Massachusetts · Private foundation
Ruth Covo 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.
- $66k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $11,519
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Ruth Covo Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $61k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $58k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $62k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $70k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $59k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $43k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Inc | $60,590 | 6 | 7% |
| Wildcoast | $27,790 | 6 | 0% |
| American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation | $23,790 | 5 | 0% |
| The Biomimicry Institute | $23,790 | 5 | 0% |
| International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc | $22,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $21,071 | 5 | 0% |
| St Paul's School | $19,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation | $13,000 | 3 | 1% |
| United Animal Nations Dba Redrover | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($71k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ruth Covo 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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ruth Covo Foundation
- How much does Ruth Covo Foundation give?
- Ruth Covo Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $66,227 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Ruth Covo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (46%), Environment (29%), Science & Tech (8%).
- Who are Ruth Covo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: American Friends of Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Inc ($61k), Wildcoast ($28k), American Friends of the Ocean Cleanup Foundation ($24k).
- Does Ruth Covo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ruth Covo 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 Ruth Covo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, American Endowment Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Ruth Covo Foundation based?
- Ruth Covo Foundation is based in MA.
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