New York · Private foundation
The Ripple 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.
- $861k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2024
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 36
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $11M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 46% of the organizations The Ripple Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k 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 | 23 | $861k | 48% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $614k | 46% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $208k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 36 | $550k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $744k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $806k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 29 | $1.2M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $755,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $443,355 | 2 | 0% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $325,000 | 4 | 0% |
| World Connect Inc | $300,000 | 5 | 6% |
| New York Restoration Project | $276,323 | 4 | 2% |
| Burning Man Project | $251,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Harlem Children's Zone Inc | $189,180 | 3 | 0% |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | $176,182 | 3 | 0% |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $163,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Association to Benefit Children | $144,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 62 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($872k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ripple Foundation 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 · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · The New York Community Trust · The James Family Charitable Foundation · Malkin Fund Inc · The Bessemer Giving Fund · The San Francisco Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About The Ripple Foundation
- How much does The Ripple Foundation give?
- The Ripple Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $861,300 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ripple Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (21%), Arts & Culture (16%), Education (14%).
- Who are The Ripple Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($755k), The Trustees of Princeton University ($443k), Robin Hood Foundation ($325k).
- Does The Ripple Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ripple 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 Ripple Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Communal Fund, The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Ripple Foundation based?
- The Ripple Foundation is based in NY.
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