Kansas · Private foundation
Robert H Ruby 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.
- $175k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k 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 | 7 | $175k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $197k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $128k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $140k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $144k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $113k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $112k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $93k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Companion Animal Protection Society | $420,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Horses & Heroes Inc | $252,000 | 9 | 43% |
| Adams County Pet Rescue | $57,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Autumn Acres Animal Rescue | $48,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Rescue Project | $40,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Red Waggin Rescue | $32,375 | 2 | n/a |
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $32,375 | 2 | 0% |
| Bonner Animal Rescue Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Companion Animal Protection Society | $420,000 | 9 | 13% |
| Horses & Heroes Inc | $252,000 | 9 | 43% |
| Adams County Pet Rescue | $57,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Autumn Acres Animal Rescue | $48,500 | 3 | n/a |
| The Rescue Project | $40,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Red Waggin Rescue | $32,375 | 2 | n/a |
| Pasado's Safe Haven | $32,375 | 2 | 0% |
| Bonner Animal Rescue Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Always & Furever Midwest Animal Sanctuary | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Puppies Behind Bars Inc | $22,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Melissas Menageries Second Chances | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ll Dog Rescue | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Another Chance Cat Rescue | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kitty City Kansas Rescue Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Furry Kids Refuge | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($212k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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
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About Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation
- How much does Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation give?
- Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $175,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (70%), Health (20%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Companion Animal Protection Society ($420k), Horses & Heroes Inc ($252k), Adams County Pet Rescue ($58k).
- Does Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robert H Ruby 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 Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Hallmark Corporate Foundation, Lamb Weston Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation based?
- Robert H Ruby Charitable Foundation is based in KS.
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