Funding search · EIN 300097675 · Damariscotta, ME

The Ruth J Jones Charitable Foundation

Name: The Ruth J Jones Charitable Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

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.

What they fund

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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.

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

$307,500

2022

$265,500

2023

$254,650

2024

$296,500

2025

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
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$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
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$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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