· Private foundation
Ruth Oliver Secord Perpetual Charitable Trust
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $61k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $193k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $42,500 |
| WASHINGTON & JANE SMITH COMMUNITY | $31,620 |
| BEVERLY ARTS CENTER | $20,000 |
| BEVERLY AREA PLANNING ASSOCIATION | $15,000 |
| HENRY R CLISSOLD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| BEVERLY AREA ARTS ALLIANCE | $15,000 |
| ELIZABETH H SUTHERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| KATE S KELLOGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES | $13,500 |
| MAPLE MORGAN PARK COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY | $10,000 |
| GEORGE F CASSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| JOHN H VANDERPOEL ELEMENTARY MAGNET | $6,000 |
| ALICE L BARNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| ANNIE KELLER GIFTED MAGNET SCHOOL | $6,000 |
| BARBARA VICK EARLY CHILDHOOD | $6,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $214k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BABeverly Arts Center of Chicago8× · 2018–2025 · $195k · revenue +8%
- BABeverly Area Planning Association8× · 2018–2025 · $138k · revenue +4%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES8× · 2018–2025 · $79k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- BMBEVERLY MORGAN PARK COMMUNITY OF CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $8k
- DRDAN RYAN WOODS GOLD STARMOTHERS MEMORIALone grant, 2022 · $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.
Garfield Park Community Council is dedicated to the revitalization of Garfield Park community on Chicago's West Side, a neighborhood of rich history, committed residents, and tremendous opportunities.
We strive to make aging easier through the development of a network of services for older persons designed to optimize the quality of their lives.
Founded in 1934, the metropolitan planning council is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group of business and civic leaders committed to serving the public interest through the promotion and implementation of sensible planning and development…
Promote the common business of its members.
Historic Beverly collects, preserves, and stewards Beverlys past and present to cultivate public support and appreciation for history; our vision is to share Beverly history with everyone.
Chicago public art group brings artists and communities together to produce high-quality public art, extending and transforming the tradition of collaborative, community-involved public artwork.
Chicago sun-times serves the public interest by strengthening the well-being of our local communities and our democracy through independent local journalism.
The Organization facilitates and informs the development of and advocacy for responsible policies improving the food sovereignty of Chicago residents as they have power and control to determine culturally appropriate, nutritionally sound…
The purpose of the hyde park art center (the art center) is to stimulate and sustain the visual arts in chicago. it does so by challenging and supporting artists, connecting artists to a broader public, and creating a community of people…
Chicago Hope runs a food pantry twice a week that serves over 100 families. The organization is working toward the furtherance of wrap around services.
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 36 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 WASHINGTON AND JANE SMITH COMMUNITY - BEVERLY ↗
- Who funds Beverly Arts Center of Chicago ↗
- Who funds Beverly Area Planning Association ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE FOREST PRESERVES ↗
- Who funds MAPLE MORGAN PRK COMM FOOD PANTRY ↗
- Who funds Beverly Area Arts Alliance ↗
- Who funds A NEW DIRECTION BEVERLY MORGAN PARK ↗
- Who funds MORGAN PARK ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY ↗
- Who funds WINGS PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN GOLD STAR MOTHERS 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: The Chicago Community Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ruth Oliver Secord Perpetual Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruth Oliver Secord Perpetual Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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