Virginia · Private foundation
The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation
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.
- $494k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $154k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $494k | 69% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $245k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $61k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $65k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $49k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $39k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $34k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $31k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Richmond | $57,200 | 2 | 1% |
| CharacterWorks Inc | $56,300 | 3 | 2% |
| Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc | $51,250 | 1 | 5% |
| Jacob's Ladder Inc | $51,100 | 3 | 8% |
| Housing Families First | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Full Circle Grief Center | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rappahannock Foundation Inc | $36,300 | 2 | 6% |
| Virginia Living Museum Inc | $36,300 | 2 | 0% |
| Spur N Up Hope Inc | $26,050 | 2 | 15% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($351k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 Community Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation · Herndon Foundation · Richard S Reynolds Foundation · Shelton H Short Jr Trust · Townebank Foundation · Carmax Foundation · The Randolph and Susan Reynolds Foundation · Robins Foundation · Pga Tour Charities Inc · Bon Secours - Richmond Health System Inc
How this is measured
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About The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation
- How much does The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation give?
- The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $494,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (16%), Human Services (15%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation ($60k), Ronald McDonald House Charities of Richmond ($57k), CharacterWorks Inc ($56k).
- Does The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Joseph M Ruffin 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 Joseph M Ruffin Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation Inc, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation, The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation.
- Where is The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation based?
- The Joseph M Ruffin Foundation is based in VA.
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