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Rudolph Joseph Foundation

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.

$621k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
123
Grants FY2024
64
Organizations funded FY2023
41%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$99,322
Organizations funded a year
64 to 100
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$335k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 41% of the organizations Rudolph Joseph Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
EnvironmentHealthArts & CultureEducationInternationalCrime & LegalOther
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
FY2024still arriving72$580k58%
FY202364$292k41%
FY202267$305k33%
FY202184$740k61%
FY2020100$527kn/a
89% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Environment$1.0MEducation$608kPublic Benefit$450kInternational$213kHealth$95kPhilanthropy$86kScience & Tech$77kCivil Rights$54kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 137 grantees
All grantees of Rudolph Joseph Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Citizens Climate Education Corp$534,77254%
Ground Game Fund$156,13342%
The Voter Participation Center$102,43910%
Working America Education Fund$98,18530%
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$75,44310%
The International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation Inc$75,000248%
100 Friends$59,236410%
Inside Climate News Inc$55,89751%
League of Conservation Voters Inc$53,54520%
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution$50,00010%
Southern Vision Alliance$40,00010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$33,00050%
Notley Impact$25,00010%
International Rescue Committee INC$16,52050%
Actblue Charities Inc$16,25030%
All Americans Vote$15,79310%
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc$13,00040%
Climate Science Legal Defense Fund$9,06032%
White Plains Hospital Medical Center$9,00030%
Waterkeeper Alliance Inc$8,75050%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$8,50040%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$7,73040%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$6,05620%
Brennan Center Strategic Fund Inc$6,0001n/a
San Francisco Symphony$5,62030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$5,22030%
California Academy of Sciences$5,10020%
Wnet$5,00020%
National Breast Cancer Coalition$5,00011%
Dr Susan Love Research Foundation$5,00011%
Working America$5,00010%
Workmoney Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Public Citizen Inc$5,00010%
Amyloidosis Support Groups Inc$5,00012%
Climate Science Awareness and Solutions Inc$5,00012%
San Francisco Food Bank$4,12040%
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum$4,10840%
Earth Island Institute Inc$4,07540%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$3,60050%
Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation$3,50020%
Sierra Club$3,30020%
Ploughshares Fund Inc$3,25020%
Ocean Conservancy$3,02820%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$3,00020%
Smile Train Inc$3,00020%
We Are Down Home$2,58110%
Save the Redwoods League$2,53320%
Conservation International Foundation$2,53020%
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company$2,50010%
Kqed Inc$2,50010%
Jewish Center for Justice$2,50030%
As You Sow$2,01920%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$2,00010%
The Mederi Foundation$2,00010%
Pbs Foundation$2,00010%
Macular Degeneration Association$1,90030%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,76040%
The Coral Reef Alliance$1,52520%
University of Michigan$1,50010%
Amazon Watch Inc$1,50010%
Citizens Campaign Fund for the Environment Inc$1,50020%
Riverkeeper Inc$1,50030%
League of Women Voters Education Fund$1,50010%
Feeding America$1,50020%
Our Children's Trust$1,50020%
Environmental Forum of Marin$1,25021%
Turtle Island Restoration Network$1,25020%
Als United Greater New York Inc$1,20020%
National Lgbtq Task Force$1,03010%
No One Left Behind$1,02910%
Westchester Coalition for Legal Abortion - Choice Matters Inc$1,00011%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,00010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$1,00010%
Vivalon$1,00020%
New York Public Radio$1,00010%
Montefiore Einstein Inc$1,00010%
The Center for Victims of Torture$1,00010%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$1,00010%
National Geographic Society$1,00010%
Arizona Center for Empowerment$1,00010%
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science Inc$1,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$1,00010%
Operation Smile Inc$1,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$1,00010%
American Association for the Advancement of Science$1,00010%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$1,00020%
Clim$1,0002n/a
University of California San Francisco Foundation$1,00010%
United States Association for UNHCR$1,00010%
The Lincoln Project$8501n/a
Ukraine Childrens Aid Fund Inc$75011%
Feeding Westchester Inc$75020%
MoveOnorg Civic Action$60020%
Climate Ride Inc$60020%
California Film Institute$54010%
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc$54010%
Vote Solar$53710%
SeaLegacy Foundation Inc$52510%
UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children Inc$52310%
United States Fund for Unicef$52310%
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts$52010%
Truthout$51610%
The Commonwealth Club - World Affairs of California$51420%
The Trust for Public Land$50010%
The Niskanen Center Inc$50010%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$50010%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$50010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of America$50010%
Earthjustice$50010%
Jacob Burns Film Center Inc$50010%
Environment America Inc$50010%
The Marine Mammal Center$50010%
Cool the Earth Inc$50010%
Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc$50010%
Carbon Tax Center$50012%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$50010%
First Look Institute Inc$50010%
Visiting Nurse Service of New York$45010%
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc$37020%
Population Connection$30010%
Mendocino County Public Broadcasting$25010%
Environment California Inc$25010%
National Economic Education Delegation$2501n/a
Marin Coalition$2501n/a
Resist Inc$25010%
Rainforest Action Network$25010%
Gofundmeorg$25010%
Vietnam Friendship Village Project USA Inc$2501n/a
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$21220%
Center for Science in the Public Interest$20010%
Special Olympics Inc$20010%
Eko and Affiliate$12510%
The Exploratorium$10910%
Women for Women International$10010%
Aids Walk San Francisco Foundation$10010%
CaringBridge$10010%
Oil Change International Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 104 recipients with no EIN on record ($795k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Rudolph Joseph Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 131 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCitizens Climate Education Corp: $534,772 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetGround Game Fund: $156,133 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetThe Voter Participation Center: $102,439 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorking America Education Fund: $98,185 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Education Fund: $75,443 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe International Raoul Wallenberg Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 2y, 48% of budget100 Friends: $59,236 over 4y, 9.7% of budgetInside Climate News Inc: $55,897 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLeague of Conservation Voters Inc: $53,545 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Vision Alliance: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $33,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNotley Impact: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $16,520 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetActblue Charities Inc: $16,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAll Americans Vote: $15,793 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Research Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetClimate Science Legal Defense Fund: $9,060 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetWhite Plains Hospital Medical Center: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWaterkeeper Alliance Inc: $8,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPartners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: $7,730 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Citizen Foundation Inc: $6,056 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Symphony: $5,620 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $5,220 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia Academy of Sciences: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWnet: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Breast Cancer Coalition: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetDr Susan Love Research Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWorking America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorkmoney Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Citizen Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmyloidosis Support Groups Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetClimate Science Awareness and Solutions Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetSan Francisco Food Bank: $4,120 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $4,108 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEarth Island Institute Inc: $4,075 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $3,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMarc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $3,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPloughshares Fund Inc: $3,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOcean Conservancy: $3,028 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Alliance for Climate Protection: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSmile Train Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWe Are Down Home: $2,581 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSave the Redwoods League: $2,533 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $2,530 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUcsf Foundation Investment Company: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 131.

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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.

Marin Community FoundationCA24.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Park Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Yelp Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Sixteen Thirty Fund · United States Energy Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Rudolph Joseph Foundation

How much does Rudolph Joseph Foundation give?
Rudolph Joseph Foundation reported 123 grants totaling $621,276 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 64 and 100 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Rudolph Joseph Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (37%), Education (22%), Public Benefit (16%).
Who are Rudolph Joseph Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Citizens Climate Education Corp ($535k), Ground Game Fund ($156k), The Voter Participation Center ($102k).
Does Rudolph Joseph Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Rudolph Joseph 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 Rudolph Joseph Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marin Community Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Park Foundation Inc.
Where is Rudolph Joseph Foundation based?
Rudolph Joseph Foundation is based in NY.

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 249 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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