Texas · Nonprofit
The Rudder Association
The Rudder Association (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $750 to it, the largest being Kleemeier Family Fund ($700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2021
- $42k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $750
- Net assets
- $8k
What The Rudder Association does
Mission
Develop well-educated leaders of character who embody the values of Honor, Courage, Integrity, Discipline and Selfless Service, are academically successful, highly sought-after, and prepared for the global leadership challenges of the future.
As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.
Program
During 2021, The Rudder Association (TRA) continued working toward its mission of supporting the objective of preserving, defending and perpetuating the Texas Aggie core values for former, current and future students.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of The Rudder Association’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
The Rudder Association leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% 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
“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
The Rudder Association draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
The Rudder Association receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $750 to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 20,681 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2021
Organizations like The Rudder Association
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Rudder Association?
- The Rudder Association (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $750 to it, the largest being Kleemeier Family Fund ($700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Rudder Association have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $750 in grants to The Rudder Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Rudder Association?
- Kleemeier Family Fund is the largest funder on record, with $700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Rudder Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2021–2021), 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