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The Michael S Rudyak Memorial Fund

Accepts applications Brookline, Massachusetts · EIN 263294531

The Michael S Rudyak Memorial Fund is a private foundation in Brookline, Massachusetts. In tax year 2025 it gave $198,000 in 8 grants; the typical grant was $6,500 and the largest $145,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $230,680 the year before.

33% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$51,8644$3.8 million
2024$230,6806$3.9 million
2025$198,0008$3.9 million

How to apply

ContactRada Rudyak
70 Park Street Suite 22, Brookline, MA 02446-6345
Phone or email(617) 784-3478, rada.rudyak@yahoo.com
What to submitLetter format
DeadlinesNo mandatory deadline

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Michael S Rudyak Memorial Fund funds

Where it gives

Its US grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Massachusetts. It also paid $145,000 in 1 grant to recipients outside the US.

StateGrantsAmount
Massachusetts6$45,000
New York1$2,000

Grants paid in 2025

All 8 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Judaic Religious CommunityDonation$145,000
Shaloh House
Brighton, MA
Donation$15,000
Russian Jewish Community Foundation
Newton, MA
Donation$12,000
Lubavitch Foundation
Lexington, MA
Donation$8,000
Individual
MA
Donation$5,000
Individual
MA
Donation$3,000
Inextg
Suffern, NY
Donation$2,000
Center Makor
Brookline, MA
Donation$2,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Michael S Rudyak Memorial Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: No mandatory deadline.

How much does The Michael S Rudyak Memorial Fund give?

$198,000 in tax year 2025, across 8 grants, with a typical grant of $6,500.

Who runs The Michael S Rudyak Memorial Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Rufina Brudnaya (Co-Trustee) and Rada Rudyak (Co-Trustee).

What does The Michael S Rudyak Memorial Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly faith communities.

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