· Private foundation
Ruth I Kolpin Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
Read this first · the figures below need context
99% of Ruth I Kolpin Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of The Ozarks Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 3 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Ruth I Kolpin Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 6 organizations, $49k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k10 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MISSOURI SOUTHERN FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| ST ANN'S CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| JOPLIN AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS | $5,000 |
| MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION JOPLIN | $5,000 |
| JASPER COUNTY CASA | $3,975 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $3,000 |
| CARTHAGE AREA UNITED WAY | $2,000 |
| MISSOURI SOUTHERN FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| ARTCENTRAL | $1,000 |
| BOYS SCOUNTS OF AMERICA OZARK TRAILS COUNCIL | $1,000 |
| ATHENA FOUNDATION | $850 |
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 (FY17–20, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 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 +66% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2020, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 FY2022, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MSMISSOURI SOUTHERN FOUNDATION4× · 2017–2020 · $92k · revenue +110%
- MHMERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION JOPLIN3× · 2019–2021 · $15k · revenue +175%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches3× · 2018–2020 · $7k · revenue +9%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $3k
- CHCHILDRENS HAVENone grant, 2018 · $2k
- AOASPIRE OF SW MOone grant, 2017 · $1k
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.
The carthage crisis center is committed to restoring homeless and needy people to self sufficiency with god's help.
The foundation will promote charitable gifts to ensure excellence in community healthcare. the foundation is dedicated to ensuring that the carthage area retains and maintains a local hospital, which delivers quality primary healthcare to…
The organization's purpose is to assist in meeting the emergency financial and physical needs of needy persons and families.
To provide financial support to the carthage public library, a municipally owned library in carthage, missouri.
Support and assist in the development of jobs in the city of carthage, missouri, and thereby to enhance the economic welfare of carthage residents by fostering greater employment opportunities and the standard of living for the carthage…
To provide fire protection services to the city of carthage, texas.
Collection and preservation of historical documents pertaining to saint charles county, missouri and making them available to the general public
To support carthage public library operation and programming
Support local library
To collect and interpret the history and culture of fairfield, jefferson county and the surrounding area.
Encourage, support, and perform historic preservation activities in Carthage, Missouri. It is our mission to ensure the historic and architectural integrity of unique and significant properties in our community to be enjoyed for…
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 35 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 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ↗
- Who funds MISSOURI SOUTHERN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION JOPLIN ↗
- Who funds Carthage Historic Preservation ↗
- Who funds JOPLIN REGIONAL MEDICAL SCHOOL ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds CARTHAGE AREA UNITED WAY ↗
- Who funds JASPER COUNTY CASA ↗
- Who funds CARTHAGE ARTS SUPPORT TEAM ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF MISSOURI ↗
- Who funds VISION CARTHAGE ↗
- Who funds CARTHAGE R-9 SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FAIR ACRES FAMILY YMCA INC ↗
- Who funds ART FEEDS CARTHAGE ↗
- Who funds TRUCKSTOP MINISTRIES INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SELF HELP CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds CARTHAGE HUMANE SOCIETY 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: Community Foundation of the Ozarks Inc · Ir Tua KD&ML Steadley Charitable · Helen S Boylan Foundation · Arvest Foundation · W R Corley Memorial Trust CO SMB Trust Services · Jean Jack and Mildred Lemons Charitable Trust · McCune-Brooks Health Care Foundation Inc · Michael a Mary Louise & Christine L Glauber Foundation · Mercy Health Southwest Missourikansas Communities · Freeman R Johnson Trust · Fredrick G and Rebekah B Hughes Charitable · The Bramlage and Willcoxon Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ruth I Kolpin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth I Kolpin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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