· Private foundation
Milton and Margie Ruben Charitable Foundation Inc
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.
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 $10k8 grants · $18k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TULANE UNIVERSITY BOOKFEST | $50,000 |
| MOUNTAIN THEATER CO | $5,642 |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER AND FEDERATION OF AUGUSTA | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| HIGHLANDS CASHIERS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL | $1,640 |
| CENTER FOR LIFE ENRICHMENT | $1,500 |
| RAY COLEMAN BRIDGE CLUB | $1,080 |
| MEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION | $1,000 |
| AUGUSTA UNIVERSITY | $163 |
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 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JCJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER AND FEDERATION OF AUGUSTA INC9× · 2017–2025 · $104k · revenue +30%
- PAPerforming Arts Center Inc6× · 2018–2024 · $22k · revenue +14%
- HCHIGHLANDS-CASHIERS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL INC7× · 2018–2025 · $17k · revenue +194%
Funded once
- TMTHE MARTIN-LIPSCOMB PERFORMING ARTS CENTERone grant, 2017 · $14k
- AMAUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY INCone grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -23%
- POPRESS ONCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
The Jewish Community Center Foundation was established in 1994 to secure long-term support of the Asheville JCC. The Foundation manages cash investments to generate annual operating income supporting JCC programs & services.
See schedule o - the american jewish historical society (the "society") is the oldest ethnic, cultural archive in the united states. the society provides access to more than 30 million documents and 50,000 books, photographs, art and…
To be north carolina's state orchestra, an orchestra achieving the highest level of artistic quality and performance standards, and embracing its dual legacies of statewide service and music education.
The auburn civic symphony provides opportunities for foothill area musicians, composers, and audiences to share enriching musical experiences.
The mission of the WNC Jewish Federation is to harness the collective resources of the WNC Jewish community and direct them to the Jewish needs in the local community, in Israel and abroad.
The woodruff arts center's mission is to inspire, create, support, and celebrate renowned arts and education for diverse audiences through a unique model of partnerships and collaborations, and in an institutionally sustainable manner.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
The museum is dedicated to connecting people to jewish history, culture, and arts.
The mission of the Charleston Jewish Federation is to build, secure and sustain Jewish life in Charleston, Israel, and around the world.
To receive and hold the endowment of the north carolina symphony society, inc. (the "society"), solicit additions to the endowment, safeguard assets, and expend funds for the exclusive use and benefit of the society.
To produce theatre on the highest possible professional level. interest to jewish audiences.
To continue the tradition of excellence in musical entertainment and education, while enriching the cultural experience of audiences of all ages throughout northeast tennessee and southwest virginia and points beyond.
How this is measured
16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 43 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 JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER AND FEDERATION OF AUGUSTA INC ↗
- Who funds Performing Arts Center Inc ↗
- Who funds HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTA SYMPHONY INC ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMP INC ↗
- Who funds MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds The Bascom Corporation ↗
- Who funds JEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC ↗
- Who funds Literacy Council of Highlands Inc ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTA JEWISH MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds MEMPHIS JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds ANC HIGHLANDS-CASHIERS HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Empty Stocking Fund Inc ↗
- Who funds University Health Care Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: The Knox Foundation · The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Ashcourt Family Foundation Inc · Porter Fleming Fdn Tr Ua · The Woodcrest Foundation · Creel-Harison Foundation Inc · Jones Family Fund · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Milton and Margie Ruben Charitable Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Milton and Margie Ruben Charitable Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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