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Form 990-PFTax year 2018EIN 38-3439276

Ruth M Shoemaker Charitable Trust

A private foundation in Monroe, MI. Its return for tax year 2018 lists 19 grants and $66,613 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2018 (period ending Dec 31, 2018), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

1 return on file

Tax year 2018 is the only return we have read for this foundation so far.

  • Tax year 2018

    $66,613

    Grants listed
    19
    Assets, end of year
    $0

Grants paid in 2018

19 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. LCMS FoundationSt Louis, MO

    Religious

    $19,984
  2. Trinity Lutheran Church Endow FDMonroe, MI

    Religious

    $7,994
  3. Individual

    Religious

    $6,661
  4. Wellspring Lutheran ServicesFrankenmuth, MI

    Health & welfare

    $4,663
  5. Individual

    Health & welfare

    $3,331
  6. Individual

    Religious education

    $3,331
  7. Concordia CollegeAnn Arbor, MI

    Religious education

    $3,331
  8. Individual

    Religious

    $2,665
  9. Lutheran Hour MinistriesSt Louis, MO

    Religious

    $1,333
  10. Monroe Family YMCA Endowment FundMonroe, MI

    Human services

    $1,332
  11. Individual

    Human services

    $1,332
  12. American Bible SocietyPhiladelphia, PA

    Religious

    $1,332
  13. Individual

    Religions

    $1,332
  14. Lutheran Special Edition MinistriesFarmington Hills, MI

    Health & education

    $1,332
  15. Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, IN

    Religious education

    $1,332
  16. Lutherans Women's Mission LeagueSt Louis, MO

    Religious

    $1,332
  17. Monroe Historical SocietyMonroe, MI

    Historic preservation

    $1,332
  18. Individual

    Religious

    $1,332
  19. Salvation ArmyHoffman Estates, IL

    Civic & religious

    $1,332

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Religion2 grants $2,66467% of the total
  2. Education1 grant $1,33233% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Missouri3 grants $22,649
  2. Michigan6 grants $19,984
  3. Illinois1 grant $1,332
  4. Indiana1 grant $1,332
  5. Pennsylvania1 grant $1,332

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Monroe Bank & TrustTRUSTEE Hours 2Pay $1,000

The return

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