Virginia · Private foundation
The Ross 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.
- $885k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 46%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $858,183
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- 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 Ross Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | 12 | $885k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $55k | 46% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $57k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $62k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $51k | 41% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $104k | 47% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $37k | 57% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theatre Workshop of Nantucket Inc | $56,600 | 2 | 5% |
| The Hun School of Princeton | $50,000 | 8 | 0% |
| High Mountain Institute Inc | $42,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Nantucket Atheneum Inc | $25,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Driven to Cure Inc | $20,500 | 7 | 4% |
| US Naval Academy Foundation Inc | $16,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Westminster Canterbury Foundation | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Inc | $12,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Nantucket Historical Association | $11,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Special Operations Fund | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 35 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($1000k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ross 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: Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gilbert Verney Foundation · Charina Foundation Inc Richard Menschel · Ernst & Elfriede Frank Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Clara Foundation Inc · The George & Marie Chabot Charitable Foundation · Meyer & Jean Steinberg Family Foundation Inc · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · Nantucket Golf Club Foundation Inc · Twin Chimney Inc
How this is measured
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About The Ross Foundation
- How much does The Ross Foundation give?
- The Ross Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $885,183 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ross Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (65%), Education (14%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are The Ross Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Theatre Workshop of Nantucket Inc ($57k), The Hun School of Princeton ($50k), High Mountain Institute Inc ($43k).
- Does The Ross Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 46% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ross 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 Ross Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Nantucket Inc, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Gilbert Verney Foundation.
- Where is The Ross Foundation based?
- The Ross Foundation is based in VA.
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