Illinois · Private foundation
The Ruttenbergkagan 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.
- $327k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 74
- Grants FY2025
- 56
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,250
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $69,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 56
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.8M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k 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 | 73 | $327k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 56 | $264k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 42 | $276k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $183k | 58% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $155k | 46% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $166k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago | $362,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Anti-Defamation League | $52,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Agency for Israel - North American Council | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Guidance | $37,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Wolcott School | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Jewish Committee | $30,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Chicago Symphony Orchestra | $22,500 | 5 | 0% |
| College Possible Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Youth for A Better Future | $20,000 | 3 | 2% |
Show all 72 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($344k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ruttenbergkagan 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: The Chicago Community Trust · Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago · Arie and Ida Crown Memorial · Kovler Family Foundation · Circle of Service Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Ruttenberg Arts Foundation · Imc Chicago Charitable Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation
- How much does The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation give?
- The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation reported 74 grants totaling $327,100 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 56 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (43%), International (10%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago ($362k), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces ($80k), Anti-Defamation League ($52k).
- Does The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Ruttenbergkagan 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 Ruttenbergkagan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, Arie and Ida Crown Memorial.
- Where is The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation based?
- The Ruttenbergkagan Foundation is based in IL.
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