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Rucoda Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$128k
Granted FY2022
16
Grants FY2022
7
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20212022.

Human Services$50kEducation$40kAnimals$40kSocial Science$35kCivil Rights$33kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kCrime & Legal$20kPublic Benefit$15kOther$0
02FY2022 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k10 grants · $43k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $85k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$2.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Discovery Institute$30,000
Retired Seattle Police Canine Fund$15,000
American Red Cross$10,000
Washington State Concerns of Police Survivors$10,000
Prager University$10,000
Wounded Warriors Family Support$10,000
America's Vet Dogs$5,000
Human Life of Washington$5,000
Bellevue Fire Foundation$5,000
USO Northwest$5,000
Footloose Sailing Association$5,000
Northwest German Shepherd Rescue$5,000
Make-A-Wish$5,000
First liberty Institute$2,500
Guide Dogs for the Blind$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–22, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $10k → 12%American Red Cross: $10k → 14%Wounded Warriors Family Support: $10k → 12%American Red Cross: $5k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MI
NY
CA
NE
AZ
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DC
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$243k · 16 repeat orgs$33k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

16 repeat relationships — 16 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
5

Total granted

$243k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+22%

Still filing today

50%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22
Human ServicesPublic BenefitCivil RightsPublic Safety & DisasterHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DI
    DISCOVERY INSTITUTE
    2× · 2021–2022 · $35k · revenue +1%
  • WW
    WOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +14%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    2× · 2021–2022 · $15k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • TI
    The Independence Fund Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -22%
  • FF
    Freedom Foundation
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • TS
    The Salvation Army
    one grant, 2021 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind Inc

The guide dog foundation for the blind, inc. provides guide and service dogs free of charge to provide increased independence, enhanced mobility, and companionship to people who are blind, visually impaired or have other disablities. the…

2
Lead the Way Fund Inc

Army ranger lead the way fund is an active duty, casualty assistance, recovery, transition and veterans organization that provides financial support to u.s. army rangers and the families of those who have died, have been disabled or who…

Human Services
3
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

The ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute is the sole nonprofit organization created by president reagan charged with advancing his legacy and principles: individual liberty, economic opportunity, freedom and democracy, peace…

Education
4
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Inc

The tragedy assistance program for survivors (taps) is america's national nonprofit organization that has cared for the loved ones of our nation's fallen heroes since 1994. taps ensures these living legacies of service and sacrifice do not…

Health
5
Disability Rights Advocates for Technology

Disability rights advocates for technology (draft) is an advocate for the use of universal design and new technologies to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities and senior citizens and represents people with disabilities…

Human Services
6
The Fund for American Studies

The fund for american studies (tfas) seeks to create a brighter, more prosperous future by preparing young people for leadership and teaching them the ideas of freedom and a free-market economy. founded in 1967, tfas organizes programs for…

7
Aerial Recovery

Aerial recovery's mission is to save lives and stop evil. through the creation and deployment of humanitarian special operators, aerial recovery brings together selected veterans, first responders, and mission-qualified civilians who,…

8
The American Islamic Forum for Democracy

Aifd's mission is to advocate for the preservation of the founding principles of our u.s. constitution, liberty, and freedom, through the separation of mosque and state. public engagement program provides education to the general public on…

International
9
The National World War Ii Museum Inc

The national wwii museum tells the story of the american experience in the war that changed the world-why it was fought, how it was won, and what it means today-so that all generations will understand the price of freedom and be inspired…

Arts & Culture
10
Homes for Veterans a Nj Non Profit Corporation

Our mission is to provide a holistic approach to support veterans with disabilities by removing barriers in every aspect of their lives. this includes funding customized, barrier-free home modificationssuch as wheelchair-accessible…

Housing & Shelter
11
Washington Federal Foundation
Philanthropy
12
American Bible Society

Since 1816, american bible society has been fulfilling its mission of making the bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford so all people may experience its life-changing message.

Religion

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Turning Point Usa Inc and the most unlike its peers is Human Life of Washington. 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

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 13 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
12/13
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Prager University — $35,000 · OtherPrager UniversityDISCOVERY INSTITUTE — $35,000 · OtherDISCOVERY INSTITUTERETIRED SEATTLE POLICE CANINE FUND — $30,000 · OtherRETIRED SEATTLE POLICE CANINE FUNDWashington State Concerns of Police Survivors — $20,000 · OtherWashington State Concerns of Police SurvivorsNorthwest German Shepherd Rescue — $10,000 · OtherMake-A-Wish — $10,000 · OtherUSO Northwest — $10,000 · OtherFOOTLOOSE SAILING ASSOCIATION — $10,000 · OtherHuman Life of Washington — $10,000 · OtherFreedom Foundation — $10,000 · Other+2 more — $10,000 · OtherWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIORS…American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $15,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nationa…GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR T…The Independence Fund Inc — $10,000 · Public BenefitAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC — $10,000 · Public BenefitFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE — $7,500 · Civil RightsALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM — $5,000 · Civil RightsBELLEVUE FIRE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Public Safety & DisasterHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $5,000 · EducationTRANSPLANT HOUSE — $2,500 · Health
Other$190,000Human Services$40,000Public Benefit$20,000Civil Rights$12,500Public Safety & Disaster$10,000Education$5,000Health$2,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDISCOVERY INSTITUTE — $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIORS FAMILY SUPPORT INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Independence Fund Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBELLEVUE FIRE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFIRST LIBERTY INSTITUTE — $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSPLANT HOUSE — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Online Giving Foundation IncDE7.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Rucoda Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rucoda Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rucoda Foundation 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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