650 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetMilton Academy: $300,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNorth Country School Inc: $166,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetBike Newport: $145,258 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetRhode Island Hospital Foundation: $120,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Preservation Society of Newport County: $115,150 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBelmont Chapel Foundation: $100,154 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetTunison Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetNewport Hospital Foundation: $73,250 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetNewport Art Museum and Art Association: $57,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetAquidneck Community Table: $50,135 over 5y, 5.3% of budgetSt Michael's Country Day School: $41,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetIyrs School of Technology & Trades Inc: $38,036 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNorth American Trainer Association: $29,755 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetInternational Documentary Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMountainfilm: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLime Rock Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetNaval War College Foundation Inc: $17,900 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNewport Art House: $17,000 over 2y, 49% of budgetPreserve Rhode Island: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFrench Heritage Society Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFlight Experience for Youth: $14,030 over 4y, 8.4% of budgetUniversal Promise: $12,500 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetKatama Airfield Trust: $11,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetNewport Film Inc: $10,300 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetEaa Aviation Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNewport Historical Society: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHias Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Oceans: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetEmpowers Africa Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSea Shepherd Conservation Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRhode Island Institute for Labor Studies and Research: $6,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetClean Ocean Access Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetAudrain Automobile Museum Inc: $5,458 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProvidence Performing Arts Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWatchdogri Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 86% of budgetFamily Service of Rhode Island Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Airpower Heritage Museum Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJamestown Arts Center: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEast Bay Community Action Program: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Aopa Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRhode Island Legal Education Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetHillside Charitable Organization Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetNear North Montessori School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen & Infants Hospital of Ri: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAquidneck Island Land Trust: $2,591 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $2,540 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 67.

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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.

Van Beuren Charitable Foundation IncNY52.7× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc · The Rhode Island Community Foundation · The Champlin Foundation · Frederick Henry Prince Testamentary Trust · Ejmp Fund for Philanthropy · Bazarsky Family Foundation · Hamilton Family Foundation · Amica Companies Foundation · Gruben Charitable Foundation · Brauchler-Collins Charitable Foundation · Newportfed Charitable Foundation · Alletta Morris McBean Charitable Trust

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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How do I get to The de Ramel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The de Ramel Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The de Ramel Foundation

How much does The de Ramel Foundation give?
The de Ramel Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $616,027 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 37 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The de Ramel Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Philanthropy (16%), Education (13%).
Who are The de Ramel Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Commemorative Air Force ($409k), Milton Academy ($300k), North Country School Inc ($166k).
Does The de Ramel Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The de Ramel 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.
Which funders back the same organizations as The de Ramel Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Van Beuren Charitable Foundation Inc, The Rhode Island Community Foundation, The Champlin Foundation.
Where is The de Ramel Foundation based?
The de Ramel Foundation is based in RI.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 119 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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