· Private foundation
Ruth M Shoemaker Charitable Trust Monroe Bank & Trust Trustee
Its FY2018 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 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k18 grants · $47k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LCMS FOUNDATION | $19,984 |
| TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH ENDOW FD | $7,994 |
| HOLY GHOST LUTHERAN CHURC | $6,661 |
| WELLSPRING LUTHERAN SERVICES | $4,663 |
| CONCORDIA SEMINARY | $3,331 |
| BETHESDA LUTHERAN HOMES | $3,331 |
| CONCORDIA COLLEGE | $3,331 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,665 |
| LUTHERAN HOUR MINISTRIES | $1,333 |
| VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY | $1,332 |
| LUTHERAN SPECIAL EDITION MINISTRIES | $1,332 |
| CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST | $1,332 |
| AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY | $1,332 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $1,332 |
| MONROE FAMILY YMCA ENDOWMENT FUND | $1,332 |
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 (FY17–18, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 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
Backed again, and grew
- LFLCMS FOUNDATION2× · 2017–2018 · $40k
- HGHOLY GHOST LUTHERAN CHURCH2× · 2017–2018 · $13k
- TLTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH ENDOW FD2× · 2017–2018 · $11k
Funded once
- TLTRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCHone grant, 2017 · $5k
- ABAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETYone 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.
2 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. 2 of the 21 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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ruth M Shoemaker Charitable Trust Monroe Bank & Trust Trustee funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth M Shoemaker Charitable Trust Monroe Bank & Trust Trustee. Bigger dots raise more.
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