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The Rust Family Foundation

Name: The Rust 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.

113
grants reported: $925,019
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $7,400
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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Connecticut Humane Society3 grants · $35,000
Yale University3 grants · $30,875
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita1 grant · $30,000
Tulane University3 grants · $26,728
World Central Kitchen1 grant · $25,000
Ucl Friends & Alumni Assoc2 grants · $21,762
Regents of the University of Ca2 grants · $20,085
Save the Children2 grants · $18,000
American Society Un of Haifa1 grant · $15,900
Cornell University2 grants · $15,419

Giving over time

$159,181

2022

$230,539

2023

$280,299

2024

$255,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 113 grants.

$30,000
Connecticut Humane Society · Newington, CT · 2025
Support work
$30,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospita · Memphis, TN · 2025
Support work
$25,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2025
Support work
$15,900
American Society Un of Haifa · New York, NY · 2024
Support work
$15,360
Regents of the University of Ca · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Support work
$15,064
University of Central Florida Research Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2022
Support work
$15,000
Blood Cancer United · Washington, DC · 2025
Support work
$15,000
Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Support work
$14,412
Ucl Friends & Alumni Assoc · New York, NY · 2024
Support work
$14,115
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Support work
$13,820
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Support work
$13,520
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Support work
$13,500
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Support work
$12,950
The Associates of the University of Toronto · New York, NY · 2022
Support work
$12,113
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Support work
$11,575
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Support work
$10,000
Aspca · New York, NY · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Connecticut Foodshare · Wallingford, CT · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Fairfield County'S Community Founda · Norwalk, CT · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Habitat for Horses · Alvin, TX · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Habitat for Humanity · Americus, GA · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Support work
$10,000
March of Dimes · Arlington, VA · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Operation Hope · Fairfield, CT · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Save the Sound · New Haven, CT · 2025
Support owrk
$10,000
Tunnel To Towers Foundation · Staten Island, NY · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Water for Good · Bentonville, AR · 2025
Support work
$10,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2025
Support work
$9,300
University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2023
Support work
$8,775
University of Calgory · Fairfield, CT · 2024
Support work
$8,652
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024
Support work
$8,630
University of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Support work
$8,400
Institute for Mediterranean Studies · Cncinnati, OH · 2024
Support work
$8,200
New Mexico Highlands University · Las Vegas, NM · 2023
Support work
$8,200
President & Fellows of Harvard Coll · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Support work
$8,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Support work
$7,971
University of Kansas · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Support work
$7,935
Washington State University Foundat · Pullman, WA · 2023
Support work
$7,850
Research Foundation Suny · Albany, NY · 2024
Support work
$7,826
Wku Research Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2024
Support work
$7,810
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2024
Support work
$7,710
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support work
$7,685
Vanderbuilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support work
$7,640
Research Foundation Cuny · New York, NY · 2023
Support work
$7,600
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support work
$7,600
Instap Study Center for East Crete · Rouzerville, PA · 2024
Support work
$7,534
University of Colorado Boulder · Denver, CO · 2023
Support work
$7,530
Washington University in St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2023
Support work
$7,500
Carleton College · Northfield, MN · 2024
Support work
$7,500
American Sudanese Archaeological Re · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Support work
$7,500
Univerisity of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Support work
$7,450
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Support work
$7,450
King Baudouin Foundation United States · New York, NY · 2022
Support work
$7,425
The University of Texas at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Support work
$7,419
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Support work
$7,400
Centre Colege · Danville, KY · 2023
Support work
$7,358
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Support work
$7,350
Ucl Friends & Alumni Assoc · New York, NY · 2023
Support work
$7,316
University of California · Merced, CA · 2024
Support work
$7,285
Archaeological Institute of America · Boston, MA · 2023
Support work
$7,285
University of Cambridge · New York, NY · 2023
Support work
$7,280
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
Support work
$7,260
College of the Redwoods · Eureka, CA · 2023
Support work
$7,180
Heritage Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Support work
$7,115
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Support work
$7,110
Fund for Armenian Relief · New York, NY · 2022
Support work
$7,052
International Institute for Mesopot · Newbury Parka, CA · 2024
Support work
$7,000
King Baudouin Foundation US · New York, NY · 2023
Support work
$7,000
American Society of the University of Haifa · New York, NY · 2022
Support work
$6,990
University of Nevada Reno · Reno, NV · 2022
Support work
$6,850
University of Toronto · New York, NY · 2023
Support work
$6,800
Suny Brockport Foundation · Brockport, NY · 2023
Support work
$6,788
Vanderbilt Univerisity · Nashville, TN · 2022
Support work
$6,675
The University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
Support work
$6,645
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Support work
$6,610
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024
Support work
$6,600
University of South Florida · Tampa, FL · 2023
Support work
$6,579
University of South Alabama · Mobile, AL · 2024
Support work
$6,500
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Support work
$6,200
Old Dominion Research Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Support work
$6,200
University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2023
Support work
$6,000
University of Georgia Research Foun · Athens, GA · 2024
Support work
$6,000
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
Support work
$6,000
Uc Davis Graduate Studies · Davis, CA · 2023
Support work
$6,000
Kennebunkport Conservation Trust · Cape Porpoise, ME · 2022
Support work
$6,000
Univesity of Georgia Research Foundation · Athens, GA · 2022
Support work
$5,954
Baylor University · Waco, TX · 2024
Support work
$5,800
University of Cape Town Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Support work
$5,800
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Support work
$5,550
Tulane University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Support work
$5,546
Dunelm USA · Denver, CO · 2023
Support work
$5,314
Wf Albright Inst of Archaeologica · Arlington, VA · 2024
Support work
$5,220
Csu Domingues Hills Foundation · Carson, CA · 2022
Support work
$5,129
The University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022
Support work
$5,100
University of California · Merced, CA · 2022
Support work
$5,000
Northshore Animal League · Port Washington, NY · 2025
Support work
$5,000
Pequot Library · Southport, CT · 2025
Support work
$4,995
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support work
$4,725
Regents of the University of Ca · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
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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.