Illinois · Private foundation
Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation
- $245k
- Granted FY2022
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $100k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $3,600
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $37,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 62
- FY2017 to FY2022
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 13 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 55 | $383k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 56 | $195k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 62 | $176k | 71% |
| FY2018 | 49 | $134k | 61% |
| FY2017 | 59 | $134k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
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, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Center for Torah & Chesed Inc | $119,971 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Community Kollel Inc | $77,348 | 5 | n/a |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | $62,320 | 5 | 0% |
| Bais Chaim Dovid | $55,646 | 4 | n/a |
| Keshet | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Heritage Congregation Inc 70 E Elm St | $21,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Congregation Kehilas Yaakov | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebrew Theological College | $15,780 | 5 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago | $9,540 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 39 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Center for Torah & Chesed Inc | $119,971 | 2 | n/a |
| Chicago Community Kollel Inc | $77,348 | 5 | n/a |
| Chicago Chesed Fund | $62,320 | 5 | 0% |
| Bais Chaim Dovid | $55,646 | 4 | n/a |
| Keshet | $31,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jewish Heritage Congregation Inc 70 E Elm St | $21,100 | 4 | n/a |
| Congregation Kehilas Yaakov | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hebrew Theological College | $15,780 | 5 | n/a |
| Chai Lifeline Inc | $11,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago Rabbinical College Telshe-Chicago | $9,540 | 2 | n/a |
| Arie Crown Hebrew Day School | $9,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Agudath Israel of West Rogers Park Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Shearis Yisroel-Veitzener Cheder Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Nageela Midwest Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Music Mends Minds Inc | $2,250 | 3 | 0% |
| Chicago Eruv Inc | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Shalva Inc | $1,800 | 5 | 0% |
| American Friends of Netiv Aryeh Inc | $1,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Yeshiva Bais Yisroel | $1,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Maot Chitim of Greater Chicago Inc | $1,540 | 3 | 0% |
| Jewish Sacred Society Inc | $1,080 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $1,040 | 2 | 0% |
| American Friends of Beit Orot Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Chicago Mikvah Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yeshiva Derech Hatorah Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Libenu | $862 | 4 | 0% |
| Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation | $450 | 5 | n/a |
| Camp Extreme D/B/A Project Extreme | $432 | 3 | 0% |
| Joan Dachs Hachnosas Kallah Inc | $360 | 2 | n/a |
| Delegation of Jewish American Students (Dojas) | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| Jewish Child and Family Services | $360 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| American Lung Association | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Camp Gan Israel | $218 | 4 | n/a |
| Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie | $108 | 4 | n/a |
| Keren Hachesed | $108 | 2 | n/a |
| Hasc Pa Inc | $72 | 1 | 2% |
| Rabbinical Seminary of America | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Eishel Jewish Institute | $36 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 160 recipients with no EIN on record ($656k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Bitton Family Foundation Inc · Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation · Todd a and Raphaela Stern Family Foundation · Elliott and Ronni Charitable Fdn · Jewish Communal Fund · Bellows Family Foundation · Daniel & Chayala Glenner Foundation · Sidney and Lisa Glenner Foundation · Noah Wolff Family Foundation Inc · Lev Zahav NFP · Alice G Hanson Family Foundation
How this is measured
About Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation
- How much does Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation give?
- Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $99,872, out of $244,614 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 62 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Religion (57%), Human Services (5%), Philanthropy (5%).
- Who are Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Chicago Center for Torah & Chesed Inc ($120k), Chicago Community Kollel Inc ($77k), Chicago Chesed Fund ($62k).
- Does Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Bitton Family Foundation Inc, Aj & Sl Stern Family Foundation.
- Where is Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation based?
- Dennis and Joyce Ruben Foundation is based in IL.
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