The Ruffin Family Foundation

What they fund

educationpromotededicatedenvironmentthroughsustainablebuildcardiovascular

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.

Top recipients

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

• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation2 grants · $300,000
• Norfolk Academy2 grants · $200,500
• Norfolk Academy2 grants · $200,000
• Cleveland Clinic1 grant · $100,000
• Fact4 grants · $38,819
• American Heart Association3 grants · $10,027
• Vb Court Appointed Special Advocates3 grants · $10,000
• Virginia Gentleman Foundation1 grant · $6,000
• The Virginia Tech Foundation1 grant · $5,000
• Club Blue of the Hampton Roads1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 74 reported grants, largest first.

• $200,000

  The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023

  General Support

• $100,500

  Norfolk Academy · Norfolk, VA · 2023

  To provide education

• $100,000

  Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2025

  General support

• $100,000

  Norfolk Academy · Norfolk, VA · 2025

  General support

• $100,000

  Norfolk Academy · Norfolk, VA · 2024

  To provide education

• $100,000

  The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024

  General Support

• $100,000

  Norfolk Academy · Norfolk, VA · 2022

  To provide education

• $13,309

  Fact · Chicago, IL · 2024

  To promote humane farming and food safety

• $11,500

  Fact · Chicago, IL · 2022

  To promote humane farming and food safety

• $11,010

  Fact · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To promote humane farming and food safety

• $6,000

  Virginia Gentleman Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

  To support organization's mission

• $5,000

  Vb Court Appointed Special Advocates · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  recruits, trains and supervises competent volunteers dedicated to advocating for the needs of abused and neglected children currently in court proceedings.

• $5,000

  Club Blue of the Hampton Roads · Norfolk, VA · 2022

  General support

• $5,000

  The Virginia Tech Foundation · Blacksburg, VA · 2022

  General support

• $4,800

  Va Beach Police Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  General Support

• $4,027

  American Heart Association · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  To Build Healthier Lives Free of Cardiovascular Diseases and Strokes

• $3,500

  Equi-Kids · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  General Support

• $3,000

  An Acheivable Dream · Newport News, VA · 2025

  General Support

• $3,000

  Fact · Chicago, IL · 2025

  To promote humane farming and food safety

• $3,000

  American Heart Association · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  To Build Healthier Lives Free of Cardiovascular Diseases and Strokes

• $3,000

  American Heart Association · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

  To Build Healthier Lives Fee of Cardiovascular Diseases and Strokes

• $2,700

  Vibe Creative District · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  General Support

• $2,500

  Charles Barker'S Champions for Kids · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  General Support

• $2,500

  Charles Barker'S Champions for Kids · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  General Support

• $2,500

  Chick'S for Charity · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  General Support

• $2,500

  Vb Court Appointed Special Advocates · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  recruits, trains and supervises competent volunteers dedicated to advocating for the needs of abused and neglected children currently in court proceedings.

• $2,500

  An Achievable Dream · Newport News, VA · 2023

  To help develop independent, productive citizens through a Social, Academic, and Moral Education.

• $2,500

  Vb Court Appointed Special Advocates · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

  recruits, trains and supervises competent volunteers dedicated to advocating for the needs of abused and neglected children currently in court proceedings.

• $2,500

  American Heart Association · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  To build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular deseases and stroke

• $2,500

  Champions for Kids · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  To help provide kids in the community with the resources they need to thrive.

• $2,500

  Equi Kids Therapeutic · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  To provide, promote and support equine assisted activities for individuals who have mental, physical, emotional, social or learning disabling conditions.

• $2,000

  Fight Cf Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  General Support

• $2,000

  Kaizxen Adaptive Athletics · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  General Support

• $2,000

  Risevb · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  General Support

• $2,000

  Fight Cf Foundation · Bethesda, MD · 2023

  To promote their Charitable Purpose

• $1,700

  31 Heroes · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

  Sam Day

• $1,500

  Risevb · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  To support program initiatives to enact meaningful change for the people, animals, and overall environment of the tidewater area

• $1,500

  River Ellis Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  General support

• $1,030

  Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundatoin · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

  to support an independent and vital virginia beach volunteer rescue system

• $1,000

  Va Gentlemen Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  General Support

• $1,000

  Virginia Aquarium Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2025

  To inspire conservation of the marine environment through education, research and sustainable practices

• $1,000

  Hospice House of Hampton Roads · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  provide compassionate respite and end-of-life care in a dedicated, community-focused environment

• $1,000

  Virginia Aquarium Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  To inspire conservation of the marine environment through education, research and sustainable practices

• $1,000

  Chkd - Lighting the Way · Norfolk, VA · 2023

  It's a Brewtiful Day for CHKD - Sponsorship (per Dare)

• $1,000

  The Ddx3x Foundation · Wilmington, DE · 2023

  General Support

• $1,000

  Untamed Spirit Therapeutic Program · Va Beach, VA · 2023

  General Support

• $1,000

  Vibe Creative District · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

  General Support

• $1,000

  Virginia Aquarium Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

  To inspire conservation of the marine environment through education, research and sustainable practices

• $1,000

  Wreaths Across America · Portsmouth, VA · 2023

  To place wreaths on individual veterans' graves in over 1,400 locations throughout the U.S., with ceremonies at sea, and at each of the national cemeteries on foreign soil.

• $1,000

  Aspen Hope Center · Aspen, CO · 2022

  To provide a specific array of services that were designed to decrease the stress of navigating the convoluted system of mental health

• $1,000

  Children'S Hospital of the King'S Daughters · Norfolk, VA · 2022

  To promote superior pediatric wellness through dedicated volunteerism in partnership with children's health system.

• $1,000

  The Als Association Greater New York Chapter · New York, NY · 2022

  General support

• $1,000

  The Small Cell Ovarian Cancer Foundation · Draper, UT · 2022

  General support

• $1,000

  Virginia Aquarium Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  To inspire conservation of the marine environment through education, research and sustainable practices

• $1,000

  Wreaths Across America · Portsmouth, VA · 2022

  To place wreaths on individual veterans' graves in over 1,400 locations throughout the u.s., with ceremonies at sea, and at each of the national cemeteries on foreign soil.

• $516

  Corolla Wild Horse Fund · Corolla, NC · 2024

  General support in memory of Billy Malbon

• $500

  Uncommon Schools · New York, NY · 2024

  operates outstanding urban public schools that close the opportunity gap and prepare students from low-income communities to graduate from college

• $500

  Chesapeake Schools Educational Foundatoin · Chesapeake, VA · 2023

  To promotion their Charitable Purpose

• $500

  Virginia Beach Spca · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

  General Support in memory of Jack Adams

• $500

  Baylake Pines Methodist Church · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  General support

• $500

  Cots · Burlington, VT · 2022

  General support

• $500

  The Chinese Community Associtation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  General support

• $500

  Virginia Beach United Methodist Church · Virginia Beach, VA · 2022

  General support

• $265

  Proverbs 31 Ministries · Matthews, NC · 2024

  General support in memory of Lisa Robertson

• $260

  New Kent Humane Society · Providence Forge, VA · 2023

  General Support

• $258

  Cancer Research Institute · New York, NY · 2023

  dedicated to providing free, professional support services including case management, counseling, support groups, educational workshops, publications and financial assistance to anyone affected by cancer

• $250

  World Wide Women Group · Suffolk, VA · 2025

  To provide a safe home for women of all races

• $250

  Baylake Pines Methodist Church · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  General Support

• $250

  Blackwater Baptist Church · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  General Support

• $250

  St Jude'S Children'S Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024

  General support in memory of Vivian Doummar

• $250

  World Wide Women Group · Suffolk, VA · 2024

  To provide a safe home for women of all races

• $250

  World Wide Women Group · Suffolk, VA · 2023

  To provide safe home for women of all races

• $250

  World Wide Women Group · Suffolk, VA · 2022

  To provide safe home for women of all races

• $173

  Lift Fitness Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2024

  Empower vulnerable communities by providing the tools they need for sustainable change.