Minnesota · Private foundation
J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust
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.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $26,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 20 | $127k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $124k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $215k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $133k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $126k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $135k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $142k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $142k | 32% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Vineyard Community Church Inc | $81,859 | 3 | n/a |
| Joliet Catholic Academy | $74,350 | 9 | n/a |
| St Malachy School | $51,018 | 9 | n/a |
| Organic Oneness | $49,778 | 5 | 3% |
| Fresh Start Ministries of Central Fl Inc | $44,265 | 1 | 4% |
| Oceana Inc | $43,600 | 8 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc | $42,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Pat Tillman Foundation | $34,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Briar Cliff University | $30,540 | 8 | 0% |
| His House Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 38 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($468k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Walsh Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust
- How much does J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust give?
- J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust reported 21 grants totaling $130,033 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (27%), Religion (21%), Human Services (18%).
- Who are J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Miami Vineyard Community Church Inc ($82k), Joliet Catholic Academy ($74k), St Malachy School ($51k).
- Does J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust 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 J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Walsh Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, The US Charitable Gift Trust.
- Where is J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust based?
- J M Ragen Jr Memorial Trust is based in MN.
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