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Ruby R Vale Foundation I Ima at a glance

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Ruby R Vale Foundation I Ima

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.1M
Granted FY2020
12
Grants FY2020
7
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Ruby R Vale Foundation I Ima’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Greater Houston Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Ruby R Vale Foundation I Ima named its own grantees at scale: 8 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Education$1.8MPhilanthropy$681kHealth$250kHousing & Shelter$50k
02FY2020 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • $50k–250k8 grants · $850k
  • $250k+4 grants · $1.3M
$150,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER REVALLI FOUNDATION$400,000
ST JOHNS SCHOOL$350,000
THE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL$300,000
TRUSTEES OF UNIV OF TEXAS FDN$250,000
THE PARISH SCHOOL$200,000
DELAWARE MEDICAL EDUCATION FDN$150,000
RHODES COLLEGE$100,000
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE$100,000
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$100,000
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY$100,000
CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL$50,000
STAR OF HOPE$50,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 50% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%WIDENER UNIVERSITY DELAWARE: $100k → 10%GREATER REVALLI FOUNDATION: $400k → 11%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $100k → 17%TRUSTEES OF UNIV OF TEXAS FDN: $250k → 10%TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $100k → 11%GREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FDN: $281k → 16%WESTMINSTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE: $100k → 11%RHODES COLLEGE: $100k → 17%CARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $50k → 10%WIDENER UNIVERSITY DELAWARE: $40k → 10%ST JOHNS SCHOOL: $350k → 16%WESTMINSTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE: $100k → 11%DELAWARE MEDICAL EDUCATION FDN: $150k → 10%THE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL: $300k → 16%DELAWARE FDN FOR MEDICAL SERVICE: $100k → 10%THE PARISH SCHOOL: $200k → 16%STAR OF HOPE: $50k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

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.

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William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
2
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
3
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
4
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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5
Hillsdale College

Hillsdale college is a private liberal arts college with approximately 1,500 students. founded in 1844, the college remains, in the words of its articles of association, "grateful to god for the inestimable blessings resulting from the…

Education
6
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Fairleigh dickinson university is a center of academic excellence dedicated to the preparation of world citizens through global education. the university strives to provide students with the multi-disciplinary, intercultural, and ethical…

Education
7
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
8
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
9
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
10
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
11
Monmouth University Inc

See schedule omonmouth university is a comprehensive institution of higher education committed to excellence and integrity in teaching, scholarship and service. through its offerings in liberal arts, sciences, and professional programs,…

Education
12
Hampden-Sydney College

Since 1775, the mission of Hampden-Sydney College has been to form good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is St John's School; the most unlike its peers is New York University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
9/9
Grantees still filing
7/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GREATER REVALLI FOUNDATION: $400,000 · OtherGREATER REVALLI FOUNDATIONSt John's School: $350,000 · OtherSt John's SchoolTRUSTEES OF UNIV OF TEXAS FDN: $250,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF UNIV OF TEXAS FDNTHE PARISH SCHOOL: $200,000 · OtherTHE PARISH SCHOOLWESTMINSTER SCHOOL COMMITTEE: $200,000 · OtherWESTMINSTER SCHOOL COMMITTEEWIDENER UNIVERSITY DELAWARE: $140,000 · OtherWIDENER UNIVERSITY DELAWAREDELAWARE FDN FOR MEDICAL SERVICE: $100,000 · OtherDELAWARE FDN FOR MEDICAL SERVICETHE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL: $300,000 · EducationTHE BRIARWOOD SCHOOLRhodes College: $100,000 · EducationRhodes CollegeNew York University: $100,000 · EducationNew York UniversityTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYCARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationCARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOLGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $281,051 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOU…DELAWARE MEDICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $150,000 · HealthSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $50,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,640,000Education$650,000Philanthropy$281,051Health$150,000Housing & Shelter$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt John's School: $350,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BRIARWOOD SCHOOL: $300,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $281,051 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE MEDICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 84% of budgetRhodes College: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNew York University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARDIGAN MOUNTAIN SCHOOL: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSTAR OF HOPE MISSION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ruby R Vale Foundation I Ima funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruby R Vale Foundation I Ima. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ruby R Vale Foundation I Ima?

    Find your warmest path to Ruby R Vale Foundation I Ima through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 15 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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