Indiana · Private foundation
The Rudolph Family 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.
- $160k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $31,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 65% of the organizations The Rudolph Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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 | 21 | $160k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $215k | 65% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $104k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $102k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $115k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $86k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $78k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| DePauw University | $75,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $60,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeast Indiana Public Radio Inc | $59,936 | 2 | 2% |
| Northeast Indiana Positive Resource Connection Inc | $54,782 | 5 | 2% |
| Wabash College | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ding Darling Wildlife Society Inc | $49,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Fort Wayne Trails Inc | $36,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Blue Jacket Inc | $28,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Homebound Meals Inc | $17,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| DePauw University | $75,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Washington and Lee University | $60,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Northeast Indiana Public Radio Inc | $59,936 | 2 | 2% |
| Northeast Indiana Positive Resource Connection Inc | $54,782 | 5 | 2% |
| Wabash College | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ding Darling Wildlife Society Inc | $49,750 | 5 | 1% |
| Fort Wayne Trails Inc | $36,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Blue Jacket Inc | $28,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Homebound Meals Inc | $17,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Fort Wayne Zoological Society Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Matthew 25 Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanibel Public Library Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife Inc | $3,090 | 1 | 0% |
| Crossroad Child & Family Services Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alexs Sunnyside Playroom Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Crawford County Historical Society | $1,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Women's Services Inc | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($377k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rudolph 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: Edward M Wilson Foundation · The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc · M E Raker Foundation Inc · The Waterfield Foundation Inc · English-Bonter-Mitchell Fdn · Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Ian & Miriam Rolland Foundation · Journal Gazette Foundation Inc · Kuhne Charles Char Fdn T-W Main · Howard P Arnold Foundation Inc · Do It Best Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Rudolph Family Foundation
- How much does The Rudolph Family Foundation give?
- The Rudolph Family Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $159,566 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Rudolph Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (41%), Arts & Culture (17%), Animals (11%).
- Who are The Rudolph Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: DePauw University ($76k), Washington and Lee University ($61k), Northeast Indiana Public Radio Inc ($60k).
- Does The Rudolph Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rudolph 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 Rudolph Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edward M Wilson Foundation, The Donald F Wood and Darlene M Richardson Foundation Inc, M E Raker Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Rudolph Family Foundation based?
- The Rudolph Family Foundation is based in IN.
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