California · Private foundation
Nancy Webb Ruskin 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.
- $81k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $81k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $85k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $78k | 5% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $85k | 5% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $84k | 5% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $80k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $84k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 22 | $83k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Zoological Society | $219,350 | 9 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $73,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $70,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $32,000 | 9 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $30,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $17,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Access Mammoth | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Alameda County | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Humanities West | $10,000 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Zoological Society | $219,350 | 9 | 0% |
| Kqed Inc | $73,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation | $70,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Alameda County Community Food Bank | $32,000 | 9 | 0% |
| National Park Foundation | $30,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Save The Children Federation Inc | $17,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Access Mammoth | $14,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels of Alameda County | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Humanities West | $10,000 | 4 | 2% |
| East Bay Spca | $9,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Abode Services | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $6,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Chabot Space & Science Center Foundation | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Geographic Society | $3,966 | 4 | 0% |
| Humane Society Silicon Valley | $3,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Community Food Bank Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Central California Food Bank | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Olive Hyde Art Guild Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Humane World for Animals Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($191k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
About Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation
- How much does Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation give?
- Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $81,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (33%), Environment (14%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: San Francisco Zoological Society ($219k), Kqed Inc ($73k), Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation ($70k).
- Does Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Nancy Webb Ruskin 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 Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Intuit Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
- Where is Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation based?
- Nancy Webb Ruskin Foundation is based in CA.
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