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Rudnick Charitable Trust

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.

$23k
Granted FY2025still arriving
28
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What you fund
0187% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20182025.

Philanthropy$56kReligion$45kHealth$3kArts & Culture$2kCivil Rights$1kHousing & Shelter$900International$652Youth Development$400Other$0
02FY2025 · 28 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k27 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$100
Median grant
10
States reached
$555k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE BETH ZION$13,516
JEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTAL MASS$6,800
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$500
JBBBS$200
VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$200
Individual grant recipient$186
Individual grant recipient$150
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS$140
HILDENE$125
Individual grant recipient$100
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$100
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$100
HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN$100
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$100
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER BOSTO$100
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 (FY18–25, $954) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMPASIONATE CARE ALS: $100 → 8%YED CHESED: $54 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $100 → 14%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $100 → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $100 → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $100 → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $100 → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $100 → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $100 → 16%HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN: $100 → 16%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

VT
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MA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
VA
MD
DC
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TX
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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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$68k · 27 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against +24% for the ones you funded once.

27 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
16

Total granted

$68k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+24%

Still filing today

33%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsOther

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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    8× · 2018–2025 · $1k · revenue +26%
  • MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
    7× · 2018–2025 · $840 · revenue +40%
  • HF
    HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN
    7× · 2018–2025 · $700 · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ISREAL DEFENSE
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $280
  • THE GOOD PEOPLE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $180 · revenue +45%

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
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

5
Northeast College of Health Sciences

Northeast college of health sciences (the college) is committed to academic excellence, leadership, and professional best practices in the health sciences.

Education
6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
7
Wheaton College

Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…

Education
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

9
Fordham University

Fordham university, the jesuit university of new york, is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and through education of the highest quality. for more information, see schedule o.

Education
10
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc and the most unlike its peers is Hand in Hand Usa. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyVeteran Support ServicesCancer Support OrganizationsLand Conservation Organizat…Senior Support ServicesDevelopmental Disabilities …Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Youth Sports Booster Organi…Legal Aid & Immigration Ser…Community Arts OrganizationsJewish Community Federations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 51 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%4%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr19%24%20–35yr14%20%35–55yr14%48%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%0%10–20yr19%51%20–35yr14%1%35–55yr14%48%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/27
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,331

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 59 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TEMPLE BETH ZION — $39,636 · OtherTEMPLE BETH ZIONJEWISH FEDERATION CENTRAL — $13,992 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION CENTRALJEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTAL MASS — $6,800 · OtherJEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTAL MASS+39 more — $12,316 · Other+39 moreJEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC — $34,288 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSA…+1 more — $200 · PhilanthropyAmerican Heart Association Inc — $1,160 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $600 · HealthHand in Hand USA — $72 · Health+1 more — $36 · HealthMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $840 · Arts & CultureThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $438 · Arts & CultureTHE JEWISH WOMEN'S ARCHIVE INC — $432 · Arts & CultureBOSTON BY FOOT INC — $75 · Arts & CultureHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN — $700 · Human ServicesCompassionate Care ALS Inc — $100 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $100 · Human ServicesYEDEI CHESED INC — $54 · Human ServicesHIAS INC — $400 · InternationalTHE GOOD PEOPLE FUND INC — $180 · InternationalSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $288 · Recreation & Sports
Other$72,744Philanthropy$34,488Health$1,868Arts & Culture$1,785Human Services$954International$580Recreation & Sports$288

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 budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC — $34,288 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $1,160 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS — $840 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN — $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $438 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH WOMEN'S ARCHIVE INC — $432 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC — $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $288 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD PEOPLE FUND INC — $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCompassionate Care ALS Inc — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDANA-FARBER INC — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOUCHER COLLEGE — $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOSTON BY FOOT INC — $75 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS — $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY — $70 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYEDEI CHESED INC — $54 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEBREW COLLEGE — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS INC — $36 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — $36 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS INC
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
  • Who funds HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
  • Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Who funds THE JEWISH WOMEN'S ARCHIVE INC
  • Who funds HIAS INC
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC
  • Who funds VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds THE GOOD PEOPLE FUND INC
  • Who funds Compassionate Care ALS Inc
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
  • Who funds DANA-FARBER INC

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.

National Philanthropic TrustPA8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Rudnick Charitable Trust 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 60%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 2%
  • Hias Inc88% of income from government
  • Horizons for Homeless Children21% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc7% of income from government
  • Boston By Foot Inc4% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Reservations2% of income from government
  • Assumption University0% of income from government
  • Goucher College0% of income from government
  • Museum of Fine Arts0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Rudnick Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Rudnick Charitable Trust 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 59 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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