· Private foundation
The John R and Ruth W Gurtler Foundation Inc
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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k3 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k10 grants · $241k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $70k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JOHN HOPKINS SCHOOL OF NURSE | $70,000 |
| THE CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER | $45,000 |
| WINTER PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY | $30,000 |
| GRACE MEDICAL HOME | $30,000 |
| LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA | $25,000 |
| ROLLINS COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| SCOUTING AMERICA | $25,000 |
| A GIFT FOR TEACHING | $23,500 |
| FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WINT | $15,500 |
| SUPPORT OUR SCHOLARS | $12,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL FLO | $10,000 |
| WINTER PARK DAY NURSERY | $8,000 |
| WINTER PARK YMCA FAMILY CENTER | $5,000 |
| FAST START MANAGEMENT INC | $2,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $488k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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.
15 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RCROLLINS COLLEGE9× · 2017–2025 · $390k · revenue +72%
- WPWINTER PARK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC8× · 2017–2025 · $213k · revenue +68%
- AGA GIFT FOR TEACHING INC9× · 2017–2025 · $151k · revenue +52%
Funded once
- JAJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INCgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +261%
- APALBIN POLASEK MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDENS INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +62%
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.
To assist parents in developing their children to be strong in mind, spirit, and body, using christ as their example and teaching the principles found in god's holy word, the bible.
To ensure college and career success for high-potential students from low-income backgrounds, and through our efforts help build diverse, equitable, and vibrant communities. we do this through a comprehensive model of financial aid and…
The mission of barclay college is to prepare students in a bible-centered environment for effective christian life, service, and leadership.
Wheaton college provides a transformative liberal arts education, combining theory and practice, for intellectually curious students within a collaborative and vibrant extended community and network that values and strives to create an…
Child care
Florida college, as a private, independent liberal arts college, provides a comprehensive undergraduate experience designed to develop students spiritually, mentally, physically, and socially; to integrate into the students' lives the…
Winter park university, inc. (formerly the rocky mountain college of art and design foundation, inc.) (wpu or the organization) was organized to be operated exclusively for public, charitable, and educational purposes. (continued on…
Preschool serving children ages 2 to 6
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.
Our approach is to ensure academic success by increasing instructional time, small class sizes, and providing an academic foundation. our core values are perseverance, communication, collaboration, and critical thinking.
Empowerment through employment for blind or visually impaired individuals.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 19 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 ROLLINS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WINTER PARK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds A GIFT FOR TEACHING INC ↗
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds THE WINTER PARK HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WINTER PARK DAY NURSERY INC ↗
- Who funds Grace Medical Home Inc ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds ALBIN POLASEK MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDENS 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: Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im · Central Florida Foundation · Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation · The Galloway Foundation · James T and Diana P Barnes Foundation Inc · The Lee Foundation · Anderson-Devitt Foundation Inc · The Warren and Augusta Hume Foundation Inc · Westgate Resorts Foundation Inc F/K/A Westgate Foundation Inc · Williams M M & R P Fdn Ta · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · Heart of Florida United Way Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The John R and Ruth W Gurtler Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John R and Ruth W Gurtler Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Rollins College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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