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The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$50k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
20
Grants FY2026
18
Organizations funded FY2025
22%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2026
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 25
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
9
Total assets, FY2026
$630k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 22% of the organizations The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesInternationalArts & CultureEducationHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving20$50k55%
FY202518$39k22%
FY202419$40k26%
FY202316$28k38%
FY202215$35k40%
FY202125$80k64%
FY20207$7k43%
FY201915$20k33%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2026.

Education$58kReligion$54kEnvironment$45kInternational$41kArts & Culture$33kCivil Rights$31kFood & Nutrition$24kHuman Services$16kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
IL
NY
MA
CT
CA
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 44 grantees
All grantees of The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Interfaith Works of Central New York$28,00030%
Family Health Ministries Inc$18,00041%
Safe Passage$14,40080%
Razom Inc$9,75020%
Portland ESL Scholarship Fund$9,35057%
Pro Publica Inc$9,0002n/a
Sunflower of Peace Foundation Inc$8,50010%
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc$7,95860%
Southern Environmental Law Center$7,50030%
Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc$7,48370%
Friends of Portland Adult Education$6,80041%
A Tiny Home for Good Inc$6,50021%
Ipswich Humane Group Inc$6,44674%
Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence$6,33310%
Miriam's Kitchen$6,25050%
Ipswich Caring Inc$5,61171%
Conservation Law Foundation Inc$5,50010%
The Justice Education Center Inc$5,00010%
Syracuse Model Neighborhood Facility Inc$5,00010%
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc$5,00010%
Democracy Forward$5,0001n/a
Rio Grande Food Project$4,83310%
The Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc$4,75040%
The Shepherds Table Inc$4,54140%
The Archaeological Conservancy$4,41640%
Maine Association for New Americans$4,16730%
United States Catholic Conference$4,0001n/a
The Ipswich Local News Inc$3,86140%
Workers' Center of Central New York Inc$3,0001n/a
Karam Foundation$3,00010%
Honor Flight of Northern New Mexico$2,77731%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$2,50010%
Friends of the Seattle Public Library$2,33320%
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc$2,33310%
Planned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc$2,00010%
Seattle Public Library Foundation$2,00010%
Ipswich Education Foundation Inc$1,83326%
Indego Africa Project$1,75220%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,75010%
Wildearth Guardians$1,66610%
Mission Graduates$1,50010%
Rainier Scholars$1,00010%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$75010%
Ethos Discovery$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 36 recipients with no EIN on record ($148k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetInterfaith Works of Central New York: $28,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Health Ministries Inc: $18,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSafe Passage: $14,400 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRazom Inc: $9,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPortland ESL Scholarship Fund: $9,350 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetSunflower of Peace Foundation Inc: $8,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChesapeake Bay Foundation Inc: $7,958 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Environmental Law Center: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Symphony Orchestra Inc: $7,483 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Portland Adult Education: $6,800 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetA Tiny Home for Good Inc: $6,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetIpswich Humane Group Inc: $6,446 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetEducational Fund to Stop Gun Violence: $6,333 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMiriam's Kitchen: $6,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIpswich Caring Inc: $5,611 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetConservation Law Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Justice Education Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSyracuse Model Neighborhood Facility Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRio Grande Food Project: $4,833 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Open Door Cape Ann Food Pantry Inc: $4,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shepherds Table Inc: $4,541 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Archaeological Conservancy: $4,416 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMaine Association for New Americans: $4,167 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ipswich Local News Inc: $3,861 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetKaram Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHonor Flight of Northern New Mexico: $2,777 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNational Domestic Workers Alliance Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Seattle Public Library: $2,333 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc: $2,333 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlanned Parenthood South Atlantic Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Public Library Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIpswich Education Foundation Inc: $1,833 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetIndego Africa Project: $1,752 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildearth Guardians: $1,666 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMission Graduates: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRainier Scholars: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Audubon Society Inc: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEthos Discovery: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.

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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.

Maine Community Foundation IncME12.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover 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.

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About The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust

How much does The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust give?
The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust reported 20 grants totaling $50,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 25 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (15%), Religion (14%), Environment (11%).
Who are The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Interfaith Works of Central New York ($28k), Family Health Ministries Inc ($18k), Safe Passage ($14k).
Does The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Maine Community Foundation Inc, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Charities Aid Foundation America.
Where is The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust based?
The Ruth & Robert Satter Charitable Trust is based in NM.

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 81 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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