Funding search · EIN 056006308 · Providence, RI

Ress 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.

134
grants reported
$458,815
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$750
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • Schwab Charitable Dafs3 grants · $246,582
  • Schwab Charitable1 grant · $30,666
  • Jewish Alliance of Greater Ri1 grant · $25,000
  • Sea Turtle Conservancy3 grants · $13,000
  • Conservation Law Foundation4 grants · $11,500
  • New England Aquarium3 grants · $10,500
  • University of St Andrews American Foundation3 grants · $8,350
  • Temple Emann-El1 grant · $7,500
  • Temple Emanu-El3 grants · $7,200
  • Massachusetts Rivers Alliance2 grants · $6,500

Giving over time

$122,962
2022
$116,050
2023
$106,043
2024
$113,760
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 134 grants.

  • $86,300

    Schwab Charitable Dafs · Orlando, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $80,422

    Schwab Charitable Dafs · Orlando, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $79,860

    Schwab Charitable Dafs · Orlando, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $30,666

    Schwab Charitable · Orlando, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $25,000

    Jewish Alliance of Greater Ri · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $7,500

    Temple Emann-El · Providence, RI · 2022

    Mission forward impact initiative

  • $6,750

    University of St Andrews American Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Massachusetts Rivers Alliance · Somerville, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Sea Turtle Conservancy · Gainesville, FL · 2025

    General support

  • $5,000

    Jewish Collaborative Services · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    Temple Emanuel · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $5,000

    The Yiddish Book Center · Amherst, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $4,000

    Sea Turtle Conservancy · Gainesville, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $4,000

    Sea Turtle Conservancy · Gainesville, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $3,600

    Temple Emanu-El · Providence, RI · 2023

    General support

  • $3,500

    Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $3,500

    New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $3,500

    New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $3,500

    New England Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $3,500

    Ne Aquarium · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $3,000

    Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $3,000

    Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $3,000

    The Sea Turtle Conservancy · Gainesville, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Conservation Law Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $2,500

    Conservation Law Foundation · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $2,500

    Williams College Parent Fund · Williamstown, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,008

    The President & Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $2,000

    The Vilna School · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,800

    Temple Emanu-El · Providence, RI · 2025

    General support

  • $1,800

    The Vilna Shul · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,800

    Combined Jewish Philanthropies · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,800

    Temple Emanu-El · Providence, RI · 2024

    General support

  • $1,500

    Massachusetts Rivers Alliance · Somerville, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,500

    Chewonki Foundation · Wicasset, ME · 2023

    General support

  • $1,500

    Massachusetts Rivers Alliance · Sommerville, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $1,500

    Mass Rivers Alloance · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,250

    Chewonki Foundation · Wiscasset, ME · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation · Newton, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Charles River Clean Up Boat · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Chewonki Foundation · Wicasset, ME · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Haymarket People'S Fund · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    National Marine Life Center · Buzzards Bay, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $1,000

    Charles River Clean Up Boat · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Chewonki Foundation · Wicasset, ME · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    National Marine Life Center · Buzzards Bay, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    The Vilna Shul · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $1,000

    Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections · Dover, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    National Marine Life Center · Buzzards Bay, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Sheriff'S Meadow Foundation · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    University of St Andrews American Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General support

  • $1,000

    Community Prep School · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Lincoln School · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Matchbox Foundation · West Hollywood, CA · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Planned Parenthood Federation of Arizona · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    Providence Public Library · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    The Miriam Hospital Foundation · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $1,000

    The University of Ri Foundation and Alum · Kingston, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $900

    The Vilna Shul · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $888

    Brookline Chinese School · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $750

    Friends of the Lobkowicz Collections · Dover, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $750

    New England Wildlife Center · South Weymouth, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $750

    Dorcas International Institute of Ri · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $750

    National Marine Life Center · Buzzards Bay, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $750

    Sheriff'S Meadown Foundation · Vineyard Haven, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $750

    Tzu Chi · Newton, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $600

    University of St Andrews American Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General support

  • $550

    Nonprofit Center of Berkshires · Great Barrington, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $525

    Nonprofit Cener of the Birkshires · Great Barrington, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Nonprofit Center of Berkshires · Great Barrington, MA · 2025

    General support

  • $500

    Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2024

    General support

  • $500

    Forbes House Museum · Milton, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $500

    Nonprofit Center of Berkshires · Great Barrington, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $500

    The Fenway News · Boston, MA · 2024

    General support

  • $500

    Bennington College Beyond Plastics · Bennington, VT · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation · Newton, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    Eliot School · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    Emerald Necklace Conservancy · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    Planned Parenthood Federation of America · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    Reevaluation Foundation · Shoreline, WA · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    The Learning Project Annual Fund · Boston, MA · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $500

    Butler Hospital Foundation · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Charles River Watershet Association · Weston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Community Libraries of Providence · Wiscasset, ME · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Freedom To Read Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Re-Evaluatin Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Sophia Academy · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Speak for the Trees · Dorchester, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    The Eliot School · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    The Learning Project · Boston, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Wellesley College · Wellesley, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Women'S Fund of Rhode Island · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $500

    Youth in Action · Providence, RI · 2022

    General support

  • $450

    Keep Massachusetts Beautiful · Mansfield, MA · 2022

    General support

  • $399

    Speak for the Trees · Dorchester, MA · 2023

    General support

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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.