RRA 50 Forward Fund concentrates its giving on enabling large-scale humanitarian response and the infrastructure that supports charitable giving. The foundation makes significant gifts to international emergency relief and refugee assistance organizations, while also investing multiple grants in a technology-focused giving intermediary that connects corporations and employees with nonprofits. Its portfolio shows a clear preference for scalable, systems-oriented approaches to philanthropy and crisis response.
Rra 50 Forward Fund Inc. stands out for pairing humanitarian relief with infrastructure that helps other charities move money efficiently. Its largest recent grant went to the International Committee of the Red Cross for protection and assistance tied to armed conflict and other violence, and it also supported the International Rescue Committee for emergency assistance and long-term aid for people in crisis-affected countries and refugees. Alongside those relief grants, the foundation repeatedly backed the American Online Giving Foundation, indicating a sustained interest in technology-enabled giving systems rather than only direct-service charities. The pattern is broad in geography but narrow in purpose: the funder uses grants to support emergency response, refugee aid, neutral humanitarian coordination, and the tools that power corporate and employee giving. Smaller awards extend into local community support, environmental advocacy, youth development, criminal justice reform, and Asian American and Pacific Islander community work. That mix suggests a foundation that gives across several causes, but with a clear emphasis on scalable platforms and crisis-oriented nonprofits.
Humanitarian response is the clearest throughline. In 2024, Rra 50 Forward Fund Inc. gave $50,000 to the International Committee of the Red Cross for the protection and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other violence. In 2023, it gave $37,300 to the International Rescue Committee to deliver emergency assistance and long-term aid in more than 40 crisis-affected countries and to support refugees rebuilding their lives. Technology-enabled philanthropy is another recurring theme. The foundation awarded $43,307 in 2024, $37,689 in 2025, and $34,705 in 2023 to the American Online Giving Foundation for work connecting causes with large companies and their employees through technology. It also made smaller grants for climate and wildlife work at the Natural Resource Defense Council, youth programming at ClubHouse Network, and AAPI community support through the Asian Pacific Fund.
Typical awards cluster around the low five- to mid-five-figure range, with p25 at $2,600, a median grant of $13,131, and p75 at $36,002. The recent record shows both larger humanitarian gifts and a long tail of smaller community grants. The pattern also suggests repeat support rather than one-off giving: the American Online Giving Foundation appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and the UK Online Giving Foundation appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025 as well. Rra 50 Forward Fund Inc. is an independent grantmaker, and it also funds individuals. No application process is described in the data.
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Most grants fall between $3K and $36K, with a median of $13K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$13K
75th Percentile
$36K
About 25% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Top 4 recipient countries by grant volume for Rra 50 Forward Fund.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 9 | $165K | 69.2% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 2 | $28K |
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Concentrated giving: a small number of relatively large grants with repeat funding to a single giving-technology intermediary and sizable one-off grants to major international relief organizations.
Notable grantees: American Online Giving Foundation, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Rra 50 Forward Fund Inc. gives nationally, with 25% of grants going to recipients in New York state. Massachusetts is the top state by grant count, helped by a Roxbury-based youth grantee. Recent awards also reached New York City, Newark in Delaware, London, Geneva, Boulder, Montgomery, San Francisco, and Colorado-based recipients. Outside the U.S., the grants list includes recipients in the UK, Switzerland, South Africa, and Afghanistan-linked humanitarian work through international organizations.
Its recent grants emphasize humanitarian response and the infrastructure behind charitable giving. The funder supported the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Rescue Committee, the American Online Giving Foundation, and the UK Online Giving Foundation, with smaller grants to groups working on climate, youth development, criminal justice reform, and AAPI community support.
The grant-size distribution is relatively broad, with p25 at $2,600, a median of $13,131, and p75 at $36,002. Recent awards ranged from $600 to $50,000.
Yes. The American Online Giving Foundation appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and the UK Online Giving Foundation appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That pattern points to recurring support rather than isolated one-time gifts.
Its giving is national, with the highest grant count in Massachusetts. New York accounts for 25% of grants, even though the foundation is headquartered in New York, NY.
Recent grants support armed-conflict relief, refugee assistance, technology-enabled giving platforms, climate and wildlife protection, youth technical and creative programming, criminal justice reform, and AAPI community nonprofits.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
| 3 | Switzerland | 1 | $50K | 7.7% |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 1 | $13K | 7.7% |
Recipient country reflects the grantee's headquarters per IRS 990-PF and Schedule F filings, not the program's implementation country.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | $37,689 | 2025 | To connect causes with the worlds largest companies and their employees using technology to transform the way they receive funds and freeing up their time and resources to focus on delivering community impact. |
| UK Online Giving Foundation | London | $14,961 | 2025 | To improve the charitable landscape by reducing the costs and overhead of donation processing through aggregation automation and outsourcing. |
| International Committee of the Red | Geneva | $50,000 | 2024 | The ICRC is an impartial neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other violence and to provide them with assistance. |
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | $43,307 | 2024 | To connect causes with the worlds largest companies and their employees using technology to transform the way they receive funds and freeing up their time and resources to focus on delivering community impact. |
| UK Online Giving Foundation | London | $13,174 | 2024 | To improve the charitable landscape by reducing the costs and overhead of donation processing through aggregation automation and outsourcing. |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $37,300 | 2023 | To deliver emergency assistance and long-term aid to millions of vulnerable people in more than 40 crisis-affected countries around the world. As well as help to support refugees as they rebuild their lives in the United States. |
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | $34,705 | 2023 | To connect causes with the world's largest companies and their employees using technology to transform the way they receive funds and freeing up their time and resources to focus on delivering community impact. |
| UK Online Giving Foundation | London | $13,131 | 2023 | To improve the charitable landscape by reducing the costs and overhead of donation processing through aggregation automation and outsourcing. |
| Elevations Foundation | BOULDER, CO | $5,000 | 2023 | To bring people and resources together to strengthen local Colorado communities. |
| Natural Resource Defense Council | New York, NY | $2,700 | 2023 | To save imperiled wildlife and wildlands combat climate change and defend our environment on all fronts. |
| ClubHouse Network | ROXBURY, MA | $2,500 | 2023 | To power programs and encourage youth to develop technical skills express themselves creatively and plan for their future all within a supportive community of peers mentors and staff. |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $1,600 | 2023 | To support the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States to challenge racial and economic injustice and to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. |
| ASIAN PACIFIC FUND | San Francisco, CA | $600 | 2023 | To support local nonprofits and address issues faced by the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. |
American Online Giving Foundation
$37,689To connect causes with the worlds largest companies and their employees using technology to transform the way they receive funds and freeing up their time and resources to focus on delivering community impact.
UK Online Giving Foundation
$14,961To improve the charitable landscape by reducing the costs and overhead of donation processing through aggregation automation and outsourcing.
International Committee of the Red
$50,000The ICRC is an impartial neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other violence and to provide them with assistance.
American Online Giving Foundation
$43,307To connect causes with the worlds largest companies and their employees using technology to transform the way they receive funds and freeing up their time and resources to focus on delivering community impact.
UK Online Giving Foundation
$13,174To improve the charitable landscape by reducing the costs and overhead of donation processing through aggregation automation and outsourcing.
International Rescue Committee
$37,300To deliver emergency assistance and long-term aid to millions of vulnerable people in more than 40 crisis-affected countries around the world. As well as help to support refugees as they rebuild their lives in the United States.
American Online Giving Foundation
$34,705To connect causes with the world's largest companies and their employees using technology to transform the way they receive funds and freeing up their time and resources to focus on delivering community impact.
UK Online Giving Foundation
$13,131To improve the charitable landscape by reducing the costs and overhead of donation processing through aggregation automation and outsourcing.
Elevations Foundation
$5,000To bring people and resources together to strengthen local Colorado communities.
Natural Resource Defense Council
$2,700To save imperiled wildlife and wildlands combat climate change and defend our environment on all fronts.
ClubHouse Network
$2,500To power programs and encourage youth to develop technical skills express themselves creatively and plan for their future all within a supportive community of peers mentors and staff.
Equal Justice Initiative
$1,600To support the end of mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States to challenge racial and economic injustice and to protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
ASIAN PACIFIC FUND
$600To support local nonprofits and address issues faced by the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.