Funding search · EIN 266381931 · Garden City, NY

Ruggles Family Foundation

Name: Ruggles Family Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

276
grants reported: $6.5M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Plummer Youth Promise3 grants · $700,000
J Craig Venter Institute3 grants · $500,000
The Mentor Group3 grants · $375,000
Danbury Hospital & New Milford Foundation1 grant · $300,000
University of Richmond3 grants · $250,000
Act a Contemporary Theatre of Ct3 grants · $250,000
Rudy Ruggles Jr Family Fund - Bessemer Giving Fund1 grant · $200,000
Dreamyard Project2 grants · $200,000
Founders Hall2 grants · $148,600
Massachusetts General Hospital3 grants · $140,000

Giving over time

$1.4M

2022

$2.7M

2023

$2.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 276 grants.

$400,000
Plummer Youth Promise · Salem, MA · 2024
General purpose
$300,000
Danbury Hospital & New Milford Foundation · Danbury, CT · 2023
General purpose
$200,000
J Craig Venter Institute · Rockville, MD · 2024
General purpose
$200,000
Rudy Ruggles Jr Family Fund - Bessemer Giving Fund · Woodbridge, NJ · 2024
General purpose
$200,000
The Mentor Group · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$200,000
J Craig Venter Institute · Rockville, MD · 2022
General purpose
$150,000
Act a Contemporary Theatre of Ct · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General purpose
$150,000
Plummer Youth Promise · Salem, MA · 2023
General purpose
$150,000
Plummer Youth Promise · Salem, MA · 2022
General purpose
$120,000
Founders Hall · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
The Mentor Group · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$100,000
Boys and Girls Club of Ridgefield · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Dreamyard Project · Bronx, NY · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
J Craig Venter Institute · Rockville, MD · 2023
General purpose
$100,000
Dreamyard Project · Bronx, NY · 2022
General purpose
$100,000
University of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2022
General purpose
$75,000
Act a Contemporary Theatre of Ct · Ridgefield, CT · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
The Hotchkiss School · Lakeville, CT · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
University of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2024
General purpose
$75,000
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
University of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2023
General purpose
$75,000
The Mentor Group · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$60,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$53,800
The Morgan Library & Museum · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
American Physical Society · College Park, MD · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Americans for Oxford · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Hagerstown, MD · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Scarborough Land Trust · Scarborough, ME · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Sigma Xi the Scientific · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2024
General purpose
$50,000
Ridgefield Playhouse · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General purpose
$50,000
Scarborough Land Trust · Scarborough, ME · 2023
General purpose
$45,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
Npr · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
Pbs · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$40,000
Bozeman Public Library Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General purpose
$40,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$40,000
Massachusetts General Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$35,000
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$35,000
American Antiquarian Soceity · Worcester, MA · 2023
General purpose
$35,000
American Physical Society · College Park, MD · 2023
General purpose
$35,000
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$35,000
The Hord Foundation · Danbury, CT · 2023
General purpose
$35,000
Boston Children'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$35,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities · New Haven, CT · 2022
General purpose
$33,000
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Berkshire Waldorf School · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
Gerneral purpose
$30,000
Bozeman Public Library Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation · Watham, MA · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Frontline Journalism Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
The New School · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
General purpose
$30,000
Frontline Journalism Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Ridgefield Library · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
The New School · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$30,000
Frontline Journalism Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$30,000
Museum of Science · Boston, MA · 2022
General purpose
$28,600
Founders Hall · Ridgefield, CT · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Esperanza Academy · Lawrence, MA · 2024
General purpose
$25,000
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation · Watham, MA · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Prospector Theater · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
The Newberry Library · Chicago, IL · 2023
General purpose
$25,000
Act a Contemporary Theatre of Ct · Ridgefield, CT · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation · Watham, MA · 2022
General purpose
$25,000
The Morgan Library & Museum · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$22,500
Clean Air Task Force · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Dignity Matters · Wayland, MA · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
International Rescue Committee · Albert Lea, MN · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
The Charlie Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
The Children'S Room · Arlington, MA · 2024
General purpose
$20,000
Bozeman Summit School · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Dignity Matters · Wayland, MA · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Eagle Mount · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Npr · Baltimore, MD · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Pbs · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Pine Street Inn · Boston, MA · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Ridgefield Visting Nurses Association · Ridgefield, CT · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
The Charlie Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
The Children'S Room · Arlington, MA · 2023
General purpose
$20,000
Grace Church School · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Npr · Baltimore, MD · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Pbs · New York, NY · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
Scarborough Land Trust · Scarborough, ME · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
The Charlie Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
General purpose
$20,000
The Children'S Room · Arlington, MA · 2022
General purpose
$16,000
Bozeman Deaconess Foundation · Bozeman, MT · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Acadia Center · Rockport, ME · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Beverly Bootstraps · Beverly, MA · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Girls · Lynn, MA · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Grace Church School · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Gvshp · New York, NY · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Root · Salem, MA · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Rosie'S Place · Boston, MA · 2024
General purpose
$15,000
Army Historical Foundation · Fort Belvoir, VA · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Beverly Bootstraps · Beverly, MA · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Girls · Lynn, MA · 2023
General purpose
$15,000
Grace Church School · New York, NY · 2023
General purpose

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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.