Delaware · Private foundation
The RJ Salerno 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.
- $185k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The RJ Salerno Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 8 | $170k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $148k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $175k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $135k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $115k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $115k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $105k | 14% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Club Foundation | $195,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | $155,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Appalachian Trail Conservancy | $150,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $140,000 | 9 | 0% |
| HEAL Raising Our World Foundation Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 24% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh Inc | $105,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Club Foundation | $195,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | $155,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Appalachian Trail Conservancy | $150,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Oxfam-America Inc | $140,000 | 9 | 0% |
| HEAL Raising Our World Foundation Inc | $130,000 | 4 | 24% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh Inc | $105,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $75,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $50,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Operation 300 Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unshattered Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Fort Lewis College Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The RJ Salerno 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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The RJ Salerno Foundation
- How much does The RJ Salerno Foundation give?
- The RJ Salerno Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $185,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The RJ Salerno Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (49%), International (37%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are The RJ Salerno Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Sierra Club Foundation ($195k), Appalachian Mountain Club ($155k), Appalachian Trail Conservancy ($150k).
- Does The RJ Salerno Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The RJ Salerno 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 RJ Salerno Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The RJ Salerno Foundation based?
- The RJ Salerno Foundation is based in DE.
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