Minnesota · Private foundation
The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn
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.
- $255k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
79% of The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Hamilton Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,356
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
- 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 Richard J Fitton Family Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k 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 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $96k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $95k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $154k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $251k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $195k | 40% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $235k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $540k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community First Solutions | $595,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Fitton Center for Creative Arts | $190,000 | 3 | 8% |
| The Hamilton Parks Conservancy | $110,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Great Miami Valley YMCA | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Inspiration Studios | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Fort Hamilton Hospital Foundation | $50,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Fort Hamilton Hospital | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Adoption Foundation | $22,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Avian Research and Education Institute | $21,450 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($602k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn 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: Molyneaux Foundation 1045000246 · Hamilton Community Foundation · First Financial Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn
- How much does The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn give?
- The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn reported 3 grants totaling $255,356 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Health (29%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community First Solutions ($595k), Fitton Center for Creative Arts ($190k), The Hamilton Parks Conservancy ($110k).
- Does The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn 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 Richard J Fitton Family Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Molyneaux Foundation 1045000246, Hamilton Community Foundation, First Financial Foundation.
- Where is The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn based?
- The Richard J Fitton Family Fdn is based in MN.
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