Edward and Hannah M Rutledge Charities
Chippewa Falls, WI · EIN 39-0806178. Reported 157 grants totalling $3,299,602 to 68 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Edward and Hannah M Rutledge Charities did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $120 and the largest $192,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Village | Chippewa Falls, WI | $467,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greater Chippewa Valley | Eau Claire, WI | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chippewa Area History Center | Chippewa Falls, WI | $280,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northern Wisconsin State Fair | Chippewa Falls, WI | $249,999 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Feed My People Food Bank | Eau Claire, WI | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Family Support Center | Chippewa Falls, WI | $135,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Open Door Clinic | Chippewa Falls, WI | $121,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chippewa Falls Area Senior Center | Chippewa Falls, WI | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mobile Meals of Chippewa Falls | Chippewa Falls, WI | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Valley Vineyard Food Pantry | Chippewa Falls, WI | $89,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Le Philips Cdc Outreach | Chippewa Falls, WI | $80,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church Food Pantry | Chippewa Falls, WI | $75,251 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Francesca Food Pantry | Chippewa Falls, WI | $74,400 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bloomernew Auburn Food Pantry | Bloomer, WI | $69,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Gospel Mission | Eau Claire, WI | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jim Falls Community Food Pantry | Jim Falls, WI | $47,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cornell Food Pantry | Cornell, WI | $46,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feed My People-Legacy Community Center | Chippewa Falls, WI | $44,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Come Now & Eat Food Pantry | Cadott, WI | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chippewa Youth Hockey Association | Chippewa Falls, WI | $41,667 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stanley Area Food Pantry | Stanley, WI | $40,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bright Smiles | Bloomer, WI | $37,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fruit of the Vine Food Pantry | Stanley, WI | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Veterans Housing & Recovery Meal Program | Chippewa Falls, WI | $32,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lake Holcombe Food Pantry | Holcombe, WI | $31,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| English Lutheran Bateman Pantry Pals | Chippewa Falls, WI | $30,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chippewa Cty Housing Authority | Chippewa Falls, WI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Literacy Chippewa Valley | Eau Claire, WI | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Village-Landmark Christian Church | Chippewa Falls, WI | $29,100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Hub Homeless Services Inc | Chippewa Falls, WI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Barnabas Table Emergency Food Pantry | Chippewa Falls, WI | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chippewa Valley Free Clinic | Eau Claire, WI | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Agnes' Table & Community Center | Chippewa Falls, WI | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cadott Police Department | Cadott, WI | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Spirit of Christmas | Chippewa Falls, WI | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bloomer Area Food Pantry | Bloomer, WI | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Curtie Cares Inc | Bloomer, WI | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chippewa River Industries | Chippewa Falls, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cornelllake Holcombe 21ST Century Clc | Cornell, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trinity Equestrian Center | Eau Claire, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cadott 4C'S Food Pantry | Cadott, WI | $12,750 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Children's Museum of Eau Claire | Eau Claire, WI | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Nw Wi | Eau Claire, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cadott Community Food Pantry | Cadott, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chippewa County Human Services | Chippewa Falls, WI | $9,953 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Feed My People-Come Now & Eat | Cadott, WI | $8,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bloomer Community Clothes Closet | Bloomer, WI | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Le Phillips Cdc Outreach Food Pantry | Chippewa Falls, WI | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carelink | Chippewa Falls, WI | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chippewa County Dept of Public Health | Chippewa Falls, WI | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Legion Post 77 | Chippewa Falls, WI | $5,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities - Sojourner House | La Crosse, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mentor Chippewa | Chippewa Falls, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer's Association | Chippewa Falls, WI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chippewa Co Adult Special Olympics | Chippewa Falls, WI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alano Club 76 Inc | Chippewa Falls, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chippewa County Historical Society | Chippewa Falls, WI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Central Lutheran Church | Chippewa Falls, WI | $1,272 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Akre Enterprises-Senior Review Newspapers | Eau Claire, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chippewa Falls Parks - Irvine Park | Chippewa Falls, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chippewa Valley Rose Society | Chippewa Falls, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Good News Jail & Prison Ministry | Eau Claire, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Notre Dame Children's Fund | Chippewa Falls, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Senior Review (bridging Chippewa Co) Paper | Eau Claire, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Legion Auxiliary-Unit 77 | Chippewa Falls, WI | $800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mcdonell Area Catholic Schools | Chippewa Falls, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Fire Safety Council | Chippewa Falls, WI | $360 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Senior Graduation Parties Fund | Chippewa Falls, WI | $200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
41 of 68 (60%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $764,341 | $12,000 |
| 2022 | 42 | $895,912 | $11,000 |
| 2023 | 40 | $798,202 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 39 | $841,147 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Edward and Hannah M Rutledge Charities's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 758, Chippewa Falls, WI, 54729. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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