· Private foundation
The Ross Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k15 grants · $65k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $50k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
- $250k+2 grants · $5.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY AT PARKERSBURG | $4,800,000 |
| CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF THE MOV INC | $405,000 |
| DOWNTOWN PKB | $50,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF PARKERSBURG | $15,000 |
| BROADWAY CARES-EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC | $15,000 |
| ADOPT A GOLDEN ATLANTA INC | $10,000 |
| NATIONWIDE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| CAMDEN CLARK FOUNDATION | $7,000 |
| LINDER CENTER OF HOPE | $6,750 |
| PHILANTHROPY WEST VIRGINIA INC | $5,750 |
| MARIETTA COLLEGE | $5,000 |
| THE WHITNEY INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| MANNA FOOD BANK INC | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF VIENNA | $5,000 |
| ASHEVILLE AREA HFH | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $299k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 7% of The Ross Foundation Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 97% of the giving stays in WV; by stated purpose, 92%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE MOV INC6× · 2019–2024 · $11M · revenue +14% · 96% of their budget
- WVWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC7× · 2017–2023 · $3.2M · revenue +5%
- AGActors Guild of Parkersburg Inc4× · 2017–2020 · $333k · revenue +39% · 44% of their budget
Funded once
- WVWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY AT PARKERSBURG FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $78k
- TETHE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL INCone grant, 2019 · $47k
- WCWOOD COUNTY SCHOOLSone grant, 2017 · $33k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…
Waynesburg university educates students to make connections between faith, learning and serving so they might faithfully transofrm their communiities and the world. see continuation on schedule o.as a christian comprehensive university, we…
To foster, support, and assist in any research and economic development activities consistent with the educational objectives and mission of west virginia state university.
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
To promote, encourage, and assist in the development and growth of west virginia university at parkersburg and to render services to its faculty, students, and alumni, and to the citizens of west virginia.
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
Goodwill's mission is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and inspire communities through job skills training and work placement opportunities with a multi-generational approach focused on removing barriers.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
We are a community of cpas and financial professionals cultivating authentic relationships, unique learning experiences, and purposeful advocacy for our future.
Visit philadelphia is our name and our mission. as the region's official tourism marketing agency, we build greater philadelphia's image, drive visitation and boost the economy.
Goodwill's mission is to empower individuals, strengthen families, and inspire communities through job skills training and work placement opportunities with a multi-generational approach focused on removing barriers.
The west virginia chamber of commerce provides opportunities for broad based prosperity throughout west virginia.
How this is measured
44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 67 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE MOV INC ↗
- Who funds WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN PKB INC ↗
- Who funds Actors Guild of Parkersburg Inc ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS CLUB OF PARKERSBURG INC ↗
- Who funds THE EDUCATION ALLIANCE-BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF PARKERSBURG ↗
- Who funds Parkersburg Art Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater PA and West Virginia Inc ↗
- Who funds ADOPT A GOLDEN ATLANTA INC ↗
- Who funds BROADWAY CARESEQUITY FIGHTS AIDS INC ↗
- Who funds THE GREATER GREENBRIER VALLEY ↗
- Who funds Marietta College ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
- Who funds DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds Equine Encore Performance at Charles Town Inc ↗
- Who funds ARTSBRIDGE INC ↗
- Who funds RIVER VALLEY CHILD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds PHILANTHROPY WEST VIRGINIA INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY ALLIANCE OF THE MID-OHIO VALLEY INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PLEASANTS CO ↗
- Who funds THE KISKI SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WEST VIRGINIA NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds THE WHITNEY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds SAVE A KITTY FERAL CAT PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF VIENNA ↗
- Who funds PARKERSBURG WOOD COUNTY AREA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
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: Parkersburg Area Community Foundation Inc (Previously Pacf Inc) · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Sisters of St Joseph Charitable Fund Inc · Peoples Bank Foundation · Deitzler Foundation Inc · Spartan Foundation · Oakland Foundation Inc · Marietta Community Foundation Inc · The Virginia L Neptune Charitable Foundation · Fenton Foundation Inc · United Way Alliance of the Mid-Ohio Valley Inc · Bowles Rice Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Ross Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Ross Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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