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Arthur N Rupe Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
85% of Arthur N Rupe Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 18 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Arthur N Rupe Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 20 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k1 grant · $1k
- $10k–50k25 grants · $632k
- $50k–250k10 grants · $804k
- $250k+1 grant · $515k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FIDELITY CHARITABLE GIFT FUND | $515,000 |
| NATIONAL SPEECH & DEBATE ASSOCIATION | $158,000 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CA | $125,000 |
| HOSPICE OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY | $120,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S LOS ANGELES | $75,000 |
| ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO | $75,000 |
| GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN FOUNDATION INC | $51,125 |
| VILLAGE MOVEMENT CALIFORNIA | $50,000 |
| GEORGE G GLENNER ALZHEIMER'S FAMILY CENTER | $50,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| PARAPROFESSIONAL HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE | $50,000 |
| MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE | $45,000 |
| PAULINE AUBERLE FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| BUTTE COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $795k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2020, 18 since wound down; 32 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $369k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RFRESPITE FOR ALL FOUNDATION4× · 2021–2024 · $525k · revenue +228% · 33% of their budget
- NFNATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE D/B/A NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOC3× · 2020–2022 · $491k · revenue +128%
- HOHOSPICE OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY5× · 2020–2024 · $395k · revenue +77% · 26% of their budget
Funded once
- UUSAGINGone grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue -43%
- CLCARNEGIE LIBRARY OF MCKEESPORTone grant, 2024 · $100k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $95k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To improve the quality of life for families challenged by alzheimer's disease or another dementia, through services tailored to meet individual needs.
The alliance for aging research is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the narrative to achieve healthy aging and equitable access to care.
The american college of health care administrators (achca) is the catalyst for excellence in post-acute and aging services leadership.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
University retirement community at davis provides continuing care, quality services, and diverse opportunities that enhance the lives of our residents.
To eliminate disparities in health care access and outcomes by providing superior quality health and human services through an integrated world-class delivery system for latino, multi-ethnic underserved communities in southern california.
To foster a vibrant community of engaged elders seeking holistic health, wellbeing, and purposeful living.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The california dental association is committed to the success of our members in service to their patients and the public.
Our mission is to make conversations about serious illness a part of everyday life and palliative care a part of everyday health care.
The organization provides primary medical, behavior health, and dental care to the population of san joaquin, and solano counties without regard to patients' ability to pay.
The association was formed to do research and analyses and the dissemination of information to and the ongoing education and professional development of california community college faculty.
How this is measured
42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 76 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ↗
- Who funds RESPITE FOR ALL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL FORENSIC LEAGUE D/B/A NATIONAL SPEECH AND DEBATE ASSOC ↗
- Who funds HOSPICE OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMERS GREATER LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds PAULINE AUBERLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CARING FOR MILITARY FAMILIES THE ELIZABETH DOLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FAMILY CAREGIVER ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds BENJAMIN ROSE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds VILLAGE MOVEMENT CALIFORNIA INC ↗
- Who funds RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BUTTE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOLO HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds ONEGENERATION ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN CARING ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO ↗
- Who funds VENTURA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds National Council of Dementia Minds ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY JUNCTION INC ↗
- Who funds MIRACOSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds USAGING ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMERS COACHELLA VALLEY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP ADULT DAY CARE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Foundation for California Community Colleges · Archstone Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · National Council on Aging Inc · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Dignity Health · The James Irvine Foundation · California Community Foundation · The California Wellness Foundation · Latkin Charitable Foundation · The John a Hartford Foundation Inc · The McCune Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Arthur N Rupe Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthur N Rupe Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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