The Alfred & Frances ROSS Foundation makes a small number of targeted grants focused on healthcare institutions and university-based charitable/educational purposes. Most giving is concentrated in relatively large, single-year gifts to a few institutional recipients rather than many small community nonprofits. Repeated payments to the same organizations suggest a preference for sustaining established institutions (a regional hospital system and a public university foundation).
Concentrated giving with a small number of mid-sized grants; repeat funding to the same institutional grantees rather than broad, distributed grantmaking.
$35K
$552K
$33K
$72K
Most grants fall between $13K and $25K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$13K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 14% of grants go to recipients in MI.
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Notable grantees: Sparrow Health System (The Sparrow Foundation), The Ohio State University Foundation
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE SPARROW FOUNDATIONSPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM | LANSING, MI | $25,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES |
| THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION OFFICE OF THE TREASURERENDOWMENT ADMI | COLUMBUS, OH | $10,000 | 2026 | CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES |
| THE SPARROW FOUNDATIONSPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM | LANSING, MI | $25,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES |
| THE SPARROW FOUNDATIONSPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM | LANSING, MI | $25,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES |
| THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | COLUMBUS, OH | $19,500 | 2023 | CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES |
| THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | COLUMBUS, OH | $13,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES |
| SAFESPACE | STUART, FL | $5,000 | 2023 | CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES |
THE SPARROW FOUNDATIONSPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM
$25,000CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION OFFICE OF THE TREASURERENDOWMENT ADMI
$10,000CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
THE SPARROW FOUNDATIONSPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM
$25,000CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
THE SPARROW FOUNDATIONSPARROW HEALTH SYSTEM
$25,000CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$19,500CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
$13,000CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
SAFESPACE
$5,000CHARITABLE AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES