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Ruth Anderson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$75k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 FY2020–2025.

Arts & Culture$105kEducation$70kHousing & Shelter$50kHuman Services$40kEmployment$30kCivil Rights$30kCrime & Legal$21kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $70k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC$10,000
SOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC$10,000
PEOPLE ACTING IN COMMUNITY TOGETHER$10,000
TRANSITION INC$10,000
DREAM IN GREEN INC$10,000
THE EDUCATION FUND INC$10,000
EPILEPSY ALLIANCE FLORIDA$5,000
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 (FY20–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC: $10k → 15%SUNRISE COMMUNITY INC: $5k → 15%JEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORI: $5k → 15%GLORIA M SILVERIO FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%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

IL
NY
CA
VA
NC
MS
GA
FL

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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$165k · 9 repeat orgs$308k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
31

Total granted

$165k
$263k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+8%

Still filing today

78%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthReligionOther

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

  • TI
    TRANSITION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +163%
  • TE
    THE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN
    2× · 2024–2025 · $20k · revenue +3%
  • SS
    SOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +78%
  • MD
    MIAMI DADE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $11k
  • SF
    SOUTHERN FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +26%

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
University of Miami
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2
Central Miami Intergroup
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3
Endeavor Miami Inc

Endeavor miami inc's mission is to lead the movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring, and accelerating the best high impact entrepreneurs in the south florida region. high-impact entrepreneurs are individuals…

Community Improvement
4
Miami Homes for All Inc

Miami Homes For All's mission is to ensure that everyone in Miami-Dade has a safe, affordable place to call home.

Human Services
5
Technology Innovation Foundation of the Americas Inc

To serve as a catalyst for the establishment of miami as the technology hub for the americas in order to propel innovation and investment in south florida and latin america.

Education
6
Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence Inc

Hope incs mission is to fight housing discrimination in miami-dade and broward counties and to promote equal housing opportunities throughout the state of florida.

Housing & Shelter
7
Dance Now Ensemble Inc

Form 990, part 1, line 1 - organization mission and significant activities the mission of dance now miami is to promote the artistic vision of co- founders hannah baumgarten and diego salterini. the company creates, promotes and produces…

Arts & Culture
8
Communities in Schools of Miami Inc

The mission of communities in schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

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9
Miami International Festival Inc
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10
Artesmiami Inc

Artesmiami, inc. has the mission of supporting and promoting artists and cultural organizations in south florida, in order to generate greater understanding and appreciation for their work among the diverse publics of this region. thus,…

Arts & Culture
11
Miami-Dade Innovation Authority Inc

Miami-dade innovation authority bridges the gap between private innovators and the public sector to fast track innovation that improves quality of life for miamians.

Science & Tech
12
Miami Symphony Orchestra Inc

Renowned for its artistic excellence, innovative programming and commitment to community engagement, the miami symphony orchestra, celebrating its 35th season, stands as miami cultural cornestone and a premier orchestral institution in…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in and the most unlike its peers is Actors' Playhouse Productions Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 11. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number30%0%<5yr17%3%5–10yr21%9%10–20yr15%38%20–35yr8%28%35–55yr9%22%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value30%0%<5yr17%3%5–10yr21%9%10–20yr15%35%20–35yr8%30%35–55yr9%23%55yr+

The field is 30% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% 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 19% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
19%
6,022/32,064

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

33 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 46 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
20/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TRANSITION INC — $20,000 · OtherTRANSITION INCALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL ARTS PRODUCTIONS INC — $15,000 · OtherALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL ARTS PRODUCTIONS INCIndividual grant recipient — $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient — $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMIAMI DADE LEGAL AID SOCIETY — $10,500 · OtherTRANSITION INCORPORATED — $10,000 · OtherDADE HERITAGE TRUST INC — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $10,000 · OtherPeople Acting in Community Together — $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATIO — $10,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY — $10,000 · OtherCAMILLUS HOUSE INC — $10,000 · OtherPACT — $10,000 · OtherURBANPROMISE MIAMI INC — $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION — $10,000 · OtherSUITED FOR SUCCESS INC — $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $10,000 · OtherDREAM IN GREEN INC — $10,000 · Other+11 more — $57,500 · Other+11 moreSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA PB…ACTORS' PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTIONS INC — $20,000 · Arts & CultureACTORS' PLAYHOUS…ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureALHAMBRA MUSIC I…MIAMI MUSIC PROJECT INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI MUSIC PROJ…THE CORAL GABLES MUSEUM CORP — $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CORAL GABLES…THE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · EducationTHE POSSE FOUND…THE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN — $20,000 · EducationTHE EDUCATION F…SOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 · EducationSOUTHERN SCHOLA…Teach for America Inc — $5,000 · EducationTeach for Ameri…COALITION OF FLORIDA FARMWORKER ORGANIZATIONS INC — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI INC — $10,000 · Housing & ShelterGLORIA M SILVERIO FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISE COMMUNITY INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MAKING OF A CHAMPION YOUTH PROG — $10,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$263,000Arts & Culture$70,000Education$65,000Housing & Shelter$30,000Human Services$30,000Philanthropy$10,000Crime & Legal$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOALITION OF FLORIDA FARMWORKER ORGANIZATIONS INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRANSITION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN — $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetACTORS' PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTIONS INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL ARTS PRODUCTIONS INC — $15,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetSOUTHERN FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGLORIA M SILVERIO FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE MAKING OF A CHAMPION YOUTH PROG — $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetDADE HERITAGE TRUST INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetALHAMBRA MUSIC INC — $10,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetSUITED FOR SUCCESS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIAMI MUSIC PROJECT INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREAM IN GREEN INC — $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FLORIDA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGABLESTAGE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CORAL GABLES MUSEUM CORP — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUNRISE COMMUNITY INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $5,000 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.

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.

The Miami Foundation …The Batchelor Foundat…William J and Tina Ro…Mightycause Charitabl…The Kirk FoundationPeacock Foundation IncPublix Super Markets …Cobb Family Foundatio…The Frederick a Deluc…John S and James L Kn…Anthony Abraham Found…Dunspaugh Dalton Foun…
The Miami Foundation IncFL36.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Miami Foundation Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · William J and Tina Rosenberg · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Kirk Foundation · Peacock Foundation Inc · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Cobb Family Foundation Inc · The Frederick a Deluca Foundation Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Anthony Abraham Foundation · Dunspaugh Dalton Foundation Inc

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 Ruth Anderson 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Friends of the Underline Inc — 66% of income from government
  • Dream in Green Inc — 58% of income from government
  • Epilepsy Florida Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Alhambra Music Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Coalition of Florida Farmworker Organizations Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Camillus House Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Miami Music Project Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Jewish Community Services of South Florida Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Southern Scholarship Foundation Inc — 1% of income from government
  • The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in — 0% of income from government
  • Suited for Success Inc — 0% of income from government
  • South Florida Pbs Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 Ruth Anderson Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ruth Anderson 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 46 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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