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The Gary and Carol 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.

$160k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2024
17
Organizations funded FY2023
41%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
14 to 25
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 41% of the organizations The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
InternationalEducationArts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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 arriving21$160k33%
FY202317$150k41%
FY202224$110k46%
FY202125$152k36%
FY202021$105k81%
FY201914$59kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$261kInternational$134kReligion$71kEducation$67kEnvironment$50kArts & Culture$46kPublic Safety & Disaster$43kSocial Science$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IA
NJ
CT
KY
VA
MD
DC
OK
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Washington Institute for Near East Policy$105,00050%
The Energy Forum Inc$37,500522%
We Are All Music Foundation Inc$27,000610%
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc$23,25050%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$15,00030%
Energy Policy Research Foundation Inc$12,0001n/a
Studentsponsor Partners Inc$11,00020%
Long Island University$11,00030%
Covenant House$10,00010%
Council on Foreign Relations Inc$10,00020%
New York City Ballet Inc$9,90060%
Feeding America$6,00020%
Avenues for Justice Inc$5,00010%
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$5,00010%
Commonwealth of Kentucky$5,0001n/a
All Stars Project Inc$5,00010%
Histiocytosis Association Inc$3,10030%
Folds of Honor Foundation$3,00020%
The New York Times Communities Fund$2,50010%
Whitney Museum of American Art$1,05020%
K9s for Warriors Inc$1,00010%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Independence Initiative$1,0001n/a
United Negro College Fund Inc$1,00010%
Palisade Co No 4 Fort Lee Fire Dept$1,00012%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,00010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$55030%
United States Fund for Unicef$50010%
Americares Foundation Inc$50010%
Fort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps$50010%
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$50010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50010%
The Silver Shield Foundation Inc$30020%
Special Olympics New York Inc$20020%
The George W Bush Foundation$20010%
Museum of Modern Art$20010%
Christian Herald Association Inc$10010%
World Childhood Foundation Inc$10010%
American Federation of Police and Concerned Citizens Inc$10010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$10010%
Share Our Strength$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($417k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWashington Institute for Near East Policy: $105,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Energy Forum Inc: $37,500 over 5y, 22% of budgetWe Are All Music Foundation Inc: $27,000 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetThe Graduate Center Foundation Inc: $23,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetStudentsponsor Partners Inc: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLong Island University: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCouncil on Foreign Relations Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York City Ballet Inc: $9,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAvenues for Justice Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAll Stars Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHistiocytosis Association Inc: $3,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Times Communities Fund: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetK9s for Warriors Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFisher House Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Negro College Fund Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPalisade Co No 4 Fort Lee Fire Dept: $1,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmericares Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFort Lee Volunteer Ambulance Corps: $500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Silver Shield Foundation Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics New York Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe George W Bush Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Childhood Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Federation of Police and Concerned Citizens Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $100 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 39.

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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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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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About The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation

How much does The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation give?
The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $159,950 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (35%), International (18%), Religion (10%).
Who are The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Washington Institute for Near East Policy ($105k), The Energy Forum Inc ($38k), We Are All Music Foundation Inc ($27k).
Does The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Gary and Carol 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.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Where is The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation based?
The Gary and Carol Ross Foundation is based in NY.

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 66 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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