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 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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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
Grant history
The 100 largest of 498 grants.
- $500,000
Lakeshore Technical College Foundation · Cleveland, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $411,343
Wisconsin Maritime Museum · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $375,000
Core Treatment Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $300,000
The Haven of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $300,000
Manitowoc Public School District Foundation · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $250,000
Dementia Innovations · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $250,000
Lakeshore Humane Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $250,000
Lighthouse Community Recovery Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $250,000
Dementia Innovations · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $250,000
Bellin College · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $223,000
Van Der Brohe Arboretum · Two Rivers, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $220,000
Lakeshore First Robotics Programs · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $200,000
Manitowoc Public Library Foundation · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $200,000
Core Treatment Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $175,000
The Village of Mishicot - Magic · Mishicot, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $150,000
Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $150,000
Lakeshore First Robotics Program · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $150,000
University of Wisconsin Foundation (Foodwise) · Madison, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $150,000
Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $150,000
Lakeshore Technical College Foundaation · Cleveland, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $150,000
Lawrence University of Wisconsin · Appleton, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $150,000
Hshs St Nicholas Hospital · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $150,000
Medical College of Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $150,000
Wisconsin Maritime Museum · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $150,000
Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve · Two Rivers, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $140,000
Lakeshore First Robotics Program · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $130,000
Manitowoc County Historical Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $125,000
Lincoln Park Zoological Society of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $120,000
Bellin College · Green Bay, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $120,000
Treehouse Theater · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $110,000
Manitowoc County Historical Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $100,000
Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $100,000
City of Manitowoc On Behalf of the Friends of the Manitowoc Skatepark · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $100,000
City of Two Rivers On Behalf of the Two Rivers Fire Department · Two Rivers, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $100,000
City of Two Rivers On Behalf of the Two Rivers Parks & Rec Dept · Two Rivers, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $100,000
Earl O Vits Memorial Trust Dba Camp Sinawa · Valders, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $100,000
Shady Lane Home · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $100,000
City of Two Rivers Parks and Rec Department · Two Rivers, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $100,000
Exceptional Equestrians · De Pere, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $100,000
Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $100,000
Rogers Street Fishing Village · Two Rivers, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $100,000
Woodland Dunes · Two Rivers, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $100,000
Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $100,000
City of Manitowoc · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $100,000
Manitowoc County Historical Society · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $100,000
Manitowoc County Youth Hockey Association · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $100,000
Rahr-West Art Museum Charitable Foundation · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $100,000
Production Farm · Whitelaw, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $95,000
Lakeshore First Robotics · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $91,500
Van Der Brohe Arboretum · Two Rivers, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $85,000
Wisconsin Maritime Museum · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $79,500
Lakeshore Interfaith Hospitality of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $76,800
Production Farm · Whitelaw, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $75,000
Hope House of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $75,000
Magic - Mishicot Community Athletic Complex · Mishicot, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $75,000
University of Wisconsin Green Bay - Manitowoc Campus · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $75,000
Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation · Wauwatosa, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $75,000
Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership · Port Washington, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $75,000
Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $75,000
Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $70,000
Neighborhood Network Learning Center (Southfield Townhouses) · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $70,000
Production Farm · Whitelaw, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
- $65,090
Big Brothers Big Sisters Wisconsin Shoreline · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $65,000
Branch Area Fire Fighters Inc On Behalf of Branch Area Recreation Associait · Whitelaw, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $60,000
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges & Universities · Madison, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $60,000
Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (Waicu) · Madison, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $60,000
Waicu · Madison, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $60,000
Wisconsin Association of Independent College and Universities · Madison, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $59,612
Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $56,000
Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $55,863
Children'S Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation Dba Children'S Wisconsin · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $55,400
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Hope House of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $50,000
Mishicot Area Growth & Improvement Committee Inc (Magic) · Michicot, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $50,000
St Mary'S Home for the Aged · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $50,000
Two Rivers Youth Sports · Two Rivers, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $50,000
Associates for Collaborative Education · Green Bay, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $50,000
Casa of East Central Wisconsin · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $50,000
Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $50,000
Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $50,000
St Mary'S Home for the Aged · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $50,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Wisconsin Shoreline · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $50,000
Bookworm Gardens · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $50,000
Grow It Forward · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Unrestricted
- $50,000
Hope House of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $50,000
Lawrence University · Appleton, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $50,000
Treehouse Theater · Manitowoc, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $50,000
Valders Area Sports Association · Valders, WI · 2023
Restricted
- $50,000
City of Two Rivers On Behalf of the Lester Public Library · Two Rivers, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $50,000
Lakeland University · Plymouth, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $50,000
Lakeshore Regional Child Advocacy Center · Saukville, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $50,000
Lester Public Library Foundation · Two Rivers, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $50,000
Nami Inc of Manitowoc County · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $48,000
Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum · Two Rivers, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $46,800
Ascend Services · Manitowoc, WI · 2022
Restricted
- $45,000
The Production Farm · Whitelaw, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $43,780
Manitowoc County Domestic Violence Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $40,000
Western Great Lakes Bird & Bat Observatory Inc Dba Lake Michigan Bird Obser · Port Washington, WI · 2025
Restricted
- $40,000
Lighthouse Recovery Community Center · Manitowoc, WI · 2024
Restricted
- $38,415
Manitowoc Public School District Foundation On Behalf of School Forest · Manitowoc, WI · 2025
Restricted
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