· Private foundation
Rucker Family Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k27 grants · $54k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $114k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WILDLIFE PRAIRIE PARK | $64,045 |
| PEORIA RIVERFRONT MUSEUM | $50,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF LEECH LAKE | $5,138 |
| BUILD THE HANNA CITY TRAIL | $5,000 |
| WCBU ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| BRADLEY UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| SPRINGDALE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| SUN FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| MIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION | $2,500 |
| MASS INST OF TECHNOLOGY SLOAN SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| TEXTILE CENTER | $2,500 |
| UNITED DRAG ALLIANCE | $2,050 |
| MACALASTER PLYMOUTH CHURCH | $1,500 |
| MOVE 2 LEARN | $1,035 |
| COLORADO COLLEGE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 49% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
43 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PRPeoria Riverfront Museum7× · 2018–2024 · $253k · revenue +123%
- TWTHE WORKS6× · 2018–2024 · $106k · revenue +51%
- FOFRIENDS OF WILDLIFE PRAIRIE PARK7× · 2018–2024 · $91k · revenue +148%
Funded once
- ISILLINOIS STATE UNIV WCBU-FMone grant, 2022 · $7k
- MMITone grant, 2022 · $3k
- SSSouth Side Office of Concernone grant, 2023 · $2k · revenue +4%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
The western pennsylvania conservancy protects and restores exceptional places to provide our region with clean waters and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas for the benefit of present and future generations. the conservancy…
The zoological society of pittsburgh is dedicated to being a leader in, and significant contributor to, the conservation of endangered and threatened species. the society provides an enjoyable family experience that fosters understanding,…
We improve quality of life by enhancing and stewarding pittsburgh's parks in partnership with the community.
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.
The grpm exists to be a living monument of artifacts, ideas and stories told through exhibitions, events, and educational programming designed to inspire, motivate and celebrate our human bond. we enrich the lives of our community through…
The museum of the great plains collects, preserves, interprets, and exhibits historical material relevant to the great plains of north america, fostering research into the region in order to increase knowledge of its history and to make…
Conservation minnesota's mission is to turn our shared conservation values into state priorities and provide you with the information you need to make decisions for your family, community and future.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
To accelerate preserving and reusing significant places statewide to foster healthy, livable and thriving communities.
To spark curiosity and creativity in all young children through positive, play-based learning experiences.
How this is measured
36 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. 36 of the 77 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Peoria Riverfront Museum ↗
- Who funds THE WORKS ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF WILDLIFE PRAIRIE PARK ↗
- Who funds TOWERSIDE INNOVATION DISTRICT ↗
- Who funds SPRINGDALE HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CLASSICAL ACTORS ENSEMBLE ↗
- Who funds BRADLEY UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LEECH LAKE AREA INC ↗
- Who funds PEORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds GREAT PLAINS INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
- Who funds BUILD THE HANNA CITY TRAIL ↗
- Who funds LOOK ITS MY BOOK ↗
- Who funds Move2Learn ↗
- Who funds MIGIZI Communications Inc ↗
- Who funds WHEELS O' TIME MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds KEEP PEORIA BEAUTIFUL INC ↗
- Who funds ACT FOR ALEXANDRIA ↗
- Who funds Amherst County Museum & Historical ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Peoria Area Community Foundation · Gilmore Foundation · Share Foundation · Doug and Diane Oberhelman Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Rucker Family Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rucker Family Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- American Hiking Society: 14% of income from government
How this is measured
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