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The Darrell & Susan Ross Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Palm Beach, Florida · EIN 056125455

The Darrell & Susan Ross Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Palm Beach, Florida. In tax year 2024 it gave $181,300 in 18 grants; the typical grant was $4,500 and the largest $53,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $139,790 the year before.

56% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$139,79022$4.2 million
2024$181,30018$4.5 million

How to apply

ContactMr Stephen J Carlotti
1500 Fleet Center, Providence, RI 02903
Phone or email(401) 274-2000
What to submitGeneral information about the organization with detailed descriptions about the specific uses of the funds, if any.
RestrictionsRecipients must be organizations which are exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, which organizations are also in section 509(a)(1), (2), or (3) of the code (or the corresponding provisions of any future united states internal revenue law).

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Darrell & Susan Ross Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 7 states, the most to Florida.

StateGrantsAmount
Florida8$125,400
Rhode Island3$39,600
New York3$7,800
California1$5,005
Massachusetts1$1,800
Oklahoma1$1,500
Connecticut1$195

Grants paid in 2024

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach
West Palm Beach, FL
Operating support$53,000
Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island
Providence, RI
Operating support$36,000
Morselife Foundation
Palm Beach, FL
Operating support$20,000
Palm Beach Orthodox Synagogue
Palm Beach, FL
Operating support$13,600
Palm Beach United Way
Palm Beach, FL
Operating support$12,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Operating support$11,800
Israel Tennis Center Foundation Inc
Deerfield Beach, FL
Operating support$10,000
John Thomas Dye School
Los Angeles, CA
Operating support$5,005
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces
New York, NY
Operating support$5,000
Palm Beach Country Club Foundation
Palm Beach, FL
Operating support$4,000
Eugene Zitwer Foundation
Brooklyn, NY
Operating support$1,800
Sandra Bernstein Holocaust Education Center
Providence, RI
Operating support$1,800
Jewish Big Brother Big Sister
Waltham, MA
Operating support$1,800
The Gordon School
East Providence, RI
Operating support$1,800
How Foundation
Tulsa, OK
Operating support$1,500
Norton Museum of Art
West Palm Beach, FL
Operating support$1,000
UJA Federation Ny
New York, NY
Operating support$1,000
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Operating support$195

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Darrell & Susan Ross Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does The Darrell & Susan Ross Charitable Foundation give?

$181,300 in tax year 2024, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $4,500.

Who runs The Darrell & Susan Ross Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Darrell S Ross (Trustee) and Susan S Ross (Trustee).

What does The Darrell & Susan Ross Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities and education.

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