Pennsylvania · Private foundation
George and Cindy Rusu Family Found
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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations George and Cindy Rusu Family Found funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $642k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 16 | $1.1M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $2.2M | 60% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $2.1M | 38% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $4.7M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $2.5M | 44% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $739k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $1.2M | 13% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $495k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago | $4,290,000 | 7 | 13% |
| Greater Chicago Food Depository | $2,900,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Feeding America | $750,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Automotive Mentoring Group Inc | $707,000 | 8 | 84% |
| International Medical Corps | $525,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank | $482,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc | $382,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Aeroangel Inc | $265,000 | 5 | 29% |
| Delta Tau Delta | $260,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wings Program Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 44 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.7M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
George and Cindy Rusu Family Found supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Dupage Community Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Network for Good · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
Compare George and Cindy Rusu Family Found with peer funders
About George and Cindy Rusu Family Found
- How much does George and Cindy Rusu Family Found give?
- George and Cindy Rusu Family Found reported 16 grants totaling $1,061,600 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does George and Cindy Rusu Family Found fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (29%), Food & Nutrition (28%), Human Services (17%).
- Who are George and Cindy Rusu Family Found's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Boys and Girls Clubs of Chicago ($4.3M), Greater Chicago Food Depository ($2.9M), Feeding America ($750k).
- Does George and Cindy Rusu Family Found fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George and Cindy Rusu Family Found 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 George and Cindy Rusu Family Found?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, The Dupage Community Foundation, Arthur J Gallagher Foundation.
- Where is George and Cindy Rusu Family Found based?
- George and Cindy Rusu Family Found is based in PA.
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