Texas · Nonprofit
THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION
THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,396,118 to it, the largest being JEFF T GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,366,555). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What The Ruth Cheatham Foundation does
Mission
Trcf provides a comprehensive set of essential support programs for teens and young adult cancer survivors: financial aid, through needs based college scholarships - educational support, through tutoring, career readiness, and peer mentoring- and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Financial aid / scholarships: teen cancer patients face some of the most complex and diverse treatment needs, yet receive the least amount of support of any patient population. Education is key to long-term success, yet out of reach for many young cancer patients due to the long-term financial, cognitive, and emotional hardships of cancer. Trcf supports teen survivors financially via scholarships to ensure access to higher education. Trcf provides perpetual (multi-year) financial support to scholars in the form of college scholarships, ranging from $2,000-$5,000 per year. This year, trcf awarded scholarships to hundreds of young adult cancer survivors. Trcf prioritizes teen cancer survivors from low-income families that have been disproportionately affected by their cancer diagnosis.
$1,166,649 spentof which $978,350 as grants92% of program spendingAdvocacy: cancer advocates speak up for those that cant. Advocacy helps the cancer community navigate this often difficult landscape, and play a crucial role in creating a better future for all cancer patients. Trcf works to educate the community to raise support and awareness for adolescent cancer patients and survivors. Trcf advocacy efforts are focused on marketing to highlight prevention and early cancer diagnosis for teens. We also participate in a number of collaborative non-profit cohorts working to improve the cancer treatment and survivorship for teens and young adults. Trcf has a strong online forum where we address survivorship issues our scholars might face. Trcf typically spend 520 hrs/yr drafting the content and marketing for the advocacy efforts online, as well as 200 hrs a year on collaborative efforts with other cancer organizations supporting teen cancer survivors.
$73,733 spent6% of program spendingEducational support: in addition to writing the check to support college tuition, trcf meets each student where they are with vital educational and mental health support to ensure their success. Each scholar has access to subject-specific online tutoring, survivor support groups, and career readiness workshops. Trcf scholars are able to thrive, not just survive, and have an improved quality of life with this additional targeted support. This year, trcf provided educational support to all trcf scholars. Support included but is not limited to quarterly round table sessions offering mentoring/ support groups/career readiness, peer-to-peer support, scholar support boxes (including mental health and educational supplies) and online subject-specific tutoring.
$25,640 spentof which $6,549 as grants2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,266,022.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.1M to $1.7M (+57%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
95% of THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lindsay Whittemore
Executive director board member
Board chair
Angie Keller
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $500k → $487k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Ruth Cheatham Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION?
- THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION (Texas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,396,118 to it, the largest being JEFF T GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,366,555). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,396,118 in grants to THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION?
- JEFF T GREEN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,366,555 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RUTH CHEATHAM FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing