Grants awarded
Who does The Rum Fund fund?
The Rum Fund has awarded $2.9 million across 250 grants to 125 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $1,000, with most between $500 and $7,200. Repeat grantees receive a median $1,800 versus $525 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.9M
Typical grant
$1K
Grantees
125
Grants
250
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minneapolis Jewish Federation
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$442K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| T Temple Israel | $421K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of MN Foundation | $403K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Planned Parenthood of America | $272K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$197K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| M Minnesota Orchestra Association | $197K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Children's Theatre Company | $148K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$133K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Greater Twin Cities United Way
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$125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| A Alzheimers Association | $92K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Guthrie Theater | $71K | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Washington University
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MO | |
| J Jewish Community Relations Council | $35K | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $30K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $25K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jewish Family and Children's Services | $25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Herzl Camp Foundation
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$18K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| M Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research | $15K | 4 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $14K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Minnesota Orchestral Association
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$13K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
| M Minneapolis Institute of Arts | $12K | 5 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
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$12K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
| T The Carnegie Hall | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Washington University | $10K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OH | |
| T The Sholom Foundation | $7K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens | $6K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Southern Poverty Law Center INC | $6K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
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$6K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| A American Jewish Joint Distribution Cte INC | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Central Synagogue | $5K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | NY | |
United States Association for Unhcr
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$5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| U UNICEF | $5K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $5K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Food for Your Soul | $5K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation
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$4K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| F Fanfare for the Commons | $4K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| S Six Points Theatre | $4K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Oratorio Society of Minnesota
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$4K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| H Hillel at Washington University in St Louis (washu Hillel) | $4K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$4K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| P Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation | $4K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$3K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
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$3K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| T The Blake School | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Mission Animal Hospital
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$2K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
International Center of Photography
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$2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation
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$2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 2 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U University of PA Law School | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
180 Degrees INC
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$2K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| F First Responders Children's Foundation | $2K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| A American Film Institute | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Herzl Camp Foundation | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pinky Swear Foundation
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$2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion (huc-Jir) | $2K | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lake Minnetonka Association | $2K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| 1 180 Degrees INC | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Minnesota Zoo Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | AZ | |
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$1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
| S Southern Poverty Law Center | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Children's Cancers Research Fund | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$1K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| G Greater Twin Cities United Way | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
United Negro College Fund INC
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$1K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| M Mission Animal Hospital | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| O Oratorio Society of Minnesota | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Minnesota Jewish Theatre | $1K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation | $1K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Council of Jewish Women | $860 | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$780 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | IL | |
| E Evans Scholars Foundation | $750 | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| I Ica Food Shelf | $732 | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network INC
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$620 | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| I Individual recipient | $620 | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy
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$611 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | IL | |
Jewish National Fund -Keren Kayemeth Leisrael- INC
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$600 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| T The Film Society | $550 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Lets Win Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
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$500 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| J Julliard School | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| H Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | $500 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Volunteer Lawyers Network Ltd
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$500 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| C California Women's Law Center | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lake Minnetonka Conservation District | $500 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Library Foundation of Los Angeles | $500 | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| L Lmcd Save the Lake | $500 | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Friends of the Hennepin County Library
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$500 | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| J Jewish Agency for Isreal - North American Council | $500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Barnes Jewish Hospital | $500 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| M Mayo Clinic | $500 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| P Project Hope Charities INC | $500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| E Evan's Scholars Foundation | $500 | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Utah Symphony & Opera
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$500 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | UT | |
| H Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | $360 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | OH | |
| H Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institure of Religion (huc-Jir) | $360 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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