Massachusetts · Private foundation
Ruach 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.
- $65k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $377k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Ruach Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 4 | $45k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $30k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $35k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $40k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc | $83,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| We Care Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Public Citizen Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sunrise Movement Education Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Children's Defense Fund | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
About Ruach Foundation
- How much does Ruach Foundation give?
- Ruach Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Ruach Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (29%), Health (25%), Philanthropy (18%).
- Who are Ruach Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Farm and Wilderness Foundation Inc ($83k), Planned Parenthood of Northern New England Inc ($45k), We Care Foundation ($25k).
- Does Ruach Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruach 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.
- Where is Ruach Foundation based?
- Ruach Foundation is based in MA.
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