· Private foundation
Ruud Family Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $314k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAYO CLINIC - ALIX SCHOOL OF MEDICINE | $100,000 |
| PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| PRAIRIE SCHOOL | $60,000 |
| WISCONSIN HUMANE SOCIETY RACINE | $53,500 |
| ALL SAINTS FOUNDATION - WOW WOMEN OF WORTH | $20,000 |
| RACINE ZOO | $10,000 |
| EAA CHAPTER 838 | $5,000 |
| FELLOW MORTALS WILDLIFE HOSPITAL | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 42% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PUPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY6× · 2020–2025 · $465k · revenue +30%
- TPTHE PRAIRIE SCHOOL INC6× · 2020–2025 · $337k · revenue +27%
UNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC5× · 2020–2024 · $190k · revenue +2%
Funded once
- PFPAIR FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue 0% · 96% of their budget
MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $38k · revenue +30%- HCHEALTH CARE NETWORK INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +93%
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.
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.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Wisconsin lutheran college is a private, four-year liberal arts college.
The mission of calvin university is to equip students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as christ's agents of renewal in the world.
Lawrence university of wisconsin, through its undergraduate residential college and conservatory of music, educates students in the liberal arts and sciences. the university is devoted to excellence and integrity in all of its activities…
Bradley university empowers students for immediate and sustained success in their personal and professional endeavors by combining professional preparation, liberal arts and sciences, and co-curricular experiences. alongside our dedication…
Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.
See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…
Mount mary university, an urban catholic university for women sponsored by the school sisters of notre dame, provides an environment for the development of the whole person. the university encourages leadership, integrity, and a deep sense…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
Scu is a catholic and jesuit institution that makes student learning its central focus, promotes faculty and staff learning in its various forms, and exhibits organizational learning.
Catholic university providing student focused baccalaureate and graduate education in the spirit of the sisters of mercy. welcomes women and men of all beliefs to join the community in pursuit of education and service to those in need.…
How this is measured
12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 24 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF RACINE COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds RACINE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC ↗
- Who funds PAIR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ↗
- Who funds CARTHAGE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds HEALTH CARE NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds FELLOW MORTALS INC ↗
- Who funds FIGHT TO END EXPLOITATION INC ↗
- Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
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: AbbVie Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Ruffo Family Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ruud Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruud Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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