Massachusetts · Private foundation
Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable 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.
- $32k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $42k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $32k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $37k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $44k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $52k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $42k | 14% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $38k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $39k | 45% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Church | $163,320 | 9 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | $5,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Haiti Outreach Inc | $3,050 | 4 | 0% |
| St Labre Indian School | $900 | 2 | n/a |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $464 | 2 | n/a |
| Christian Appalachian Project Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $202 | 1 | 0% |
| International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $200 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 26 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Church | $163,320 | 9 | n/a |
| St Vincent de Paul Society | $5,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Haiti Outreach Inc | $3,050 | 4 | 0% |
| St Labre Indian School | $900 | 2 | n/a |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $464 | 2 | n/a |
| Christian Appalachian Project Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Pine Street Inn Inc | $202 | 1 | 0% |
| International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Opportunities for Hope Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Rescue Mission Inc | $89 | 1 | 0% |
| Worcester County Food Bank Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| National Pro-Life Alliance Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Fitchburg Art Museum | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Nashua River Watershed Assoc Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Beacon of Hope Inc | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| The Navigators | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| March of Dimes Inc | $35 | 1 | n/a |
| American Diabetes Association | $21 | 1 | n/a |
| Smile Train Inc | $20 | 1 | 0% |
| National Arbor Day Foundation | $20 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 60 recipients with no EIN on record ($176k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation
- How much does Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation give?
- Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $31,675 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (68%), Education (29%), International (1%).
- Who are Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Josephs Church ($163k), St Vincent de Paul Society ($6k), Haiti Outreach Inc ($3k).
- Does Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable 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 Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation based?
- Jim & Ruth Couture Charitable Foundation is based in MA.
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