Ohio · Private foundation
Fred C Rutz Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $67k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $887k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Fred C Rutz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $67k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $78k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $81k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $72k | 6% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $52k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $60k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church | $132,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Martin Luther College | $67,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $59,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary | $46,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Time of Grace Ministry | $19,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel | $19,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Truth in Love Ministries | $17,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Lutheran Ministries Media Inc | $14,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Ohio Living Foundation | $13,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Luther Preparatory School | $11,000 | 4 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church | $132,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Martin Luther College | $67,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $59,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary | $46,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Time of Grace Ministry | $19,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel | $19,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Truth in Love Ministries | $17,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Lutheran Ministries Media Inc | $14,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Ohio Living Foundation | $13,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Luther Preparatory School | $11,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Nmdp Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ablelight Inc | $6,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Miami University | $5,300 | 8 | n/a |
| Dreamcatcher Foundation Inc | $4,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $3,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ablelight Foundation Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ernestines Daughter Nfp | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($87k), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Neumann Family Foundation Inc · Ihs Foundation · Holzhueter Foundation · Robert a and Lynn I Doneff Foundation · Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About Fred C Rutz Foundation
- How much does Fred C Rutz Foundation give?
- Fred C Rutz Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $66,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fred C Rutz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (65%), Education (26%), Health (6%).
- Who are Fred C Rutz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church ($132k), Martin Luther College ($68k), Immanuel Lutheran Church ($60k).
- Does Fred C Rutz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fred C Rutz Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fred C Rutz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing, Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
- Where is Fred C Rutz Foundation based?
- Fred C Rutz Foundation is based in OH.
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