Ruth Bartsch Memorial TR
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 13-3188775 · reported 2023–2025 · files as Bartsch Memorial Trust
30grants reported
$35Kmedian award
$25Klower quartile
$25Ksmallest grant
$1.2Mtotal paid
3states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 2 of its 30 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $212K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
10 S Dearborn IL1-0111
Chicago, IL 60603-2300
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
This address is a trust department, not an office. 1,191 other foundations file from the same address, which means a bank or a management company administers the trust. Put the full legal name of the fund and its EIN at the top of the letter, or it lands in a pile with thousands of others and nobody knows which fund you are writing about.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Clarkston United | Clarkston, MI | $112,850 |
| Clarkston United Methodist Church | Clarkston, MI | $111,200 |
| Clarkston United Methodist Church | Clarkston, MI | $100,364 |
| Clarkston Basketball Foundation | Clarston, MI | $50,000 |
| Optimist Club Foundation | Clarkston, MI | $50,000 |
| Friends of the Independence | Clarkston, MI | $50,000 |
| Optimist Club Foundation | Clarkston, MI | $50,000 |
| Warriors at Sail Foundation | New York, NY | $45,000 |
| Warriors in Kayaks Foundation | Cornelius, NC | $45,000 |
| R J Scheffel Memorial Toy Project Inc | Lansing, MI | $40,000 |
| Optimist Club Foundation | Clarkston, MI | $40,000 |
| Friends of the Independence Township | Clarston, MI | $40,000 |
| Warriors at Sail Foundation | New York, NY | $40,000 |
| Warriors in Kayaks Foundation | Cornelius, NC | $40,000 |
| Warriors at Sail Foundation | New York, NY | $35,000 |
| Warriors in Kayaks Foundation | Cornelius, NC | $35,000 |
| Clarkston Basketball | Clarkston, MI | $30,000 |
| Friends of the Independence Township | Clarston, MI | $30,000 |
| Dewitt District Library | Dewitt, MI | $25,000 |
| Potter Park Zoological Society | Lansing, MI | $25,000 |
| Casa-The Voice for Clinton Countys | St Johns, MI | $25,000 |
| Dewitt District Library | Dewitt, MI | $25,000 |
| Potter Park Zoological Society | Lansing, MI | $25,000 |
| Casa-The Voice for Clinton Countys | St Johns, MI | $25,000 |
| R J Scheffel Memorial Toy Project Inc | Lansing, MI | $25,000 |
| Dewitt District Library | Dewitt, MI | $25,000 |
| Potter Park Zoological Society | Lansing, MI | $25,000 |
| Casa-The Voice for Clinton Countys | St Johns, MI | $25,000 |
| R J Scheffel Memorial Toy Project Inc | Lansing, MI | $25,000 |
| Clarkston Basketball Foundation | Clarston, MI | $25,000 |
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