The Richard E Rudolph Family Foundation concentrates its philanthropic support on direct services for people experiencing homelessness and acute need in the Denver/Boulder region, primarily channeling funds to the Denver Rescue Mission. All recorded giving is focused on practical shelter, food, and recovery programming delivered by a single trusted service provider, indicating a preference for place-based, hands-on charity that addresses immediate human needs.
Highly concentrated giving: repeats and consolidates support with one primary grantee, making relatively large, targeted gifts to sustain a single organization’s direct-service operations rather than distributing many small grants.
Richard E Rudolph Family Foundation’s giving is defined by repeated support for Denver Rescue Mission, including two $100,000 grants and a $50,000 grant in the recent record. That pattern points to a foundation that concentrates on direct services for people facing homelessness and acute need in the Denver area, rather than spreading its support across many unrelated priorities. The grants attached to that core relationship describe help for people in need in the Denver community, which aligns with the foundation’s broader focus on shelter, food, and recovery-oriented support delivered through hands-on service organizations. The rest of the recent grant list follows the same practical orientation. Alongside its larger awards, the foundation gave to Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Denver for services to families and individuals in need, and to Colorado Horse Rescue for general support. Those grants show a mix of human-services and animal-related support, but the foundation’s center of gravity remains local direct service. With annual grants of $281,000 and total assets of $645,267, the foundation operates at a modest scale while keeping its giving concentrated in Colorado.
The foundation’s largest grants are tied to homelessness services in Denver. It awarded $100,000 in 2025 and another $100,000 in 2023 to Denver Rescue Mission for helping those in need in the Denver community, plus $50,000 in 2024 for the same purpose. That repeated support signals a steady commitment to shelter, food, and recovery-related direct services. Beyond that core area, the foundation also funds family and emergency assistance. In 2023 it gave $10,000 to Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Denver for providing services to families and individuals in need. Its grant record also includes animal-related support: $10,000 to Colorado Horse Rescue for general support and $10,000 to Good Life Refuge for animal rescue. These grants place human services and animal welfare within the same local giving pattern.
Typical grants are small to mid-sized, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $10,000, and a p75 of $75,000. The recent record shows both repeat and one-time grants: Denver Rescue Mission appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, while the other named recipients appear once each in the available list. The foundation makes direct, local grants and funds individuals is false, so its support is routed through organizations rather than people. The pattern also suggests a straightforward grantmaking style centered on operating or general support rather than a formal application-driven program.
$281K
$645K
$22K
$110K
Most grants fall between $10K and $75K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$75K
About 100% of grants go to recipients in CO.
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Notable grantees: Denver Rescue Mission
All recorded grants go to recipients in the United States, and every grant in the recent list went to Colorado organizations. Denver received the largest share by amount and frequency, led by multiple grants to a Denver-based service provider. Other Colorado recipients are in Longmont and Granby, showing that the foundation’s giving reaches beyond the city while remaining inside the state. The geographic profile is fully local: 100% of grants in the dataset went to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state, Colorado.
It supports direct-service organizations in Colorado, especially those serving people facing homelessness and acute need in the Denver area. The recent record also includes support for family services and animal rescue, including grants to Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado Horse Rescue, and Good Life Refuge.
The grant-size profile is centered at $10,000: p25 is $10,000 and the median is $10,000. The upper end of the recent distribution reaches $75,000 at p75, while the largest recent awards are $100,000.
Yes. Denver Rescue Mission appears in the recent grant record in 2023, 2024, and 2025, including awards of $100,000, $50,000, and $100,000. The other named recipients in the available list appear as single grants.
The giving is entirely local in the available data. Colorado is the top state by grant count, and 100% of grants went to recipients in Colorado. Recent recipient cities include Denver, Longmont, and Granby.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENVER RESCUE MISSION | DENVER, CO | $100,000 | 2025 | HELPING THOSE IN NEED IN THE DENVER COMMUNITY |
| COLORADO HORSE RESCUE | LONGMONT, CO | $10,000 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| DENVER RESCUE MISSION | DENVER, CO | $50,000 | 2024 | HELPING THOSE IN NEED IN THE DENVER COMMUNITY |
| FLYING HEELS ARENA ASSOCIATION | GRANBY, CO | $1,000 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| DENVER RESCUE MISSION | DENVER, CO | $100,000 | 2023 | HELPING THOSE IN NEED IN THE DENVER COMMUNITY |
| Good Life Refuge | Longmont, CO | $10,000 | 2023 | ANIMAL RESCUE |
| Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Denver | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 2023 | PROVIDING SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED. |
DENVER RESCUE MISSION
$100,000HELPING THOSE IN NEED IN THE DENVER COMMUNITY
COLORADO HORSE RESCUE
$10,000GENERAL SUPPORT
DENVER RESCUE MISSION
$50,000HELPING THOSE IN NEED IN THE DENVER COMMUNITY
FLYING HEELS ARENA ASSOCIATION
$1,000GENERAL SUPPORT
DENVER RESCUE MISSION
$100,000HELPING THOSE IN NEED IN THE DENVER COMMUNITY
Good Life Refuge
$10,000ANIMAL RESCUE
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Denver
$10,000PROVIDING SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.