· Private foundation
Jd Ruffolo Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE | $10,000 |
| PFW FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| ST CHARLES BORROMEO CATHOLIC CHURCH | $2,000 |
| COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK | $2,000 |
| ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE | $2,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 32% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION8× · 2017–2025 · $44k · revenue +39%- PCPENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC6× · 2017–2023 · $25k · revenue +18%
- PFPFW FOUNDATION8× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +162%
Funded once
- ETEMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +99%
- IGIMPACT100 GREATER MILWAUKEE INCone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue +2%
- SCST CHARLES CATHOLIC CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $2k
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.
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.
Pbs fort wayne engages our community through content and collaborations that educate, inform, inspire, and entertain.
Cinema center, fort wayne's center for film, provides unique opportunities to explore our world through the art of film.
Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…
Fort wayne civic theatre's mission is to entertain, enlighten, inspire, educate and enrich the community through quality live theatre.
The fort wayne museum of art will collect, preserve and present american and related art to engage and educate broad and diverse audiences throughout the region and add value to their lives.
The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.
The indy art center's mission is to provide accessible and inclusive art experiences that inspire creativity, educate, engage, and enrich our community.
The mission of the uwm foundation, inc. is to support the educational, literary, and scientific endeavors of the university of wisconsin-milwaukee by receiving, managing, and distributing gifts to benefit the university's students,…
To feed the spirit and spark the imagination through the highest caliber professional and academy performances, dance training, and community engagement.
Indyfringe advances the performing arts by creating access to a multitude of opportunities for artists, audiences, and our community to thrive.
Greater fort wayne (gfw) inc. is the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for fort wayne & allen county, indiana. at gfw inc., we focus on supporting local business, attracting new business, and improving our…
Mission: to champion and elevate the arts and cultural expression of greater columbus.vision: power of art realized. people engaged. city energized.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 14 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds EMBASSY THEATRE FOUNDATIONINC ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MILWAUKEE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds PENFIELD CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PFW FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE YOUTHEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds IMPACT100 GREATER MILWAUKEE INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC ↗
- Who funds ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Jd Ruffolo Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jd Ruffolo Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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