Illinois · Private foundation
The Howard Ross Family 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.
- $15k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $8,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 32
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $335k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations The Howard Ross Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 12 | $15k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $16k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $18k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $13k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friendship Circle International Inc | $24,375 | 4 | 1% |
| Turning Pointe Autism Foundation | $13,450 | 5 | 0% |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Playthinks | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Chicago Mezuzah and Mitzvah Campaign | $1,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Shalva Inc | $1,060 | 3 | 0% |
| Hebron Fund Inc | $880 | 5 | 0% |
| Kehillah Jewish Education Fund | $740 | 3 | 0% |
| National Association of Social Workers | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $650 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Howard Ross Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Bitton Family Foundation Inc · Jewish Communal Fund · Arthur & Sally Dordek Charitable Foundation · Elliott and Ronni Charitable Fdn · Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation · Noah Wolff Family Foundation Inc · The Novick Family Foundation · Lev Zahav NFP · Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago · Walder Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Howard Ross Family Foundation
- How much does The Howard Ross Family Foundation give?
- The Howard Ross Family Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $15,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 32 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Howard Ross Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (35%), International (32%), Religion (9%).
- Who are The Howard Ross Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Friendship Circle International Inc ($24k), Turning Pointe Autism Foundation ($13k), Chai Lifeline Inc ($9k).
- Does The Howard Ross Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Howard Ross Family 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 Howard Ross Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Bitton Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Howard Ross Family Foundation based?
- The Howard Ross Family Foundation is based in IL.
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