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Toni L Ross Charitable Trust at a glance

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Toni L Ross Charitable Trust

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.

$250k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$155kArts & Culture$134kHealth$45kPhilanthropy$18kCrime & Legal$10kEnvironment$5kCivil Rights$5kEmployment$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $67k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $83k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NYU$100,000
HAYGROUND SCHOOL AND CAMP$21,000
YADDO$12,000
HAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH$10,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$10,000
OLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND$10,000
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL$10,000
BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE & RECREATIONAL CENTER$10,000
PEN AMERICA$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
BENNINGTON COLLEGE$5,000
KINDER RELIEF$5,000
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$5,000
FREEDOM FOR IMMIGRANTS$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE RETREAT: $3k → 7%BRIDGEHAMPTON CHILD CARE & RECREATIONAL CENTER: $10k → 7%SOUTH FORK BAKERY FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS CORP: $1k → 7%SOUTH FORK BAKERY FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS CORP: $1k → 7%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$344k · 16 repeat orgs$285k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
29

Total granted

$344k
$122k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
0%

Still filing today

75%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $163k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TH
    THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $28k · revenue +65%
  • OO
    OLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND INC
    2× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +617%
  • IT
    INSPIRATIONAL TRIATHLON RACING INTERNATIONAL CORP
    3× · 2018–2022 · $21k · revenue +141%

Funded once

  • GG
    GINA GIBNEY DANCE INC
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -12%
  • NL
    NYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • SB
    STONY BROOK FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +206%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
New Museum of Contemporary Art

A center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists since 1977, which continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.

Arts & Culture
2
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
3
White Columns Inc

White columns identifies significant emerging and under-represented visual artists and encourages their creative and professional development through the presentation of group and solo exhibitions, an online curated artists registry, and…

Arts & Culture
4
The Paris Review Foundation Inc

The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…

Education
5
Artists in Residence Inc

Support an open exchange of ideas and risk-taking by women and non-binary artists in order to provide support and visibility. as an artist-run organization, artists in residence fosters involvement through multiple tiers of representation:…

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6
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
7
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
8
Performance Space 122 Inc

See schedule operformance space new york is committed to promoting the arts (including performance, visual and all other contemporary arts), fostering artistic development (including through direct grants), advancing diversity in the field…

Arts & Culture
9
Artis Contemporary Israeli Art Fundinc

Artis is an independent nonprofit organization that supports contemporary artists from israel whose work addresses aesthetic, social and political questions to inspire reflection and debate. www.artis.art

Arts & Culture
10
Artists Space Inc

A contemporary art space that provides direct support to artists through exhibition opportunities, live commissions, and public programs. in recent years, the exhibition program has grown to present six major exhibitions per year…

Arts & Culture
11
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
12
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Project Eats Inc; the most unlike its peers is Help Us Help Wash. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

51 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 51 of the 64 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/51
Grantees still filing
24/51
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAYGROUND SCHOOL AND CAMP: $153,500 · OtherHAYGROUND SCHOOL AND CAMPNYU: $100,000 · OtherNYUTHE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $27,500 · OtherTHE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INCPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $21,450 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODNYU LANGONE MEDICAL CENTER: $20,000 · OtherNEW ART PUBLICATIONS INC: $20,000 · Other+25 more: $58,279 · Other+25 moreOLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureOLA OF EASTERN LONG ISL…GINA GIBNEY DANCE INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureGINA GIBNEY DANCE INCHAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $19,720 · Arts & CultureHAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTR…THE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $17,500 · Arts & CultureTHE CORPORATION OF YADD…FRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRACTURED ATLAS INCFILM INDEPENDENT: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFILM INDEPENDENTPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMA'S HOUSE & BIPOC ART STUDIO INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $4,900 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+7 moreSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $5,000 · EducationWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $1,175 · EducationTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · EducationThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,000 · EducationTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsHELP US HELP WASH: $5,000 · Civil RightsFreedom for Immigrants: $5,000 · Civil RightsALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Civil RightsINSPIRATIONAL TRIATHLON RACING INTERNATIONAL CORP: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentBridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center Inc: $10,000 · Human ServicesRetreat Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesSOUTH FORK BAKERY FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS CORP: $2,000 · Human ServicesKINDER RELIEF INC: $5,000 · InternationalHEAL PALESTINE INC: $5,000 · International
Other$400,729Arts & Culture$129,620Education$28,175Civil Rights$26,500Youth Development$22,000Human Services$14,500International$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC: $27,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND INC: $25,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetINSPIRATIONAL TRIATHLON RACING INTERNATIONAL CORP: $21,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetGINA GIBNEY DANCE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW ART PUBLICATIONS INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHAMPTONS COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $19,720 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF YADDO: $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTONY BROOK FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRACTURED ATLAS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFILM INDEPENDENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKINDER RELIEF INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHELP US HELP WASH: $5,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetSylvia Rivera Law Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom for Immigrants: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC: $4,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $3,029 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF ARTS AND DESIGN: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HAMPTON LIBRARY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVE TIME INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH FORK BAKERY FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS CORP: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORKS AND PROCESS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetALTERNATIVE NEWSWEEKLY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S TUMOR FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT EATS INC: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLONGHOUSE RESERVE: $1,175 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROOT NS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAN A HEALTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFIVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEAM CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The New York Communit…Jewish Communal FundThe Reba Judith Sandl…The Ford FoundationThe Goldman Sachs Cha…The Robert and Joyce …Ag FoundationThe Andrew W Mellon F…Southampton Bath & Te…Yaffa Foundation IncDavid B Kriser Founda…Appleman Foundation I…
The New York Community TrustNY22.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The New York Community Trust · Jewish Communal Fund · The Reba Judith Sandler Foundation Inc · The Ford Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · The Robert and Joyce Menschel Family Fdn · Ag Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Southampton Bath & Tennis Club Charitable Fund · Yaffa Foundation Inc · David B Kriser Foundation Inc · Appleman Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Toni L Ross Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Toni L Ross Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 26%
  • Root Ns Inc: 26% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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