Which funders back the same organizations as US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Eurasia Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy, Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Washington, D.C. · Public charity

US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law

The u.s. Russia foundation (usrf) was founded in 2008 as a legacy organization of the u.s. Russia investment fund (tusrif), whose mission was to support the independent private sector as a bulwark of democracy in russia. Today, usrf supports the long-term future of a market-based democratic system in russia by making grants in three main…

$7.3M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 32
Itemized grants FY2025: 38
Organizations funded FY2024: 24%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $3.0M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $74,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $275,000
Organizations funded a year: 29 to 47; FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 13
Total assets, FY2025: $211M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 24% of the organizations US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law funded were first-time grantees, receiving 18% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $661k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationInternationalArts & CultureCivil RightsCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther

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
FY2025still arriving	29	$2.6M	10%
FY2024	38	$3.7M	24%
FY2023	44	$4.5M	14%
FY2022	47	$3.9M	21%
FY2021	42	$2.6M	55%
FY2020	29	$3.2M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$7.5MInternational$3.0MCommunity Improvement$2.3MArts & Culture$2.3MCrime & Legal$1.4MEnvironment$1.4MScience & Tech$1.2MCivil Rights$1.0MOther$0

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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Global Entrepreneurship Network	$1,714,426	1	21%
Wild Salmon Center	$885,105	6	2%
Polar Bear Video Ventures Inc	$782,551	6	n/a
Cerge-Ei Foundation	$761,894	5	7%
American Councils for International Education Actr Accels Inc	$688,990	6	0%
Free Russia Foundation	$659,367	5	6%
Bard College	$623,071	6	0%
The George Washington University	$609,640	5	0%
University of Wisconsin Madison	$577,623	4	n/a
Foundation for Democratic Development	$574,810	5	22%

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All grantees of US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Global Entrepreneurship Network	$1,714,426	1	21%
Wild Salmon Center	$885,105	6	2%
Polar Bear Video Ventures Inc	$782,551	6	n/a
Cerge-Ei Foundation	$761,894	5	7%
American Councils for International Education Actr Accels Inc	$688,990	6	0%
Free Russia Foundation	$659,367	5	6%
Bard College	$623,071	6	0%
The George Washington University	$609,640	5	0%
University of Wisconsin Madison	$577,623	4	n/a
Foundation for Democratic Development	$574,810	5	22%
Pilnet	$531,705	5	10%
Indiana University School of Medicine	$501,747	4	n/a
Russian-American Science Association Corp	$449,099	5	68%
Pen American Center Inc	$415,116	4	1%
American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative	$415,000	3	n/a
New York University	$409,725	4	0%
Association for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies	$380,034	6	6%
University of Kansas Center for Research Inc	$373,758	5	0%
Eurasianet Inc	$363,011	3	31%
Center for European Policy Analysis	$361,164	5	3%
Pure Land LLC	$344,001	4	n/a
International Documentary Foundation Inc	$338,617	5	1%
University of Texas	$304,638	3	n/a
University of Arizona	$300,171	4	n/a
Trustees of Tufts College	$300,000	4	0%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University	$290,246	4	0%
Aatseel of the US Inc	$271,154	5	29%
The Howard University	$265,648	4	0%
University of South Florida Foundation Inc	$261,045	3	0%
Case Western Reserve University	$229,211	2	0%
University of Maine School of Law Foundation	$227,686	3	8%
Utah Valley University	$222,225	4	n/a
Street Law Inc	$212,235	5	2%
Impact Hub Trust	$194,265	2	24%
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education	$187,500	1	0%
Post Truth Inc	$182,338	3	n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$181,529	4	n/a
Supporters of Civil Society Inc	$180,959	3	24%
Emory University	$174,735	3	0%
Regents Univ of California	$145,743	2	n/a
Tamizdat Project Inc	$142,290	2	86%
Oregon State University	$135,207	1	n/a
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	$132,542	3	0%
School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology Inc	$130,750	1	9%
International Indigenous Fund For Development and Solidarity Batani	$130,643	3	15%
Regents of the University of Michigan	$130,569	2	n/a
Georgia Tech Research Corporation	$129,935	3	0%
Aesf Production Inc	$127,808	2	n/a
New Times Foundation USA Inc	$126,730	2	100%
Wayusa Inc	$125,000	2	n/a
Center for Independent Social Research Inc	$124,183	3	59%
The Eurasia Foundation	$122,308	2	0%
NEO Philanthropy Inc	$120,656	1	0%
Fort Ross Conservancy	$116,735	2	15%
Uarzazat Media Inc	$116,600	2	n/a
Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc	$115,035	2	4%
The Ohio State University	$108,276	2	n/a
American Business Association of Russian-Speaking Professionals	$105,100	2	n/a
Pacific Sound and Vision Foundation	$103,980	1	100%
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership	$100,000	2	0%
Institute of Current World Affairs Inc	$100,000	3	7%
Fordham University	$100,000	1	0%
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace	$100,000	1	0%
World Justice Project	$99,204	2	1%
Astrea LLC	$81,500	1	n/a
The Order Group	$70,500	1	n/a
University of Alaska	$66,618	2	n/a
American Bar Association	$60,000	1	0%
Rebuild for Peace Inc	$59,725	2	n/a
Freedom House	$50,000	1	0%
International Law Institute	$50,000	1	4%
Amherst College Trustees	$48,000	2	0%
Russian America for Democracy in Russia Inc	$45,000	2	5%
Strata Policy	$40,000	1	n/a
Depaul University	$31,000	1	0%
George Mason University	$29,843	1	n/a
American Library Association	$24,000	1	0%
World Wildlife Fund Inc	$20,000	1	0%
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	$18,000	2	n/a
Council for Us-Russia Relations	$17,734	1	20%

US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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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 Eurasia FoundationDC17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Eurasia Foundation · National Endowment for Democracy · Carnegie Corporation of New York · Foundation to Promote Open Society · The Ford Foundation · Tides Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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.

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About US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law

How much does US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law give?: US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law reported 32 itemized grants totaling $2,951,802, out of $7,298,002 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 47 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), International (14%), Community Improvement (10%).
Who are US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Global Entrepreneurship Network ($1.7M), Wild Salmon Center ($885k), Polar Bear Video Ventures Inc ($783k).
Does US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Eurasia Foundation, National Endowment for Democracy, Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Where is US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law based?: US Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law is based in DC.