· Public charity
United States Rugby Foundation
Usrf promotes amateur rugby football throughout the usa by making grants and awards, sponsoring programs for youth development, and by operating the us rugby hall of fame.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k3 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $101k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| USA YOUTH & HIGH SCHOOL RUGBY | $45,000 |
| USA RUGBY | $20,000 |
| USA YOUTH & HIGH SCHOOL RUGBY | $16,000 |
| GIRLS RUGBY INC | $10,000 |
| RUGBY WASHINGTON | $10,000 |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY | $7,500 |
| RUGBY LA | $6,667 |
| ELLENSBURG YOUTH RUGBY | $6,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 34% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
4 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (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 FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UYUSA YOUTH AND HIGH SCHOOL RUGBY2× · 2022–2023 · $86k · revenue +46%
- GRGirls Rugby Inc3× · 2021–2023 · $33k · revenue +85%
- USUNITED STATES OF AMERICA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LTD2× · 2022–2023 · $30k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- CBCHUCKANUT BAY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +31%
- BGBennett Gallery Incone grant, 2019 · $29k
- CLCrusaders Limited Partnershipone grant, 2021 · $16k
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.
To govern youth and high school rugby in Southern California, including organizing and running league competitions and tournaments, promoting the continued growth of the game through outreach and education, and prioritizing the safety and…
To support, promote, develop and grow the sport of rugby at all levels in the united states by providing financial support to usa rugby.
The Albany Knickerbockers Rugby Football Club was established in 1973. Building off a strong foundation begun by the clubs founders, the club eventually advanced to field a competitive Division I Men's side. The success of the club…
Foster national or international amateur sports - rugby
The goal of the granite bay rugby program is to teach the basic skills and fundamentals of the game maintain a policy of no-cuts promote universal participation utilize positive reinforcements foster pride in individual accomplishments and…
The purpose of Rugby New Jersey is to promote the growth and development of the game of Rugby by providing support to NJ rugby clubs and developing participation in the sport by boys and girls across the state of NJ. It will further…
To promote and encourage teamwork, physical fitness and public participation in rugby
The mission of the iowa youth rugby association is to grow the game of rugby and instill the core values of sport through providing a safe, organized, and positive experience for youth in iowa. and to proivde a pathway for iowans to excel…
Primary Exempt Purpose - Provide competent referees for rugby (juniors through clubs) mainly in Northern California and sometimes worldwide.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 17 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 USA YOUTH AND HIGH SCHOOL RUGBY ↗
- Who funds CHUCKANUT BAY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Girls Rugby Inc ↗
- Who funds UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION LTD ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL COLLEGIATE RUGBY ORGANIZATION INC ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON YOUTH RUGBY ↗
- Who funds THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds RUGBY LA ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization United States Rugby Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United States Rugby Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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