The Louis & Rachel Rudin Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on supporting medical education at leading New York City academic medical centers, directing multi-hundred-thousand-dollar gifts to university medical schools. Its grants are focused and strategic, aimed at strengthening physician training and medical education programs rather than broad community services. The foundation prefers a small number of large, repeat awards to elite institutions.
The Louis & Rachel Rudin Foundation Inc makes concentrated gifts for medical education at New York academic medical centers, with large awards recurring to the same institutions across years. Its recent support includes $345,000 to Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York for the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and Columbia University School of Nursing, and $320,000 to New York University for the Grossman School of Medicine and Rory Meyers College of Nursing. The pattern is consistent across Columbia, NYU, Cornell, and Mount Sinai: the foundation backs physician and nurse training, scholarships, and school-level programs rather than broad community grantmaking. Recent grants also show support for nursing pathways, including awards to the New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing, Hunter College Foundation Inc, York College Foundation Inc, and The Bronx Community College Foundation Inc. Beyond medical school support, the foundation has funded training and research-linked efforts at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Target ALS, and NewYork-Presbyterian Fund Inc. The grant list suggests a funder focused on institutional capacity inside New York’s medical education and clinical-training ecosystem, with repeated awards to a small set of organizations.
Medical education is the clearest throughline. The foundation gave $195,000 to Cornell University for Weill Cornell Medicine grants to support medical education, and another $120,000 to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for medical education. Nursing support is another consistent theme: New York University received $100,000 for Rory Meyers College of Nursing nursing scholarships, while Hunter College Foundation Inc received $50,000 for nursing honors scholar cohort scholarships in the Hunter School of Nursing. The same emphasis appears in workforce development and training. NYC Health Hospitals received $50,000 for a Behavioral Health Nurse Career Ladder, and NewYork-Presbyterian Fund Inc received $40,000 for clinician-scholar educators for the future of autism diagnosis and treatment at the Center for Autism and the Developing Brain. The foundation also supports research-linked training, including $50,000 to Foundation for City College for scholarships for the Rudin Research Fellowships Program.
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$4.3M
Most grants fall between $33K and $100K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$33K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$100K
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Concentrated giving: a few large grants totaling the portfolio, with repeat multi-year support to the same flagship medical schools rather than many small or new grantees.
Notable grantees: Trustees of Columbia University (Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons), New York University (Grossman School of Medicine), Cornell University / Weill Cornell Medicine
Typical grants cluster around the middle of a large institutional-giving range: p25 is $32,500, median is $50,000, and p75 is $100,000. That pattern fits a small number of recurring, named awards rather than many one-off gifts. Columbia University, New York University, Cornell, Mount Sinai, and Northwell Health Foundation all appear in multiple years, often with similar purposes attached to the same schools or funds. The foundation is not a program-related investment funder, and it does fund individuals, which aligns with its repeated scholarship and fellowship support.
Grantmaking is overwhelmingly local and lands almost entirely in New York: 83% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. New York City institutions dominate, including recipients in New York, NY; Jamaica, NY; Bronx, NY; and New Hyde Park, NY. The broader pattern still stays close to the city, with New York University, Columbia University, Cornell University’s Weill Cornell Medicine, and Memorial Sloan Kettering all receiving support. Outside the state, the only non-New York recipient shown here is Friends of Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Inc in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
It primarily funds medical education and clinical training at New York academic medical centers, with recurring support for physician training, nursing scholarships, and school-based programs at institutions such as Columbia, NYU, Cornell, and Mount Sinai.
Typical grants are relatively large for institutional education support: p25 is $32,500, median is $50,000, and p75 is $100,000. The recent list also includes larger awards above that range, such as $345,000 and $320,000.
Yes. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York University, Cornell University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Northwell Health Foundation, and York College Foundation Inc.
The foundation gives locally, and 83% of grants go to recipients in New York. The recent grant list is almost entirely New York-based, with one shown recipient outside the state: Friends of Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Inc in Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
Yes. The foundation’s profile indicates it funds individuals, and the recent grants show this through scholarship and fellowship support, including nursing scholarships, May Rudin Scholarships, and Rudin Research Fellowships Program awards.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $345,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Columbia University - Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Grants to support medical education. Columbia University School of Nursing. May Rudin Scholarships. |
| New York University | New York, NY | $320,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Grossman School of Medicine. Grants to support medical education.; Rory Myers College of Nursing. Nursing Scholarships. |
| Cornell University | New York, NY | $195,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Cornell University - Weill Cornell Medicine. Grants to support medical education. |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | New York, NY | $120,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Mount Sinai - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Grants to support medical education. |
| American Friends of Rabin Medical Center Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | ICU Physician and Nurse training to support wounded soldiers and civilians. |
| Target ALS | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Human Genomic Datasets. |
| Friends of Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Inc | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | $100,000 | 2025 | Training Programs for Physicians and Nurses |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | NEW York, NY | $100,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Precision Exercise in Cancer. |
| Hunter College Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholarships in the Nursing Honors Program. |
| York College Foundation Inc | Jamaica, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - York College. Rudin Nursing Scholarship. |
| The Bronx Community College Foundation Inc | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Nursing Scholarships. |
| NYC Health Hospitals | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Behavioral Health Nurse Career Ladder. |
| Foundation for City College | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - CUNY School of Medicine. Scholarships for Rudin Research Fellowships Program. |
| Northwell Health Foundation | New Hyde Park, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - The Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholarship Fund. |
| New York-Presbyterian Fund Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Center for Autism and the Developing Brain; Clinician-Scholar Educators for the Future of Autism Diagnosis and Treatment. |
| Mount Sinai Beth Israel | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Phillips School of Nursing. Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholarship Fund. |
| Hospital for Special Surgery | New York, NY | $30,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Orthopedic Fellows Research Training Program. |
| Fund for Ophthalmic Knowledge Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Support teaching and education by Dr. David Abramson in Ophthalmology and Eye Cancer. |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $15,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Yale School of Public Health. Positano Family Scholarship Fund. |
| Washington University | St Louis, MO | $15,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - School of Medicine. Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholarship in Honor of Dr. Michael Chicoine. |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM GRANT - Louis and Rachel Rudin Foundation Nursing Scholarship Initiative. University of Colorado - College of Nursing. |
| THRU 415 MADISON INC | NEW YORK, NY | $1,390 | 2025 | CHARITABLE SUPPORT |
| TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $260,000 | 2024 | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-VAGELOS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $220,000 | 2024 | GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY - WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL | NEW YORK, NY | $195,000 | 2024 | CORNEL UNIVERSITY-WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION |
| ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI | NEW YORK, NY | $120,000 | 2024 | MOUNT SINAI-ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION |
| FRIENDS OF TEL-AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER INC | PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL | $100,000 | 2024 | PROGRAM GRANT - EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR TRAINING PROGRAM OF PHYSICIANS AND NURSES |
| TARGET ALS | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | HUMAN GENOMIC DATASETS PARTNERSHIP |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS RORY MEYERS - COLLEGE OF NURSING |
| MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PRECISION EXERCISE IN CANCER TEAM SCIENCE NURSING AWARDS |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL CENTER INC | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | PROGRAM GRANT - EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR NURSING SUPPORT |
| YORK COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | JAMAICA, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | RUDIN NURSING SCHOLARSHIP |
| THE BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | BRONX, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | PROGRAM GRANT - NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS |
| NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION | NEW HYDE PARK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | THE LOUIS AND RACHEL RUDIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND |
| FOUNDATION FOR CITY COLLEGE | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RUDIN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM |
| TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING MAY RUDIN NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS |
| HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN THE NURSING HONORS SCHOLAR COHORT IN THE HUNTER SCHOOL OF NURSING. HUNTER-BELLEVUE SCHOOL OF NURSING |
| NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN FUND INC | NEW YORK, NY | $40,000 | 2024 | CENTER FOR AUTISM AND THE DEVELOPING BRAIN: CLINICIAN-SCHOLAR EDUCATORS FOR THE FUTURE OF AUTISM DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT |
| MOUNT SINAI BETH ISRAEL | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2024 | LOUIS AND RACHEL RUDIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT PHILLIPS SCHOOL OF NURSING |
| HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2024 | ORTHOPEDIC FELLOWS RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE HSS EDUCATION INSTITUTE |
| FUND FOR OPHTHALMIC KNOWLEDGE INC | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2024 | SUPPORT TEACHING AND EDUCATION DIRECTED BY DAVID H. ABRAMSON MD FACS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AND EYE CANCER |
| NYC HEALTH HOSPITALS | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM (BH4NYC) |
| WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | ST LOUIS, MO | $15,000 | 2024 | LOUIS AND RACHEL RUDIN SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF DR. MICHAEL CHICOINE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE |
| UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION | DENVER, CO | $15,000 | 2024 | LOUIS AND RACHEL RUDIN FOUNDATION NURSING SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVE-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-COLLEGE OF NURSING |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | NEW HAVEN, CT | $15,000 | 2024 | POSITANO FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND - YALE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH |
| TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $218,900 | 2023 | VAGELOS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $215,000 | 2023 | GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION |
| CORNELL UNIVERSITY - WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL | NEW YORK, NY | $148,500 | 2023 | WEILL CORNEL MEDICINE - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2023 | RORY MEYERS COLLEGE OF NURSING - NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS |
| ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI | NEW YORK, NY | $87,000 | 2023 | ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION |
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
$345,000PROGRAM GRANT - Columbia University - Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Grants to support medical education. Columbia University School of Nursing. May Rudin Scholarships.
PROGRAM GRANT - Grossman School of Medicine. Grants to support medical education.; Rory Myers College of Nursing. Nursing Scholarships.
Cornell University
$195,000PROGRAM GRANT - Cornell University - Weill Cornell Medicine. Grants to support medical education.
PROGRAM GRANT - Mount Sinai - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Grants to support medical education.
ICU Physician and Nurse training to support wounded soldiers and civilians.
Target ALS
$100,000PROGRAM GRANT - Human Genomic Datasets.
Friends of Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Inc
$100,000Training Programs for Physicians and Nurses
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
$100,000PROGRAM GRANT - Precision Exercise in Cancer.
PROGRAM GRANT - Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholarships in the Nursing Honors Program.
York College Foundation Inc
$50,000PROGRAM GRANT - York College. Rudin Nursing Scholarship.
The Bronx Community College Foundation Inc
$50,000PROGRAM GRANT - Nursing Scholarships.
NYC Health Hospitals
$50,000PROGRAM GRANT - Behavioral Health Nurse Career Ladder.
PROGRAM GRANT - CUNY School of Medicine. Scholarships for Rudin Research Fellowships Program.
PROGRAM GRANT - The Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholarship Fund.
PROGRAM GRANT - Center for Autism and the Developing Brain; Clinician-Scholar Educators for the Future of Autism Diagnosis and Treatment.
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
$35,000PROGRAM GRANT - Phillips School of Nursing. Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholarship Fund.
PROGRAM GRANT - Orthopedic Fellows Research Training Program.
Fund for Ophthalmic Knowledge Inc
$25,000PROGRAM GRANT - Support teaching and education by Dr. David Abramson in Ophthalmology and Eye Cancer.
Yale University
$15,000PROGRAM GRANT - Yale School of Public Health. Positano Family Scholarship Fund.
PROGRAM GRANT - School of Medicine. Louis and Rachel Rudin Scholarship in Honor of Dr. Michael Chicoine.
PROGRAM GRANT - Louis and Rachel Rudin Foundation Nursing Scholarship Initiative. University of Colorado - College of Nursing.
THRU 415 MADISON INC
$1,390CHARITABLE SUPPORT
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$260,000COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-VAGELOS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION
GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION
CORNELL UNIVERSITY - WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL
$195,000CORNEL UNIVERSITY-WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION
MOUNT SINAI-ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION
FRIENDS OF TEL-AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER INC
$100,000PROGRAM GRANT - EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR TRAINING PROGRAM OF PHYSICIANS AND NURSES
TARGET ALS
$100,000HUMAN GENOMIC DATASETS PARTNERSHIP
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER
$100,000NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH PRECISION EXERCISE IN CANCER TEAM SCIENCE NURSING AWARDS
PROGRAM GRANT - EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR NURSING SUPPORT
YORK COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
$50,000RUDIN NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
THE BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
$50,000PROGRAM GRANT - NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS
NORTHWELL HEALTH FOUNDATION
$50,000THE LOUIS AND RACHEL RUDIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RUDIN RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$50,000COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING MAY RUDIN NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN THE NURSING HONORS SCHOLAR COHORT IN THE HUNTER SCHOOL OF NURSING. HUNTER-BELLEVUE SCHOOL OF NURSING
CENTER FOR AUTISM AND THE DEVELOPING BRAIN: CLINICIAN-SCHOLAR EDUCATORS FOR THE FUTURE OF AUTISM DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT
LOUIS AND RACHEL RUDIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT PHILLIPS SCHOOL OF NURSING
ORTHOPEDIC FELLOWS RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM AT THE HSS EDUCATION INSTITUTE
FUND FOR OPHTHALMIC KNOWLEDGE INC
$25,000SUPPORT TEACHING AND EDUCATION DIRECTED BY DAVID H. ABRAMSON MD FACS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AND EYE CANCER
NYC HEALTH HOSPITALS
$20,000BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM (BH4NYC)
LOUIS AND RACHEL RUDIN SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOR OF DR. MICHAEL CHICOINE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
LOUIS AND RACHEL RUDIN FOUNDATION NURSING SCHOLARSHIP INITIATIVE-UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO-COLLEGE OF NURSING
YALE UNIVERSITY
$15,000POSITANO FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND - YALE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$218,900VAGELOS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION
GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION
CORNELL UNIVERSITY - WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL
$148,500WEILL CORNEL MEDICINE - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION
ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI - GRANTS TO SUPPORT MEDICAL EDUCATION