Funding search · EIN 046916255 · Fitchburg, MA

Ruth B Whittemore Charitable Trust

Name: Ruth B Whittemore 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.

40
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $29,491
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

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

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

Stevens Memorial Library4 grants · $175,749
Ymca of Central Massachusetts4 grants · $175,749
Girl Scouts Montachusett Council4 grants · $117,166
Ashburnham Community Church4 grants · $117,166
St Dennis Church St Vincent De Paul Soc4 grants · $117,166
United Way of North Central Ma4 grants · $117,166
Heart of New England Council Bsa4 grants · $117,166
Our Father'S House3 grants · $87,290
St Labre Indian School Education Assn4 grants · $58,583
Southwest Indian Foundation P O Box 864 grants · $58,583

Giving over time

$291,060

2022

$299,500

2023

$282,340

2024

$298,760

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$44,925
Stevens Memorial Library · Ashburnham, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$44,925
Ymca of Central Massachusetts · Worcester, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$44,814
Stevens Memorial Library · Ashburnham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$44,814
Ymca of Central Massachusetts · Worcester, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$43,659
Stevens Memorial Library · Fitchburg, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$43,659
Ymca of Central Massachusetts · Worcester, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$42,351
Stevens Memorial Library · Ashburnham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$42,351
Ymca of Central Massachusetts · Worcester, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$29,950
Ashburnham Community Church · Ashburnham, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$29,950
Girl Scouts Montachusett Council · Worcester, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$29,950
Heart of New England Council Bsa · Rutland, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$29,950
Our Father'S House · Fitchburg, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$29,950
St Dennis Church St Vincent De Paul Soc · Ashburnham, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$29,950
United Way of North Central Ma · Fitchburg, MA · 2023
Unrestricted
$29,876
Ashburnham Community Church · Ashburnham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$29,876
Girl Scouts Montachusett Council · Worcester, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$29,876
Heart of New England Council Bsa · Rutland, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$29,876
Opportunities for Hope (Formerly Our Father'S House) · Fitchburg, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$29,876
St Dennis Church St Vincent De Paul Soc · Ashburnham, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$29,876
United Way of North Central Ma · Fitchburg, MA · 2025
Unrestricted
$29,106
Ashburnham Community Church · Ashburnham, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$29,106
Girl Scouts Montachusett Council · Worcester, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$29,106
Heart of New England Council Bsa · Rutland, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$29,106
Our Father'S House · Fitchburg, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$29,106
St Dennis Church St Vincent De Paul Soc · Ashburnham, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$29,106
United Way of North Central Ma · Fitchburg, MA · 2022
Unrestricted
$28,234
Ashburnham Community Church · Ashburnham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$28,234
Girl Scouts Montachusett Council · Worcester, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$28,234
Heart of New England Council Bsa · Rutland, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$28,234
Our Father'S House · Fitchburg, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$28,234
St Dennis Church St Vincent De Paul Soc · Ashburnham, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$28,234
United Way of North Central Ma · Fitchburg, MA · 2024
Unrestricted
$14,975
Southwest Indian Foundation P O Box 86 · Gallup, NM · 2023
Unrestricted
$14,975
St Labre Indian School Education Assn · Ashland, MT · 2023
Unrestricted
$14,938
Southwest Indian Foundation P O Box 86 · Gallup, NM · 2025
Unrestricted
$14,938
St Labre Indian School Education Assn · Ashland, MT · 2025
Unrestricted
$14,553
Southwest Indian Foundation P O Box 86 · Gallup, NM · 2022
Unrestricted
$14,553
St Labre Indian School Education Assn · Ashland, MT · 2022
Unrestricted
$14,117
Southwest Indian Foundation P O Box 86 · Gallup, NM · 2024
Unrestricted
$14,117
St Labre Indian School Education Assn · Ashland, MT · 2024
Unrestricted

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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.