Maryland · Private foundation
The Riss Foundation
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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $114k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 46% of the organizations The Riss Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 64% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $17k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $16k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $18k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $18k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $16k | 22% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $12k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $14k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $24,500 | 9 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Maret School Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lungevity Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Compass Inc | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Medical Debt Resolution Inc | $6,300 | 6 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $3,700 | 3 | 0% |
| 350org | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Area Food Bank Inc | $24,500 | 9 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | $14,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Maret School Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lungevity Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Friends of Compass Inc | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Medical Debt Resolution Inc | $6,300 | 6 | 0% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Trevor Project Inc | $3,700 | 3 | 0% |
| 350org | $2,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Transgender Law Center | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| National Immigration Law Center | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Theatrewashington | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Earthjustice | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Native American Rights Fund Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oberlin College | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Levine Music Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Catalyst California | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Concord Hill School | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Henry Street Settlement | $200 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Riss 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: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Riss Foundation
- How much does The Riss Foundation give?
- The Riss Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $14,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Riss Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (17%), Religion (16%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are The Riss Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Capital Area Food Bank Inc ($25k), American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc ($14k), Maret School Inc ($11k).
- Does The Riss Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Riss 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 Riss Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is The Riss Foundation based?
- The Riss Foundation is based in MD.
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