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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 51-0403419

Rudge Foundation

A private foundation in Phoenix, AZ. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 10 grants and $153,500 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Aug 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $153,500

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $1,088,271
  • Tax year 2023

    $155,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $805,993
  • Tax year 2022

    $130,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $779,441
  • Tax year 2021

    $122,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $888,762
  • Tax year 2020

    $125,000

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $963,543
  • Tax year 2019

    $137,000

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $951,074

Grants paid in 2024

10 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Sun Lakes Methodist ChurchSun Lakes, AZ

    General operating

    $60,000
  2. Alumni Association of the University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VA

    Scholarship funds

    $20,000
  3. Ecolint-American FoundationPlano, TX

    General operating

    $20,000
  4. Positive PathsMesa, AZ

    General operating

    $17,500
  5. Sun Lakes RotarySun Lakes, AZ

    General operating

    $10,000
  6. Tiffany Foundation - Tiffany FundSun Lakes, AZ

    General operating

    $10,000
  7. Snowmass ChapelSnowmass Village, CO

    General operating

    $5,000
  8. Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MD

    Scholarship funds

    $5,000
  9. Spectrum Affordable Housing CorporationIrvine, CA

    General operating

    $5,000
  10. Riverbridge Regional CenterGlenwood Springs, CO

    General operating

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $17,50078% of the total
  2. Housing and shelter1 grant $5,00022% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Arizona4 grants $97,500
  2. Texas1 grant $20,000
  3. Virginia1 grant $20,000
  4. Colorado2 grants $6,000
  5. California1 grant $5,000
  6. Maryland1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Howard J RudgeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lois I RudgeDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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