Arkansas · Private foundation
The Ross Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $748k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $351,684
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 40
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $112M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations The Ross Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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 | 24 | $701k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $671k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $610k | 9% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $669k | 52% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $635k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $770k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $651k | 37% |
| FY2017 | 40 | $970k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkadelphia Promise Foundation Inc | $3,166,383 | 8 | 77% |
| Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation | $559,598 | 4 | 7% |
| Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation Inc | $170,078 | 4 | 24% |
| Arkansas Foodbank | $122,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ouachita Baptist University | $121,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Baptist Health Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Choose Outdoors Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute | $26,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Group Living Inc | $25,705 | 8 | 1% |
| Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry Inc | $15,500 | 7 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkadelphia Promise Foundation Inc | $3,166,383 | 8 | 77% |
| Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation | $559,598 | 4 | 7% |
| Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation Inc | $170,078 | 4 | 24% |
| Arkansas Foodbank | $122,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Ouachita Baptist University | $121,150 | 6 | 0% |
| Baptist Health Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Choose Outdoors Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute | $26,500 | 8 | 2% |
| Group Living Inc | $25,705 | 8 | 1% |
| Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry Inc | $15,500 | 7 | 1% |
| University of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub Inc | $14,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Percy and Donna Malone Child Safety Center Inc | $11,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Vera Lloyd Presbyterian Family Services Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Arkansas Children's Foundation | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas Hospice Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arkansas FIRST Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Arkadelphia Community Foundation Inc | $9,000 | 4 | 75% |
| Henderson State University | $8,659 | 1 | n/a |
| Mid America Science Museum | $7,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Natural State Council | $7,147 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Family Enrichment Center | $5,500 | 2 | 6% |
| Lions of Arkansas Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Junior Auxiliary of Arkadelphia Inc | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Arkansas Children's Hospital | $4,971 | 4 | 0% |
| Museum of Discovery | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Arkansas Getting Everyone Outside | $4,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Curtis Rural Fire Department Corporation | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Call | $3,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Clark County 4-H Foundation | $3,459 | 5 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Ministries | $3,280 | 2 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Clark County | $2,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Give Me a Chance Equine Rescue | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arkansas Environmental Education Association | $2,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Orgaization for Youth in Agriculture | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Soldiers of Service of Clark County | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clark County Historical Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clark County Arts and Humanities Council | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nica Hot Springs Thoroughbreds | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Caddo River Art Guild | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Casa of Clark County Inc | $500 | 1 | 1% |
| Arkansas Association Of | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Ouachita Children Youth & Family Services Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Keeping Degray Lake Beautiful Inc | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Arkansas Development Council | $131 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 39 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Ross Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 31 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Arkansas Community Foundation Inc · C Louis and Mary C Cabe Foundation · Arvest Foundation · Roy & Christine Sturgis Charitable & Educational Trust · George H Dunklin Jr Charitable Foundation · Riggs Benevolent Fund · Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable And · The Coulson Foundation · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Entergy Charitable Foundation · Morris Foundation Inc · Munro Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ross Foundation
- How much does The Ross Foundation give?
- The Ross Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $747,655 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Ross Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Animals (15%), Environment (13%).
- Who are The Ross Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Arkadelphia Promise Foundation Inc ($3.2M), Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation ($560k), Arkansas Forestry Association Education Foundation Inc ($170k).
- Does The Ross Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ross Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Ross Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arkansas Community Foundation Inc, C Louis and Mary C Cabe Foundation, Arvest Foundation.
- Where is The Ross Foundation based?
- The Ross Foundation is based in AR.
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