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RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC
RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $0
What Ruth's Hospitality Group Employee Relief Fund Inc does
Mission
Ruth's hospitality group employee relief fund, inc. (ruth's fund) primary exempt purpose is to provide financial assistance to employees of ruth's chris steak house who are impacted by natural disasters or other crisis events and are in temporary financial distress as a result of such events. Darden dimes, inc., a florida not for profit corporation is formed and operated for charitable purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) for the benefit of employees of darden restaurants, inc. On june 14, 2023, ruth's hospitality group, inc. (rhgi) was acquired by darden restaurants, inc. (dri). In connection with the transaction between dri and rhgi, management of darden dimes and ruth's fund reviewed the governance structure of both organizations and developed proposals to support more efficient, agile and centralized decision making across the system after the transaction. The boards of directors and management of darden dimes and ruth's fund, approved actions to achieve this goal. On december 31, 2023, ruth's hospitality group employee relief fund, inc. Merged with and into darden dimes, inc.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Providing grants to employees in need. In 2023, 35 grants were issued to employees of ruth's chris who were experiencing economic hardships, employees who were victims of natural disasters, as well as those suffering health crisis events.
$73,666 spentof which $73,666 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $73,666.
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.
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 $441k to $118k (−73%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND 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
RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC?
- RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC.
- Who is the largest funder of RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 2 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing