Rudd Foundation Co Lrico Services
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About Rudd Foundation Co Lrico Services
The Rudd Foundation concentrates its giving in a small number of large, unrestricted gifts to national organizations that advance education, professional training, and philanthropic networks. The foundation repeatedly funds a couple of preferred partners (two multi-grant recipients) and also makes substantial one-off donations to higher education and industry-specific training programs. Grants are labeled as general donations, suggesting flexibility and trust in grantees' use of funds rather than tightly restricted programmatic giving.
Focus Areas
Support for national philanthropic/advocacy networks (e.g., Stand Together Trust)Higher education and university support (e.g., Duke University general funding)Professional culinary and beverage education (Guild of Sommeliers Education Foundation)Donor-advised or fundraising platform support / community foundation-style giving (League 42 Foundation)
Who They Fund
students / scholarship recipientsunspecified/general-purpose recipients (organizations or causes)
Giving Approach
About Rudd Foundation Co Lrico Services
A recurring pattern defines Rudd Foundation Co Lrico Services LLC: it combines a flagship full-ride scholarship program for Pell-eligible Kansas students with general donations to a small set of education, food-security, and professional-training partners. The scholarship side is central. Recent awards include multiple Kansas recipients named in the grants list, alongside a formal Rudd Scholarship (Rudd Scholars Program) that supports selected university students and adds personal and professional development. Outside scholarships, the foundation uses unrestricted general donations to back organizations such as League 42 Foundation and UJA Federation of New York, as well as national partners in philanthropy, higher education, and wine education. The scale is substantial for a locally focused funder, with annual grants totaling $6,404,293 against assets of $35,818,572. The grant list also shows individual financial assistance, with many awards made directly to named recipients in Wichita. The result is a grantmaker that mixes institutional support with direct student aid, while keeping most of its activity concentrated in Kansas.
What Rudd Foundation Co Lrico Services Funds
In higher education, the foundation supports Pell-eligible Kansas students through the Rudd Scholarship (Rudd Scholars Program), a full-ride scholarship that also includes personal and professional development. It also gave $250,000 to Duke University for general donation, showing support for university-level funding beyond Kansas. In youth development, it invested capital funding in the Leslie Rudd Learning Center for League 42 Foundation to expand after-school activities, learning opportunities, and mentoring for children and youth in Wichita. Food and human services are another thread: the foundation made a multi-year commitment through UJA Federation of New York for the Upward, New York Initiative, which funds food pantries and human services in New York City. It also seeded the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health, which works on food insecurity, poor diet quality, and weight bias.
How Rudd Foundation Co Lrico Services Gives
The typical grant size is modest relative to the largest awards: p25 is $4,450, median is $8,212, and p75 is $13,784. That distribution sits alongside a smaller number of much larger general donations and scholarship payments. The grant list shows repeated recipients across multiple years, including League 42 Foundation, Stand Together Trust, and UJA Federation of New York, which points to recurring support rather than one-off giving alone. The foundation also makes direct payments to individuals through scholarships, and the grants data includes scholarship awards. Program-related investments are not part of the structure; the funding shown is grant-based and often labeled general donation or scholarship.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2M
Total Assets
$35.8M
Total Revenue
$6.3M
Total Expenses
$3.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $4K and $14K, with a median of $8K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$8K
75th Percentile
$14K
Geographic Reach
Local10 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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