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Funding search · EIN 246017499 · Philadelphia, PA

The Ross Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

428
grants reported
$892,624
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$800
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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3 grants matching “purposesfor” · $8,200

  • $4,200

    Boy Scouts of America Ne Pa Council · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposesFor general purposes

  • $2,000

    Boy Scouts of America Ne Pa Council · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposesFor general purposes

  • $2,000

    Boy Scouts of America Ne Pa Council · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposesFor general purposes

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • United Way Lackawanna & Wayne Counties4 grants · $98,000
  • First United Methodust Church of Germantown7 grants · $72,950
  • Quintessence Theatre Group3 grants · $65,000
  • Covenant Presbyterian Church4 grants · $51,150
  • Columbia University4 grants · $40,000
  • Keystone College4 grants · $37,000
  • Philharmonic Society of Ne Pa4 grants · $35,000
  • United Way of Se Pa4 grants · $27,000
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 grants · $24,000
  • Wvia Public Tv & Radio3 grants · $22,500

Giving over time

$205,193
2022
$236,315
2023
$212,183
2024
$238,933
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 428 grants.

  • $35,000

    Quintessence Theatre Group · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $26,000

    United Way Lackawanna & Wayne Counties · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $25,500

    United Way Lackawanna & Wayne Counties · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $24,000

    United Way Lackawanna & Wayne Counties · Scranton, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $22,500

    United Way Lackawanna & Wayne Counties · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $20,000

    Quintessence Theatre Group · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $18,000

    First United Methodust Church of Germantown · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $18,000

    First United Methodust Church of Germantown · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $17,000

    First United Methodust Church of Germantown · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $16,850

    First United Methodust Church of Germantown · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $15,000

    Wvia Public Tv & Radio · Pittston, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $13,000

    Covenant Presbyterian Church · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $13,000

    Covenant Presbyterian Church · Scranton, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $12,700

    Covenant Presbyterian Church · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $12,450

    Covenant Presbyterian Church · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $11,600

    Countrywide Conservancy · Laplume, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Keystone College · Laplume, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Philharmonic Society of Ne Pa · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2025

    $5,000 for general purposes; $5,000 for Young Peoples Concerts

  • $10,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Keystone College · Laplume, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Quintessence Theatre Group · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $9,000

    Philharmonic Society of Ne Pa · Wilkes Barre, PA · 2024

    $5,000 for general purposes; $4,000 for Young Peoples Concerts

  • $9,000

    Keystone College · Laplume, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $8,000

    Philharmonic Society of Ne Pa · Avoca, PA · 2023

    $5,000 for general purposes; $3,000 for Young Peoples Concerts

  • $8,000

    Keystone College · Laplume, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $8,000

    Philharmonic Society of Ne Pa · Avoca, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $7,500

    United Way of Se Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $7,500

    Plymouth Meeting Friends School · Plymouth Meeting, PA · 2023

    Anne Javsicas Community Scholarship Fund

  • $6,500

    Planned Parenthood of Northeast Pa · Reading, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $6,500

    United Way of Se Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $6,500

    United Way of Se Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $6,500

    United Way of Se Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $6,000

    Johnson College · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $6,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2025

    Adrian E. Ross Class of 1934 Scholarship Fd

  • $6,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $6,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $6,000

    Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $6,000

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Countryside Conservancy · Laplume, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Everhart Museum · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Everhart Museum · Scranton, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Johnson College · Scranton, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Planned Parenthood of Northeast Pa · Reading, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Countrywide Conservancy · Laplume, PA · 2023

    Flood repair Dalton Trail

  • $5,000

    Johnson College · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Johnson College · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $4,200

    Boy Scouts of America Ne Pa Council · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposesFor general purposes

  • $4,000

    Food Bank of Larimer County · Loveland, CO · 2025

    $1,500 for WHYY FM radio; $1,5000 for WHYY TV

  • $4,000

    Tanglewood Friends of Music · Boston, MA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    Uc Health Northern Colorado Fdn · Ft Collins, CO · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    Wvia Public Tv & Radio · Pittston, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    Everhart Museum · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    Planned Parenthood of Northeastern Pa · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    Everhart Museum · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $3,500

    Clintonville United Methodist Church · Clintonville, NY · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,500

    Marywood University · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,500

    Tanglewood Friends of Music · Boston, MA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $3,500

    Wvia Public Tv & Radio · Pittston, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $3,500

    Planned Parenthood · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $3,500

    Visiting Nurse Association · Olyphant, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $3,250

    Outreach Center for Community Resources · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,200

    University of Scranton · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes: $1,500; for library $1,700

  • $3,000

    Whyy Fm & Channel 12 · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    $1,500 for WHYY FM radio; $1,5000 for WHYY TV

  • $3,000

    Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Clintonville United Methodist Church · Clintonville, NY · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Countryside Conservancy · Laplume, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Outreach Center for Community Resources · Scranton, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Tanglewood Friends of Music · Boston, MA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $2,750

    Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $2,750

    Outreach Center for Community Resources · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $2,700

    Clintonville United Methodist Church · Clintonville, NY · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $2,700

    Outreach Center for Community Resources · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Greater Scranton Ymca · Dunmore, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Clintonville United Methodist Church · Clintonville, NY · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $2,250

    Greater Scranton Ymca · Dunmore, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $2,200

    Women'S Resource Center · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    American Red Cross · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Friends of the Poor · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2025

    Class of 1957

  • $2,000

    Noco Humane · Loveland, CO · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Salvation Army · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Countryside Conservancy · Laplume, PA · 2024

    Trolley Trail Appeal

  • $2,000

    Salvation Army · Scranton, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Whyy Fm & Channel 12 · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Boy Scouts of America Ne Pa Council · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposesFor general purposes

  • $2,000

    Greater Scranton Ymca · Dunmore, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Boy Scouts of America Ne Pa Council · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposesFor general purposes

  • $2,000

    Tanglewood Friends of Music · Boston, MA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $1,900

    Greater Scranton Ymca · Dunmore, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $1,850

    Friends of the Poor · Scranton, PA · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,800

    Abington Community Library · Clarks Summit, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,800

    Scranton Area Foundation · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,800

    Scranton Cultural Center · Scranton, PA · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,750

    Friends of the Poor · Scranton, PA · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $1,700

    Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2024

    Nutrition Fund

  • $1,700

    Friends of the Poor · Scranton, PA · 2022

    For general purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.