Massachusetts · Private foundation
Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $584k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 90%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 10
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 90% of the organizations Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $584k | 84% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $161k | 90% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sola Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Worcester Guardian Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad Lubavitch of the North Shore | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Worcester Regional Strategic Opportunities Foundation | $100,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Quinsigamond Community College Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Chabad of Beverly-Salem Inc | $63,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Regional Environmental Council Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Lappin Foundation | $28,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Temple Ner Tamid | $16,266 | 2 | n/a |
| The Grey Muzzle Organization | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc reported 32 grants totaling $584,261 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 10 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Human Services (15%), Education (14%).
- Who are Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: The Sola Foundation ($100k), The Worcester Guardian Inc ($100k), Chabad Lubavitch of the North Shore ($100k).
- Does Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 90% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Eastern Bank Foundation, Boston Foundation Inc, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
- Where is Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- Cliff and Susan Rucker Charitable Foundation Inc is based in MA.
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