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12 funders with a record of paying for “ruth”
Where the money went Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of → Raymond & Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School: $7.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Johns Hopkins University: $4.8M across 3 grants, latest 2022 Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc → American Friends of Beit Ruth Inc: $1.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Mcgregor Fund → Ruth Ellis Center: $856K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Arden Wolff Trust Uw → Ruth Newman Shapiro Cancer & Heart Memorial Fund: $551K across 9 grants, latest 2025 The Neil L Thompson Family Foundation → Mspca Caroline Ruth Thompson Emergency Fund: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Sisters of St Joseph → House of Ruth: $170K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Adams County Community Foundation Inc → Ruths Harvest Gettysburg: $154K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Tuw Robert L & Ruth E Wiese → Coe College: $151K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Poetry Foundation → Juan Felipe Herrera: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Ruth K Br Bay Hbr K-8 Ctr: $79K across 6 grants, latest 2025 The Cleveland Foundation → The Ohio State University: $70K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → The Boston Foundation: $2.7M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc → Ruth Eckerd Hall Inc: $537K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Mcgregor Fund → Ruth Ellis Center Inc: $402K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Neil L Thompson Family Foundation → St Paul's School Caroline Ruth Thompson Memorial: $200K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Sisters of St Joseph → Los Angeles House of Ruth: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Poetry Foundation → Kimiko Hahn: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Tuw Robert L & Ruth E Wiese → Westminister Scholarship Fund: $71K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Adams County Community Foundation Inc → Ruths Harvest - Littlestown: $60K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Duke University: $58K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Cleveland Foundation → University of Dayton: $27K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Hogar Ruth Para Mujeres Maltratadas Inc: $2.5M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Poetry Foundation → Li-Young Lee: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Tuw Robert L & Ruth E Wiese → Westminister Presbyterian Church: $55K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Ruth K Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center: $50K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Cleveland Foundation → Ohio Wesleyan University: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Sisters of St Joseph → Family Promise of Orange County: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Haki Madhubuti: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Nikki Giovanni: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Patricia Smith: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Rita Frances Dove: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Sandra Cisneros: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Sharon Olds: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Sonia Sanchez: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Angela Jackson: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Arthur Sze: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Poetry Foundation → Craig Conrad: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tuw Robert L & Ruth E Wiese → The State Univ of Ia Foundation: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Chicago Community Trust → Ruth Page Foundation: $36K across 4 grants, latest 2023 The Cleveland Foundation → The University of Denver: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Cleveland Foundation → Shaker Schools Foundation: $17K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → New World Symphony Inc: $15K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Gablestage Inc: $13K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Cedille Chicago Nfp: $12K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Cleveland Foundation → Miami University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Don Adv Char Giv: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Young Patronesses of the Opera Inc: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Ruth Ellis Center Inc: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Miami City Ballet Inc: $6K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Syracuse University: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Mia Cty Ballet Inc: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc → Syr U: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Chicago Community Trust: $10.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $10.0M Foundation for Jewish Day Schools of: $7.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation for Jewish Day Sch… $7.4M Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of Tampa… $1.5M The Poetry Foundation: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Poetry Foundation $1.3M Mcgregor Fund: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Mcgregor Fund $1.3M Arden Wolff Trust Uw: $551K on this topic. Open the funder. Arden Wolff Trust Uw $551K The Neil L Thompson Family Foundation: $400K on this topic. Open the funder. The Neil L Thompson Family Fo… $400K Tuw Robert L & Ruth E Wiese: $315K on this topic. Open the funder. Tuw Robert L & Ruth E Wiese $315K Sisters of St Joseph: $283K on this topic. Open the funder. Sisters of St Joseph $283K The Shepard Broad Foundation Inc: $249K on this topic. Open the funder. The Shepard Broad Foundation… $249K Adams County Community Foundation Inc: $214K on this topic. Open the funder. Adams County Community Founda… $214K The Cleveland Foundation: $164K on this topic. Open the funder. The Cleveland Foundation $164K Raymond & Ruth Perelman Jewish Day School: received $7.4M on this topic Raymond & Ruth Perelman Jewish… $7.4M Johns Hopkins University: received $4.8M on this topic Johns Hopkins University $4.8M The Boston Foundation: received $2.7M on this topic The Boston Foundation $2.7M Hogar Ruth Para Mujeres Maltratadas Inc: received $2.5M on this topic Hogar Ruth Para Mujeres Maltrat… $2.5M American Friends of Beit Ruth Inc: received $1.0M on this topic American Friends of Beit Ruth I… $1.0M Ruth Ellis Center: received $856K on this topic Ruth Ellis Center $856K Ruth Newman Shapiro Cancer & Heart Memorial Fund: received $551K on this topic Ruth Newman Shapiro Cancer & He… $551K Ruth Eckerd Hall Inc: received $537K on this topic Ruth Eckerd Hall Inc $537K Ruth Ellis Center Inc: received $410K on this topic Ruth Ellis Center Inc $410K Mspca Caroline Ruth Thompson Emergency Fund: received $200K on this topic Mspca Caroline Ruth Thompson Em… $200K St Paul's School Caroline Ruth Thompson Memorial: received $200K on this topic St Paul's School Caroline Ruth… $200K House of Ruth: received $170K on this topic House of Ruth $170K Ruths Harvest Gettysburg: received $154K on this topic Ruths Harvest Gettysburg $154K Coe College: received $151K on this topic Coe College $151K Juan Felipe Herrera: received $100K on this topic Juan Felipe Herrera $100K Los Angeles House of Ruth: received $100K on this topic Los Angeles House of Ruth $100K Kimiko Hahn: received $100K on this topic Kimiko Hahn $100K Li-Young Lee: received $100K on this topic Li-Young Lee $100K Haki Madhubuti: received $100K on this topic Haki Madhubuti $100K Nikki Giovanni: received $100K on this topic Nikki Giovanni $100K Patricia Smith: received $100K on this topic Patricia Smith $100K Rita Frances Dove: received $100K on this topic Rita Frances Dove $100K Sandra Cisneros: received $100K on this topic Sandra Cisneros $100K Sharon Olds: received $100K on this topic Sharon Olds $100K Sonia Sanchez: received $100K on this topic Sonia Sanchez $100K Angela Jackson: received $100K on this topic Angela Jackson $100K Arthur Sze: received $100K on this topic Arthur Sze $100K Craig Conrad: received $100K on this topic Craig Conrad $100K Ruth K Br Bay Hbr K-8 Ctr: received $79K on this topic Ruth K Br Bay Hbr K-8 Ctr $79K Westminister Scholarship Fund: received $71K on this topic Westminister Scholarship Fund $71K The Ohio State University: received $70K on this topic The Ohio State University $70K Ruths Harvest - Littlestown: received $60K on this topic Ruths Harvest - Littlestown $60K Duke University: received $58K on this topic Duke University $58K Westminister Presbyterian Church: received $55K on this topic Westminister Presbyterian Church $55K Ruth K Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center: received $50K on this topic Ruth K Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Cen… $50K The State Univ of Ia Foundation: received $38K on this topic The State Univ of Ia Foundation $38K Ruth Page Foundation: received $36K on this topic Ruth Page Foundation $36K University of Dayton: received $27K on this topic University of Dayton $27K Ohio Wesleyan University: received $22K on this topic Ohio Wesleyan University $22K The University of Denver: received $18K on this topic The University of Denver $18K Shaker Schools Foundation: received $17K on this topic Shaker Schools Foundation $17K New World Symphony Inc: received $15K on this topic New World Symphony Inc $15K Family Promise of Orange County: received $13K on this topic Family Promise of Orange County $13K Gablestage Inc: received $13K on this topic Gablestage Inc $13K Cedille Chicago Nfp: received $12K on this topic Cedille Chicago Nfp $12K Miami University: received $10K on this topic Miami University $10K Don Adv Char Giv: received $8K on this topic Don Adv Char Giv $8K Young Patronesses of the Opera Inc: received $8K on this topic Young Patronesses of the Opera… $8K Miami City Ballet Inc: received $6K on this topic Miami City Ballet Inc $6K Syracuse University: received $5K on this topic Syracuse University $5K Mia Cty Ballet Inc: received $5K on this topic Mia Cty Ballet Inc $5K Syr U: received $3K on this topic Syr U $3K 12 funders, 52 recipients, grants matching “ruth” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $25,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — to fund the ann b. bussel grant by the ruth k. broad biomedical research foundation
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Largest: $1.7M to Johns Hopkins University — to support for the jhu lerner public health advocacy institute at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health (ref #1604090014 - 2016000006). support of the lerner center p…
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Largest: $100,000 to SANDRA CISNEROS — ruth lilly prize 2022 - sandra ciscneros
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Largest: $46,500 to COE COLLEGE — robert l. and ruth e. wiese
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Largest: $41,100 to THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — arthur p. and ruth h. moebius scholarship
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Largest: $332,068 to Ruth Newman Shapiro Cancer & Heart Memorial Fund — beneficiary of trust
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Largest: $400,000 to Ruth Ellis Center Inc — general operating
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Largest: $50,000 to LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH — los angeles house of ruth bridge housing program
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Largest: $50,000 to MSPCA CAROLINE RUTH THOMPSON EMERGENCY FUND — continued general operating support
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Largest: $457,500 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BEIT RUTH INC — support of mission
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Largest: $2.3M to RAYMOND & RUTH PERELMAN JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — education - scholarships
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Largest: $59,248 to RUTHS HARVEST GETTYSBURG — see statement
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