Ohio · Private foundation
Carolyn and Herbert Metzger 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.
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k 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 | 21 | $1.2M | 10% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $736k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $595k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $455k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $620k | 6% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $570k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 20 | $480k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $355k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Toledo Zoological Society | $1,075,535 | 7 | 1% |
| Florida Oceanographic Society Inc | $352,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and the Toledo Newsboys Association | $290,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Ability Center of Greater Toledo | $247,500 | 8 | 1% |
| The Toledo Hospital | $165,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Toledo Day Nursery | $122,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Mom's House Inc of Toledo | $94,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Sylvania Schools Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 34% |
| Flag City Honor Flight Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Girl Scouts of Western Ohio | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Toledo Zoological Society | $1,075,535 | 7 | 1% |
| Florida Oceanographic Society Inc | $352,500 | 7 | 3% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and the Toledo Newsboys Association | $290,000 | 8 | 2% |
| The Ability Center of Greater Toledo | $247,500 | 8 | 1% |
| The Toledo Hospital | $165,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Toledo Day Nursery | $122,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Mom's House Inc of Toledo | $94,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Sylvania Schools Foundation | $60,000 | 2 | 34% |
| Flag City Honor Flight Inc | $55,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Girl Scouts of Western Ohio | $45,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fishtown Preservation Society Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Tutorsmart | $35,000 | 3 | 14% |
| The Victory Center | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Toledo Museum of Art | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · United Way of Greater Toledo · The Oswald Supporting Organization · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · Dana Charitable Foundation · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Landman-Goldman Foundation · The LaValley Foundation · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · George Isaac Foundation · Promedica Health System Inc
How this is measured
Compare Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation with peer funders
About Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation
- How much does Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation give?
- Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $1,225,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Animals (22%), Environment (19%).
- Who are Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: The Toledo Zoological Society ($1.1M), Florida Oceanographic Society Inc ($353k), Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and the Toledo Newsboys Association ($290k).
- Does Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Carolyn and Herbert Metzger 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 Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Toledo Community Foundation Inc, The O-I Charities Foundation, United Way of Greater Toledo.
- Where is Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation based?
- Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation is based in OH.
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