· Private foundation
The Richard W Rupp 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k24 grants · $118k
- $10k–50k21 grants · $303k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AGRICULTURAL JUSTICE PROJECT | $50,000 |
| NOFA (NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC) | $40,000 |
| HALLWALLS CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER | $35,000 |
| DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC | $25,000 |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN | $25,000 |
| WORLD MUSIC PRODUCTIONS | $13,000 |
| THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ROCHESTER | $13,000 |
| THE BRIGID ALLIANCE | $11,500 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA | $10,000 |
| NICHOLS SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| NORTH PARK THEAT | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| RESPONSE TO LOVE CENTER | $10,000 |
| AMAZON WATCH | $10,000 |
| JUST BUFFALO LITERARY CENTER | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $118k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
63 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
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 FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $94k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HIHALLWALLS INC8× · 2017–2024 · $275k · revenue +21%
- TSTHE SUSAN B ANTHONY HOUSE5× · 2019–2023 · $171k · revenue +40%
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC7× · 2018–2024 · $132k · revenue +50%
Funded once
- MOMEALS ON WHEELS FOUNDATION OF WNYone grant, 2020 · $32k
- OLOUR LADY OF VICTORY CHARITIESone grant, 2020 · $25k
- PPP PARENTHOOD OF ARKANSAS & EAST OKLAHOMAone grant, 2021 · $21k
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.
New york restoration project ("nyrp") believes that nature is a fundamental right of every new yorker. nyrp works collaboratively with residents in communities across the five boroughs to renovate gardens, restore parks, plant trees,…
CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.
The legal aid bureau of buffalo, inc., a not-for-profit organization, provides legal representation to financially needy men, women and children in western new york. through its skilled staff, the legal aid bureau seeks equal justice for…
The central new york land trust seeks to preserve and protect natural areas in order to provide our communities clean water, clean air, wildlife habitat, and a chance to connect with the land.
Nyc bird alliance is a grassroots community that protects wild birds and habitat in the five boroughs, improving the quality of life for all new yorkers.
See schedule onylcv is a non-partisan policy making and political action organization that works to make environmental protection a top priority with elected officials, decision-makers and the voters by evaluating incumbent performance and…
See schedule onylcvef's mission is to educate, engage and empower new yorkers to be effective advocates on behalf of the environment from clean energy and funding for parks, to solid waste and green buildings. first, we educate new yorkers…
To acquire, remediate, and steward lands along wny's waterfronts prioritizing public access.
To produce bold theatre experiences that reach across artistic, physical and social boundries. We aim to increase empathy and open-mindedness by illuminating nuanced perspectives and unspoken truths behind the salient issues of our time.…
The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…
Lawny increases access to justice through excellent legal representation, advocacy and service.
New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…
How this is measured
106 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. 106 of the 187 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 HALLWALLS INC ↗
- Who funds THE SUSAN B ANTHONY HOUSE ↗
- Who funds DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST ORGANIC FARMING ASSOC OF NY I ↗
- Who funds Agricultural Justice Project ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC ↗
- Who funds PLUTA CANCER CENTER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD MUSIC PRODUCTIONS ↗
- Who funds Amazon Watch Inc ↗
- Who funds BUFFALO OLMSTED PARKS CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds THE BRIGID ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE NEW HAMPTON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Torn Space Theater Inc ↗
- Who funds ASHFORD HOLLOW FOUNDATION FOR THE VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds Juntos y Unidos por Puerto Rico Inc ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE UNITED FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING INC ↗
- Who funds NICHOLS SCHOOL OF BUFFALO ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ↗
- Who funds THE PARK SCHOOL OF BUFFALO ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds Family Promise of Greater Rochester Inc ↗
- Who funds Oceanic Society Expeditions ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds Genesee Land Trust Inc ↗
- Who funds Elevated Access Inc ↗
- Who funds CITY MISSION SOCIETY INC ↗
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: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo Inc · The Baird Foundation · The Western New York Foundation · The Margaret L Wendt Foundation · The John R Oishei Foundation · The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation · Cullen Foundation · Simple Gifts Fund · James H Cummings Foundation Inc · Rich Family Foundation · Children's Foundation of Erie County Inc · Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Richard W Rupp Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Richard W Rupp Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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