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THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC

THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $176,950 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($141,500). 1 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 FY2024
$176k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$177k
Net assets
$168k
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What The Rukwa Foundation Inc does

Mission

At the rukwa foundation we believe in the ingenuity, creativity, and vibrancy of the people of tanzania. Our aim is to issue grants that improve health and education outcomes in this special corner of the world. Our intent is to grow the foundation's resources and put those resources to work alongside our partner organizations in tanzania. We have a track record of effective small-scale projects with maximum impact. We grow and learn alongside our grantees in a quest to nurture programs that have profound impacts on the people we serve.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Grants to support health through drilling clean water wells and education through supporting schools in tanzania

    $207,290 spentof which $199,078 as grants$7,252 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $207,290.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($28k) Expenses 100 ($529) Net assets 100 ($27k)2022 Revenue 1222 ($337k) Expenses 14602 ($77k) Net assets 1060 ($287k)2023 Revenue 825 ($228k) Expenses 58840 ($311k) Net assets 752 ($204k)2024 Revenue 637 ($176k) Expenses 40052 ($212k) Net assets 619 ($168k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (637)Expenses (40052)Net assets (619)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 2021 to 2022, from $27k to $287k (+960%).

$27k
$287k
$204k
$168k
2021202220232024
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

96% of THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$27k
’21
$260k
’22
−$84k
’23
−$36k
’24
1.4
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.

202220232024
Listed888
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

3 of 4 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 THE RUKWA FOUNDATION 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

THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% 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 THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC.

80%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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 THE RUKWA FOUNDATION 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 $450 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state.

NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $177k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−20% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.4mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)85% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

0
board members
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CT

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC?
THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $176,950 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($141,500). 1 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 THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $176,950 in grants to THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $141,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE RUKWA FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 4 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