Funding search · EIN 452684146 · Chicago, IL

Ruth Oliver Secord Perpetual Charitable Trust

Name: Ruth Oliver Secord Perpetual Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2024
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.

61
grants reported: $784,494
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $12,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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.

Trinity United Methodist Church3 grants · $127,500
Washington & Jane Smith Community3 grants · $112,494
Beverly Arts Center3 grants · $80,000
Elizabeth H Sutherland Elementary School3 grants · $60,000
Henry R Clissold Elementary School3 grants · $45,000
Beverly Area Planning Association3 grants · $45,000
Kate S Kellogg Elementary School3 grants · $45,000
Friends of the Forest Preserves3 grants · $38,500
Morgan Park United Methodist3 grants · $31,000
Beverly Area Arts Alliance2 grants · $27,500

Giving over time

$280,584

2022

$250,290

2023

$253,620

2024

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$50,584
Washington & Jane Smith Community · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$42,500
Trinity United Methodist Church · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$42,500
Trinity United Methodist Church · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$42,500
Trinity United Methodist Church · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$40,000
Beverly Arts Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$31,620
Washington & Jane Smith Community · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$30,290
Washington & Jane Smith Community · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$30,000
Elizabeth H Sutherland Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$20,000
Beverly Arts Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$20,000
Beverly Arts Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$18,500
Morgan Park United Methodist · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Beverly Area Arts Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Beverly Area Planning Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Elizabeth H Sutherland Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Henry R Clissold Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Kate S Kellogg Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$15,000
Beverly Area Planning Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Elizabeth H Sutherland Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Henry R Clissold Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
Kate S Kellogg Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$15,000
A New Direction Beverly Morgan Park · Evergreen Park, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Barbara Vick Early Childhood · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Beverly Area Planning Association · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
George F Cassell Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Henry R Clissold Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$15,000
Kate S Kellogg Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$13,500
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$12,500
Beverly Area Arts Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$12,500
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$12,500
Friends of the Forest Preserves · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$12,500
Maple Morgan Park Community Food Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$10,000
Maple Morgan Park Community Food Pantry · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$10,000
Annie Keller Gifted Magnet School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$7,500
Alice L Barnard Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$7,500
John H Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$7,500
Morgan Park United Methodist · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$7,500
Mount Greenwood Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$6,000
Alice L Barnard Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$6,000
Annie Keller Gifted Magnet School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$6,000
Barbara Vick Early Childhood · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$6,000
George F Cassell Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$6,000
John H Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$6,000
Mount Greenwood Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$6,000
Alice L Barnard Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$6,000
George F Cassell Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$6,000
John H Vanderpoel Elementary Magnet · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$6,000
Mount Greenwood Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Christ the King Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Morgan Park Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Morgan Park United Methodist · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
St Barnabas Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Wings Program · Palatine, IL · 2024
General
$5,000
Annie Keller Gifted Magnet School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Barbara Vick Early Childhood · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Christ the King Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Morgan Park Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
St Barnabas Elementary School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Wings Program · Palatine, IL · 2023
General
$5,000
Christ the King Catholic School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$5,000
Morgan Park Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
General
$-47,500
St Barnabas School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General

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