The Julia L Rupp Foundation
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting a variety of causes, primarily focusing on religious, educational, and medical initiatives. Its mission reflects a commitment to enhancing community welfare through funding for religious organizations, educational institutions, and medical research. The foundation serves a diverse range of recipients, including churches, schools, and medical facilities, with a notable emphasis on faith-based and educational causes. While it primarily operates within a specific region, its funding activities indicate a broader interest in supporting community development and health-related research.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small, local religious or educational nonprofits (especially Catholic churches or schools) with an existing relationship or introduction to the foundation or its trustees; projects typically seek modest, project-level support such as capital or program grants.
Good Fit
- • Located in Missouri or strong ties to Missouri communities.
- • Religious or faith-based mission, or K–12 educational institution.
- • Existing relationship or introduction to a trustee or prior grantee.
- • Request size in the observed range (hundreds to low tens of thousands).
- • Project-specific requests (capital improvement, program support) rather than large unrestricted asks.
Geography
Grants are concentrated in three states but heavily focused on the foundation's home state: about 81% of dollars went to Missouri while small amounts went to New Jersey and Nebraska.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows nine distinct recipients (similar to prior year) across religious, educational, and medical purposes, but a high repeat rate and dollar concentration to a few top grantees moderate the breadth.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly declares it funds only preselected applicants, added just one new recipient in the latest year, and repeats eight of nine grantees from the prior year, which together indicate very limited likelihood that an unfamiliar applicant could enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
