The Nancy and Paul Ross Foundation Inc
Mount Kisco, NY · EIN 20-1645493. Reported 103 grants totalling $168,150 to 47 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Nancy and Paul Ross Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,000; the smallest was $100 and the largest $10,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor's Without Borders | New York, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Feeding Westchester | Elmsford, NY | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $14,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bridge Fund | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dana Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westchester Community College | Valhalla, NY | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Westchester Land Trust | Bedford Hills, NY | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Northern Westchester Hospital | Mount Kisco, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fresh Air Fund | New York, NY | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hagedorn Little Village School | Seaford, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Jacob Burns Film Center Inc | Pleasantville, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smith College Fund | Northampton, MA | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $3,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Wnyc Radio | New York, NY | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Katonah Museum of Art | Katonah, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| New York Public Radio | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| League of Women Voters | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mt Kisco Volunteer Ambulance | Mount Kisco, NY | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| August West Fdn | Cambridge, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bedford 2030 | Katonah, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bedford Hills Fire Department | Bedford, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| City Meals on Wheels | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Katonah Bedford Hills Volunteer Ambulance | Katonah, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Open Door Foundation | Ossining, NY | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dorot | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighbors Link | Mount Kisco, NY | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Adl | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Kennesaw, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Civil Liberties Union | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barnard College | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bedford Hills Free Library | Bedford Hills, NY | $1,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Breakthrough New York | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief | Frankfort, KY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Center of Northern Westchester | Katonah, NY | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of N West | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornell Lab of Ornnithology | Ithaca, NY | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mayfield Community Foundation | Mayfield, KY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Police Benevolent Assoc of the Town of Bedford Inc | Bedford Hills, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buttonwood Foundation | New York, NY | $450 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club Northern Westchester | Mount Kisco, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Botanic Gardens | Washington, DC | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mt Kisco Childcare Center | Mt Kisco, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leage of Women Voters Eduation Fund | Seattle, WA | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Women Voters Education Fund | Washington, DC | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
27 of 47 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 61%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
TO FURTHER RECIPIENTS PUBLICLY STATED OBJECTIVES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 59 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $58,500 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 28 | $51,600 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 26 | $28,550 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 19 | $29,500 | $1,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 77% of this one's giving went to organizations in New York. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Nancy and Paul Ross Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 458 Croton Lake Road, Mount Kisco, NY, 10549. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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