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 2022–2025. 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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