Grants awarded
Who does May Ellen & Gerald Ritter Foundation fund?
May Ellen & Gerald Ritter Foundation has awarded $2.2 million across 90 grants to 52 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $15,000, with most between $10,000 and $30,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $20,000 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.2M
Typical grant
$15K
Grantees
52
Grants
90
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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| B Build on INC | $316K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | WV | |
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$266K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$200K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| A Alfred E Smith Memorial Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$80K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Birch Family Services INC
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$75K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
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$75K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| R Robin Hood Foundation | $70K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Pace University
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$70K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York | $58K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation
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$55K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CT | |
| H Hassenfeld Childrens Hospital at NYU Langone | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Stamford Peace Youth Foundation INC
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$50K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | CT | |
| I Individual recipient | $50K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Alfred E Smith Memorial Fund | $50K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| C Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens | $40K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Home for the Aged of Little Sisters of the Poor | $38K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
St Thomas Aquinas College
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$35K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Futures in Education
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$30K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Saint Joseph's University
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$30K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S St Joseph's College | $25K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Dermatology Foundation
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$25K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| S St Mary's Church | $25K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The Water Trust INC
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$25K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| S Stamford Police Foundation INC | $20K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| C Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens | $20K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NJ | |
| B Bowery Mission Christian Herald Association | $20K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Norwich University
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$20K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VT | |
| I Individual recipient | $15K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
St Francis College
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$15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
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$10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Best Buddies INC
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Futures and Options INC
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$10K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Individual recipient | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Babe Ruth Baseball of Stamford INC
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$7K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| N Nyc Board of Education Ps 72 | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| C Citizen Committee for Nyc | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Memorial Sloan Kettering- Cancer Center | $5K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N Nyc Board of Education | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Long Ridge Fire Company Incorporated
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$5K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CT | |
| F Fetch Rescue Corp | $3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | CT | |
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$3K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MS | |
| B Bay Ridge Center INC Meals Program | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CT | |
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CT |
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