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Tr Ua Rudy Scholarship at a glance

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Tr Ua Rudy Scholarship

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$240kRecreation & Sports$4kHealth$3kArts & Culture$2k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$515k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OFIC$30,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%University of Minnesota - Twin Cities: $2k → 11%Bethel University: $2k → 14%ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $2k → 14%HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY: $2k → 6%AMERICAN MUSICAL & DRAMATIC ACADEMY: $2k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $2k → 16%Nova Southeastern University: $2k → 13%University of Iowa: $2k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $2k → 14%University of Alabama: $2k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: $2k → 15%ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $2k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $2k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH: $2k → 11%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $2k → 17%VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%INDIANA UNIVERSITY - SOUTH BEND: $2k → 13%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $2k → 18%Purdue University: $2k → 19%MIAMI UNIVERSITY: $2k → 12%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $32k → 15%College of Lake County: $2k → 8%Illinois State University: $2k → 11%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 14%AUGUSTANA COLLEGE: $2k → 15%The University of Illinois - Champ: $2k → 19%University of Minnesota - Twin Cities: $2k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: $2k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS: $2k → 15%University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee: $2k → 17%Purdue University: $2k → 19%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $32k → 15%Marquette University &: $2k → 8%Loyola University: $2k → 14%University of Illinois: $2k → 19%Purdue University: $2k → 19%OFIC: $30k → 15%DePaul University &: $2k → 8%University of Illinois: $2k → 14%Univ of IL - Urbana: $2k → 19%Purdue University: $2k → 19%OFIC: $25k → 15%University of Illinois: $2k → 14%OFIC: $25k → 15%University of Illinois: $2k → 14%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 15%University of Illinois: $2k → 14%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
MO
KY
KS
TN
SC
AL
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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$166k · 6 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
50

Total granted

$166k
$83k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+32%

Still filing today

17%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • O
    OFIC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $80k
  • TO
    THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
    2× · 2021–2022 · $64k · revenue +25%
  • UO
    University of Illinois
    2× · 2017–2019 · $9k

Funded once

  • UO
    University of Michigangraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +202%
  • TO
    THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • Northwestern Universitygraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +33%
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
University of New Haven

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…

Education
3
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
4
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
5
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
6
Bar Ilan University in Israel Inc

Biu produces students who excel in the sciences, humanities, law, engineering, business & the arts.

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7
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
8
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
9
Roosevelt University

Roosevelt university is an independent, non-profit, metropolitan university and national leader in educating socially conscious citizens for active and dedicated lives as leaders in their professions and their communities. the university's…

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10
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
11
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
12
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwestern University; the most unlike its peers is Amda Inc (American Musical and Dramatic Academy). 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

13 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. 13 of the 56 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
12/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OFIC: $80,000 · OtherOFICUniversity of Illinois: $8,700 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $6,800 · Other+42 more: $71,600 · Other+42 moreTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $64,000 · EducationTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT C…+9 more: $15,900 · Education+9 moreNorthwestern University: $2,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$167,100Education$79,900Recreation & Sports$2,000

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 budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $64,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNorthwestern University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMDA INC (AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY): $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOFSTRA UNIVERSITY: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNova Southeastern University Inc: $1,500 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 THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds University of Michigan ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds ST LOUIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds AMDA INC (AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY) ↗
  • Who funds HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTANA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Nova Southeastern University Inc ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Tr Ua Rudy Scholarship funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tr Ua Rudy Scholarship. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Nova Southeastern University Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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How do I get to Tr Ua Rudy Scholarship?

Find your warmest path to Tr Ua Rudy Scholarship through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 56 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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