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Rubinbrown 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.

$105k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
7
Grants FY2025
6
Organizations funded FY2024
50%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$42,500
Organizations funded a year
2 to 16
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$4.4M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $43k 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
PhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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 arriving7$105k14%
FY20246$75k50%
FY20235$107k100%
FY20222$100k0%
FY20216$24k67%
FY202016$140k94%
FY20199$37k44%
FY20187$26k29%
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$232kCommunity Improvement$164kEmployment$93kPhilanthropy$64kPublic Safety & Disaster$52kFood & Nutrition$16kArts & Culture$15kHuman Services$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NV
IN
CO
MO
MD
KS
TN
TX

Top grantees

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

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis$53,00030%
St Louis Police Foundation$51,00022%
United Way of Greater St Louis Inc$50,00010%
Regional Business Council$50,00012%
National Association of Black Accountants Inc$48,00030%
University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation$42,00030%
University of Colorado Foundation$40,00030%
Rockhurst University$21,00010%
Benedictine College$20,00020%
University of Illinois Foundation$10,00010%
Mile High United Way Inc$10,00020%
Forest Park Forever Inc$6,50030%
Three Square$5,00010%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$5,00010%
Urban Neighborhood Initiative Inc$5,00010%
The Home Builders Charitable Foundation$5,00021%
Nami Southern Nevada$5,00011%
Educational Foundation of the Cocpa$5,00013%
Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc$4,50020%
Biostl$3,00030%
Humane Society of Missouri$2,50010%
Operation Food Search Inc$2,50010%
Southside Early Childhood Center$2,50010%
Rebuilding Together - St Louis$2,50010%
Queen of Peace Center$2,50010%
University City Children's Center$2,50010%
Entrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation$2,50010%
Girls Incorporated of St Louis$2,50010%
Family Tree Inc$2,50010%
National Association of Black Accountants St Louis$2,00016%
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center$2,00010%
Vegas Strong Fund Inc$1,50010%
Project 150$1,5001n/a
United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$1,00010%
The Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis$1,00010%
The Store Inc$1,00010%
Jewish Community Center$1,00010%
Chicago Public Education Fund$1,00010%
Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls$1,0001n/a
Year One Inc$1,00010%
United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc$1,00010%
Learning Club of Kck$7501n/a
Partnership for Regional Educational Preparation - Kansas City Inc$75010%
Elmington Elevates Inc$50010%

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($199k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUrban League of Metropolitan St Louis: $53,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt Louis Police Foundation: $51,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetUnited Way of Greater St Louis Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRegional Business Council: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNational Association of Black Accountants Inc: $48,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation: $42,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Colorado Foundation: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRockhurst University: $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBenedictine College: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMile High United Way Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThree Square: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Neighborhood Initiative Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Home Builders Charitable Foundation: $5,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetNami Southern Nevada: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEducational Foundation of the Cocpa: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetJunior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBiostl: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Missouri: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation Food Search Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthside Early Childhood Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRebuilding Together - St Louis: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetQueen of Peace Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity City Children's Center: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEntrepreneur Startup Business Development Corporation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Incorporated of St Louis: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Tree Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Association of Black Accountants St Louis: $2,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetDonald Danforth Plant Science Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVegas Strong Fund Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Middle Tennessee Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Backstoppers Inc Fka Policemen & Firemen Fund of St Louis: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Store Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Community Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Public Education Fund: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYear One Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPartnership for Regional Educational Preparation - Kansas City Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetElmington Elevates Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 41.

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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.

Commerce Bancshares FoundationMO25× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Commerce Bancshares Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · Berges Family Foundation · Centene Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation · World Wide Technology Foundation · Edward Jones Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Millstone Foundation · St Louis Service Bureau Foundation · Trio Foundation of St Louis

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 Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation

How much does Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation give?
Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $105,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (34%), Community Improvement (24%), Employment (14%).
Who are Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Urban League of Metropolitan St Louis ($53k), St Louis Police Foundation ($51k), United Way of Greater St Louis Inc ($50k).
Does Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rubinbrown 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 Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Commerce Bancshares Foundation, United Way of Greater St Louis Inc, St Louis Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation based?
Rubinbrown Charitable Foundation is based in MO.

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 58 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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