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Guy G Rutherfurd Jr Charitable 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.

$36k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What you fund
0194% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20202024.

Education$27kArts & Culture$18kHuman Services$10kPublic Benefit$8kHealth$5kRecreation & Sports$4kInternational$3kReligion$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k34 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$500
Median grant
11
States reached
$195k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD GOULD CLASS ROOM$12,500
LEDERSHIP INSTITUTE$4,000
IYRS ANTIGUA SCHOLSRSHIP FUND$2,500
LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$2,000
HOWARD BUSINESS SCHOOL FUND$2,000
PRINCETON ROWING ASS$1,000
ADIRONDACK EXPERIENCE - BESTBILDERIN RES$1,000
ST PAUL'S SCHOOL - ALUMI FUND$1,000
DAUGHTERS OF DIVINE CHARITY$1,000
MILL REEF FUND$1,000
BUCKLEY SCHOOL - ALUMI$1,000
MORTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY$1,000
HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL$500
AMERICAN AUSTRIAN FOUNDATION INC$500
PARKINSON FOUNDATION$500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $6k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $2k → 17%LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $2k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
MT
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
NJ
CT
RI
CA
VA
DC
AL
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$50k · 35 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +2% since the first grant, against +1% for the ones you funded once.

35 repeat relationships — 27 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
23

Total granted

$50k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+1%

Still filing today

49%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
HealthEducationInternationalArts & CulturePublic BenefitRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MR
    MILL REEF FUND
    2× · 2022–2024 · $2k · revenue +55%
  • MM
    MORTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
    2× · 2022–2024 · $1k · revenue +7%
  • PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $900 · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • BS
    BUCKLEY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • SP
    ST PAUL'S SCHOOL FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • HB
    HOWARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $500

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

3
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
4
New York University School of Law Foundation

The foundation, a subsidiary of new york university, fosters legal education and research at new york university's school of law by awarding scholarships, making grants for educational purposes related to law, and supporting programs of…

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
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
7
Manhattan University

Manhattan university is an independent catholic instituion of higher learning that embraces qualified men and women of all faiths, cultures, and traditions. the mission of manhattan university is to provide a contemporary, person-centered…

Education
8
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
9
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
10
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
11
Association of American Universities Inc

Founded in 1900, aau is composed of 71 distinguished institutions in the united states and canada that continually advance society through education, research, and discovery. our u.s. member universities earn the majority of competitively…

Education
12
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Morton Memorial Library. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEducation Equity LeadershipPublic Library SupportFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Government Accountability R…Pregnancy Support ServicesChristian Missionary Organi…Veteran Support ServicesLand Conservation Organizat…Cancer Support OrganizationsCommunity Arts Organizations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr16%29%20–35yr13%32%35–55yr16%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%40%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr16%6%20–35yr13%45%35–55yr16%9%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/29
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,536

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 67 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
15/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD GOULD CLASS ROOM — $12,500 · OtherLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD GOULD CLASS ROOMIYRS ANTIGUA SCHOLSRSHIP FUND — $2,500 · OtherIYRS ANTIGUA SCHOLSRSHIP FUNDDAUGHTERS OF DIVINE CHARITY — $2,000 · OtherHOWARD BUSINESS SCHOOL FUND — $2,000 · OtherADIRONDACK EXPERIENCE - BESTBILDERIN RES — $2,000 · OtherST PAUL'S SCHOOL - ALUMI FUND — $1,500 · OtherBUCKLEY SCHOOL - ALUMI — $1,500 · Other+46 more — $18,913 · Other+46 moreRUTHERFURD HALL FOUNDATION INC — $17,500 · Arts & CultureRUTHERFURD HALL FOUNDATI…+1 more — $100 · Arts & CultureLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesLENOX HILL NE…Leadership Institute — $6,750 · Public BenefitLeadership…THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $375 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $350 · Public BenefitMORTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY — $1,200 · EducationNew York University — $200 · EducationThe Trustees of Princeton University — $200 · EducationIVY 1879 FOUNDATION INC — $100 · EducationHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL — $1,100 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $250 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INC — $200 · InternationalMILL REEF FUND — $1,500 · Philanthropy
Other$42,913Arts & Culture$17,600Human Services$10,000Public Benefit$7,475Education$1,700International$1,550Philanthropy$1,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRUTHERFURD HALL FOUNDATION INC — $17,500 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetLENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute — $6,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILL REEF FUND — $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMORTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY — $1,200 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL — $1,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN AUSTRIAN FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC — $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOE FUND INC — $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC — $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC — $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA TROUT UNLIMITED — $209 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOWER TEN NEW YORK INC — $200 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United Foundation — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIVY 1879 FOUNDATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROW NEW YORK INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE HILL TROUPE LTD — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVARD MAGAZINE INC — $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC — $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds RUTHERFURD HALL FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC
  • Who funds Leadership Institute
  • Who funds MILL REEF FUND
  • Who funds MORTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY
  • Who funds HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN AUSTRIAN FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds THE DOE FUND INC
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

National Philanthropic TrustPA8.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Guy G Rutherfurd Jr Charitable Fund funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 67 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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