Funding search · EIN 300097675 · Damariscotta, ME
The Ruth J Jones Charitable Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 65
- grants reported
- $1.1M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $15,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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1 grant matching “untrestricted” · $5,000
- $5,000
Cornerstone Baptist Church · Topsham, ME · 2024
Untrestricted
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Bethlehem College & Seminary4 grants · $125,000
- Trinity Cambridge Church3 grants · $90,000
- Scripture Union USA2 grants · $75,000
- Evangelical Institute2 grants · $72,000
- Care Net of Midcoast Maine4 grants · $70,000
- College Baptist Church Hillsdale1 grant · $55,000
- Trinity School at River Ridge1 grant · $50,000
- Mirus Academy2 grants · $45,000
- McKeen Study Center3 grants · $44,650
- Life House Maine2 grants · $35,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 65 reported grants, largest first.
- $55,000
College Baptist Church Hillsdale · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Unrestricted
- $52,000
Evangelical Institute · Greenville, SC · 2025
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Scripture Union USA · Valley Forge, PA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Bethlehem College & Seminary · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Trinity Cambridge Church · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Trinity School at River Ridge · Eagan, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
- $40,000
Bethlehem College & Seminary · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
- $30,000
Stepping Stone Housing · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Christian Publication Resourch Foundation · West Linn, OR · 2025
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Bethlehem College & Seminary · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Care Net of Midcoast Maine · Brunswick, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Mirus Academy · Ellsworth, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Scripture Union USA · Valley Forge, PA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Coastal Christian School · Waldoboro, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Lincoln Health · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Anselm House · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unresticted
- $25,000
Care Net of Midcoast Maine · Brunswick, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $25,000
Twin Villages Church · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $23,000
McKeen Study Center · Damariscotta, ME · 2023
New van
- $20,000
Goodwill Northern New England · Gorham, ME · 2025
Unrstricted
- $20,000
Joni & Friends New England · Agoura Hills, CA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $20,000
McKeen Study Center · Damariscotta, ME · 2025
New van
- $20,000
Trinity Cambridge Church · Cambridge, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Eldercare Network of Lincoln County · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Hodgdon green
- $20,000
Evangelical Institute · Greenville, SC · 2024
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Life House Maine · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Mirus Academy · Ellsworth, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Trinity Cambridge Church · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Arrive Ministries · Richfield, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
- $20,000
Lincoln County Assembly of God · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $17,500
Chop Point · Woolwich, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Care Net of Midcoast Maine · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Life House Maine · Brunswick, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
- $15,000
Goodwill Northern New England · Gorham, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Bethlehem College & Seminary · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Lincoln County Assembly of God · Damariscotta, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Calvary Rd Baptist Church · Arlington, VA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Arrive Ministries · Richfield, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Frontiers · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Pen Bay Christian School · Rockland, ME · 2023
Unrstricted
- $10,000
Together for Good · St Paul, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Bath Ymca · Bath, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Damariscotta Baptist Church · Damariscotta, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $10,000
Trinity Reformed Church · Bloomington, IN · 2022
Unrestricted
- $8,000
Calvary Rd Baptist Church · Arlington, VA · 2024
Corey burn fund
- $6,000
Richmond Corner Baptist Church · Richmond, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Living Waters Church of God in Christ · Mattapan, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $5,000
New Canaan Church of God · Matapan, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Twin Villages Church · Damariscotta, ME · 2025
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Christian Publication Resourch Foundation · West Linn, OR · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Cities Church · St Paul, MN · 2024
Steeple fund
- $5,000
Cornerstone Baptist Church · Topsham, ME · 2024
Untrestricted
- $5,000
Damariscotta Baptist Church · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
Echp
- $5,000
Holy Church of Cma · Avon, IN · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Living Waters Church · Matapan, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
New Canaan Church of God · Matapan, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
The Phillipian Fellowship · Bremen, ME · 2024
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Care Net of Midcoast Maine · Brunswick, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
- $5,000
Mission Eurasia · Wheaton, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
- $5,000
The Phillipian Fellowship · Bremen, ME · 2022
Unrestricted
- $2,500
Jack Robert Photography · Taylor, SC · 2022
Unrestricted
- $2,000
Cru · Orlando, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
- $1,650
McKeen Study Center · Damariscotta, ME · 2024
New van
- $1,000
Mission To the World · Atlanta, GA · 2025
Unrestricted
- $500
Calvary Chapel Bangor · Orrington, ME · 2023
Unrestricted
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