Delaware · Private foundation
The Louis A Ritter Foundation
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.
- $230k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 44
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations The Louis A Ritter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 | 2 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $180k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $75k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $116k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $82k | 46% |
| FY2018 | 44 | $130k | 77% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Association for Human Values | $485,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Ved Vignan Mahavidyapeeth | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The L'Enfant Trust | $40,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Rural School Assistance Fund Inc | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression | $30,300 | 4 | 0% |
| Westchester Philharmonic Inc | $15,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy Dba Cure Sma | $15,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Crisis Aid Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The New York Times Communities Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 45 grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($245k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Louis A Ritter 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: The Toby and Nataly Ritter Family Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · American Express Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Louis A Ritter Foundation
- How much does The Louis A Ritter Foundation give?
- The Louis A Ritter Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $230,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 44 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Louis A Ritter Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (35%), Arts & Culture (16%), Health (14%).
- Who are The Louis A Ritter Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: International Association for Human Values ($485k), Ved Vignan Mahavidyapeeth ($100k), The L'Enfant Trust ($40k).
- Does The Louis A Ritter Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Louis A Ritter 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 Louis A Ritter Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Toby and Nataly Ritter Family Foundation, The New York Community Trust, Jewish Communal Fund.
- Where is The Louis A Ritter Foundation based?
- The Louis A Ritter Foundation is based in DE.
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