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US Russia Foundation for Economic
Washington, DC · EIN 01-0732928. Reported 192 grants totalling $148.8M to 76 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For US Russia Foundation for Economic, the IRS classifies it under international affairs rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE Q32) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 76 distinct organizations, with 90% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is extreme concentration. A grantmaker sending three quarters of its money to one organization is in practice a support fund for that organization, whatever its classification says, and an unsolicited request is very unlikely to go anywhere.
- How much its list changes. 80% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $67,785. Half of what it reported fell between $41,225 and $111,000; the smallest was $5,500 and the largest $133.2M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
1 of those grants was non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $133.2M in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine-Moldova American Enterprise Fund | Chicago, IL | $133.2M | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cerge-Ei Foundation | New York, NY | $752,222 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wild Salmon Center | Portland, OR | $669,032 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $577,623 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Polestar Video Ventures Inc | Redwood City, CA | $554,565 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| George Washington University | Ashburn, VA | $513,640 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pilnet | New York, NY | $491,705 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Free Russia Foundation | Washington, DC | $464,367 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bard College | Annandale, NY | $415,771 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative | Washington, DC | $415,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | $401,747 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $375,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Councils for International Education Actr Accels Inc | Washington, DC | $374,809 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pen American Center Inc | New York, NY | $359,116 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | Lawrence, KS | $348,758 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Russian-American Science Association Corp | Chapel Hill, NC | $324,099 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eurasianet Inc | New York, NY | $318,701 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $304,638 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Democratic Development | Washington, DC | $299,810 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University | Tempe, AZ | $290,246 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $289,725 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| International Documentary Association Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $288,617 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Association for Slavic East European and Eurasian Studies Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | $280,034 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AR | $276,171 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for European Policy Analysis | Washington, DC | $275,664 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pure Land LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $269,001 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $262,500 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of South Florida Foundation Inc | Tampa, FL | $261,045 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $234,648 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $229,630 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $229,211 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aatseel | Boulder, CO | $207,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $201,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Impact Hub | Vashon, WA | $194,265 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Utah Valley University | Orem, UT | $167,225 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $166,029 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Street Law Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $154,235 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $149,735 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Regents Univ of California | Los Angeles, CA | $145,743 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Supporters of Civil Society in Russia Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $144,033 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tamizdat Project Inc | Astoria, NY | $142,290 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | $135,207 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Post Truth Inc | Torrance, CA | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Aesf Production Inc | Long Island City, NY | $127,808 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Independent Social Research Inc | Odenton, MD | $124,183 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $120,656 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Ross Conservancy | Jenner, CA | $116,735 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Indigenous Peoples Rights Inc | W Boothby Hbr, ME | $115,035 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Maine School of Law Foundation | Portland, ME | $107,686 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Business Association of Russian-Speaking Professionals | Palo Alto, CA | $105,100 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pacific Sound and Vision Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $103,980 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fordham University | Bronx, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Institute of Current World Affairs Inc | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Justice Project | Washington, DC | $99,204 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| International Indigenous Fund for Development and Solidarity Batani | Yarmouth, ME | $93,643 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Atlanta, GA | $89,935 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Times Foundation USA Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Washington, DC | $82,542 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Astrea LLC | Chevy Chase, MD | $81,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $80,569 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Order Group | Wilmington, DE | $70,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $67,571 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Alaska | Fairbanks, AK | $66,618 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Bar Association | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eurasia Foundation Inc | Washington DC, DC | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Community Action Partnership | Fremont, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| International Law Institute | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Uarzazat Media Inc | Palo Alto, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wayusa Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Amherst College | Amherst, MA | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rebuild for Peace Inc | Harvest, AL | $44,725 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Depaul University | Chicago, IL | $31,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | Bloomsburg, PA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Council for US-Russia Relations | Seattle, WA | $17,734 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Russian America for Democracy in Russia Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
55 of 76 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 53 of 76 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47 | $2,713,476 | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 54 | $4,046,612 | $66,102 |
| 2023 | 51 | $138.0M | $78,604 |
| 2024 | 40 | $3,997,161 | $78,335 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
90% of its giving went to organizations in Illinois. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $67,785 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Illinois.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from US Russia Foundation for Economic's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 36 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 4 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 500 Lenfant Plaza Sw 1025, Washington, DC, 20024.
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