Ross Family Fund Inc
Palm Beach, FL · EIN 23-2049592. Reported 192 grants totalling $2,741,370 to 90 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Ross Family Fund Inc checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Ross Family Fund Inc funded make grants themselves, and it reported 9 grants totalling $311,125 to them. That is 13% of the $2,305,370 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Greater | federated giving programme | Pennsylvania | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $105,125 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way Inc | federated giving programme | Florida | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | federated giving programme | New York | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $427,500.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | $933,220 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the Univeristy of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $305,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia, PA | $178,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Birthright Israel Foundation | New York, NY | $144,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County | West Palm Beach, FL | $105,125 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Barnes Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Philadelphia Orchestra | Philadelphia, PA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Museum of American Jewish History | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Town of Palm Beach United Way | Palm Beach, FL | $46,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Congregation Rodeph Shalom | Philadelphia, PA | $43,445 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Society of the Four Arts | Palm Beach, FL | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of South East and North Florida | West Palm Beach, FL | $31,700 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $31,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| American Friends of the Israel Museum | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hillel at Drexel University | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Norton Museum of Art | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Raymond Kravis Center for the Performing Arts | West Palm Beach, FL | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Breast Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Child Mind Institute | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Children's Crisis Treatment Center | Philadelphia, PA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Morselife Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Phipps Neighborhoods | Bronx, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $12,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Academy of Music | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Curtis Institute of Music | Philadelphia, PA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kleinlife | Philadelphia, PA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | New York, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Armory Art Center | West Palm Beach, FL | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Inc | Oakland, CA | $6,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach Country Club Foundation Inc | Palm Beach, FL | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of North America | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lacc | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mission Kids | Plymouth Meeting, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Museum of Modern Art | Manhattan, NY | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Project Home | Philadelphia, PA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Palm Beach Civic Association | Palm Beach, FL | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $3,900 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Jdrf | New York, NY | $3,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Artis | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| God's Love We Deliver | New York, NY | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Myface | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Whyy | Philadelphia, PA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Living Beyond Breast Cancer | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $2,600 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Center for the Living Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Free Library of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Friends of Givat Haviva | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Glazer Hall | Palm Beach, FL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Marlene Meyerson Jcc Manhattan | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Philabundance | Philadelphia, PA | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bryn Mawr Film Institute | Bryn Mawr, PA | $2,100 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Alport Syndrome Foundation Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pef Israel Endownment Funds | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ajc | Philadelphia, PA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Alameda County Community Foundation | Alameda, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Waxman Cancer Research Foundation | New York, NY | $1,005 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Congregation Mikveh Israel | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gladwyne Fire Company | Gladwyne, PA | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Golden Slipper Camp | Bala Cynwyd, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Intersection of the Arts | San Francisco, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Jewish Learning Venture | Jenkintown, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liberty Bell Pops | Philadelphia, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Park Day School | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Save the Children | Fairfield, CT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Vincent De Paul of Alameda County | Oakland, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Williston Northampton School | Easthampton, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Worlds Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Narberth Ambulance | Ardmore, PA | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Kind Kitchen | North Palm Beach, FL | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach County Council of Firefighters and Paramedics | West Palm Beach, FL | $700 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Bay Area Trauma Recovery Clinical Services | Berkeley, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Camp Winnarainbow | Berkeley, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kqed | San Francisco, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lower Merion Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #28 | Ardmore, PA | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Prx | Cambridge, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Praxis Group | Martinez, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Urban Adamah | Berkeley, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association | West Palm Beach, FL | $400 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lower Merion Police Pension Association | Ardmore, PA | $375 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Gladwyne Civic Association | Gladwyne, PA | $350 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hospitality Helping Hands | West Palm Beach, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
52 of 90 (58%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 81%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 147 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | $76,000 | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 18 | $419,725 | $7,737 |
| 2023 | 47 | $939,050 | $2,500 |
| 2024 | 50 | $533,645 | $2,900 |
| 2025 | 69 | $772,950 | $1,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
70% of its giving went to organizations in Pennsylvania.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ross Family Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 321 Tangier Avenue, Palm Beach, FL, 33480. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
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