Riss Foundation
Private foundation · Chevy Chase, MD · EIN 27-4195832 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Riss Foundation
33grants reported
$1,000median award
$1,000lower quartile
$500smallest grant
$48Ktotal paid
5states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 33 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $1,000 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
3916 Aspen St
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-5061
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Temple Sinai | Washington, DC | $5,000 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $2,500 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $2,500 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $2,500 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | Washington, DC | $2,000 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $2,000 |
| Rip Medical Debt | Long Island City, NY | $1,800 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation | New York, NY | $1,500 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $1,500 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $1,500 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $1,500 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Compass Pro Bono | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Lungevity Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 |
| Transgender Law Center | Oakland, CA | $1,000 |
| Undue Medical Debt | Boston, MA | $1,000 |
| American Jewish World Service Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Friends of Compass Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Lungevity Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Theater Washington | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Friends of Compass Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| Lungevity Foundation | Chicago, IL | $1,000 |
| Theater Washington | Washington, DC | $1,000 |
| National Immigration Law Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 |
| Undue Medical Debt | Boston, MA | $1,000 |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Womens Reproductive Rights Assistance Project | Santa Monica, CA | $1,000 |
| Doctors Without Borders | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| Levine Music | Washington, DC | $500 |
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