Ohio · Private foundation
Black River Education and Wellness Foundation
TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE GREATER LORAIN COUNTY AREA. 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Black River Education and Wellness Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 | 2 | $51k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $105k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $43k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $89k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $60k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $41k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio | $67,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Village Project | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gloria S Way | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Forest City Food Collective | $35,000 | 2 | 11% |
| The Als Association Northern Ohio Chapter | $35,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Lorain County Community College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Party for the Puzzle | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Impact Online Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($92k), not named here.
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: Community West Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Norton Family Foundation · Lakeland Community Foundation · Miraldi Family Pvt Fdn · Community Foundation of Lorain County · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · Charities Aid Foundation America · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
Compare Black River Education and Wellness Foundation with peer funders
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About Black River Education and Wellness Foundation
- How much does Black River Education and Wellness Foundation give?
- Black River Education and Wellness Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $51,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Black River Education and Wellness Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (34%), Philanthropy (29%), Health (19%).
- Who are Black River Education and Wellness Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio ($67k), Village Project ($50k), Gloria S Way ($40k).
- Does Black River Education and Wellness Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Black River Education and Wellness 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 Black River Education and Wellness Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community West Foundation, The Nord Family Foundation, The Nordson Corporation Foundation.
- Where is Black River Education and Wellness Foundation based?
- Black River Education and Wellness Foundation is based in OH.
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