California · Private foundation
William Ross Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $15k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 10
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations William Ross Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% 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 | 1 | $15k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $18k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $54k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $59k | 90% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philharmonic Society of Orange County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roosters Foundation of Orange County | $6,700 | 1 | 3% |
| Caterinas Club | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mental Health America of Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keller Williams Realty Cares | $3,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Friendly Hand Foundation DBA Friendly House | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beyond Blindness | $2,820 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts and Services for Disabled Inc Dba Able Arts Work | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Philharmonic Society of Orange County | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Roosters Foundation of Orange County | $6,700 | 1 | 3% |
| Caterinas Club | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mental Health America of Los Angeles | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Keller Williams Realty Cares | $3,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Friendly Hand Foundation DBA Friendly House | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beyond Blindness | $2,820 | 1 | 0% |
| Arts and Services for Disabled Inc Dba Able Arts Work | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Fawco Alumnae USA | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($88k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget William Ross Family Foundation 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: Ross Family Legacy Foundation Charitable Tr Dtd 01-16-09 · Orange County Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About William Ross Family Foundation
- How much does William Ross Family Foundation give?
- William Ross Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $15,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 10 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does William Ross Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Health (19%), Philanthropy (19%).
- Who are William Ross Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: The Priority Center Ending the Generational Cycle ($25k), St John the Baptist Greek Orthodox ($13k), Philharmonic Society of Orange County ($10k).
- Does William Ross Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does William Ross Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as William Ross Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ross Family Legacy Foundation Charitable Tr Dtd 01-16-09, Orange County Community Foundation, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is William Ross Family Foundation based?
- William Ross Family Foundation is based in CA.
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