· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k10 grants · $3k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LIGHTHOUSE GUILD | $100,000 |
| JEWISH MUSEUM | $10,000 |
| FRICK MUSEUM | $630 |
| MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | $550 |
| GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM | $500 |
| NEUE GALLERIE NEW YORK | $500 |
| MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY | $250 |
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $220 |
| NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $150 |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY | $125 |
| MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK | $120 |
| COOPER HEWITT MUSEUM | $110 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2026, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WUWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY3× · 2017–2021 · $310k · revenue +40%
- TJTHE JEWISH MUSEUM5× · 2017–2026 · $85k · revenue +99%
- UJUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC4× · 2017–2021 · $5k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- MTMESIFTA TIFERETH ISRAEL OF RIZHINone grant, 2018 · $300k
- CBCONGREGATION BETH ELOHIMone grant, 2017 · $2k
- MOMUSEUM OF MODERN ART MOMAone grant, 2017 · $360
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity.
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…
The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
The long island museum is dedicated to inspiring people of all ages with an understanding and enjoyment of american art, history and carriages as expressed through the heritage of long island and its diverse communities.
The national september 11 memorial & museum at the world trade center bears solemn witness to the terrorist attacks of september 11, 2001, and february 26, 1993. located at a site made sacred through loss, the memorial & museum remembers…
The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…
Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)
The mission of the national museum of women in the arts is to collect, conserve and elevate the achievements of women artists from all nationalities and to educate the public on their outstanding accomplishments. we strive to accomplish…
How this is measured
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE JEWISH MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ↗
- Who funds Museum of Modern Art ↗
- Who funds THE NEUE GALERIE NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds New York Historical Society ↗
- Who funds MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds American Museum of Natural History ↗
- Who funds The Pierpont Morgan Library ↗
- Who funds NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ring Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ring Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
- Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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