Funding search · EIN 396056375 · Manitowoc, WI

Ruth St John & John Dunham West

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

498
grants reported
$16.3M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$15,000
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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Top recipients

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  • Core Treatment Services8 grants · $667,500
  • Lakeshore Technical College Foundation2 grants · $515,000
  • Dementia Innovations2 grants · $500,000
  • Manitowoc County Historical Society12 grants · $481,100
  • Ascend Services8 grants · $451,800
  • Wisconsin Maritime Museum1 grant · $411,343
  • Grow It Forward9 grants · $404,331
  • Bellin College2 grants · $370,000
  • The Haven of Manitowoc County6 grants · $350,000
  • Lakeshore Humane Society5 grants · $310,000

Giving over time

$4.2M
2022
$3.7M
2023
$4.8M
2024
$3.6M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 498 grants.

  • $500,000

    Lakeshore Technical College Foundation · Cleveland, WI · 2022

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  • $411,343

    Wisconsin Maritime Museum · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $375,000

    Core Treatment Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2022

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  • $300,000

    The Haven of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $300,000

    Manitowoc Public School District Foundation · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $250,000

    Dementia Innovations · Sheboygan, WI · 2024

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  • $250,000

    Lakeshore Humane Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $250,000

    Lighthouse Community Recovery Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $250,000

    Dementia Innovations · Sheboygan, WI · 2023

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  • $250,000

    Bellin College · Green Bay, WI · 2022

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  • $223,000

    Van Der Brohe Arboretum · Two Rivers, WI · 2022

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  • $220,000

    Lakeshore First Robotics Programs · Manitowoc, WI · 2022

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  • $200,000

    Manitowoc Public Library Foundation · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $200,000

    Core Treatment Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $175,000

    The Village of Mishicot - Magic · Mishicot, WI · 2022

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  • $150,000

    Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $150,000

    Lakeshore First Robotics Program · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $150,000

    University of Wisconsin Foundation (Foodwise) · Madison, WI · 2025

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  • $150,000

    Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $150,000

    Lakeshore Technical College Foundaation · Cleveland, WI · 2024

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  • $150,000

    Lawrence University of Wisconsin · Appleton, WI · 2024

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  • $150,000

    Hshs St Nicholas Hospital · Sheboygan, WI · 2023

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  • $150,000

    Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022

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  • $150,000

    Wisconsin Maritime Museum · Manitowoc, WI · 2022

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  • $150,000

    Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve · Two Rivers, WI · 2022

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  • $140,000

    Lakeshore First Robotics Program · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $130,000

    Manitowoc County Historical Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $125,000

    Lincoln Park Zoological Society of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $120,000

    Bellin College · Green Bay, WI · 2025

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  • $120,000

    Treehouse Theater · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $110,000

    Manitowoc County Historical Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $100,000

    Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $100,000

    City of Manitowoc On Behalf of the Friends of the Manitowoc Skatepark · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $100,000

    City of Two Rivers On Behalf of the Two Rivers Fire Department · Two Rivers, WI · 2025

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  • $100,000

    City of Two Rivers On Behalf of the Two Rivers Parks & Rec Dept · Two Rivers, WI · 2025

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  • $100,000

    Earl O Vits Memorial Trust Dba Camp Sinawa · Valders, WI · 2025

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  • $100,000

    Shady Lane Home · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $100,000

    City of Two Rivers Parks and Rec Department · Two Rivers, WI · 2024

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  • $100,000

    Exceptional Equestrians · De Pere, WI · 2024

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  • $100,000

    Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center · Sheboygan, WI · 2024

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  • $100,000

    Rogers Street Fishing Village · Two Rivers, WI · 2024

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  • $100,000

    Woodland Dunes · Two Rivers, WI · 2024

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  • $100,000

    Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $100,000

    City of Manitowoc · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $100,000

    Manitowoc County Historical Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $100,000

    Manitowoc County Youth Hockey Association · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $100,000

    Rahr-West Art Museum Charitable Foundation · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $100,000

    Production Farm · Whitelaw, WI · 2022

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  • $95,000

    Lakeshore First Robotics · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $91,500

    Van Der Brohe Arboretum · Two Rivers, WI · 2025

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  • $85,000

    Wisconsin Maritime Museum · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $79,500

    Lakeshore Interfaith Hospitality of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2022

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  • $76,800

    Production Farm · Whitelaw, WI · 2024

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  • $75,000

    Hope House of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $75,000

    Magic - Mishicot Community Athletic Complex · Mishicot, WI · 2024

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  • $75,000

    University of Wisconsin Green Bay - Manitowoc Campus · Green Bay, WI · 2024

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  • $75,000

    Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023

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  • $75,000

    Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership · Port Washington, WI · 2023

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  • $75,000

    Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $75,000

    Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022

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  • $70,000

    Neighborhood Network Learning Center (Southfield Townhouses) · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $70,000

    Production Farm · Whitelaw, WI · 2023

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  • $65,090

    Big Brothers Big Sisters Wisconsin Shoreline · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $65,000

    Branch Area Fire Fighters Inc On Behalf of Branch Area Recreation Associait · Whitelaw, WI · 2023

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  • $60,000

    Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities · Madison, WI · 2025

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  • $60,000

    Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (Waicu) · Madison, WI · 2024

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  • $60,000

    Waicu · Madison, WI · 2023

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  • $60,000

    Wisconsin Association of Independent College and Universities · Madison, WI · 2022

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  • $59,612

    Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $56,000

    Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2022

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  • $55,863

    Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Dba Children'S Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025

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  • $55,400

    Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Hope House of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $50,000

    Mishicot Area Growth & Improvement Committee Inc (Magic) · Michicot, WI · 2025

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  • $50,000

    St Mary'S Home for the Aged · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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  • $50,000

    Two Rivers Youth Sports · Two Rivers, WI · 2025

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  • $50,000

    Associates for Collaborative Education · Green Bay, WI · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Casa of East Central Wisconsin · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $50,000

    St Mary'S Home for the Aged · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters Wisconsin Shoreline · Sheboygan, WI · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Bookworm Gardens · Sheboygan, WI · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Hope House of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Lawrence University · Appleton, WI · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Treehouse Theater · Manitowoc, WI · 2023

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  • $50,000

    Valders Area Sports Association · Valders, WI · 2023

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  • $50,000

    City of Two Rivers On Behalf of the Lester Public Library · Two Rivers, WI · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Lakeland University · Plymouth, WI · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center · Saukville, WI · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Lester Public Library Foundation · Two Rivers, WI · 2022

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  • $50,000

    Nami Inc of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2022

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  • $48,000

    Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum · Two Rivers, WI · 2024

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  • $46,800

    Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2022

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  • $45,000

    The Production Farm · Whitelaw, WI · 2025

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  • $43,780

    Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $40,000

    Western Great Lakes Bird & Bat Observatory Inc Dba Lake Michigan Bird Obser · Port Washington, WI · 2025

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  • $40,000

    Lighthouse Recovery Community Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024

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  • $38,415

    Manitowoc Public School District Foundation On Behalf of School Forest · Manitowoc, WI · 2025

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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.