New York · Private foundation
The Rittenberg Family 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.
- $33k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $14,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $388k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Rittenberg Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 5 | $33k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $61k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $22k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $9k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $26k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $24k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $29k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $19k | 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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candlelighters of New York City Inc | $24,700 | 8 | 1% |
| Sara M Holbrook Community Center Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| To Life Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Pawtucket | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Vermont Medical Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Chicago Corp | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dyslexic Advantage Brock Eide | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Vermont Day School Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Shelburne Museum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candlelighters of New York City Inc | $24,700 | 8 | 1% |
| Sara M Holbrook Community Center Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 1% |
| To Life Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Pawtucket | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The University of Vermont Medical Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Honor Flight Chicago Corp | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dyslexic Advantage Brock Eide | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Vermont Day School Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Shelburne Museum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Childrens Oncology Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $2,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Plantagenets Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A New Way of Life Reentry Project | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kaylas Directory Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Epilepsy Foundation of America | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hands to Honduras Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Abilis Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($81k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rittenberg Family 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.
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How this is measured
About The Rittenberg Family Foundation
- How much does The Rittenberg Family Foundation give?
- The Rittenberg Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $32,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Rittenberg Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (32%), Education (30%), Human Services (15%).
- Who are The Rittenberg Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Candlelighters of New York City Inc ($25k), Sara M Holbrook Community Center Inc ($18k), To Life Inc ($15k).
- Does The Rittenberg Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rittenberg Family 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 Rittenberg Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Rittenberg Family Foundation based?
- The Rittenberg Family Foundation is based in NY.
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