Ohio · Private foundation
Cambridge Kiwanis 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.
- $68k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k 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 | 12 | $68k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $99k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $104k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $83k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $84k | 64% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $61k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $73k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $46k | 69% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiwanis International Inc | $64,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Guernsey County | $38,000 | 2 | 10% |
| The Living Word Outdoor Drama Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Living Word | $27,311 | 1 | n/a |
| Buckeye Trail Band Boosters | $19,971 | 5 | n/a |
| Cambridge Performing Arts Center | $16,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Haven of Hope Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Youth Shooting Sports Funding Foundation | $8,500 | 2 | 8% |
| First Christian Church | $8,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation | $8,000 | 4 | 4% |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiwanis International Inc | $64,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Childrens Advocacy Center of Guernsey County | $38,000 | 2 | 10% |
| The Living Word Outdoor Drama Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Living Word | $27,311 | 1 | n/a |
| Buckeye Trail Band Boosters | $19,971 | 5 | n/a |
| Cambridge Performing Arts Center | $16,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Haven of Hope Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Youth Shooting Sports Funding Foundation | $8,500 | 2 | 8% |
| First Christian Church | $8,250 | 7 | n/a |
| Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation | $8,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Dickens Victorian Village of Cambridge Inc | $6,960 | 4 | 5% |
| Samaritan Center | $6,500 | 3 | 9% |
| Lifewise Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals Inc | $5,193 | 1 | 0% |
| Guernsey Industries | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Cambridge Collectors Inc | $4,400 | 1 | 2% |
| Breaking Free Therapeutic Riding Center Inc | $4,340 | 2 | 3% |
| Camp Presmont Inc | $4,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Hospice of Guernsey Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Grace Pantry Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cambridge Band Inc | $2,520 | 1 | n/a |
| Guernsey County Cancer Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| House of Samuel Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Guernsey County Historical Society | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Noble County Historical Society Inc | $1,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Faith United Methodist Church | $1,317 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cambridge Singers | $1,250 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($378k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cambridge Kiwanis 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: Foundation for Appalachian Ohio · Peoples Bank Foundation · United Way of Guernsey and Noble Counties Inc · Columbus Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation
- How much does Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation give?
- Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $67,861 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (14%), Crime & Legal (11%).
- Who are Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Kiwanis International Inc ($64k), Childrens Advocacy Center of Guernsey County ($38k), The Living Word Outdoor Drama Inc ($30k).
- Does Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cambridge Kiwanis 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 Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for Appalachian Ohio, Peoples Bank Foundation, United Way of Guernsey and Noble Counties Inc.
- Where is Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation based?
- Cambridge Kiwanis Foundation is based in OH.
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