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Cele H & William B Rubin Family Fund at a glance

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Cele H & William B Rubin Family Fund

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.

$6.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
65
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$9.9MPhilanthropy$1.5MHousing & Shelter$1.1MRecreation & Sports$1.0MEducation$790kInternational$128kYouth Development$120kReligion$84kOther$0
02FY2024 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $115k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $269k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $142k
  • $250k+9 grants · $5.4M
$6,480
Median grant
14
States reached
$35M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FUND$1,167,406
PINE STREET INN$1,000,000
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$976,894
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$649,414
BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL$500,000
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO$305,399
DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE$300,000
NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$287,455
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$250,000
PARTNERS IN HEALTH$92,457
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL$50,000
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$30,000
COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL$25,000
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CLUBHOUSE$20,000
SQUAM LAKES NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION: $5k → 8%PINE STREET INN: $1.0M → 16%PINE STREET INN: $100k → 16%LYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION: $10k → 14%LYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%LYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%LYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION: $5k → 14%LYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION: $500 → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
IL
WI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
CA
UT
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.3M · 35 repeat orgs$3.8M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +6% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
23

Total granted

$9.3M
$2.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
-4%

Still filing today

60%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PINE STREET INN INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +22%
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $400k · revenue +16%
  • PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION
    2× · 2023–2024 · $114k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • UO
    U OF C SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2022 · $1.6M
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
    one grant, 2023 · $300k
  • HC
    HARVARD COLLEGE FIRST YEAR OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
3
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
4
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Trustees of Boston University

Organization's mission: boston university is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world.…

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8
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
10
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

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12
Neurology Associates of Stony Brook University Faculty Practice Corp

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Natl Animal Welfare Society Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

55 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. 55 of the 87 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
34/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $3,280,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATEDHARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL: $1,673,000 · OtherHARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOLMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL: $1,603,814 · OtherMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALU OF C SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $1,563,000 · OtherU OF C SCHOOL OF MEDICINEMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED: $800,000 · OtherMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED+52 more: $1,091,463 · Other+52 moreBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $1,179,288 · PhilanthropyBANK OF A…+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyPINE STREET INN INC: $1,100,000 · Human Services+3 more: $31,500 · Human ServicesNorthwestern University: $988,721 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $250 · Recreation & SportsPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $495,000 · EducationUniversity of Chicago: $305,399 · Education+9 more: $58,550 · EducationDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $400,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $113,937 · HealthTAKING CONTROL OF YOUR DIABETES DBA TCOYD: $35,000 · Health+7 more: $32,426 · HealthJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $82,000 · Religion
Other$10,011,277Philanthropy$1,189,288Human Services$1,131,500Recreation & Sports$988,971Education$858,949Health$581,363Religion$82,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $1,179,288 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPINE STREET INN INC: $1,100,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNorthwestern University: $988,721 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $495,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $400,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $305,399 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $113,937 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJ STREET EDUCATION FUND INC: $82,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTAKING CONTROL OF YOUR DIABETES DBA TCOYD: $35,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLYDIA HOME ASSOCIATION: $25,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COMMONWEALTH SCHOOL INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSQUAM LAKES NATURAL SCIENCE CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCity Union Mission: $12,325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION: $11,106 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUNFLOWER HOUSE INC: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDIABETES RESEARCH CONNECTION: $11,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC: $10,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER BOSTON FOOD BANK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAMPSHIRE COLLEGE TRUSTEES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORE THAN WORDS INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCureCervicalCancer: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetRodman For Kids Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE WINSOR SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSQUAM LAKES CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSQUAM LAKES ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIMPACT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSOMERVILLE HOMELESS COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTOWE LAND TRUST: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CHOSIN FEW INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetTHE SECOND STAGE THEATRE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFEMOVES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLLEGE OF DUPAGE FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATL ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY INC: $1,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLe Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $820 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Boston Foundation IncIbm International Fou…Fidelity FoundationAbbVie FoundationVanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Charities Aid Foundat…Silicon Valley Commun…Morgan Stanley Global…
Boston Foundation IncMA16.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Boston Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Cele H & William B Rubin Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cele H & William B Rubin Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Somerville Homeless Coalition Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Impact Inc: 25% of income from government
  • More Than Words Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Boston Medical Center Corporation: 23% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Food Bank Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Pine Street Inn Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Stowe Land Trust: 10% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University: 1% of income from government
  • Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Cele H & William B Rubin Family Fund?

Find your warmest path to Cele H & William B Rubin Family Fund through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 87 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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