· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k16 grants · $63k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $97k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WBOI | $31,250 |
| Ding Darling Wildlife Society | $25,250 |
| DePauw University Scholarship Fund | $10,000 |
| WashingtonLee Study Abroad Scholars | $10,000 |
| Washington Lee University Scholarsh | $10,000 |
| Wabash College Scholarship | $10,000 |
| Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum Aquari | $7,500 |
| Blue Jacket Inc | $7,500 |
| Fort Wayne Children's Zoo | $7,000 |
| Fort Wayne Trails Inc | $6,000 |
| Sanibel Public Library Foundation | $5,000 |
| Positive Resource Connection | $4,566 |
| Sanibel Captiva Conservation Founda | $4,000 |
| FISH of Sanibel | $3,500 |
| Literary Alliance of Fort Wayne | $3,500 |
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 (FY21–25, $67k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
DePauw University5× · 2019–2023 · $76k · revenue +43%
Washington and Lee University5× · 2019–2023 · $61k · revenue +54%- NINORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE CONNECTION INC5× · 2021–2025 · $55k · revenue +24%
Funded once
- M2MATTHEW 25 INCgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue +54%
- BOBridge of Grace Compassionate Minisone grant, 2024 · $8k
- CHCOMMUNITY HOUSE OF SANIBELone grant, 2023 · $5k
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.
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…
As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.
Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The University of Indianapolis champions lifelong learning through relevant and innovative education that fosters experiential learning, diverse perspectives, service for impact, and a global mindset.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 38 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 DePauw University ↗
- Who funds Washington and Lee University ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST INDIANA PUBLIC RADIO INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST INDIANA POSITIVE RESOURCE CONNECTION INC ↗
- Who funds Wabash College ↗
- Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE TRAILS INC ↗
- Who funds BLUE JACKET INC ↗
- Who funds Homebound Meals Inc ↗
- Who funds FORT WAYNE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC ↗
- Who funds MATTHEW 25 INC ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CLINIC FOR THE REHABILITATION OF WILDLIFE INC ↗
- Who funds CROSSROAD CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds CRAWFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds WOMEN'S SERVICES 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: 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Rudolph Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rudolph Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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