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Ruthlein Toell Foundation

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.

$40k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$112kPublic Benefit$64kFood & Nutrition$43kReligion$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kAnimals$15kHuman Services$14kEducation$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$313k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICA'S VETDOGS$10,000
ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$8,000
BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$3,000
ST MARY'S FOOD BANK$2,500
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK$2,500
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$2,000
SEAHORSE RANCH RESCUE$2,000
GUARDIAN ANGEL CHURCH AIDS MINISTRY$1,000
PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX$1,000
HARVEST HOUSE INC$1,000
PANCREATIC CANCER CARE$1,000
ALLENDALE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS$1,000
CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION$1,000
SAMARITAN HOUSE$1,000
HOSPICE OF ORANGE COUNTY$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 59% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $2k → 12%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $2k → 12%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $2k → 12%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $2k → 12%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $1k → 12%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $1k → 12%CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION: $1k → 12%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX: $1k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX: $1k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX: $1k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX: $1k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX: $1k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX: $1k → 6%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX: $1k → 6%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
AZ
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$281k · 28 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

28 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
3

Total granted

$281k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+78%
+30%

Still filing today

36%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $750 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPublic BenefitFood & NutritionEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AV
    AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $64k · revenue +69%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Corporation
    7× · 2018–2024 · $17k · revenue +78%
  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • GA
    GUARDIAN ANGEL CHURCH POND
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
  • UD
    UC DAVIS CENTER FOR EQUINE HEALTH
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • BH
    Banner Health Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +30%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
2
St Peter's Hospital

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. st. peter's hospital is a member of st. peter's health partners and…

Health
3
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
4
Virtua Medical Group Pa

The physicians of virtua medical group (vmg) share a common philosophy in all they do: to create an outstanding experience for patients. in a broad range of specialties, from family medicine to surgery to oncology, vmg's highly-trained…

Health
5
Humc Medical Observation Pa

To serve as the physician services component of a tax-exempt healthcare delivery network and to thereby promote, support & further the charitable purposes, programs & services of hmh hospitals corp.

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6
St Peter's Health Partners

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

Health
7
Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.sunnyview rehabilitation hospital is a member of st. peter's health…

Health
8
Hackensack Meridian Health Inc-Subordinates

The organizations are committed to providing the full spectrum of life-enhancing care and services to create and sustain healthy, vibrant communities. please refer to schedule h, part vi, question 5 for the organization's community benefit…

Health
9
St Joseph's Health System Subordinate Group Return

We are committed to providing exceptional quality care which sustains and improves both individual and community health, with a special concern for those who are poor, vulnerable and underserved.

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10
St Peter's Health Partners Medical Associates Pc

We, st. peter's health partners and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.st. peter's health partners medical associates is a member of st.…

Health
11
Brockton Hospital Inc

Signature healthcare brockton hospital is a community-based not-for-profit (continued on schedule o)

Health
12
The Shriners' Hospital for Children

Shriners children's is committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment. (continued on schedule o)

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Buddies of New Jersey Inc; the most unlike its peers is Vernon Township Ambulance Squad. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $62,000 · OtherST JUDES CHILDRENS HOSPITALSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $23,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKSEAHORSE RANCH RESCUE: $14,500 · OtherSEAHORSE RANCH RESCUEALZHEIMER FOUNDATION: $12,000 · OtherALZHEIMER FOUNDATIONSAMARITAN HOUSE: $7,000 · OtherHARVEST HOUSE INC: $7,000 · OtherGUARDIAN ANGEL CHURCH AIDS MINISTRY: $7,000 · OtherKAREN ANN QUINLAN HOSPICE: $6,000 · OtherUC DAVIS VET SCHOOL FIRE VICTIMS: $6,000 · OtherALLENDALE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE CORPS: $6,000 · Other+13 more: $17,985 · Other+13 moreAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $64,000 · Public BenefitAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VET…Children's Hospital Corporation: $16,500 · HealthTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,520 · HealthBUDDIES OF NEW JERSEY INC: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $10,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Food & NutritionSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Education
Other$168,485Public Benefit$64,000Health$22,020Human Services$17,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Education$4,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC: $64,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $16,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY: $10,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,520 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBUDDIES OF NEW JERSEY INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVERNON TOWNSHIP AMBULANCE SQUAD: $1,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBanner Health Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 AMERICA'S VETDOGS THE VETERANS K-9 CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Corporation ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR FOOD ACTION IN NEW JERSEY ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds BUDDIES OF NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds VERNON TOWNSHIP AMBULANCE SQUAD ↗
  • Who funds Banner Health Foundation ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Amazonsmile FoundationWA2.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ruthlein Toell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ruthlein Toell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Buddies of New Jersey Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Children's Hospital Corporation: 10% of income from government
  • Center for Food Action in New Jersey: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Ruthlein Toell Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Ruthlein Toell Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 33 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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