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The Ruane Family Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 46-1612574 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$9.7M
Grants reported
27
Typical grant
$10K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE RUANE FAMILY FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
202514$5.5M
202413$4.3M

Where The Ruane Family Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Providence College

PROVIDENCE, RI

$2MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Various donations to support operating and capital funds, as well as scholarships, with an emphasis on the sports programs offered by the college.

Massachusetts General Hospital

BOSTON, MA

$1.6MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

To support lifesaving patient care, leading-edge medical research and caregiver education programs of the hospital.

Massachusetts General Hospital

BOSTON, MA

$1.5MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To support lifesaving patient care, leading-edge medical research and caregiver education programs of the hospital.

Jupiter Medical Center

JUPITER, FL

$1MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To deliver excellent and compassionate health care advancing the well-being of the people they serve.

Providence College

PROVIDENCE, RI

$1MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Various donations to support operating and capital funds, as well as scholarships, with an emphasis on the sports programs offered by the college.

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (27 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Ruane Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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