Louisiana · Private foundation
The Rucks Family 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.
- $909k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 29
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $163k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Rucks Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 36 | $904k | 19% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $997k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $464k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $318k | 27% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $350k | 11% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $580k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $232k | 26% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $314k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food for the Poor Inc | $718,800 | 8 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $270,000 | 8 | 0% |
| John Paul II Healing Center Inc | $245,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Community of Jesus Crucified-Priest Brother and Sister Servants | $210,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Mercy Ships International | $195,000 | 8 | 0% |
| William C Schumacher Family Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Center on Sexual Exploitation | $133,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Lsu Foundation | $130,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Acadiana Inc | $105,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Our Lady of the Lake Foundation | $100,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 43 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rucks Family 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: Community Foundation of Acadiana · Mills Family Foundation Inc · Martial F Billeaud Sr Foundation · Haynie Family Foundation · Pinhook Foundation Inc · Knight Family Foundation Formerly the Eddy Knight Family Foundation · Zuschlag Family Foundation · Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust · Stuller Family Foundation · William C Schumacher Family Foundation · Foundation for Wellness Fna Womans Foundation Inc · Billy & Clara Mosing Foundation
How this is measured
About The Rucks Family Foundation
- How much does The Rucks Family Foundation give?
- The Rucks Family Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $908,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Rucks Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Food & Nutrition (19%), Health (16%).
- Who are The Rucks Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Food for the Poor Inc ($719k), Operation Smile Inc ($270k), John Paul II Healing Center Inc ($245k).
- Does The Rucks Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rucks Family 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 Rucks Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of Acadiana, Mills Family Foundation Inc, Martial F Billeaud Sr Foundation.
- Where is The Rucks Family Foundation based?
- The Rucks Family Foundation is based in LA.
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