New York · Private foundation
The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.6M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 95
- Grants FY2026
- 36
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,300
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $1,004,187
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 36
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 15
- Total assets, FY2026
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 67% of the organizations The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $836k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 66 | $1.4M | 53% |
| FY2025 | 36 | $964k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $680k | 61% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $125k | 90% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $211k | 89% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $146k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2026.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $464,985 | 2 | 0% |
| Professional Organization for Women in the Arts Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 85% |
| Yale University | $167,409 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $114,376 | 2 | 0% |
| The Brooklyn Rail Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Robin Hood Foundation | $80,878 | 4 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $71,246 | 2 | 0% |
| Facing History & Ourselves Inc | $51,182 | 3 | 0% |
| Tory Burch Foundation Inc | $51,019 | 2 | n/a |
| Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc | $50,818 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 117 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 32 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 75 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: The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Jewish Communal Fund · Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation · American Express Foundation · Mutual of America Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Select Equity Group Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Verizon Foundation · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation with peer funders
About The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation
- How much does The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation give?
- The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation reported 95 grants totaling $2,606,234 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 36 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (33%), Animals (17%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Wildlife Conservation Society ($465k), Professional Organization for Women in the Arts Inc ($200k), Yale University ($167k).
- Does The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation 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 The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund, Jewish Communal Fund, Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation.
- Where is The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation based?
- The Derald H Ruttenberg Foundation is based in NY.
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