Ramapo Trust
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications. The foundation chooses the organisations it funds itself.
Key takeaways
- If your work is in older-adult wellbeing, dementia respite, early memory loss or support for relatives raising children, it matches the foundation's stated themes, though no geographic area is stated and its filings show grants mainly in Florida and New York.
- The foundation contributes only to preselected organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered, and your first step should be to seek an introduction through a relationship.
- Where a request is invited, a modest ask fits its pattern: about 8 in 10 grants to organisations fall between $3,100 and $50,000, and half were $20,000 or less, though its largest grant was $2,500,000, so that band is typical rather than a limit.
- Its filing shows 59% of grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had funded before, so it appears relationship-led and competitive for new names.
Overview
Ramapo Trust is a US private foundation based in Teaneck, NJ.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Ramapo Trust is part of the Brookdale Foundation Group, whose shared purpose is to enhance the quality of life of older adults. The Group describes its work as advancing geriatrics and gerontology, and awards seed grants to organisations developing and implementing social-model group respite services. Those programmes offer meaningful social and recreational activities for people with dementia, alongside respite and support for families, caregivers and care partners. Its Relatives as Parents Program encourages services for grandparents and other relatives who have taken on surrogate parenting when parents are unable to do so. The Group's stated work therefore includes older-adult wellbeing, dementia respite and support for relatives raising children.
Themes
- Older adult wellbeing
- Dementia respite care
- Early memory loss
- Relative caregiver services
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the filings show grants mainly in Florida and New York.
How to apply
The trust contributes only to preselected charitable organisations and does not accept unsolicited requests; no further submission steps are stated.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 59% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 120 grants to organisations were $20,000 or less.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
6 other states: 5%
Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 3%
- The largest single recipient received 31% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 59% of grant dollars went to organisations Ramapo Trust had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
- 4% of grant dollars went to intermediaries that regrant to other organisations.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 40 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $10,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Baker Senior Center Naples · General support$100,0002024 tax year
- Early Alzheimer's Foundation · General support$30,0002024 tax year
- Here to Stay Wintergreen · General support$20,0002024 tax year
- Institute For Psychoanalytic Training & Research Inc · General support$20,0002024 tax year
- Jewish Family Services of Delaware · General support$20,0002024 tax year
- Abington Memorial Hospital Foundation · General support$20,0002024 tax year
- Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington · General support$20,0002024 tax year
- The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC · General support$20,0002024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Mary Ann Van Clief — Trustee
- Karen Schwartz Hart — Trustee
- Arthur Norman Field — Trustee
- Natahir Lety Schwartz — Trustee
- Stephen L Schwartz — Trustee
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $7,200,264 | $5,810,060 | $74,021,931 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $2,932,702 | $1,802,502 | $76,891,268 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $2,206,820 | $2,817,354 | $81,132,090 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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