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The Don and Leslie Ritter Family Charitable Foundation

Accepts applications Mansfield, Texas · EIN 814722568

The Don and Leslie Ritter Family Charitable Foundation is a private foundation in Mansfield, Texas. In tax year 2024 it gave $100,805 in 7 grants; the typical grant was $11,000 and the largest $50,250. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2024 was down from $263,215 the year before.

29% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$263,21510$3.3 million
2024$100,8057$2.6 million

How to apply

ContactLeslie Ritter
15455 Dallas Parkway 1050, Addison, TX 75001
Phone or email(214) 632-0287
What to submitWritten letter stating: purpose and use of funds requested, amount requested, history of activity in this area
DeadlinesOctober 31 of current year of request
RestrictionsRestrictions of grants are for education, music and children charities

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Don and Leslie Ritter Family Charitable Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 3 states, the most to Texas.

StateGrantsAmount
Texas5$84,805
Ohio1$11,000
Pennsylvania1$5,000

Grants paid in 2024

All 7 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Parish Episcopal School
Dallas, TX
Donationfor music programs$50,250
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
Donation tocox business school$18,305
Nancy Lieberman Charities
Plano, TX
Donation$15,200
Marietta College
Marietta, OH
Education;donationmusic program$11,000
Deer Valley YMCA
Fort Mill, PA
Donationto family camp$5,000
Dalals Holocaust Museum
Dalals, TX
Donation$1,000
Collin County Child Advocacy
Plano, TX
Donation$50

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Don and Leslie Ritter Family Charitable Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: October 31 of current year of request.

How much does The Don and Leslie Ritter Family Charitable Foundation give?

$100,805 in tax year 2024, across 7 grants, with a typical grant of $11,000.

Who runs The Don and Leslie Ritter Family Charitable Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Donald Ritter (Manager/Pres), Leslie Ritter (Manager/Sec), Mariah Ritter (Manager) and Grace Ritter (Manager).

What does The Don and Leslie Ritter Family Charitable Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, faith communities and arts and culture.

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