Delaware · Private foundation
Adams Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $147k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $781k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Adams Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $130k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $26k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $12k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $32k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $39k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $73k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $115k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $27k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskingum University | $273,450 | 9 | 0% |
| Guernsey Health Systems | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Open Door Ministries | $13,500 | 5 | n/a |
| National Review Institute | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| East Muskingum Umbrella Boosters | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Zanesville Museum of Art | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Camp Presmont Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vincentian Ohio Action Network | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Zane Trace Players | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskingum University | $273,450 | 9 | 0% |
| Guernsey Health Systems | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Open Door Ministries | $13,500 | 5 | n/a |
| National Review Institute | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| East Muskingum Umbrella Boosters | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Zanesville Museum of Art | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Camp Presmont Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Pritchard Laughlin Civic Center | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Vincentian Ohio Action Network | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Zane Trace Players | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Muskingum Perry and Morgan Counties Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of New Concord | $1,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Museum Association of East Muskingum | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America Muskingum Valley Council Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| LifeWise Ministries | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Muskingum Valley Symphonic Winds | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts Council of Big Sky | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Foreverdads | $100 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($138k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Adams Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Muskingum County Community Foundation · J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn · Park National Corporation Foundation · Rogge Cora E Memorial Foundation · Debbie and Larry Triplett Foundation · Robert E Fellers and Leona L Fellers Foundation Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Adams Family Foundation
- How much does Adams Family Foundation give?
- Adams Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $147,475 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Adams Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (44%), Philanthropy (25%), Food & Nutrition (11%).
- Who are Adams Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Muskingum University ($273k), Guernsey Health Systems ($20k), Open Door Ministries ($14k).
- Does Adams Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Adams Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Adams Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Muskingum County Community Foundation, J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn, Park National Corporation Foundation.
- Where is Adams Family Foundation based?
- Adams Family Foundation is based in DE.
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