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The Rubin - Ladd 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.

$350k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.2MEducation$392kHealth$99kInternational$53kRecreation & Sports$46kFood & Nutrition$22kAnimals$13kMembership Benefit$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k19 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $175k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC$60,000
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC$60,000
CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC$55,000
JUPITER SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA$35,000
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC$25,000
JUILLIARD$15,000
WNET-THIRTEEN$15,000
FEEDING AMERICA$10,000
KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER$10,000
FUND TEXAS CHOICE$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$7,500
IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE INC$6,000
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC$6,000
NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO$5,508
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY$5,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%PARTNERS IN HEALTH: $10k → 16%IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $10k → 17%FUND TEXAS CHOICE: $10k → 10%THE NELSON ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 15%JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART-UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $90k → 15%AMERICARES: $9k → 9%YALE UNIVERSITY: $100k → 12%ACKLAND ART MUSEUM-THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $55k → 13%FEEDING AMERICA: $10k → 14%GLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION: $10k → 7%IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE INC: $10k → 17%FUND TEXAS CHOICE: $10k → 10%THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: $25k → 14%THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: $25k → 14%NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY: $35k → 17%NEW YORK CLASSICAL THEATRE INC: $10k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $8k → 17%CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $60k → 17%MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $60k → 17%MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $60k → 17%MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $55k → 17%CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $55k → 17%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $50k → 17%MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $35k → 17%CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $30k → 17%CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $30k → 17%CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $26k → 17%JUPITER SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $35k → 17%JUPITER SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $35k → 17%JUPITER SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $35k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $25k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $25k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $25k → 17%JUPITER SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $25k → 17%PHILHARMONIC-SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK INC: $20k → 17%JUPITER SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $20k → 17%JUILLIARD: $15k → 17%NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC: $10k → 17%KAUFMAN MUSIC CENTER: $10k → 17%JUILLIARD: $8k → 17%WNET-THIRTEEN: $15k → 17%CITY PARKS FOUNDATION - NYC PARKS: $15k → 17%CITY PARKS FOUNDATION - NYC PARKS: $10k → 17%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

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
NJ
CT
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 41 repeat orgs$330k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
20

Total granted

$1.4M
$319k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+27%

Still filing today

85%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalEnvironmentHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MS
    MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $266k · revenue +44%
  • TC
    THE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $201k · revenue +48%
  • FI
    FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2025 · $196k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • YU
    YALE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • JS
    JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART-UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
    one grant, 2019 · $90k
  • AA
    ACKLAND ART MUSEUM-THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
    one grant, 2019 · $55k
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
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
2
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
3
The Neue Galerie New York
Arts & Culture
4
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
5
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
6
The Royal National Theatre

Theatre can lead to extraordinary moments of shared imagination. it enables us to stand in anothers shoes to better understand ourselves and the world around us. it shows us who we are, who we have been, who we could be. the nt delivers on…

Arts & Culture
7
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…

Arts & Culture
8
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc

Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…

Arts & Culture
9
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio Inc El Museo Del Barrio

El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.

Arts & Culture
10
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
11
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
12
Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation

The institute for advanced study (the institute) is one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. see schedule o.

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Philharmonic Symphony Society of Ny Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pegasus the Orchestra. 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

50 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. 50 of the 65 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
50/50
Grantees still filing
43/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $265,500 · Arts & CultureMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSICTHE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $200,875 · Arts & CultureTHE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INCTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $113,265 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INCWNET: $26,575 · Arts & Culture+17 more: $95,319 · Arts & Culture+17 moreJUPITER SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: $161,500 · OtherJUPITER SYMPHONY CHAMBER ORCHESTRAYALE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITYJORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART-UNIVERSITY OF OREGON: $90,000 · OtherJORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART-UNIVERSITY …ACKLAND ART MUSEUM-THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $55,000 · OtherACKLAND ART MUSEUM-THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH…THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MUSEUM: $50,000 · OtherTHE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MUSEUMJUILLIARD: $39,250 · OtherJUILLIARDFROST ART MUSEUM FIU: $32,500 · OtherTHE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANYINC: $31,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $29,750 · OtherCITY PARKS FOUNDATION - NYC PARKS: $27,500 · Other+15 more: $69,900 · Other+15 moreFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $195,700 · EducationFLORIDA INTERNATIO…THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $50,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF CO…The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $44,000 · EducationThe New York Publi…+4 more: $16,800 · Education+4 moreGLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · InternationalAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 · InternationalHIAS INC: $16,000 · International+2 more: $1,200 · InternationalPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $19,500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $17,500 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthFUND TEXAS CHOICE: $29,030 · EnvironmentRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $6,000 · Environment+1 more: $300 · EnvironmentWildlife Conservation Society: $13,300 · Animals
Arts & Culture$701,534Other$686,400Education$306,500International$55,700Health$38,000Environment$35,330Animals$13,300

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 budgetMANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $265,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC: $200,875 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $195,700 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $113,265 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $44,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IRISH REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANYINC: $31,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFUND TEXAS CHOICE: $29,030 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWNET: $26,575 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL SMILE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $19,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $18,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CITY BALLET INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHIAS INC: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetELAINE KAUFMAN CULTURAL CENTER LUCY MOSES SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND DANCE: $13,662 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $13,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Museum of Natural History: $11,954 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK CLASSICAL THEATRE INC: $10,020 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetPEGASUS THE ORCHESTRA: $10,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO: $9,408 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Classical Orchestra Inc: $6,020 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetRIVERSIDE PARK CONSERVANCY INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $5,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $4,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $1,610 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $1,385 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $1,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $1,130 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK COMMON PANTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER NEW YORK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS: $580 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART AKA THE SHELLEY & DONALD RUBIN CULTURAL TRUST: $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Frick Collection: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $300 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.

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.

The Howard Gilman Fou…The Andrew W Mellon F…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNY13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 The Rubin - Ladd Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rubin - Ladd Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Rubin - Ladd Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Rubin - Ladd 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 65 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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