Funding search · EIN 061552407 · Fairfield, CT

Russo 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.

47
grants reported
$95,893
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarshipresearchscholarshipspatrickprogramsvarious

Full IRS filings ↗How this is builtReport an error

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Sign in to analyze this funder’s giving pattern. Free in early access.

Top recipients

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

  • Sacred Heart University1 grant · $26,000
  • Lauralton Hall3 grants · $17,000
  • Manhattanville College2 grants · $10,166
  • Curtis Summer Camp Fund2 grants · $10,000
  • Fairfield Country Day School1 grant · $10,000
  • Camp Pinehurst1 grant · $5,200
  • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital3 grants · $2,500
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center2 grants · $1,500
  • Uconn Foundation2 grants · $1,500
  • Salvation Army3 grants · $1,300

Giving over time

$21,693
2022
$31,200
2023
$43,000
2024

Grant history

All 47 reported grants, largest first.

  • $26,000

    Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Various programs

  • $10,000

    Fairfield Country Day School · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Scholarship fund

  • $6,000

    Lauralton Hall · Milford, CT · 2024

    Scholarship fund

  • $6,000

    Lauralton Hall · Milford, CT · 2023

    Scholarship fund

  • $5,200

    Camp Pinehurst · Raymond, ME · 2022

    Various programs

  • $5,166

    Manhattanville College · Purchase, NY · 2022

    Scholarship fund

  • $5,000

    Curtis Summer Camp Fund · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $5,000

    Curtis Summer Camp Fund · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $5,000

    Manhattanville College · Purchase, NY · 2023

    Scholarship fund

  • $5,000

    Lauralton Hall · Milford, CT · 2022

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,500

    St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · New York, NY · 2024

    Research

  • $1,000

    Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Various programs

  • $1,000

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024

    Research

  • $1,000

    Uconn Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2023

    Scholarship fund

  • $1,000

    Give Betterst Patrick · New York, NY · 2022

    St patrick's charity

  • $500

    Catholic Academy of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Various programs

  • $500

    Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2024

    Various programs

  • $500

    Make a Wish Foundation · Trumbull, CT · 2024

    Various programs

  • $500

    Salvation Army · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Various programs

  • $500

    The Center for Family Justice · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Various programs

  • $500

    Alzheimers Association · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Various programs

  • $500

    Bridgeport Rescue Mission · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Various programs

  • $500

    Connecticut Food Bank · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Various programs

  • $500

    Habitat for Humanity · Stratford, CT · 2023

    Various programs

  • $500

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023

    Research

  • $500

    Salvation Army · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Various programs

  • $500

    St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · New York, NY · 2023

    Research

  • $500

    The Center for Family Justice · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Various programs

  • $500

    Burroughs Community Center · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Various programs

  • $500

    Cuny Graduate Center · New York, NY · 2022

    Scholarship fund

  • $500

    St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · New York, NY · 2022

    Research

  • $500

    Stuttering Foundation of America · Memphis, TN · 2022

    Various programs

  • $500

    Uconn Foundation · Storrs, CT · 2022

    Scholarship fund

  • $500

    Westminster School · Simsbury, CT · 2022

    Scholarship fund

  • $350

    Pequot Library · Southport, CT · 2022

    Various programsvarious programs

  • $300

    Salvation Army · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Various programs

  • $252

    Gary Sinise Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Various programs

  • $250

    Connecticut Food Bank · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Various programs

  • $250

    Fairfield Police · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Various programs

  • $250

    The Center for Family Justice · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Various programs

  • $200

    Colgate University · Hamilton, NY · 2022

    Various programs

  • $150

    Diocese of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Various programs

  • $125

    Patterson Club · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Scholarship fund

  • $100

    Diocese of Bridgeport · Bridgeport, CT · 2023

    Various programs

  • $100

    Make a Wish Foundation · Trumbull, CT · 2023

    Various programs

  • $100

    Goodwill Gwctorg · Bridgeport, CT · 2022

    Various programs

  • $100

    Wakeman Boys and Girls Club · Southport, CT · 2022

    Various programs

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

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.