· Private foundation
Ruth and Robert St John Foundation Inc
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k27 grants · $122k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $63k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY | $15,000 |
| FOR ALL SEASONS | $15,000 |
| CRITCHLOW ADKINS CHILDRENS CENTER | $12,500 |
| EES CARE PACKS PROGRAM | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| CHANNEL MARKER | $7,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $7,500 |
| TALBOT COUNTY FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER | $7,000 |
| PICKERING CREEK AUDUBON FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| POSITIVE STRIDES | $6,000 |
| PARTNERS IN CARE | $5,500 |
| MID SHORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| DIXON HOUSE | $5,000 |
| ST MICHAELS COMMUNITY CENTER | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +86% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.
51 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- FAFOR ALL SEASONS INC8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +279%
- CACHESAPEAKE AUDUBON SOCIETY8× · 2017–2024 · $64k · revenue +33%
- CMCHANNEL MARKER INC8× · 2017–2024 · $59k · revenue +47%
Funded once
- TTTEAM TRACE INCone grant, 2022 · $28k · revenue -6%
- TCTALBOT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +74% · 70% of their budget
- TCTALBOT COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICEone grant, 2023 · $15k
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.
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.
Casa of the mid-shore advocates for the best interest of children who are under the protection of the circuit courts of talbot, dorchester, queen annes and kent counties due to abuse, neglect or abandonment.
At talisman, we believe in the transformative, healing power of horses and our natural environment. we serve, empower all, and lead by example with compassion, dignity, and inclusivity.
Talbot interfaith shelter is dedicated to ending homelessness on maryland's mid-shore by providing shelter, stability, support and a path to success for families and individuals in need.
Create opportunities for independence and personal success for people with different abilities in inclusive communities.
Provide residential and human services to individuals with developmental disabilities.
Preserve the history of Harford County, Maryland
The maryland center on economic policy advances innovative policy ideas to foster broad prosperity and help our state be the standard-bearer for responsible public policy.
To enhance the quality of life, autonomy and dignity of marylanders with disabilities by offering cost effective trust services to protect, manage and use trust assets for beneficiaries while preserving eligibility for public and private…
The center provides independent living arrangements and recreational activities for handicapped individuals
Dedicated to strengthening agencies to better support people with developmental disabilities and their families in their own communities through advocacy that promotes the highest standards of program excellence, fostering a climate that…
Potomac case management services, inc. enhances the quality of life and maintains independence for individuals of the tri-state community through the use of advocacy and partnerships.
To provide quality services that enhance and improve life for individuals who have a developmental disability
How this is measured
27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 81 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 FOR ALL SEASONS INC ↗
- Who funds CHESAPEAKE AUDUBON SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CHANNEL MARKER INC ↗
- Who funds POSITIVE STRIDES INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN CARE MARYLAND INC ↗
- Who funds THE DIXON HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds ST MICHAELS COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds AVALON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TALBOT COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds TRED AVON PLAYERS INC ↗
- Who funds TEAM TRACE INC ↗
- Who funds TALBOT MENTORSINC ↗
- Who funds TALBOT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds TALBOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds TALBOT HOSPICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHOPTANK 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.
Open a dossier: Mid Shore Community Foundation Inc · The Llandaff Family Trust · Dock Street Foundation · Grayce B Kerr Fund Inc · The Seip Family Foundation Limited Eevercore Trust CO C/O Ashley Ferriello · Watson Stone Family Foundation Inc · Richard J and Ellen G Bodorff Charitable Foundation Inc · The Michael and Nancy Klein Foundation Inc · T & M Mitchell Fdn Dima-Blrk · The Rosenfeld Rumford Steckler Family Foundation Inc · Qlarant Foundation Inc · Van Strum Foundation 8833023
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ruth and Robert St John Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth and Robert St John Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Talbot County Arts Council Inc: 69% of income from government
- Partners in Care Maryland Inc: 40% of income from government
- For All Seasons Inc: 22% of income from government
- St Michaels Community Center Inc: 20% of income from government
- Habitat for Humanity Choptank Inc: 10% of income from government
- Shore Legal Access Inc: 9% of income from government
- Avalon Foundation Inc: 6% of income from government
- Norwich University: 4% of income from government
How this is measured
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