Judy & John Ruthven Foundation
Legal name: Judy & John Ruthven Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464190383
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Milford, OH, US
- Phone
- 513-646-2503
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,127
- Expenses
- $58,018
- Assets
- $107,860
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ERICA RUTHVEN (President)
- KEVIN RUTHVEN (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- ADAM WEISSMAN (Trustee)
- MATTHEW WEISSMAN (Trustee)
- MOLLY WEISSMAN (Trustee)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Judy & John Ruthven Foundation is organized and shall at all times be operated to promote public appreciation of wildlife art and history. The Foundation will maintain an art studio that will contain original and duplicate works created by and over the long and distinguished career of John Ruthven, a world-renowned wildlife artist. The studio will be open to the public for educational purposes. In addition, the Foundation will make grants to various organizations to promote the study of art and history, related educational initiatives, and historic preservation, provided that the Foundation will make grants only to organizations which qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and which are organized and operated exclusively for charitable or educational purposes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Program support
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 4.1%; rating input score 4
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2,627.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 75.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 4.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.