Oklahoma · Private foundation
Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc
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.
- $88k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $22,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 33
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 17 | $88k | 24% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $59k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $30k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $102k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $96k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $122k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $184k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 33 | $151k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Painted Sky Opera Inc | $112,500 | 7 | 21% |
| Allied Arts of Oklahoma Inc | $112,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Positive Tomorrows Inc | $72,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Oklahoma City Museum of Art Inc Fka Oklahoma City Art Museum | $60,220 | 8 | 0% |
| Wewoka Public Schools | $48,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Calm Waters Center for Children & Families Inc | $22,760 | 7 | 0% |
| Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma Inc | $18,000 | 2 | 0% |
| City Rescue Mission Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Tulsa Lawyers for Children Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 36 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($226k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family 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.
Open a dossier: American Fidelity Foundation · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc · Inasmuch Foundation · El and Thelma Gaylord Foundation · Fred Jones Family Foundation · The Ann Lacy Foundation · Rainbolt Family Foundation · Sarkeys Foundation · Bowen Foundation · Harris Foundation Inc · Records Johnston Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc with peer funders
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About Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc
- How much does Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc give?
- Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc reported 17 grants totaling $87,850 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 33 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (53%), Education (12%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Painted Sky Opera Inc ($113k), Allied Arts of Oklahoma Inc ($112k), Positive Tomorrows Inc ($73k).
- Does Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family 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 Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Fidelity Foundation, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Community Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc based?
- Lance & Cindy Ruffel Family Foundation Inc is based in OK.
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