Funding search · EIN 527241082 · Overland Park, KS

Dave G Ruf Jr Family Foundation

Name: Dave G Ruf Jr Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

51
grants reported: $610,253
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

education ministries nonprofit wildlife conservation healthcare designed haiti

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “higgins” · $20,000

$5,000
Higgins Brothers Surgicenter Co Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Support for the surgicenter in haiti-designed to provide opportunities for surgical mission teams to work.
$5,000
Higgins Brothers Surgicenter Co Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Support for the surgicenter in haiti-designed to provide opportunities for surgical mission teams to work.
$5,000
Higgins Brothers Surgicenter Co Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Support for the surgicenter in haiti-designed to provide opportunities for surgical mission teams to work.
$5,000
Higgins Brothers Surgicenter Co Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support for the surgicenter in haiti-designed to provide opportunities for surgical mission teams to work.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Ku Endowment3 grants · $157,000
Ducks Unlimited4 grants · $112,263
William Educational Fund3 grants · $88,000
Colonial Presbyterian Church3 grants · $45,000
Life Unlimited3 grants · $30,000
Kansas University Physicians1 grant · $25,000
John Diemer Elementary3 grants · $22,998
Higgins Brothers Surgicenter Co Greater Kansas City Community Foundation4 grants · $20,000
Cure of Ars Catholic Church4 grants · $20,000
The University of Kansas Cancer Center2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$147,517

2022

$155,340

2023

$129,400

2024

$177,996

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$103,000
Ku Endowment · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Charitable-supporting education
$55,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2025
Charitable - conservation of wildlife
$50,000
William Educational Fund · Lawrence, KS · 2022
Charitable - supporting education
$36,650
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2024
Charitable - conservation of wildlife
$31,000
Ku Endowment · Lawrence, KS · 2022
Charitable-supporting education
$25,000
Colonial Presbyterian Church · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Nonprofit - ministries
$25,000
Kansas University Physicians · Kansas City, KS · 2025
Charitable - supporting education
$25,000
William Educational Fund · Lawrence, KS · 2025
Charitable - supporting education
$23,000
Ku Endowment · Lawrence, KS · 2024
Charitable-supporting education
$20,000
University of Kansas Memorial · Lawrence, KS · 2025
Charitable - supporting education concessionaire services
$13,000
William Educational Fund · Lawrence, KS · 2024
Charitable - supporting education
$12,000
Foundation for Engineering at Kansas State University · Manhattan, KS · 2025
Charitable - supporting education
$11,742
John Diemer Elementary · Overland Park, KS · 2022
Charitable - supporting education
$10,613
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2023
Charitable - conservation of wildlife
$10,000
Colonial Presbyterian Church · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Nonprofit - ministries
$10,000
John Diemer Elementary · Overland Park, KS · 2024
Charitable - supporting education
$10,000
Life Unlimited · North Kansas City, MO · 2024
Charitable - supporting healthcare
$10,000
The University of Kansas Cancer Center · Westwood, KS · 2024
Charitable - supporting healthcare
$10,000
Colonial Presbyterian Church · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Nonprofit - ministries
$10,000
Life Unlimited · North Kansas City, MO · 2023
Charitable - supporting healthcare
$10,000
Ducks Unlimited · Memphis, TN · 2022
Charitable-conservation of wildlife
$10,000
Life Unlimited · North Kansas City, MO · 2022
Charitable - supporting healthcare
$10,000
The University of Kansas Cancer Center · Westwood, KS · 2022
Charitable - supporting healthcare
$5,000
Cure of Ars Catholic Church · Leawood, KS · 2025
Nonprofit-ministries
$5,000
Higgins Brothers Surgicenter Co Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Support for the surgicenter in haiti-designed to provide opportunities for surgical mission teams to work.
$5,000
Cure of Ars Catholic Church · Leawood, KS · 2024
Nonprofit-ministries
$5,000
Higgins Brothers Surgicenter Co Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Support for the surgicenter in haiti-designed to provide opportunities for surgical mission teams to work.
$5,000
Bishop Miege High School · Roeland Park, KS · 2023
Charitable - supporting education
$5,000
Cure of Ars Catholic Church · Leawood, KS · 2023
Nonprofit-ministries
$5,000
Higgins Brothers Surgicenter Co Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Support for the surgicenter in haiti-designed to provide opportunities for surgical mission teams to work.
$5,000
Adventhealth Kansas City Foundation · Merriam, KS · 2022
Charitable - supporting healthcare
$5,000
Cure of Ars Catholic Church · Leawood, KS · 2022
Nonprofit-ministries
$5,000
Higgins Brothers Surgicenter Co Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Support for the surgicenter in haiti-designed to provide opportunities for surgical mission teams to work.
$3,500
Junior League of Wyandotte & Johnson Counties · Overland Park, KS · 2023
Charitable - supporting communities
$3,500
Junior League of Wyandotte & Johnson Counties · Overland Park, KS · 2022
Charitable - supporting communities
$3,000
Pheasants Forever · Overland Park, KS · 2025
Charitable - conservation of wildlife
$3,000
Pheasants Forever · Overland Park, KS · 2024
Charitable - conservation of wildlife
$2,750
Quail & Upland Wildlife Federation · Buffalo, MO · 2024
Dedicated to restoring habitat and populations of all upland wildlife species including deer, turkey, quail, pheasant, rabbits, dove, prairie chickens, grouse and more. Projects from food plots to watering sites.
$2,500
Wildlife Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Charitable - supporting to protect natrue
$1,996
Starlight Theatre Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2025
Producing, presenting and promoting an exceptional arts experience by delivering accessible live entertainment for all audiences, superior theatre arts education, impactful outreach programs and events that utilize this… read allProducing, presenting and promoting an exceptional arts experience by delivering accessible live entertainment for all audiences, superior theatre arts education, impactful outreach programs and events that utilize this iconic city-owned venue. less
$1,750
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Mission, KS · 2022
Charitable-research for a cure and assisting with care for those diagnosed with cystic fibrosis
$1,745
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Mission, KS · 2023
Charitable-research for a cure and assisting with care for those diagnosed with cystic fibrosis
$1,256
John Diemer Elementary · Overland Park, KS · 2023
Charitable - supporting education
$1,000
Ku Alumni Association · Lawrence, KS · 2025
Charitable - supporting education
$1,000
Starlight Theatre Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Producing, presenting and promoting an exceptional arts experience by delivering accessible live entertainment for all audiences, superior theatre arts education, impactful outreach programs and events that utilize this… read allProducing, presenting and promoting an exceptional arts experience by delivering accessible live entertainment for all audiences, superior theatre arts education, impactful outreach programs and events that utilize this iconic city-owned venue. less
$1,000
Bingham-Waggoner Historical Society · Independence, MO · 2022
Charitable - supporting historical landmark
$1,000
Starlight Theatre Kansas City · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Producing, presenting and promoting an exceptional arts experience by delivering accessible live entertainment for all audiences, superior theatre arts education, impactful outreach programs and events that utilize this… read allProducing, presenting and promoting an exceptional arts experience by delivering accessible live entertainment for all audiences, superior theatre arts education, impactful outreach programs and events that utilize this iconic city-owned venue. less
$100
Ku Alumni Association · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Charitable - supporting education
$100
The Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$26
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2023
Protecting, reconnecting, restoring and sustaining our coldwater resources.
$25
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Charitable - supporting to protect nature

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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.