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Private foundation (trust)EIN 201762284Est. 2005-03

BIFF RUTTENBERG FOUNDATION

CHICAGO, IL 60654

Total Assets

$2.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$124K

FY 2024

Grants Made

13

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$10K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$360–$96K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$175K

Total Expenses

$147K

Qualifying Distributions

$133K

Distributable Amount

$99K

Min. Investment Return

$101K

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

13 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $360 through median $2K to maximum $96K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $716K in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

81 grants

Recipient names are missing from the available filing data for some grants.

FRANCIS W PARKER SCHOOL
$800K
4 grants
ELLISON INSTITUTE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$200K
3 grants
JEWISH UNITED FUND
$182K
4 grants
UNIV OF PENN
$117K
3 grants
VANDERBILT UNIV-LARRY ADELMAN MEMORITAL RESEARCH FUND
$101K
2 grants
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART-CHICAGO
$31K
2 grants
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER
$25K
2 grants
US GOLF ASSN
$24K
4 grants

Grant Size Distribution

81 grants

<$10K
65
grants
$10–50K
4
grants
$50–250K
9
grants
$250K–1M
3
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

Illinois
$1.4M
74% of total
California
$225K
12% of total
Pennsylvania
$117K
6% of total
Tennessee
$101K
5% of total
New Jersey
$24K
1% of total
District of Columbia
$20K
1% of total
New York
$2K
0% of total
Massachusetts
$500
0% of total
Washington
$500
0% of total
Indiana
$280
0% of total

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