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Ruthallen Ziegler Foundation at a glance

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Ruthallen Ziegler 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.

$370k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$470kHuman Services$238kYouth Development$216kEducation$190kArts & Culture$186kAnimals$155kCrime & Legal$90kHousing & Shelter$85kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k19 grants · $320k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$15,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES$50,000
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER$25,000
JEWISH BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS$25,000
THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION$25,000
DIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH CENTER$25,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC$20,000
JFSSOVA$20,000
SHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED$20,000
WHEELS FOR HUMANITY$15,000
FULFILLMENT FUNDS$15,000
HARMONY PROJECT$15,000
LAPD ACADEMY MAGNET SCHOOLS$15,000
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT$15,000
WESTSIDE FOOD BANK$15,000
ORGANIZATION-NEEDS FOR THE ELDERLY$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $156k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $25k → 6%ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER: $8k → 6%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $8k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $25k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $15k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $15k → 14%NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $3k → 14%OCEAN PARK COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUNDS: $25k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUNDS: $15k → 14%FULFILLMENT FUNDS: $15k → 14%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

MT
NY
MA
OR
PA
CA
UT
CO
MD
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 42 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

42 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
17

Total granted

$1.9M
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+68%

Still filing today

43%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentInternationalAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • HC
    HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $75k · revenue +166%
  • MW
    MOMENTUM WHEELS FOR HUMANITY
    5× · 2017–2024 · $70k · revenue +144%
  • AP
    A PLACE CALLED HOME
    4× · 2017–2024 · $68k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • CI
    CALIF INSTFOR YIDDISH CULTURE & LANGUAGE
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • CH
    CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL 11-99
    one grant, 2017 · $12k
  • TF
    THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -38%
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 Southern California Hillel Foundation

To create an informed, celebratory and satisfying jewish community for students at the university of southern california, to deepen jewish identity through social, intellectual and spiritual participation, to offer diversified…

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2
The Anti-Recidivism Coalition

The anti-recidivism coalition (arc) works to end mass incarceration in california. to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, and whole, arc empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network,…

Crime & Legal
3
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
4
End Homelessness California

To build capacity and community engagement to better serve the most vulnerable population suffering poverty and the homeless crisis.

Human Services
5
Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall

The organization is a non-partisan, membership based speakers' forum that connects business leaders, community members, and engaged individuals with shared interest in local, national, and global affairs. it provides an open and accessible…

International
6
Hollywood Food Coalition

Hollywood food coalition welcomes people to dinner each night. we rescue and redistribute food daily to other organizations. we care for our immediate community through our wellness program. we build community with and through our…

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7
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
8
Childfund Alliance

Childfund alliance is a global network of 11 child-focused development and humanitarian organizations working in more than 70 countries. we help nearly 30 million children and their families to overcome poverty and the underlying…

International
9
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
10
Los Angeles Police Foundation

The mission of lapf is to create partnerships to provide resources and programs that help the police perform at their highest level and to enhance lapd-community relations.(see schedule o)

Human Services
11
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Promotion and advancement of children's health through patient care, research, and education.

Health
12
Housing Works

Our mission is to create housing and service options that model, with respect and dignity, sustainable, environmentally sensitive, affordable communities for people of limited resources.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is La Family Housing Corporation; the most unlike its peers is The Foundation for Aids Research. 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

25 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. 25 of the 59 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH CENTER: $100,000 · OtherDIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH CENTERAMERICAN FRIENDS ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC: $80,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS ISRAEL PHILHARMONICJFSSOVA: $75,000 · OtherJFSSOVASTUDENT HEALTH SERVICES: $75,000 · OtherSTUDENT HEALTH SERVICESJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER LOS ANGELES: $70,000 · OtherA PLACE CALLED HOME: $67,500 · OtherPALMS MIDDLE SCHOOL: $65,000 · OtherLAPD ACADEMY MAGNET SCHOOLS: $55,000 · OtherORGANIZATION-NEEDS FOR THE ELDERLY: $55,000 · OtherTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $47,500 · OtherAVIVA CENTER: $45,000 · OtherBET TZEDEK LEGAL SERVICE: $45,000 · Other+31 more: $488,000 · Other+31 moreHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $75,000 · HealthHUNTSMAN …MOMENTUM WHEELS FOR HUMANITY: $70,000 · HealthMOMENTUM …PROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $15,000 · HealthPROJECT A…THE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $7,500 · HealthChildren of the Night: $62,500 · Human ServicesFULFILLMENT FUND: $55,000 · Human ServicesISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $32,500 · Human Services+2 more: $5,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentSHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED: $40,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE WAYSTATION: $32,500 · AnimalsWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $62,500 · Food & NutritionHarmony Project: $55,000 · Education
Other$1,318,000Health$167,500Human Services$155,500Youth Development$145,000Animals$72,500Food & Nutrition$62,500Education$55,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES: $85,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetHUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMOMENTUM WHEELS FOR HUMANITY: $70,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetA PLACE CALLED HOME: $67,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetChildren of the Night: $62,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetWESTSIDE FOOD BANK: $62,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSTUDENTS RUN AMERICA: $60,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFULFILLMENT FUND: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHarmony Project: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION: $47,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC: $43,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED: $40,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $32,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWILDLIFE WAYSTATION: $32,500 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetCHP 11-99 FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT ANGEL FOOD: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHAREWELL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTARLIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds JEWISH BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES ↗
  • Who funds HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOMENTUM WHEELS FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds A PLACE CALLED HOME ↗
  • Who funds Children of the Night ↗
  • Who funds WESTSIDE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds STUDENTS RUN AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds FULFILLMENT FUND ↗
  • Who funds Harmony Project ↗
  • Who funds THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LA FAMILY HOUSING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE FOR ACCURACY IN MIDDLE EAST REPORTING IN AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SHADOWS FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTER FOR THE BLIND ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE WAYSTATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN YOUTH SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds CHP 11-99 FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT ANGEL FOOD ↗

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.

California Community …Elbridge Stuart Found…The Ahmanson Foundati…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodAmerican Endowment Fo…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
California Community FoundationCA14.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Ruthallen Ziegler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruthallen Ziegler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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

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    How do I get to Ruthallen Ziegler Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ruthallen Ziegler 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 59 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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