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The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc

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.

$3.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
58
Grants FY2025
59
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$2,050,000
Organizations funded a year
44 to 62
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$35M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $390k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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
FY2025still arriving58$3.1M5%
FY202459$3.4M7%
FY202357$4.6M21%
FY202244$811k23%
FY202151$987k10%
FY202048$1.0M8%
FY201962$1.6M21%
FY201855$3.0M24%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$11MArts & Culture$2.8MReligion$2.7MPhilanthropy$1.7MEducation$1.5MPublic Safety & Disaster$379kEnvironment$355kYouth Development$348kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
NM
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 90 grantees
All grantees of The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc$6,150,00031%
Park Avenue Synagogue Inc$2,324,0008n/a
Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc$1,333,33322%
New York STEM Cell Foundation Inc$1,250,00061%
The Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc$1,040,00073%
Dalton Schools Inc$1,000,00050%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,000,00010%
Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation$600,00031%
Ali Forney Center Inc$325,00090%
Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention$300,00041%
American Friends of Jamaica Inc$250,00093%
The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc$250,00011%
Duke University$250,00010%
The National Film Preserve Ltd$250,00013%
World Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc$225,00090%
New York City Police Foundation Inc$225,00081%
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$166,66710%
The Animal Medical Center$150,00030%
National Film Preservation Foundation$150,00027%
New York Restoration Project$140,00080%
Exploring the Arts Inc$125,00052%
Playwrights Horizons Inc$120,00090%
Chabad Torah Center$116,000694%
Film Forum Inc$100,00012%
Hands in for Youth Inc$100,00032%
Endeavor Global Inc (F/K/A the Endeavor Initiative Inc)$90,00090%
Bedford 2030 Inc$80,00043%
Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation$75,00030%
Student Advocacy Inc$75,00032%
Union County Torah Center Inc$60,0003n/a
East Hampton Library$55,00090%
The New School$50,00010%
Urban Zen Foundation$50,00023%
Points of Light Foundation$50,00020%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$50,00010%
American Prairie Foundation$50,00020%
Friends of the High Line Inc$50,00010%
San Juan Mountains Association$47,00031%
Katonah Museum of Art$45,00081%
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc$40,00020%
Carnegie Hill Neighbors Inc$40,00071%
Ouray County Ranch History Museum$35,5009n/a
The Paley Center for Media$30,0001n/a
San Miguel Resource Center (Smrc)$30,00021%
Katonah Fire Department$27,00083%
White House Historical Association$25,00010%
Museum of the City of New York$25,00010%
The Better Angels Society Inc$25,00010%
Children's Diabetes Foundation$25,00011%
The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association$25,00010%
Ophthalmicedge Inc$25,000117%
The American Film Institute$25,00010%
Sag Harbor Partnership Inc$25,00010%
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts$25,00010%
Montrose Memorial Hospital Inc$22,50090%
East Hampton Fire Department Inc$22,50090%
Ridgway Volunteer Fire Department Inc$22,5009n/a
Montauk Library$22,5009n/a
Colorado State Patrol Family Foundation$22,50090%
Ouray County Baseball$20,600327%
The Academy of American Poets Inc$20,00020%
The Trust for Land Restoration Inc$20,000430%
Literacy Partners Inc$20,00020%
Peer Kindness Inc$20,00042%
Ouray County Schools Community Resource Consortium Inc$18,50091%
Bedford Free Library$18,00081%
Katonah Village Library$18,00080%
Katonah-Bedford Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp$18,00071%
Montauk Village Association Inc$16,00087%
Partnership to End Addiction$15,0001n/a
Weehawken Creative Arts$15,00031%
Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc$10,00010%
Pen American Center Inc$10,00010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$10,00010%
David Cone Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Ouray County Sheriffs Posse$10,0003n/a
The Compassionate Friends Inc$10,00011%
The Carnegie Hall Society Inc$10,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$10,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$10,00010%
The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc$10,00010%
Second Chance Humane Society Inc$9,00090%
The Bedford Historical Societyinc$9,00080%
Ouray County Historical Society$9,00091%
Uncompahgre Watershed Partnership a Colorado Nonprofit Corporation$7,50033%
John Wayne Cancer Foundation$5,00020%
Puppies Behind Bars Inc$5,00010%
Marnitas Table Inc$5,00011%
Midwestern Colorado Mental Health Center$1,00010%
Ouray County Rodeo Association Inc$70014%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 81 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNew York-Presbyterian Fund Inc: $6,150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetStatue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc: $1,333,333 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetNew York STEM Cell Foundation Inc: $1,250,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetThe Southampton Hospital Foundation Inc: $1,040,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetDalton Schools Inc: $1,000,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation: $600,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetAli Forney Center Inc: $325,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRalph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention: $300,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Jamaica Inc: $250,000 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDuke University: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe National Film Preserve Ltd: $250,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWorld Jewish Congress (American Section) Inc: $225,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetNew York City Police Foundation Inc: $225,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $166,667 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Animal Medical Center: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNational Film Preservation Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetNew York Restoration Project: $140,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetExploring the Arts Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetPlaywrights Horizons Inc: $120,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetChabad Torah Center: $116,000 over 6y, 94% of budgetFilm Forum Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHands in for Youth Inc: $100,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetEndeavor Global Inc (F/K/A the Endeavor Initiative Inc): $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBedford 2030 Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetAlzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetStudent Advocacy Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetEast Hampton Library: $55,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetThe New School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Zen Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetPoints of Light Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Prairie Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the High Line Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSan Juan Mountains Association: $47,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetKatonah Museum of Art: $45,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetLincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Hill Neighbors Inc: $40,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSan Miguel Resource Center (Smrc): $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetKatonah Fire Department: $27,000 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetWhite House Historical Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMuseum of the City of New York: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Better Angels Society Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Diabetes Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOphthalmicedge Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetThe American Film Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 81.

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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 loosely connected circle, clustered around a few shared anchors.

Telluride FoundationCO19.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Telluride Foundation · Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc · El Pomar Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · Bauer Family Foundation · The Richardson Foundation · Rocky Mountain Health Foundation · The New York Community Trust · The Nancy and Paul Ross Foundation Inc · Bep Earthwise Foundation · Peter & Susan Solomon Family Foundation · Montrose Community 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 Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc give?
The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc reported 58 grants totaling $3,084,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 44 and 62 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (49%), Arts & Culture (13%), Religion (13%).
Who are The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc ($6.2M), Park Avenue Synagogue Inc ($2.3M), Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation Inc ($1.3M).
Does The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc 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 Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Telluride Foundation, Western Colorado Community Foundation Inc, El Pomar Foundation.
Where is The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc based?
The Ralph and Ricky Lauren Family Foundation Inc 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 132 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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