Ohio · Private foundation
Ansom 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 17
- Total assets, FY2025
- $91k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations Ansom Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 28 | $28k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $17k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $15k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $8k | 26% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $11k | 12% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $15k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $13k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Corporation | $21,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Saint Francis University | $17,900 | 9 | 0% |
| Knights of Columbus | $12,200 | 5 | n/a |
| St Kizito Foundation | $3,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Ignatius High School of Cleveland | $2,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Deepwood Foundation | $2,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Sisters of Notre Dame | $1,175 | 8 | n/a |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $950 | 9 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc | $700 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Corporation | $21,050 | 5 | 0% |
| Saint Francis University | $17,900 | 9 | 0% |
| Knights of Columbus | $12,200 | 5 | n/a |
| St Kizito Foundation | $3,300 | 5 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Ignatius High School of Cleveland | $2,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Deepwood Foundation | $2,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Sisters of Notre Dame | $1,175 | 8 | n/a |
| Eternal Word Television Network Inc | $950 | 9 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| Cath League for Religious & Civil Rights | $600 | 7 | 0% |
| The Dynamic Catholic Institute | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $475 | 7 | 0% |
| Malachi House Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force Inc | $250 | 4 | 0% |
| Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Inc | $225 | 4 | 0% |
| Home Missioners of America | $100 | 2 | n/a |
| Ecumenical Shelter Network of Lake County Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $100 | 2 | 0% |
| Carroll College | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Operation Smile Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($64k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ansom 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 Cleveland Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ansom Foundation
- How much does Ansom Foundation give?
- Ansom Foundation reported 31 grants totaling $28,960 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ansom Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (52%), Human Services (18%), Education (16%).
- Who are Ansom Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Catholic Charities Corporation ($21k), Saint Francis University ($18k), Knights of Columbus ($12k).
- Does Ansom Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ansom 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 Ansom Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Ansom Foundation based?
- Ansom Foundation is based in OH.
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