Virginia · Private foundation
W Russell and Norma Ramsey 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.
- $753k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k 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 | 13 | $753k | 62% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $285k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $356k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $558k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $480k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $110k | 78% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $56k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $38k | 40% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Potomac School | $1,127,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Greater Washington Partnership | $320,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts | $110,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $109,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Council on Foreign Relations Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of Greater Washington | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc | $39,757 | 3 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($331k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc
- How much does W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc give?
- W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc reported 13 grants totaling $752,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (50%), Community Improvement (11%), Health (8%).
- Who are W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Potomac School ($1.1M), Greater Washington Partnership ($320k), Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts ($110k).
- Does W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W Russell and Norma Ramsey 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 W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Ayco Charitable Foundation, Mody Foundation.
- Where is W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc based?
- W Russell and Norma Ramsey Foundation Inc is based in VA.
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