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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 76-0286746

The Ross Foundation

A private foundation in Lynchburg, VA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 12 grants and $885,183 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $885,183

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $0

  • Tax year 2024

    $55,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $625,390

  • Tax year 2023

    $57,000

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $291,794

  • Tax year 2022

    $62,000

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $308,319

  • Tax year 2021

    $50,825

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $369,537

  • Tax year 2020

    $104,000

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $386,253

  • Tax year 2019

    $41,000

    Grants listed
    12
    Assets, end of year
    $217,365

  • Tax year 2018

    $37,450

    Grants listed
    14
    Assets, end of year
    $253,731

Grants paid in 2025

12 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. The Ross Family Charitable FundWarwick, RI

    Charitable

    $858,183
  2. Individual

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  3. High Mountain InstituteLeadville, CO

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  4. Trustees of Boston UniversityOxford, OH

    Earth & environmental dept

    $2,500
  5. Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA

    Tepper school of business

    $2,500
  6. Chesapeake Bay Maritime MuseumSt Michaels, MD

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  7. Hun School of PrincetonPrinceton, NJ

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  8. US Naval Academy FoundationAnnapolis, MD

    Unrestriced

    $2,500
  9. Taft School FundWatertown, CT

    Unrestricted

    $2,000
  10. Individual

    Cheetah program

    $1,000
  11. The School for Field StudiesWest Boxford, MA

    Weiner scholarship

    $1,000
  12. Warrior Canine ConnectionBoyds, MD

    Unrestricted

    $500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education3 grants $10,00077% of the total
  2. Arts and culture1 grant $2,50019% of the total
  3. Human services1 grant $5004% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Rhode Island1 grant $858,183
  2. Maryland3 grants $5,500
  3. Colorado1 grant $5,000
  4. New Jersey1 grant $2,500
  5. New York1 grant $2,500
  6. Pennsylvania1 grant $2,500
  7. Connecticut1 grant $2,000
  8. Massachusetts1 grant $1,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Francesca RossTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Isabelle RossTRUSTEE Hours 0.25Pay $0
  • Krista RossDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • David Ross IVDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • David RossDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ellen RossDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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