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Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$612k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2025
27
Organizations funded FY2024
7%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$165,000
Organizations funded a year
19 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$7.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalEnvironmentReligionHousing & ShelterHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving24$522k17%
FY202427$528k7%
FY202327$528k26%
FY202221$540k14%
FY202119$531k21%
FY202022$695k9%
FY201930$422k30%
FY201829$349k28%
91% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

International$1.7MReligion$1.2MHealth$833kPhilanthropy$553kArts & Culture$135kEducation$127kYouth Development$68kHousing & Shelter$43kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Interfaithfamilycom Inc$1,013,00069%
Hias Inc$1,010,00070%
Children's Hospital Corporation$770,00090%
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$314,00040%
Birthright Israel Foundation$236,00090%
Jewish Arts Collaborative Inc$122,00065%
Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life$102,50090%
Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc$73,00091%
American Friends of Natal Inc$60,00030%
Global Good Fund$39,00052%
The Bridge to Hope Inc$30,0001n/a
Foundation for Free Enterprise Education$25,12591%
Alexs Lemonade Stand Foundation$20,07580%
Refugepoint Inc$18,00020%
Welcomenst Inc$17,50031%
Hawken School$16,25050%
Hazon Inc$16,00070%
The Perry Initiative$13,50013%
The Boulder Jewish Community Center$11,50040%
Share Our Strength$10,67580%
American Friends of Kolot Inc$10,00011%
Friends of Kol Haneshama Inc$10,00013%
Homesteads for Hope Inc$8,00020%
Webster Comfort Care Home Inc$8,00021%
Boulder Food Rescue$8,00070%
Montgomery School$5,75090%
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah$5,7502n/a
Pennsylvania Home of the Sparrow$4,50040%
Truth Be Told$4,00023%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America$4,00020%
Bella's Bumbas LTD$4,00015%
Boulder Open Space Conservancy$3,50021%
The Dairy Center for the Arts$3,50020%
Bridge House Corporation$3,00030%
The Gathering Place$2,75020%
Cradles to Crayons Inc$2,75020%
Children's Tumor Foundation$2,55050%
Colorado Horse Rescue$2,50030%
National Brain Tumor Society Inc$2,10030%
Jewish Relief Agency$2,00030%
Documenting Hope Inc$2,00020%
Groundworks Art Lab Inc$2,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$1,55020%
Chester County Food Bank$1,45020%
Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life At$1,25010%
E Town$1,00010%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$1,00040%
Local Theater Company$1,00010%
American Brain Tumor Association$80020%
NAMI National$75010%
Jewish Funders Network$60010%
Realness Project$50011%
Shanerock - Always Believe Inc$5001n/a
City Year Inc$37510%
Institute for Jewish Spirituality Inc$18010%
Natural Lands Trust Inc$15010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($385k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInterfaithfamilycom Inc: $1,013,000 over 6y, 8.7% of budgetHias Inc: $1,010,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $770,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $314,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBirthright Israel Foundation: $236,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Arts Collaborative Inc: $122,000 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetHillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: $102,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAgahozo-Shalom Youth Village Inc: $73,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Friends of Natal Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGlobal Good Fund: $39,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetFoundation for Free Enterprise Education: $25,125 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetAlexs Lemonade Stand Foundation: $20,075 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRefugepoint Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWelcomenst Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHawken School: $16,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHazon Inc: $16,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetThe Perry Initiative: $13,500 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThe Boulder Jewish Community Center: $11,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetShare Our Strength: $10,675 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Friends of Kolot Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFriends of Kol Haneshama Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetHomesteads for Hope Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWebster Comfort Care Home Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetBoulder Food Rescue: $8,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMontgomery School: $5,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPennsylvania Home of the Sparrow: $4,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTruth Be Told: $4,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBella's Bumbas LTD: $4,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetBoulder Open Space Conservancy: $3,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Dairy Center for the Arts: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBridge House Corporation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gathering Place: $2,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCradles to Crayons Inc: $2,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Tumor Foundation: $2,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Horse Rescue: $2,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNational Brain Tumor Society Inc: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJewish Relief Agency: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDocumenting Hope Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGroundworks Art Lab Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $1,550 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChester County Food Bank: $1,450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJoseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life At: $1,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetE Town: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLocal Theater Company: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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.

Community Foundation Boulder CountyCO23.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation

How much does Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation give?
Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $612,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (34%), Religion (24%), Health (17%).
Who are Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Interfaithfamilycom Inc ($1.0M), Hias Inc ($1.0M), Children's Hospital Corporation ($770k).
Does Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation 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 Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation Boulder County, Colorado Gives Foundation, Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc.
Where is Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation based?
Michael B Rukin Charitable Foundation is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 83 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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