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The Rubin Charitable Foundation Inc

Sarasota, FL · EIN 65-0620355. Reported 41 grants totalling $145,850 to 37 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$3,000median grant
$145,850granted, 2021-2024
37organizations funded
15%of grantees funded again the next year
$872,999assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Rubin Charitable Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $3,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $350 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
23 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
14 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
2 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare FoundationSarasota, FL$25,000442024
Jacksonville University Shooting TeamJacksonville, FL$20,000112022
Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, GA$8,500112021
Aviva Children's ServicesTucson, AZ$5,000112024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of AmericaTampa, FL$5,000112024
Feeding Empty Little Tummies IncPalmetto, FL$5,000112023
Jewish Family & Children's ServicesSan Francisco, CA$5,000112023
Loveland Center IncVenice, FL$5,000112024
Mayors Feed the Hungry Program IncSarasota, FL$5,000112024
National Collegiate Shooting Sports Athletic AssociationNew York, NY$5,000112022
Richard Clapper FoundationSarasota, FL$5,000112021
Sarasota Coalition on Substance AbuseSarasota, FL$5,000112021
Take Stock in Children of Manatee County IncPalmetto, FL$5,000112024
Second Chance Last OpportunitySarasota, FL$4,000112021
Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee IncSarasota, FL$3,500112023
Ju Sporting Clays Skeet and Trap TeamJacksonville, FL$3,500112023
Crearte Latino Cultural Center CorpSarasota, FL$3,000112021
Salvation ArmySarasota, FL$3,000112021
Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenTampa, FL$3,000222024
Eternal Bread of Life Outreach MinistriesSarasota, FL$2,500112024
Sarasota Sharks IncSarasota, FL$2,500112023
Fl Recovery School of Tampa BayAcksonville, FL$2,000112021
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, TN$2,000112024
SsesBradenton, FL$1,500112021
American National Red CrossWashington, DC$1,000112023
American Red CrossSarasota, FL$1,000112021
Children FirstSarasota, FL$1,000112021
Face Autism IncEllenton, FL$1,000112023
Jewish National FundNew York, NY$1,000112023
Johnny Crisstopher Childrens Charitable FoundationWoodbury, NY$1,000112024
Make a Wish FoundationPhoenix, AZ$1,000112023
Manatee County Habitat for Humanity IncBradenton, FL$1,000112021
Meals on Wheels of Sarasota IncSarasota, FL$1,000112023
SparccSarasota, FL$1,000112021
Special OlympicsWashington, DC$1,000112023
Florida Police Athletic LeagueJacksonville, FL$500112021
United States Law Enforecement Foundation IncTitusville, FL$350112024

2 of 37 (5%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 15%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 22 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Health Care
6 grants
Human Services
5 grants
Diseases & Disorders
2 grants
Food & Nutrition
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Recreation & Sports
2 grants
Education
1 grant
Arts & Culture
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202114$41,500$2,500
20223$30,000$5,000
202313$31,500$1,000
202411$42,850$5,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 79% of this one's giving went to organizations in Florida. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Florida
$115K
Georgia
$8K
New York
$7K
Arizona
$6K
California
$5K
District of Columbia
$2K
Tennessee
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co13 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund11 shared recipientsGulf Coast Community Foundation Inc10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsManatee Community Foundation Inc8 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Florida.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Rubin Charitable Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 2070 Ringling Boulevard, Sarasota, FL, 34237. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 65-0620355 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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