Oregon · Private foundation
The Rufus 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.
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,171
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $863k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Rufus Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k 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 | 7 | $47k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $83k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $62k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $30k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $25k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $26k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meow Village | $35,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Homeward Bound Pets Humane Society | $26,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Silverton Cat Rescue | $25,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Hazels House Rescue | $20,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Orphan Kitten Rescue of Oregon | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lanai Cat Sanctuary | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Martins Animal Rescue | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fences for Fido | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| A Woof Over My Head Dog Rescue | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meow Village | $35,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Homeward Bound Pets Humane Society | $26,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Silverton Cat Rescue | $25,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Hazels House Rescue | $20,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Orphan Kitten Rescue of Oregon | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lanai Cat Sanctuary | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Martins Animal Rescue | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fences for Fido | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| A Woof Over My Head Dog Rescue | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cat Adoption Team | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Angels for Sara Sanctuary | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Humane World for Animals International | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($78k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Rufus 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: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Oregon Community Foundation · 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
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About The Rufus Foundation
- How much does The Rufus Foundation give?
- The Rufus Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $46,531 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Rufus Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (100%).
- Who are The Rufus Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Meow Village ($35k), Homeward Bound Pets Humane Society ($27k), Silverton Cat Rescue ($25k).
- Does The Rufus Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Rufus 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 Rufus Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, The Oregon Community Foundation, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Rufus Foundation based?
- The Rufus Foundation is based in OR.
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