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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 FY2024still arriving
37
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$1.4MFood & Nutrition$803kHealth$670kHuman Services$279kInternational$269kArts & Culture$176kEducation$166kPhilanthropy$159kOther$0
02FY2024 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k14 grants · $65k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $344k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $250k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$163k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FOOD FOR THE POOR$250,000
ST MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH$100,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA$50,000
MERCY SHIPS$50,000
OPERATION SMILE$50,000
FAMILY MISSIONS COMPANY$37,500
COMMUNITY OF JESUS CRUCIFIED - PRIEST BROTHER AND SISTER SERVANTS$35,000
WITNESS TO LOVE$30,000
JOHN PAUL II HEALING CENTER$30,000
LOUISIANA PAROLE PROJECT$25,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATIONS$25,000
NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION$21,500
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS$20,000
LOURDES FOUNDATION INC$20,000
THE REFINERY MISSION$15,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $140k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%LOUISIANA RIGHT TO LIFE: $5k → 23%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $20k → 14%MADDIE'S FOOTPRINTS: $5k → 17%THE RESCYOU GROUP: $2k → 17%THE RESCYOU GROUP: $2k → 17%HOSPICE OF ACADIANA: $15k → 17%HOSPICE OF ACADIANA: $10k → 17%HOSPICE OF ACADIANA: $10k → 17%HOSPICE OF ACADIANA: $10k → 17%HOSPICE OF ACADIANA: $10k → 17%HOSPICE OF ACADIANA: $5k → 17%HOSPICE OF ACADIANA: $5k → 17%HOSPICE OF ACADIANA: $3k → 17%DESORMEAUX FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%DESORMEAUX FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%DESORMEAUX FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%DESORMEAUX FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%DESORMEAUX FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%DESORMEAUX FOUNDATION: $5k → 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

NY
IA
NJ
UT
CO
VA
AZ
TN
SC
DC
LA
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 43 repeat orgs$543k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +91% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
18

Total granted

$3.6M
$490k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+91%
+18%

Still filing today

53%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthReligionCrime & LegalInternationalArts & CultureOther
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

  • OS
    OPERATION SMILE INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $270k · revenue +60%
  • JP
    JOHN PAUL II HEALING CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $245k · revenue +379%
  • Mercy Ships International
    8× · 2017–2024 · $195k · revenue +251%

Funded once

  • WC
    WILLIAM C SCHUMACHER FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue -89%
  • LF
    LSU FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $130k · revenue +98%
  • OS
    OUR SAVIOR'S CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $75k
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.

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Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System Inc

Inspired by the vision of st. francis and in the tradition of the roman catholic church, we extend the healing ministry of jesus christ to god's people, especially those most in need. we call forth all who serve in this healthcare…

Health
2
Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center Inc

To provide for the care of the ill, injured, or disabled persons and to provide for research, education, and the enhancement of those in the community.

Health
3
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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4
Our Lady of the Angels Hospital Inc

The hospital's purpose is to provide care for the ill, injured, or disabled persons & to provide for research, education, & the enhancement of health of those in southeast louisiana.

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5
Life Choices of North Central Louisiana

See schedule o - mission statement for part i line 1 covers this item

Health
6
Agnus Dei Foundation

The mission of AGNUS DEI FOUNDATION (ADF) is to impact the culture of life by being a champion for adoption as an alternative to abortion or single parenting for women in crisis.

Human Services
7
Luke's House- a Clinic for Healing and Hope

Luke's house provides medical and spiritual hope, health, and healing to greater new orleans residents, creates patient-centered experiences for students, and connects patients to long-term healthcare solutions.

Health
8
Donate Life Foundation

To improve the quality of life for people affected by organ and tissue donation and transplantation. to transform our community by eliminating the waiting list for organ and tissue transplants.

Health
9
Saint Francis Healthcare System

Parent company for acute care hospital - the mission of saint francis healthcare system is to provide a ministry of healing, wellness, quality and love inspired by our faith in jesus christ.

Health
10
Lsu Health Foundation New Orleans

The mission of the foundation is to inspire donors to invest in the lsu health sciences center - new orleans ("hsc-no") and its future, to properly steward those contributions, and to help meet the ever evolving needs of the lsuhsc-no by…

Health
11
Ascension Health

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care,…

Health
12
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University

University is a 4 year private catholic institution, offering degrees in nursing, health/behavioral sciences, & humanities. the college is an integral part of the fmol health system.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lourdes Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Phase Alliance. 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

38 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. 38 of the 69 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
28/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCH: $435,000 · OtherST MARY MOTHER OF THE CHURCHCOMMUNITY OF JESUS CRUCIFIED-PRIEST BROTHER AND SISTER SERVANTS: $210,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY OF JESUS CRUCIFIED-PRIEST BROTHER AND …THE HUB MINISTRIES: $180,000 · OtherTHE HUB MINISTRIESFAMILY MISSIONS COMPANY: $117,500 · OtherFAMILY MISSIONS COMPANYCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA INC: $105,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ACADIANA INCOUR SAVIOR'S CHURCH: $75,000 · OtherST JOSEPH HARDSHIP FUND: $75,000 · OtherLourdes Foundation Inc: $74,000 · OtherLSU FOUNDATION: $130,000 · OtherLSU FOUNDATION+33 more: $394,950 · Other+33 moreFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $718,800 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INCOPERATION SMILE INC: $270,000 · InternationalOPERATION SMILE INCMercy Ships International: $195,000 · InternationalMercy Ships InternationalJOHN PAUL II HEALING CENTER INC: $245,000 · ReligionJOHN PAUL I…FAMILY MISSIONS COMPANY: $85,000 · ReligionFAMILY MISS…THE REFINERY MISSION: $69,000 · ReligionTHE REFINER…+2 more: $10,500 · ReligionOur Lady of the Lake Foundation: $100,000 · HealthMILES PERRET CANCER SERVICES: $80,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 · HealthHELP ME SEE INC: $18,200 · HealthFight the New Drug Inc: $10,000 · HealthACADIANA PREGNANCY CENTER & CLINIC: $10,000 · HealthHOSPICE OF ACADIANA INC: $68,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $45,000 · Human ServicesDesormeaux Foundation Inc: $38,000 · Human ServicesFaith House Inc: $15,000 · Human Services+4 more: $18,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: $133,000 · Arts & CultureMETANOIA INC: $33,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ACADIANA: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWILLIAM C SCHUMACHER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyCommunity Foundation of Acadiana: $9,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,796,450International$1,183,800Religion$409,500Health$258,200Human Services$184,000Arts & Culture$176,000Philanthropy$159,000

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 budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $718,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $270,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN PAUL II HEALING CENTER INC: $245,000 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetMercy Ships International: $195,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM C SCHUMACHER FAMILY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: $133,000 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetLSU FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOur Lady of the Lake Foundation: $100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY MISSIONS COMPANY: $85,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetMILES PERRET CANCER SERVICES: $80,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetLourdes Foundation Inc: $74,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetTHE REFINERY MISSION: $69,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF ACADIANA INC: $68,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $40,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDesormeaux Foundation Inc: $38,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetMETANOIA INC: $33,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetWitness To Love Marriage Prep Renewal Ministry: $32,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetLAFAYETTE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetLOUISIANA PAROLE PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetVeterans For Child Rescue Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetHELP ME SEE INC: $18,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFaith House Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFight the New Drug Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF ACADIANA: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetACADIANA PREGNANCY CENTER & CLINIC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetReaching Unreached Nations Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Acadiana: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget232-HELP INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE RESCYOU GROUP INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetMADDIE'S FOOTPRINTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPHASE Alliance: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLouisiana Right to Life Educational Committee Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FAMILY TREE INFORMATION EDUCATION AND COUNSELING CENTER IN: $2,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHEALING HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINNERFAITH PRISON MINISTRY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIFTING GRACE PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds OPERATION SMILE INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN PAUL II HEALING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds WILLIAM C SCHUMACHER FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL CENTER ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION ↗
  • Who funds LSU FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Our Lady of the Lake Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY MISSIONS COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds MILES PERRET CANCER SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Lourdes Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE REFINERY MISSION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF ACADIANA INC ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Desormeaux Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds METANOIA INC ↗
  • Who funds Witness To Love Marriage Prep Renewal Ministry ↗
  • Who funds LAFAYETTE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LOUISIANA PAROLE PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds Veterans For Child Rescue Inc ↗
  • Who funds HELP ME SEE INC ↗
  • Who funds Faith House Inc ↗
  • Who funds Fight the New Drug 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.

Community Foundation …Mills Family Foundati…Martial F Billeaud Sr…Haynie Family Foundat…Pinhook Foundation IncKnight Family Foundat…Zuschlag Family Found…Florence Mauboules Ch…Stuller Family Founda…William C Schumacher …Foundation for Wellne…Billy & Clara Mosing …
Community Foundation of AcadianaLA54.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

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 69 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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