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Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation at a glance

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Lovett & Ruth Peters 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.

$680k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.3MPhilanthropy$535kSocial Science$323kPublic Benefit$85kCommunity Improvement$75kHuman Services$70kCivil Rights$70kCrime & Legal$25kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $200k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $475k
$25,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHOOL CHOICE OHIO INC$100,000
SETON EDUCATION PARTNERS$100,000
HILLSDALE COLLEGE$100,000
ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS$100,000
DONORS TRUST INC$75,000
FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC$35,000
PIONEER INSTITUTE INC$25,000
AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH$25,000
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$25,000
ATLAS FOUNDATION$20,000
HOOVER INSTITUTION$10,000
FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION INC$10,000
THOMAS B FORDHAM INSTITUTE$10,000
PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE INC$10,000
EDCHOICE INC$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $155k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%AGUDATH ISRAEL OF OHIO: $25k → 17%EMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%AGUDATH ISRAEL OF OHIO: $25k → 17%AGUDATH ISRAEL OF OHIO: $10k → 17%EDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%OHIO EXCELS: $50k → 15%OHIO EXCELS: $25k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
CT
CA
UT
CO
WV
VA
MD
DC
MS
GA
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 25 repeat orgs$210k to everyone else

25 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
16

Total granted

$3.7M
$210k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+64%

Still filing today

80%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitPhilanthropySocial ScienceCivil 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

  • SE
    SETON EDUCATION PARTNERS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $645k · revenue +163%
  • PI
    PIONEER INSTITUTE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $450k · revenue +117%
  • AE
    AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH
    6× · 2020–2025 · $173k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • FO
    Friends of Cincinnati Classical Academy
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
  • FF
    FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +5%
  • NM
    NATIONAL MICROSCHOOLING CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +60%
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
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. we believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being…

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2
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
3
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
4
Cato Institute

The mission of the cato institute is to keep the principles, ideas, and moral case for liberty alive for future generations, while moving public policy in the direction of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace.

Public Benefit
5
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
6
Contemporary Policy Institute
Philanthropy
7
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
8
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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9
Liberty Classical Schools Educational Services Inc

To form, organize, operate, and support k through 12 charter schools that develop students in mind and character through a classical, content-rich cirriculum that emphasizes the principles of virtuous living, traditional learning, and…

Education
10
Silicon Schools Fund Inc

The mission of the silicon schools fund is to improve education through supporting the launch of excellent new schools, improving academic instruction in existing schools, and by funding some of the boldest innovations in education…

Education
11
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
12
Intercollegiate Studies Institute Inc

We inspire college students to discover, embrace, and advance the principles that make america good, free, and prosperous.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundation for Government Accountability Inc; the most unlike its peers is Golden Bridge Academy. 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

39 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. 39 of the 46 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
37/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILLSDALE COLLEGE: $600,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGESCHOOL CHOICE OHIO INC: $600,000 · EducationSCHOOL CHOICE OHIO INCPIONEER INSTITUTE INC: $450,000 · EducationPIONEER INSTITUTE INCEdChoice Inc: $135,000 · EducationEdChoice IncFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC: $95,000 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $75,000 · Education+11 more: $275,000 · Education+11 moreSETON EDUCATION PARTNERS: $645,000 · PhilanthropySETON EDUCATION PARTNERSDonors Trust Inc: $565,000 · PhilanthropyDonors Trust IncTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $50,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS: $500,000 · OtherACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLSEDUCATION NEXT INSTITUTE INC: $225,000 · OtherEDUCATION NEXT INSTITUTE I…The Buckeye Institute: $155,000 · OtherThe Buckeye InstituteCATHOLIC EDUCATION PARTNERS: $85,000 · OtherCATHOLIC EDUCATION PARTNER…AFC GROWTH FUND: $85,000 · OtherAFC GROWTH FUNDATLAS FOUNDATION: $80,000 · OtherATLAS FOUNDATION+5 more: $85,000 · Other+5 moreAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $172,500 · Social ScienceFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $20,000 · Social ScienceOHIO EXCELS: $75,000 · Human ServicesAgudath Israel of Ohio Inc: $60,000 · Human ServicesEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $40,000 · Public BenefitFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $25,000 · Public BenefitLibertas Network: $20,000 · Public BenefitAMERICAN CULTURE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Public BenefitSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $50,000 · Civil RightsINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $30,000 · Civil RightsCISE: $10,000 · Religion
Education$2,230,000Philanthropy$1,270,000Other$1,215,000Social Science$192,500Human Services$155,000Public Benefit$95,000Civil Rights$80,000Religion$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 budgetSETON EDUCATION PARTNERS: $645,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $600,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOL CHOICE OHIO INC: $600,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetDonors Trust Inc: $565,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS: $500,000 over 5y, 21% of budgetPIONEER INSTITUTE INC: $450,000 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetEDUCATION NEXT INSTITUTE INC: $225,000 over 3y, 55% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $172,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetThe Buckeye Institute: $155,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetEdChoice Inc: $135,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC: $95,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO EXCELS: $75,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThomas B Fordham Institute: $60,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAgudath Israel of Ohio Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetSTATE POLICY NETWORK: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGolden Bridge Academy: $40,000 over 2y, 27% of budgetCINCINNATI CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE REASON FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Cincinnati Classical Academy: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNATIONAL MICROSCHOOLING CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetLibertas Network: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFoundation for Economic Education Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOAK ROSE FUND: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetEDWARD CHARLES FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENT FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCISE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA FAMILIES UNITED FOR EDUCATION INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetAMERICAN CULTURE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetKNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITABLE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCISE Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHINK FREELY MEDIA: $5,000 over 1y, 80% 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.

Charles Koch Foundati…The Lynde and Harry B…Donors Trust IncState Policy NetworkBeth and Ravenel Curr…Adolph Coors Foundati…Bradley Impact Fund I…The Seminar Network I…John William Pope Fou…Walton Family Foundat…The Greater Cincinnat…Farmer Family Foundat…
Charles Koch FoundationVA23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles Koch Foundation · The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Donors Trust Inc · State Policy Network · Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation · Adolph Coors Foundation · Bradley Impact Fund Inc · The Seminar Network Inc · John William Pope Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Farmer Family 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 Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 46 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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