Funding search · EIN 453990748 · Wilmington, DE

Bill and Dinah Ruch Family Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

16
grants reported
$2.6M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Grant history

All 16 reported grants, largest first.

  • $500,000

    Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · La Jolla, CA · 2025

    The William W. Ruch Distinguished Endowed Chair

  • $500,000

    Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    The William W. Ruch Distinguished Endowed Chair

  • $500,000

    Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    William W. Ruch Distinguished Endowed Chair fUND

  • $250,000

    Thinking Nation Corp · Porter Ranch, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    Thinking Nation Corp · Porter Ranch, CA · 2024

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    Thinking Nation Corp · Northridge, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    the Rocket Scientist within the Rocket Fund

  • $100,000

    Inner City Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $100,000

    Inner City Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    the Small Claims Project

  • $30,000

    Heart of Los Angeles Youth · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Gals the Girls Athletic Leadership Schools · Panorama City, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    St Bernard Project · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Levitt & Quinn Family Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

  • $20,000

    Live Oak Wilderness Camp · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    General & Unrestricted

  • $15,000

    Live Oak Wilderness Camp · New Orleans, LA · 2022

    General & Unrestricted

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.