The Jack Rudin Family Foundation concentrates on a small number of large grants focused primarily on protecting voting rights and supporting endometriosis research, care, and clinician training. Their giving shows a mix of civil-rights legal advocacy aimed at preserving democratic participation and targeted health philanthropy addressing a specific women’s health condition and related reproductive-care access. The foundation tends to fund mission-driven organizations with multi-grant relationships rather than a broad array of one-off gifts.
Jack Rudin Family Foundation Inc has built a pattern of large, targeted grants around voting rights, with the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund receiving multiple seven-figure and high-six-figure awards for democracy work. That same concentrated style appears in its health giving: the foundation has supported the Endometriosis Foundation of America for fellowship training and also tied a 2025 grant to abortion-care access for patients traveling to Illinois. The grant record shows a funder that favors mission-specific organizations and backs them with meaningful sums rather than spreading support across many small recipients. The foundation’s recent awards also reach into emergency relief and research. It gave to the International Rescue Committee for Ukraine relief, to Food Bank for New York City for food-bank relief, and to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for leukemia research and nursing team-science awards. Other grants support Central Park preservation, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and Trinity School’s scholarship and endowment fund. Across these areas, the foundation’s giving reads as focused, multi-year, and tied to a small set of recurring institutional partners.
Voting rights is the clearest center of gravity in the foundation’s recent grantmaking. It awarded $1,000,000 in 2025 to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc for Voting Rights Work Pledge, following a $750,000 grant in 2024 and a $1,000,000 grant in 2023 for the urgent fight to preserve democracy. In women’s health, the foundation gave $250,000 in 2025 to the Endometriosis Foundation of America for EndoFound Fellowship and Abortion Care for Patients Travelling to Illinois. Earlier grants of $150,000 in both 2023 and 2024 to the Endometriosis Foundation supported the EndoFound Fellowship. The foundation also funded direct-response relief work. It gave $100,000 in 2024 to Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc for Assistance to Accessing Abortion Care, and it supported humanitarian aid for Ukraine through the International Rescue Committee, UNICEF, and World Central Kitchen Inc.
Typical grants cluster around larger checks: the 25th percentile is $35,000, the median is $50,000, and the 75th percentile is $125,000. Even so, the foundation makes several much larger awards, including seven-figure gifts tied to voting rights. The pattern is not one-off philanthropy; several recipients appear across multiple years, including the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Endometriosis Foundation, Food Bank for New York City, Central Park Conservancy, and the International Rescue Committee. The foundation is a regular funder and funds individuals, with recent grants largely taking the form of restricted project support, fellowships, general support, and donation-based gifts.
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Most grants fall between $35K and $125K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$35K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$125K
About 87% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Concentrated, high-dollar grants to a few repeat grantees; mix of multi-year or multiple grants to the same organizations rather than many small awards.
Notable grantees: NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (voting rights litigation and advocacy), NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc (voting rights work pledge), Endometriosis Foundation of America / EndoFound (fellowships, patient care support)
The grant record is heavily New York-centered: 87% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state. Most named recipients are in New York City, including the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Endometriosis Foundation of America, Food Bank for New York City, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Central Park Conservancy. Outside New York, the foundation has given to Santa Barbara, California-based Direct Relief and Washington, DC-based World Central Kitchen Inc. The geographic scope is local, and all recent grants in the file go to US recipients.
Recent grants point to voting rights, endometriosis research and clinician training, abortion-care access, Ukraine relief, food security, cancer research, nursing workforce development, and public-space preservation. The largest awards are tied to voting rights, while health giving includes both fellowship support and patient access assistance.
Yes. The record shows repeated support across multiple years for several recipients, including the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Endometriosis Foundation, Food Bank for New York City, Central Park Conservancy, and the International Rescue Committee.
The typical grant size is $35,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $125,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards also include much larger grants, including $1,000,000 gifts and a $750,000 grant.
Most grants go to recipients in New York State, and the foundation’s geography is local. New York City organizations account for most named grants in the recent list, though the foundation also gave to recipients in California and Washington, DC.
Yes. The foundation is marked as funding individuals, and recent grants include a scholarship and endowment fund award to Trinity School as well as other direct-support and fellowship-oriented grants.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 2025 | Voting Rights Work Pledge |
| Endometriosis Foundation of America | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2025 | EndoFound Fellowship; Abortion Care for Patients Travelling to Illinois |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | NEW YORK, NY | $80,000 | 2025 | Roberta C. Rudin Leukemia Research Fund; May and Samuel Rudin Team Science Nursing Awards |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | Ukraine Relief |
| International Rescue Committee | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2025 | Ukraine Relief |
| Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc | NEW YORK, NY | $25,000 | 2025 | General Support |
| International Center of Photography | NEW YORK, NY | $15,000 | 2025 | Donation made in honor of Bob Jeffrey |
| Trinity School | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | Rudin Scholarship and Endowment Fund |
| NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $750,000 | 2024 | VOTING RIGHTS: THE URGENT FIGHT TO PRESERVE OUR DEMOCRACY |
| ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2024 | ENDOFOUND FELLOWSHIP |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | UKRAINE EMERGENCY |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2024 | ASSISTANCE TO ACCESSING ABORTION CARE |
| FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY | NEW YORK, NY | $50,000 | 2024 | FOOD BANK RELIEF |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY | NEW YORK, NY | $37,500 | 2024 | ESSENTIAL CENTRAL PARK FUND |
| RETHINK FOOD NYC INC | NEW YORK, NY | $10,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $1,000,000 | 2023 | VOTING RIGHTS: THE URGENT FIGHT TO PRESERVE OUR DEMOCRACY |
| ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION | NEW YORK, NY | $150,000 | 2023 | ENDOFOUND FELLOWSHIP |
| FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY | NEW YORK, NY | $100,000 | 2023 | FOOD BANK RELIEF |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY | NEW YORK, NY | $37,500 | 2023 | ESSENTIAL CENTRAL PARK FUND |
| UNICEF | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2023 | UKRAINE EMERGENCY |
| INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE | NEW YORK, NY | $35,000 | 2023 | UKRAINE EMERGENCY |
| WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC | WASHINGTON, DC | $35,000 | 2023 | UKRAINE EMERGENCY |
| GEORGE C MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION | LEXINGTON, VA | $10,000 | 2023 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc
$1,000,000Voting Rights Work Pledge
Endometriosis Foundation of America
$250,000EndoFound Fellowship; Abortion Care for Patients Travelling to Illinois
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
$80,000Roberta C. Rudin Leukemia Research Fund; May and Samuel Rudin Team Science Nursing Awards
Direct Relief
$50,000Ukraine Relief
International Rescue Committee
$50,000Ukraine Relief
Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc
$25,000General Support
International Center of Photography
$15,000Donation made in honor of Bob Jeffrey
Trinity School
$10,000Rudin Scholarship and Endowment Fund
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND
$750,000VOTING RIGHTS: THE URGENT FIGHT TO PRESERVE OUR DEMOCRACY
ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION
$150,000ENDOFOUND FELLOWSHIP
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
$100,000UKRAINE EMERGENCY
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
$100,000ASSISTANCE TO ACCESSING ABORTION CARE
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
$50,000FOOD BANK RELIEF
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY
$37,500ESSENTIAL CENTRAL PARK FUND
RETHINK FOOD NYC INC
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATIONAL FUND
$1,000,000VOTING RIGHTS: THE URGENT FIGHT TO PRESERVE OUR DEMOCRACY
ENDOMETRIOSIS FOUNDATION
$150,000ENDOFOUND FELLOWSHIP
FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
$100,000FOOD BANK RELIEF
CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY
$37,500ESSENTIAL CENTRAL PARK FUND
UNICEF
$35,000UKRAINE EMERGENCY
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
$35,000UKRAINE EMERGENCY
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
$35,000UKRAINE EMERGENCY
GEORGE C MARSHALL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT