New York · Private foundation
Waldo T Ross and Ruth S 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.
- $418k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $34,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $418k | 18% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $367k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $355k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $423k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $344k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $332k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $316k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $305k | 18% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | $760,575 | 9 | n/a |
| Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra Inc | $251,600 | 8 | 12% |
| Bay Road Presbyterian Church Inc | $247,472 | 9 | n/a |
| Charles R Wood Theater Inc | $224,000 | 8 | 11% |
| Lake George Opera Festival Association Inc | $74,000 | 8 | 3% |
| Open Door Inc | $59,000 | 3 | n/a |
| North Queensbury Firefighter Service Corp | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Glens Falls-Queensbury Historical Assoc Inc | $2,270 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.
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: Charles R Wood Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust with peer funders
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About Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust
- How much does Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust give?
- Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust reported 11 grants totaling $417,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (50%), Human Services (24%), Religion (21%).
- Who are Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Salvation Army ($761k), Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra Inc ($252k), Bay Road Presbyterian Church Inc ($247k).
- Does Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust 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 Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charles R Wood Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust based?
- Waldo T Ross and Ruth S Ross Charitable Trust is based in NY.
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