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RUIZ FOR KIDS INC

RUIZ FOR KIDS INC (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,432 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($390,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$654k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$531k
Net assets
$319k
3/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 24%
01What it does

What Ruiz for Kids Inc does

Mission

To provide opportunities to inspire hope and change in childrens' lives which is accomplished through two programs supporting education initiatives for youth in the communities served.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Ruiz 4 kids provides scholarships to benefit youth in communities surrounding dinuba & tulare, california; denison, texas, and florence, south carolina who have demonstrated scholastic achievements and wish to pursue a college education through a community college, four-year college/university or attend a trade school. In 2025ruiz 4 kids awarded (1) 581 $1,000 scholarships to high school students entering community college, four-year college/university, or trade school, and (2) 13 $2,500 scholarships to students transferring from a community college to a four-year college/university.

    $613,500 spentof which $613,500 as grants$520,373 earned by the program
    90% of program spending
  2. Ruiz 4 kids provides mini-grants up to $1,000 for k-12 teachers who outline programs to enhance the learning experience for students in the communities within 35 miles of dinuba, california; denison, texas, and florence, south carolina. In 2025 ruiz 4 kids funded 71 mini-grants to support teachers with essential materials to carry out curriculum work and meet the basic needs of all the students in the classroom, materials to improve student achievement and enhance instructional skills, with an emphasis on creativity and innovation and a clear plan for implementation.

    $67,044 spentof which $67,044 as grants
    10% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $680,544.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($634k) Expenses 100 ($619k) Net assets 100 ($313k)2018 Revenue 115 ($729k) Expenses 110 ($680k) Net assets 116 ($362k)2019 Revenue 113 ($716k) Expenses 115 ($710k) Net assets 117 ($367k)2020 Revenue 98 ($618k) Expenses 105 ($652k) Net assets 107 ($334k)2021 Revenue 91 ($578k) Expenses 94 ($581k) Net assets 106 ($330k)2022 Revenue 102 ($644k) Expenses 100 ($617k) Net assets 114 ($357k)2023 Revenue 106 ($669k) Expenses 102 ($633k) Net assets 126 ($394k)2024 Revenue 101 ($639k) Expenses 105 ($650k) Net assets 123 ($383k)2025 Revenue 103 ($654k) Expenses 116 ($718k) Net assets 102 ($319k)
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Revenue (103)Expenses (116)Net assets (102)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $417k to $337k (−19%).

$325k
$371k
$417k
$337k
$333k
$360k
$413k
$383k
$330k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

20% of RUIZ FOR KIDS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 14,932 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$14k
’17
$49k
’18
$5k
’19
−$33k
’20
−$3k
’21
$27k
’22
$37k
’23
−$11k
’24
−$64k
’25
5.3
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed15141113121112916
Joined·+5+1+3+0+0+4+1+10
No longer listed·64111343
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $500 → $161k.

5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 77% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of RUIZ FOR KIDS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

RUIZ FOR KIDS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund RUIZ FOR KIDS INC.

73%
largest funder
97%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

20% of RUIZ FOR KIDS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

77% of RUIZ FOR KIDS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $122k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.

WI
PA
MO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $409k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

RUIZ FOR KIDS INC receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $531k to it.

Operating margin−10% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve5.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,464 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like RUIZ FOR KIDS INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 5%Fundraising 0%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

90%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 3 states

CA
SC
TX

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Ruiz Foods · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds RUIZ FOR KIDS INC?
RUIZ FOR KIDS INC (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,432 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($390,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 77% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does RUIZ FOR KIDS INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $531,432 in grants to RUIZ FOR KIDS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of RUIZ FOR KIDS INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $390,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like RUIZ FOR KIDS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing