California · Private foundation
The Russell 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.
- $301k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $301,226
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $301,226
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $204k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations The Russell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $301k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $75k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $62k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $55k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $50k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
International$301kArts & Culture$168kEducation$143kPhilanthropy$83k
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for State Effectiveness | $301,226 | 1 | 15% |
| Signet Society | $167,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Teachers as Scholars Inc | $142,550 | 4 | 17% |
About The Russell Foundation
- How much does The Russell Foundation give?
- The Russell Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $301,226 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Russell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are International (43%), Arts & Culture (24%), Education (21%).
- Who are The Russell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Institute for State Effectiveness ($301k), Signet Society ($168k), Teachers as Scholars Inc ($143k).
- Does The Russell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Russell 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.
- Where is The Russell Foundation based?
- The Russell Foundation is based in CA.
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