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The Ruppert Family Foundation Inc

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.

$42k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$397kPhilanthropy$310kHuman Services$224kCivil Rights$181kReligion$169kFood & Nutrition$148kHealth$64kAnimals$56kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOHNS COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE$10,000
FOOD FOR THE POOR$5,400
THE TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
ST PAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH$5,000
ST FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC SCHOOL$1,000
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION$300
LAYTONSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTA$100
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 (FY17–23, $106k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 20% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LEGACIES ALIVE: $2k → 10%YMCA OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $3k → 14%Catholic Charities: $10k → 19%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE: $1k → 6%SAMARITAN INNS: $3k → 14%FREDERICK HEALTH HOSPICE: $400 → 6%THE HEARTLY HOUSE: $400 → 6%SAMARITAN INNS: $3k → 14%Red Wiggler Community Farm: $15k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $15k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $15k → 8%RED WIGGLER COMMUNITY FARM: $10k → 8%POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 8%POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 8%POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 8%POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES: $3k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM: $10k → 8%PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM: $5k → 8%CATHOLIC COALITION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION: $1k → 8%CATHOLIC COALITION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION: $1k → 8%CATHOLIC COALITION FOR SPECIAL EDUATION: $1k → 8%COMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $500 → 8%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

WA
MT
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
CT
NE
KY
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 37 repeat orgs$297k to everyone else

37 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
59

Total granted

$1.3M
$291k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+16%

Still filing today

46%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 ServicesHealthEducationInternationalHousing & ShelterArts & 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

  • RW
    RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $55k · revenue +72%
  • PE
    PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $15k · revenue +483%
  • CF
    Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps
    3× · 2018–2020 · $13k · revenue +11%

Funded once

  • CF
    COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONTGOMERY CO
    one grant, 2020 · $56k
  • ES
    Easter Seals
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • NA
    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAND PROFESSIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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.

1
Leadingage Inc

The mission of leadingage is to be the trusted voice for aging. our 6,000+ members and partners include nonprofit organizations representing the entire field of aging services, 38 state associations, hundreds of businesses, consumer…

Housing & Shelter
2
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
3
Abilities Network Inc

Cultivating inclusive communities through relationships, innovation and high-quality services.

Health
4
University of Maryland Facultyphysicians Inc

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…

Health
5
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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6
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
7
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
9
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
10
University of Maryland Neurology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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11
University of Maryland Family Medicine Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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12
University of Maryland Oncology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Washington Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Best Buddies Inc. 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

47 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. 47 of the 103 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/47
Grantees still filing
32/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Johns College High School: $323,800 · OtherSt Johns College High SchoolAnti-Defamation League: $181,250 · OtherAnti-Defamation LeagueMisc: $118,891 · OtherMiscEASTER SEALS INC: $101,000 · OtherEASTER SEALS INCCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MONTGOMERY CO: $56,000 · OtherST PAULS CATHOLIC CHURCH: $53,100 · OtherEaster Seals: $50,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $42,500 · Other+65 more: $311,889 · Other+65 moreGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $219,494 · PhilanthropyGREATER WASHING…PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyPLAYERS PHILANT…CHESAPEAKE CHARITIES INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyRED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $55,415 · Human ServicesPARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $14,500 · Human ServicesPOTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN INNS INC: $6,000 · Human Services+6 more: $10,800 · Human ServicesFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $76,241 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $17,000 · InternationalIDENTITY INC: $20,000 · HealthMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $15,000 · HealthLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $12,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,000 · HealthNATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $5,750 · HealthTHE LILABEAN FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 · Health+2 more: $800 · HealthWASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $50,000 · EducationTeach for America Inc: $5,000 · EducationCOLLEGETRACKS INC: $2,000 · EducationTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $300 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,238,430Philanthropy$249,494Human Services$106,715International$93,241Health$65,550Education$57,000Arts & Culture$35,300

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 budgetGREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $219,494 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $101,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $76,241 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC: $55,415 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetWASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: $50,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetTRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL: $35,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIDENTITY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON: $17,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMEDSTAR HEALTH INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC: $14,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBETHLEHEM HOUSE INC: $13,333 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCapuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps: $12,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetLUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE: $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESAPEAKE CHARITIES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN INNS INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION INC: $5,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDC STUDENTS CONSTRUCTION TRADES FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LILABEAN FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCATHOLIC COALITION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY METRO MARYLAND INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGETRACKS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEGACIES ALIVE: $2,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $1,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFrederick Health Hospice Inc: $1,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY REACH OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWomen Giving Back Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHESDA COMMUNITY BASE BALL CLUB: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEARTLY HOUSE INC: $400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStepping Stones Shelter Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEVON C RUBENSTEIN FOUNDATION: $300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSANDY SPRING MUSEUM INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSTACHES FOR KIDS OMAHA: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
  • Who funds RED WIGGLER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ↗
  • Who funds TRUST FOR THE NATIONAL MALL ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds IDENTITY INC ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds MEDSTAR HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds PARENT ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds Capuchin Franciscan Volunteer Corps ↗
  • Who funds LUPUS RESEARCH ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER WASHINGTON AND AFFILIATE ↗
  • Who funds POTOMAC COMMUNITY RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATED CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHESAPEAKE CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC ↗
  • Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN INNS INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL OVARIAN CANCER COALITION 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.

Greater Washington Co…The Carl M Freeman Fo…The Morris and Gwendo…Clark-Winchcole Found…United Way of the Nat…Nora Roberts Foundati…Clark Charitable Foun…Philip L Graham Fund …Bender Foundation IncWilliam S Abell Found…Ronald & Joy Paul Fam…Dimick Foundation Joh…
Greater Washington Community FoundationDC34.6× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Nora Roberts Foundation · Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba a James & Alice B Clark Foundation · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company · Bender Foundation Inc · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Ronald & Joy Paul Family Foundation Inc · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Heartly House Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Medstar Health Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Parent Encouragement Program Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Sandy Spring Museum Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Associated Catholic Charities Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Identity Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
12report 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 103 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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