Connecticut · Private foundation
The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc
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.
- $160k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 49
- Grants FY2025
- 46
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 42 to 48
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc 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 | 49 | $160k | 2% |
| FY2024 | 46 | $161k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 48 | $247k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 48 | $238k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $132k | 2% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $120k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $113k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $149k | 7% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Dental Health Project | $70,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Jewish Family Service of Stamford Inc | $70,000 | 9 | 1% |
| The Center for Family Justice Inc | $64,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Connecticut Foodshare Inc | $59,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Connecticut Legal Services Inc | $49,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Marrakech Inc | $47,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Berkshire Grown Inc | $41,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Roots Rising Inc | $30,000 | 8 | 2% |
| 18 Degrees Inc | $27,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Greenagers Inc | $26,500 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 41 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($537k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc 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: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation · Berkshire United Way Inc · Lee Bank Foundation Inc · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · The Buchwald Family Foundation · The Near and Far Association Inc · Donald C McGraw Foundation Inc · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · Peoples United Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc
- How much does The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc give?
- The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc reported 49 grants totaling $160,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (18%), Education (16%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Children's Dental Health Project ($71k), Jewish Family Service of Stamford Inc ($70k), The Center for Family Justice Inc ($65k).
- Does The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc 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 Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc based?
- The Ruth Krauss Foundation Inc is based in CT.
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