New York · Private foundation
The Rachael Ray 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.
- $14M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 88
- Grants FY2024
- 84
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 37 to 100
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 29
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations The Rachael Ray Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $515k 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 | 88 | $14M | 9% |
| FY2023 | 84 | $13M | 18% |
| FY2022 | 100 | $13M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 89 | $10M | 26% |
| FY2020 | 81 | $16M | 33% |
| FY2019 | 89 | $14M | 34% |
| FY2018 | 72 | $8.4M | 58% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $7.3M | n/a |
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Shore Animal League America Inc | $17,421,233 | 8 | 6% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $11,235,000 | 8 | 3% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $9,660,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $3,270,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Share Our Strength | $2,552,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Foodcorps Inc | $2,450,000 | 8 | 3% |
| The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation | $2,340,000 | 8 | 3% |
| National Disaster Search Dog Foundation | $2,025,000 | 8 | 4% |
| Animal Humane Society | $1,825,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Oregon Humane Society | $1,800,000 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 182 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Rachael Ray Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 174 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Petco Love · Petsmart Charities Inc · Greater Good Charities · Best Friends Animal Society · Humane World for Animals Inc · The Yum-O Organization Inc · Banfield Foundation · Pedigree Foundation · BISSELL Pet Foundation · The Grey Muzzle Organization
How this is measured
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About The Rachael Ray Foundation
- How much does The Rachael Ray Foundation give?
- The Rachael Ray Foundation reported 88 grants totaling $13,541,403 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 100 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Rachael Ray Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Animals (73%), Food & Nutrition (17%), Public Safety & Disaster (4%).
- Who are The Rachael Ray Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: North Shore Animal League America Inc ($17M), Best Friends Animal Society ($11M), The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($9.7M).
- Does The Rachael Ray Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rachael Ray 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 Rachael Ray Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund, Petco Love.
- Where is The Rachael Ray Foundation based?
- The Rachael Ray Foundation is based in NY.
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