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Nancy Ruth Fund

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.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Animals$104kInternational$68kEnvironment$35kFood & Nutrition$31kHealth$8kArts & Culture$6kEducation$3kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k28 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
$600
Median grant
9
States reached
$877k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Audubon Texas$30,000
Heifer International$5,000
Audubon Foundation Of Texas$5,000
EarthShare Texas$3,000
The Climate Foundation$2,500
Environmental Defence Fund$2,500
US Climate Action Network$2,500
UNICEF$2,000
Planned Parenthod of North Texas$1,000
Mercy Ships$1,000
Doctors Without Borders$1,000
Habitat for Humanity$1,000
Blackland Prairie Raptor Center$960
FINCA$800
Children Incorporated$600
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 67% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Oxfam: $1k → 16%Nova Ukraine: $10k → 8%Direct Relief: $10k → 14%UNICEF: $2k → 17%Audubon Foundation Of Texas: $11k → 10%E MDaggett PTA: $1k → 11%Mercy Ships: $1k → 12%Habitat for Humanity: $1k → 14%Berryvillve Fire Department: $2k → 19%Heifer International: $5k → 17%US Climate Action Network: $3k → 14%The Climate Foundation: $3k → 8%Climate Justice For All: $2k → 12%KNKX 885 FM: $1k → 9%Doctors Without Borders: $1k → 8%NAACP: $1k → 19%Oxfam: $800 → 16%Nova Ukraine: $10k → 8%UNICEF: $2k → 17%In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue: $5k → 5%Audubon Foundation Of Texas: $10k → 10%E MDaggett PTA: $1k → 11%Mercy Ships: $1k → 12%Habitat for Humanity: $800 → 14%Heifer International: $5k → 17%USA For UNHCR: $2k → 14%Doctors Without Borders: $800 → 8%Brain And Behavior Research Foundat: $1k → 17%Blackland Prairie Raptor Center: $33k → 5%Audubon Foundation Of Texas: $5k → 10%Mercy Ships: $1k → 12%Heifer International: $5k → 17%FINCA: $800 → 14%Blackland Praire Raptor Center: $5k → 5%Mercy Ships: $1k → 12%Blackland Prairie Raptor Center: $960 → 5%Audubon Texas: $30k → 10%Fred Hutch Cancer Center: $1k → 9%North Texas Food Bank: $10k → 5%KCTS9: $5k → 9%North Texas Food Bank: $10k → 5%North Texas Food Bank: $10k → 5%Planned Parenthood Action Fund: $1k → 14%Orphan OutReach: $1k → 5%Planned Parenthod of North Texas: $1k → 14%KUOW Public Radio: $4k → 9%Prairie And Timbers Audubon: $1k → 5%Prairie And Timbers Audubon: $1k → 5%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

WA
NY
MA
OR
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
NC
DC
LA
TX
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$189k · 30 repeat orgs$87k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
25

Total granted

$189k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+11%

Still filing today

63%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
InternationalEnvironmentHealthAnimalsArts & CultureScience & TechOther
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

  • NT
    NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +28%
  • AF
    Audubon Foundation of Texas
    4× · 2022–2025 · $26k · revenue +8% · 36% of their budget
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • DIRECT RELIEF
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +8%
  • BP
    Blackland Praire Raptor Center
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • CP
    CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIAgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +27%
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
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the earth strives for a more healthy and just world by defendng the environment and human health while advancing social and economic justice by conducting research and education, transforming the economy so it protects the…

Environment
2
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
5
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
6
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
7
Waterorg

Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.

International
8
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
9
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
10
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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11
Grist Magazine Inc

Grist is an independent, non profit media organization dedicated to reporting on climate change.

Environment
12
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is March of Dimes Inc; the most unlike its peers is Reading Is Fundamental 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

34 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. 34 of the 61 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Blackland Prairie Raptor Center: $33,960 · OtherBlackland Prairie Raptor CenterAudubon Texas: $30,000 · OtherAudubon TexasNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $30,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANKHeifer International: $15,000 · OtherHeifer International+35 more: $50,416 · Other+35 moreAudubon Foundation of Texas: $26,474 · EnvironmentAudubon Foundation of …Environmental Fund For Texas Inc: $22,260 · EnvironmentEnvironmental Fund For…350ORG: $3,000 · Environment350ORGUS CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK: $2,500 · Environment+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentNOVA UKRAINE: $20,000 · InternationalNOVA UKRAINEDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEFUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND F…Mercy Ships International: $4,000 · InternationalMercy Ships Internat…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,050 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTI…FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,850 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL …CHILDREN INCORPORATED: $2,320 · InternationalUnited States Association for UNHCR: $2,000 · InternationalWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $1,700 · International+1 more: $1,000 · InternationalCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST FOLKLIFE: $200 · Arts & CultureClimate Foundation: $2,500 · Science & TechFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $1,000 · HealthMARCH OF DIMES INC: $800 · HealthPost-Polio Health International Inc: $100 · HealthSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $1,650 · Recreation & Sports
Other$159,376Environment$54,734International$50,920Arts & Culture$5,200Science & Tech$2,500Health$1,900Recreation & Sports$1,650

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAudubon Foundation of Texas: $26,474 over 4y, 36% of budgetEnvironmental Fund For Texas Inc: $22,260 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetNOVA UKRAINE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMercy Ships International: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budget350ORG: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,850 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUS CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetClimate Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN INCORPORATED: $2,320 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,775 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $1,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC: $1,650 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMDRC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $1,150 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOrphan Outreach: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Texas Food Bank Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPCA of Texas: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED RECREATION COUNCIL: $350 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPASADO'S SAFE HAVEN: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST FOLKLIFE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOG FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPost-Polio Health International Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMoisture Festival: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Audubon Foundation of Texas ↗
  • Who funds Environmental Fund For Texas Inc ↗
  • Who funds NOVA UKRAINE ↗
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
  • Who funds CASCADE PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds 350ORG ↗
  • Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC ↗
  • Who funds US CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Climate Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds United States Association for UNHCR ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS INC ↗
  • Who funds MDRC ↗
  • Who funds READING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC ↗

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.

Seattle FoundationRaymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle FoundationWA12.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seattle Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Nancy Ruth Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Nancy Ruth Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Nancy Ruth Fund?

    Find your warmest path to Nancy Ruth Fund 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 61 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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