Connecticut · Private foundation
The Risc Foundation Inc
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.
- $395k
- Granted FY2021
- 19
- Grants FY2021
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of The Risc Foundation Inc’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Community Foundation For Greater New Haven, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year The Risc Foundation Inc named its own grantees at scale: 15 organizations, $395k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Total assets, FY2021
- $279M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 16% of the organizations The Risc Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 19 | $395k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $391k | 16% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $439k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $346k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 18 | $318k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Our Kin Inc | $1,300,767 | 5 | 5% |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | $400,000 | 8 | 1% |
| New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Calvin Hill Day Care Center Inc | $54,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends Center for Children Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Leap Inc | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Music Haven Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Connecticut Voices for Children Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Our Kin Inc | $1,300,767 | 5 | 5% |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | $400,000 | 8 | 1% |
| New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc | $60,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Calvin Hill Day Care Center Inc | $54,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Boston Symphony Orchestra Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Friends Center for Children Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Leap Inc | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Music Haven Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Connecticut Voices for Children Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Dorrance Dance Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Inc | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| 'R Kids Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Growers Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| New Haven Legal Assistance Association Inc | $5,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Edgerton Park Conservancy Inc | $3,500 | 5 | 1% |
| City Seed Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New Hytes Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater New Haven Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Online Journalism Project Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Haven Free Public Library Foundation Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($65k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Risc Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Yale University · The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund · Seedlings Foundation · Newalliance Foundation Inc · Roslyn Milstein Meyer and Jerome Meyer Foundation R&J Meyer Trustees · Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation Inc · Eder Family Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater New Haven Inc · Liberty Bank Foundation Inc · The Chicago Community Trust · The Daniel & Sharon Milikowsky Family Foundation
How this is measured
About The Risc Foundation Inc
- How much does The Risc Foundation Inc give?
- The Risc Foundation Inc reported 19 grants totaling $395,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does The Risc Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (87%), Human Services (9%), Arts & Culture (3%).
- Who are The Risc Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: All Our Kin Inc ($1.3M), Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc ($400k), New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc ($60k).
- Does The Risc Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Risc 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 Risc Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Yale University, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund.
- Where is The Risc Foundation Inc based?
- The Risc Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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