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Ruth Anderson Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$67k
Granted FY2026still arriving
8
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0187% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$105kEducation$70kHousing & Shelter$50kHuman Services$40kEmployment$30kCivil Rights$30kCrime & Legal$21kYouth Development$20kOther$0
02FY2026 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP$10,000
ISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC$10,000
SOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI IN$10,000
HISTORY MIAMI MUSEUM$10,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$10,000
MERCY FLIGHT SOUTHEAST INC$5,000
MOUNT VERNON LADIES ASSOCIATION OF THE U$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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 its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
CA
VA
NC
MS
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

40%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$215k · 11 repeat orgs$325k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2026, 8 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
34

Total granted

$215k
$288k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+5%

Still filing today

73%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • SS
    SOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2026 · $30k · revenue +4%
  • TI
    TRANSITION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $20k · revenue +180%
  • AP
    ACTORS' PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTIONS INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $20k · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +78%
  • MD
    MIAMI DADE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
    one grant, 2024 · $11k
  • SF
    SUITED FOR SUCCESS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -45%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Miami
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2
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
3
The Miami Foundation Inc

The miami foundation is building a greater miami where everyone can thrive. since 1967, the foundation has invested over $905m to strengthen our community in partnership with more than 1,000 fundholders and over 60,000 donors. by…

Philanthropy
4
Central Miami Intergroup
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5
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
6
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.

—
7
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…

—
8
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
9
Miami Association of Realtors Inc

The miami association of realtors (miami) was chartered by the national association of realtors in 1920 and is celebrating 105 years of service to realtors, the buying and selling public, and the communities in south florida. comprised of…

—
10
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
11
Miami New Drama

Miami new drama is a nonprofit professional theater company based in miami beach, florida, dedicated to the development and production of new theatrical work and to theater-making as a means of social engagement, cultural conversation, and…

Arts & Culture
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Education Fund Inc F/K/a Dade Public Education Fund in; 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.
04the grantee network

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 51 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
21/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SALVATION ARMY: $20,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYTRANSITION INC: $20,000 · OtherTRANSITION INCALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL ARTS PRODUCTIONS INC: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · OtherMIAMI DADE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $10,500 · OtherHISTORICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA INC: $10,000 · OtherCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $10,000 · OtherURBANPROMISE MIAMI INC: $10,000 · OtherTRANSITION INCORPORATED: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $10,000 · OtherPACT: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherPeople Acting in Community Together: $10,000 · OtherDADE HERITAGE TRUST INC: $10,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATIO: $10,000 · OtherSUITED FOR SUCCESS INC: $10,000 · OtherSOUTHERN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherTHE MAKING OF A CHAMPION YOUTH PROG: $10,000 · OtherDREAM IN GREEN INC: $10,000 · Other+10 more: $49,500 · Other+10 moreSOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationSOUTHERN SCHOLA…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…Teach for America Inc: $5,000 · EducationTeach for Ameri…SOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTH FLORIDA P…ACTORS' PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTIONS INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureACTORS' PLAYHOU…ALHAMBRA MUSIC INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureALHAMBRA MUSIC …MIAMI MUSIC PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureMIAMI MUSIC PRO…THE CORAL GABLES MUSEUM CORP: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CORAL GABLE…THE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MOUNT VERNO…COALITION OF FLORIDA FARMWORKER ORGANIZATIONS INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterFRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesGLORIA M SILVERIO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSUNRISE COMMUNITY INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesISLAND DOLPHIN CARE INC: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 · HealthMercy Flight SE Inc dba Angel Flight Southeast: $5,000 · HealthNETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$285,000Education$75,000Arts & Culture$75,000Housing & Shelter$40,000Human Services$30,000Health$25,000Youth Development$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTHERN SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTH FLORIDA PBS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION OF FLORIDA FARMWORKER ORGANIZATIONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRANSITION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetACTORS' PLAYHOUSE PRODUCTIONS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FUND INC F/K/A DADE PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND IN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALLIANCE FOR MUSICAL ARTS PRODUCTIONS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 48% of budgetSUITED FOR SUCCESS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCAMILLUS HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE UNDERLINE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MAKING OF A CHAMPION YOUTH PROG: $10,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetGLORIA M SILVERIO FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetALHAMBRA MUSIC INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetPeople Acting in Community Together: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMIAMI MUSIC PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDREAM IN GREEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDADE HERITAGE TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGABLESTAGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL GABLES MUSEUM CORP: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER MIAMI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY SERVICES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION OF THE UNION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEPILEPSY FLORIDA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MIAMI INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNRISE COMMUNITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ORANGE BOWL COMMITTEE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

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

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ruth Anderson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth Anderson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%13%28%50%funder's 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 51 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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