Colorado · Private foundation
Rush Family 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.
- $30k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,997
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $382k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Rush Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $30k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $29k | 29% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $30k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $22k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $14k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $14k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral Rock Church | $26,181 | 5 | n/a |
| Reality Ministries Inc | $14,836 | 3 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $10,158 | 2 | n/a |
| Men With a Purpose Inc | $9,608 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $7,221 | 1 | 0% |
| Summit Ministries Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Exodus Cry Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangelical Free Church | $4,803 | 2 | n/a |
| Cancer Council of Reno County Inc | $3,804 | 1 | 1% |
| Vista Grande Baptist Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral Rock Church | $26,181 | 5 | n/a |
| Reality Ministries Inc | $14,836 | 3 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $10,158 | 2 | n/a |
| Men With a Purpose Inc | $9,608 | 2 | n/a |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $7,221 | 1 | 0% |
| Summit Ministries Inc | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Exodus Cry Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangelical Free Church | $4,803 | 2 | n/a |
| Cancer Council of Reno County Inc | $3,804 | 1 | 1% |
| Vista Grande Baptist Church | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,274 | 1 | 0% |
| Nexus International | $2,108 | 1 | 0% |
| Colorado Rockies Bible Camp and Conference Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Scottsdale Bible Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
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: Servant Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Rush Family Charitable Trust
- How much does Rush Family Charitable Trust give?
- Rush Family Charitable Trust reported 7 grants totaling $29,997 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Rush Family Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (43%), Health (19%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
- Who are Rush Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Cathedral Rock Church ($26k), Reality Ministries Inc ($15k), Focus on the Family ($10k).
- Does Rush Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rush Family Charitable Trust 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 Rush Family Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Servant Foundation, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Rush Family Charitable Trust based?
- Rush Family Charitable Trust is based in CO.
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