Massachusetts · Private foundation
Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust
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.
- $158k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $158k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $168k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $135k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $135k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $144k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $130k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $175k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $124k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc | $220,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Northern Berkshire United Way Inc | $117,500 | 7 | 5% |
| Roots Teen Center Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 36% |
| Berkshire Food Project Inc | $82,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Child Care of the Berkshires Inc | $45,986 | 5 | 0% |
| Berkshire Family YMCA | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Berkshire Medical Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louison House Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Berkshire Innovation Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Artist Book Foundation | $9,690 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc | $220,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Northern Berkshire United Way Inc | $117,500 | 7 | 5% |
| Roots Teen Center Inc | $90,000 | 5 | 36% |
| Berkshire Food Project Inc | $82,500 | 7 | 7% |
| Child Care of the Berkshires Inc | $45,986 | 5 | 0% |
| Berkshire Family YMCA | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Berkshire Medical Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Louison House Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Berkshire Innovation Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Artist Book Foundation | $9,690 | 1 | 3% |
| Josh Bressette Commit to Save a Life Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Pop Cares Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Berkshire United Way Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ucp of Western Mass Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of North Adams Office of Community Events | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Adams Historical Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($487k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc · Berkshire United Way Inc · Northern Berkshire United Way Inc · Williamstown Community Chest · Berkshire Bank Foundation Inc · United Way Of Massachusetts Bay Inc · Network for Good · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust
- How much does Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust give?
- Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust reported 8 grants totaling $157,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (33%), Arts & Culture (21%), Philanthropy (12%).
- Who are Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc ($220k), Northern Berkshire United Way Inc ($118k), Roots Teen Center Inc ($90k).
- Does Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth E Proud 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 Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc, The Feigenbaum Foundation Inc, Berkshire United Way Inc.
- Where is Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust based?
- Ruth E Proud Charitable Trust is based in MA.
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