https://www.ritterfamilyfoundation.org/blog-impact daily 0.75 2022-05-05 https://www.ritterfamilyfoundation.org/blog-impact/example-blog-post-1-l33ef monthly 0.5 2017-11-09 https://www.ritterfamilyfoundation.org/introduction daily 1.0 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1559073726171-73OPA37LB4LKQFGGXIZT/HandsPuzzles.jpg HOME - Partnership. Leverage. Impact. Our philanthropic investments are aimed at improving children’s outcomes through community-based systems solutions, and include the following areas of particular interest: Early Childhood Education; Third Grade Reading; K-12 Readiness and Achievement; Summer and Out of School Time; College and Career Readiness and Persistence; Social, Emotional and Physical Wellness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1557349573633-QSNJRN6R4KPVSWHWXGBH/RFFLogoTransparent.png HOME https://www.ritterfamilyfoundation.org/ourapproach daily 0.75 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1557865378473-V9GGIYGPZJOFPG9YABHK/ElementaryDiverseOutside.jpeg Our Approach - OUR PRINCIPLES At RFF, we aim to operate with the following principles: · Invest as Partners: Collaboration and partnership with other investors and stakeholders leverages investment and support to organizations and initiatives. · Partner in the Spirit of Service: Entering into grantee relationships from a place of humility and listening enhances mutual learning and enables investors to respond more directly to grantee needs. · Provide Unrestricted, Renewable Investment Whenever Possible: Unrestricted funding over time is essential for creating healthy, adaptive, effective organizations. · Provide Support Beyond the Check: Responsive, adaptive non-monetary support can help foster healthier organizations by bolstering leadership and capacity. · Communicate with Transparency and Responsiveness: Open, honest and transparent communication minimizes power imbalances and helps move the work forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1559075991352-XJ2VRYCUGQS3FWMB5MGB/RFFNoInquiries.png Our Approach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1555534143624-V62B0PLPVKO93LMOOKZO/diverse-classroom.jpg Our Approach - PARTNERSHIP. LEVERAGE. IMPACT. Our philanthropic investments are aimed at improving children’s outcomes through community-based systems solutions, and include the following areas of particular interest: Early Childhood Education; Third Grade Reading; K-12 Readiness and Achievement; Summer and Out of School Time; College and Career Readiness and Persistence; Social, Emotional and Physical Wellness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1557864958189-PDAI2MIAGRBT6XLA7U0S/istockphoto-476815779-612x612.jpg Our Approach - WE VALUE Organizations and Initiatives engaged in systems-change work Organizations and Initiatives that rely on data to measure impact and make decisions Organizations and Initiatives that employ Collective Impact strategies in their work https://www.ritterfamilyfoundation.org/our-staff daily 0.75 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1559076363959-B64ACPLNMLWE6VZ3W0KB/volunteer-hands.jpeg OUR BOARD https://www.ritterfamilyfoundation.org/contact-1 daily 0.75 2019-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1559078376087-EI8MIUV3U8F3VYKYFKEB/RFFNoInquiries.png CONTACT https://www.ritterfamilyfoundation.org/our-story daily 0.75 2024-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1559072926746-1ZT6RT4P6BWHGC6OQP0F/RFF2018.png OUR STORY - The Ritter Family Foundation’s Board of Directors made the decision to double-down on its operations and scope, and to expand and align its investments in order to become a larger and more strategic grant-making foundation. RFF became a staffed organization and hired Kate Ritter to the lead the foundation in this evolution as Executive Director. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1559072692846-89DFEG5CVJSGEBA7E1AJ/RFF1996.jpg OUR STORY - The Ritter Family Foundation The Ritter Family Foundation was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and began supporting local health and education nonprofits in Connecticut and elsewhere, both in the US and globally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1559072794946-0G67192PP7BDYB185T8Y/RFF2005.png OUR STORY - Inspired by Dr. Geoffrey Canada’s work with the Harlem Children’s Zone and by the aspirations and commitment of like-minded community leaders in Norwalk, CT, the Ritter Family Foundation seeded the Norwalk Children’s Foundation (NCF). For nearly a decade, NCF invested more than $3 million in various programs in the Norwalk community. Having impacted the lives of thousands of children and their parents, NCF played a key partnership role in larger initiatives that provided a foundation for the community’s future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1559072871993-GFOKST9T0BK1SDDSZ5AR/RFF2014.png OUR STORY - NCF's Board of Directors voted to assume a "hibernation" role in order to support the evolution of Norwalk ACTS, a citywide group of community leaders and organizations employing the Collective Impact methodology to improve outcomes for children. Having provided leadership and financial resources for NCF for many years, and in seeing tremendous opportunity to build and leverage support to achieve structural change, the Ritter Family Foundation turned its efforts towards ensuring Norwalk ACTS would be successful in its mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bccbc16a9ab95045300fbc2/1559072982956-R8SI26CQS0OMHF1K417X/RFFtoday.png OUR STORY - The Foundation has fundamentally operated with the belief that all children’s lives have equal value and possibility, and has attempted to offer assistance where the potential leverage to improve outcomes was the greatest. While the Foundation is working to hone, articulate and communicate the Foundation’s mission, vision, core principles and investment strategy and process, it will continue to be guided by that philosophy. https://www.ritterfamilyfoundation.org/press-impact daily 0.75 2025-05-12