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Kenny and Kimberly Rueter Foundation at a glance

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Kenny and Kimberly Rueter Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$693k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$550k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$1.1MReligion$712kRecreation & Sports$212kInternational$185kEducation$80kCivil Rights$10kHuman Services$8k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
  • $250k+1 grant · $550k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CROSSLINE COMMUNITY CHURCH$550,000
GLOBAL MISSION$60,000
HUME LAKE CHRISTIAN CAMPS INC$50,000
BREAST CANCER ANGELS$15,000
BIOLA UNIVERSITY INC$10,000
SHIELD OF FAITH MISSIONS$8,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AGAPE PREGNANCY CENTERS INC: $50k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 5 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +3% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
6

Total granted

$1.1M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
-9%

Still filing today

40%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
ReligionHealthEducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CROSSLINE COMMUNITY CHURCH
    2× · 2022–2024 · $625k
  • HL
    HUME LAKE CHRISTIAN CAMPS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $212k
  • GM
    GLOBAL MISSION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $185k · revenue -9%

Funded once

  • HH
    HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1.0M · revenue -15%
  • P3
    PROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue -27%
  • AP
    AGAPE PREGNANCY CENTERS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -9%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Global Media Outreach

Leveraging technology to invite all people to know jesus christ as savior and grow in a personal relationship with him.

Religion
2
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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3
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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4
Olivet University

Providing guality Christian education to the network generation

Education
5
Bible Open Air Mission

Purpose is sending individuals around the world to win souls to jesus christ by preaching the gospel evangelism.

Religion
6
247 Media Ministries

The mission of worship 24/7 is to ignite a passion for god through worship that results in a life of generosity, discipleship, evangelism, generosity and service.

Religion
7
Dean Bible Ministries Inc

Spread the gospel of jesus christ through sound teachings of the bible.

Religion
8
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
9
Passionlife Ministries Inc

Passionlife ministries is a global missions initiative to spread the gospel of life and expand the pregnancy help movement among nations plagued by abortion, infanticide and gendercide.

Religion
10
Alpha and Omega Ministries Inc

Alpha and Omega Ministries seeks to provide a faithful and accurate response to the many challenges presented to the Christian Church in the modern world. Based firmly upon an unflinching commitment to the Bible as the Word of God and to…

Religion
11
Bbl Ministries Inc

To equip Christian CEOs and business leaders to live for Christ in their natural sphere of influence as they raise the cross of Christ in the center of the marketplace.

Employment
12
Bella Natural Women's Care

Operating a comprehensive health care center that is dedicated to building a culture of life, providing cutting-edge medical care, and brings the love of god to the women, men and children they care for.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shield of Faith Missions; the most unlike its peers is Dean-o and the Dynamos Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 13 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
4/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · HealthHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION+2 more: $40,000 · HealthCROSSLINE COMMUNITY CHURCH: $625,000 · OtherCROSSLINE COMMUNITY CHURCHHUME LAKE CHRISTIAN CAMPS INC: $211,800 · OtherHUME LAKE CHRISTIAN CAMPS INCLUTHERAN HIGH SOUTH - ORANGE COUNTY CREAN LUTHERAN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL: $60,000 · OtherLUTHERAN HIGH SOUTH - ORANGE COUNTY CREAN LU…GLOBAL MISSION: $185,000 · ReligionGLOBAL MISSIO…PROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC: $75,000 · ReligionPROVERBS 31 M…Dean-o and the Dynamos Inc: $12,000 · Religion+1 more: $8,000 · ReligionAGAPE PREGNANCY CENTERS INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 · EducationLIVE ACTION: $10,000 · Civil Rights
Health$1,040,000Other$896,800Religion$280,000Human Services$50,000Education$20,000Civil Rights$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGLOBAL MISSION: $185,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetPROVERBS 31 MINISTRY INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAGAPE PREGNANCY CENTERS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetPINK FUND INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetBIOLA UNIVERSITY INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBREAST CANCER ANGELS: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDean-o and the Dynamos Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetLIVE ACTION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHIELD OF FAITH MISSIONS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Orange County Communi…Natl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…ImpactassetsincVanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA21.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Kenny and Kimberly Rueter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kenny and Kimberly Rueter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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