New York · Private foundation
The Ring Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $113k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2026
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations The Ring Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 12 | $113k | 8% |
| FY2025 | 11 | $353k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $130k | 10% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $3k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $297k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $4k | 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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesleyan University | $310,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Jewish Museum | $85,250 | 5 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $5,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $4,114 | 7 | 0% |
| The Neue Galerie New York | $3,794 | 7 | 3% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $2,130 | 9 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Elohim | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Historical Society | $1,225 | 9 | 0% |
| Museum of the City of New York | $1,150 | 9 | 0% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $1,115 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wesleyan University | $310,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Jewish Museum | $85,250 | 5 | 0% |
| United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc | $5,150 | 4 | 0% |
| Museum of Modern Art | $4,114 | 7 | 0% |
| The Neue Galerie New York | $3,794 | 7 | 3% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $2,130 | 9 | 0% |
| Congregation Beth Elohim | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Historical Society | $1,225 | 9 | 0% |
| Museum of the City of New York | $1,150 | 9 | 0% |
| American Museum of Natural History | $1,115 | 4 | 0% |
| The Pierpont Morgan Library | $1,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc | $625 | 6 | 0% |
| Central Park Conservancy Inc | $375 | 3 | 0% |
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ring Foundation Inc 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: Jewish Communal Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Ring Foundation Inc
- How much does The Ring Foundation Inc give?
- The Ring Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $113,155 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The Ring Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (65%), Religion (20%), Health (8%).
- Who are The Ring Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Wesleyan University ($310k), The Jewish Museum ($85k), United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc ($5k).
- Does The Ring Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ring 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 Ring Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Ring Foundation Inc based?
- The Ring Foundation Inc is based in NY.
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