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Ruth Lee Charitable Trust

Name: Ruth Lee Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

68
grants reported: $422,804
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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4 grants matching “elba” · $14,686

$4,000
Elba Church of Christ · Elba, AL · 2025
General operating
$4,000
Elba Church of Christ · Elba, AL · 2024
General operating
$4,186
Elba Church of Christ · Elba, AL · 2023
General operating
$2,500
Elba Church of Christ · Elba, AL · 2022
General operating

Top recipients

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

Wesleyan Fund4 grants · $96,500
Montgomery Area Council On Aging4 grants · $47,500
Faulkner University4 grants · $45,118
Alabama Shakespeare Festival4 grants · $35,000
College of Charleston Foundation4 grants · $34,500
Lunches for Learning4 grants · $21,000
Montgomery Area Food Bank1 grant · $15,000
Elba Church of Christ4 grants · $14,686
Opp Church of Christ4 grants · $14,500
Montgomery Ymca4 grants · $12,000

Giving over time

$117,327

2022

$93,186

2023

$100,734

2024

$111,557

2025

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$32,500
Wesleyan Fund · Peachtree Corners, GA · 2025
General operating
$29,000
Wesleyan Fund · Peachtree Corners, GA · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Montgomery Area Council On Aging · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Wesleyan Fund · Peachtree Corners, GA · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Alabama Shakespeare Festival · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Faulkner University · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Wesleyan Fund · Peachtree Corners, GA · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Montgomery Area Council On Aging · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Montgomery Area Food Bank · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General operating
$12,734
Faulkner University · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating
$12,500
Alabama Shakespeare Festival · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General operating
$10,827
Faulkner University · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Heart of Alabama Food Bank · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General operating
$10,000
College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
Scholarships
$10,000
Respite for All Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General purposes
$8,500
College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2025
Scholarships
$8,500
College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
Scholarships
$7,500
Montgomery Area Council On Aging · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating
$7,500
College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2023
Scholarships
$7,000
Embrace Alabama Kids · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating
$6,557
Faulkner University · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General operating
$6,000
Lunches for Learning · Roswell, GA · 2025
General operating
$6,000
Lunches for Learning · Roswell, GA · 2024
General operating
$6,000
Lunches for Learning · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Montgomery Area Council On Aging · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Alabama Shakespeare Festival · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Peachtree Road United Methodist · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Peachtree Road United Methodist · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating
$5,000
American Red Cross · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General purposes
$4,186
Elba Church of Christ · Elba, AL · 2023
General operating
$4,000
Elba Church of Christ · Elba, AL · 2025
General operating
$4,000
Opp Church of Christ · Opp, AL · 2025
General operating
$4,000
Elba Church of Christ · Elba, AL · 2024
General operating
$4,000
Opp Church of Christ · Opp, AL · 2024
General operating
$4,000
Opp Church of Christ · Opp, AL · 2023
General operating
$3,500
The Preschool · Atlanta, GA · 2025
General operating
$3,000
Montgomery Ymca · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General operating
$3,000
Montgomery Ymca · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating
$3,000
Montgomery Ymca · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating
$3,000
Lunches for Learning · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General operating
$3,000
Montgomery Ymca · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General operating
$2,500
American Red Cross · Montgomery, AL · 2025
General operating
$2,500
Montgomery Capital Rotary · Montgomery, AL · 2025
Gala
$2,500
American Red Cross · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating
$2,500
Alabama Shakespeare Festival · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating
$2,500
Elba Church of Christ · Elba, AL · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General purposes
$2,500
Montgomery Rotary Club · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Opp Church of Christ · Opp, AL · 2022
General operating
$2,000
Blue Gray Civitan · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General operating
$2,000
American Red Cross · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Blue Gray Civitan · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Montgomery Rotary Club · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating
$1,500
Union Church Cemetery · Georgiana, AL · 2025
General operating
$1,500
Union Church Cemetery · Georgiana, AL · 2024
General operating
$1,500
Hope Inspired Ministries · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General operating
$1,500
Union Church Cemetery · Georgiana, AL · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Harmony Baptist Church · Troy, AL · 2025
Cemetery fund
$1,000
Orion Baptist Cemetery Trust · Troy, AL · 2025
General operating
$1,000
Harmony Baptist Church · Troy, AL · 2024
Cemetery fund
$1,000
Orion Baptist Cemetery Trust · Troy, AL · 2024
General operating
$1,000
The Preschool · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General operating
$1,000
Harmony Baptist Church · Troy, AL · 2023
Cemetery fund
$1,000
Orion Baptist Cemetery Trust · Troy, AL · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Central Alabama Community Fdn · Montgomery, AL · 2022
Camp sunshine fund
$1,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General purposes
$1,000
Samaritan Counseling Center · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General purposes

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