Funding search · EIN 346521496 · Brooklyn, OH

Fred C Rutz 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.

72
grants reported
$297,100
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$2,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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2 grants matching “maier · $5,000

  • $2,500

    Concordia University Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    The maier center

  • $2,500

    Concordia University Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    The maier center

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Beautiful Savior Ev Lutheran Church4 grants · $66,000
  • Martin Luther College4 grants · $46,500
  • Immanuel Lutheran Church4 grants · $39,500
  • Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary8 grants · $22,500
  • St Lukes Lutheran Church4 grants · $22,000
  • Truth in Love Ministries4 grants · $17,500
  • Time of Grace4 grants · $10,500
  • Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel4 grants · $10,500
  • Nmdp Foundation1 grant · $10,000
  • Lutheran Ministries Media4 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$72,000
2022
$81,000
2023
$77,600
2024
$66,500
2025

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

  • $19,000

    Beautiful Savior Ev Lutheran Church · Grove City, OH · 2023

    Operating expenses & scholarships

  • $18,000

    Beautiful Savior Ev Lutheran Church · Grove City, OH · 2024

    Operating expenses & scholarships

  • $17,500

    Martin Luther College · New Ulm, MN · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $17,000

    Beautiful Savior Ev Lutheran Church · Grove City, OH · 2022

    Operating expenses & scholarships

  • $12,000

    Beautiful Savior Ev Lutheran Church · Grove City, OH · 2025

    Operating expenses & scholarships

  • $11,000

    Immanuel Lutheran Church · Cleveland, OH · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $11,000

    Immanuel Lutheran Church · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Nmdp Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $10,000

    Martin Luther College · New Ulm, MN · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $10,000

    Martin Luther College · New Ulm, MN · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $9,500

    Immanuel Lutheran Church · Cleveland, OH · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $9,000

    Martin Luther College · New Ulm, MN · 2025

    Scholarships

  • $8,000

    Immanuel Lutheran Church · Cleveland, OH · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $6,000

    St Lukes Lutheran Church · Reno, NV · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $5,500

    St Lukes Lutheran Church · Reno, NV · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $5,500

    St Lukes Lutheran Church · Reno, NV · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $5,000

    Truth in Love Ministries · Nampa, ID · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $5,000

    St Lukes Lutheran Church · Reno, NV · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $4,500

    Truth in Love Ministries · Nampa, ID · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $4,000

    Truth in Love Ministries · Nampa, ID · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $4,000

    Truth in Love Ministries · Nampa, ID · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $3,000

    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary · Miquon, WI · 2025

    Scholarships

  • $3,000

    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary · Miquon, WI · 2024

    Scholarships

  • $3,000

    Lutheran Ministries Media · Ft Wayne, IN · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $3,000

    Nationwide Childrens' Hospital · Columbus, OH · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $3,000

    Time of Grace · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $3,000

    Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel · Madison, WI · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $3,000

    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary · Miquon, WI · 2023

    Libery fund

  • $3,000

    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary · Miquon, WI · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $3,000

    Time of Grace · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $3,000

    Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel · Madison, WI · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $3,000

    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary · Miquon, WI · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $2,500

    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary · Miquon, WI · 2025

    Libery fund

  • $2,500

    Lutheran Ministries Media · Ft Wayne, IN · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $2,500

    Nationwide Childrens' Hospital · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $2,500

    Time of Grace · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $2,500

    Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel · Madison, WI · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $2,500

    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary · Miquon, WI · 2024

    Libery fund

  • $2,500

    Concordia University Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

    The maier center

  • $2,500

    Concordia University Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022

    The maier center

  • $2,500

    Lutheran Ministries Media · Ft Wayne, IN · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $2,500

    Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary · Miquon, WI · 2022

    Libery fund

  • $2,000

    Lutheran Ministries Media · Ft Wayne, IN · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $2,000

    Nationwide Childrens' Hospital · Columbus, OH · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $2,000

    Time of Grace · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $2,000

    Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel · Madison, WI · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $2,000

    Michigan Lutheran Seminary · Saginaw, MI · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $2,000

    Ohio Living Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $2,000

    Michigan Lutheran Seminary · Saginaw, MI · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $2,000

    Nationwide Childrens' Hospital · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $2,000

    Ohio Living Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $1,500

    Ohio Living Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $1,500

    Bethesda Lutheran Communities · Watertown, WI · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $1,500

    Bethesda Lutheran Communities · Watertown, WI · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $1,000

    Ohio Living Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $1,000

    Bethesda Lutheran Communities · Watertown, WI · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $1,000

    Bethlehem Lutheran Church · Hortonville, WI · 2024

    Scholarship

  • $1,000

    Bethlehem Lutheran Church · Hortonville, WI · 2023

    Scholarship

  • $1,000

    Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $1,000

    The Dreamcatcher Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $1,000

    The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023

    Operating expenses

  • $1,000

    Bethlehem Lutheran Church · Hortonville, WI · 2022

    Scholarship

  • $1,000

    Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $1,000

    The Dreamcatcher Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $1,000

    The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Operating expenses

  • $800

    Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $800

    The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Operating expenses

  • $500

    Ablelight Foundation · Watertown, WI · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $500

    Ernestines Daughter Nfp · Calumet City, IL · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $500

    Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $500

    The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2025

    Operating expenses

  • $500

    The Dreamcatcher Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Operating expenses

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.