· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k13 grants · $335k
- $50k–250k7 grants · $590k
- $250k+1 grant · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Toledo Zoological Society | $300,000 |
| Dixon Center for Military and Veter | $125,000 |
| Ability Center of Greater Toledo | $100,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Toledo | $100,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $75,000 |
| Hillsdale Collage Barney Charter Sc | $70,000 |
| Hope Lutheren Church | $70,000 |
| Toledo Day Nursery | $50,000 |
| Flag City Honor Flights | $30,000 |
| Toledo Children's Hospital | $30,000 |
| Sylvania Schools Foundation | $30,000 |
| Bethany House | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| Toledo Northwest Ohio Food Bank | $25,000 |
| Valentine Theater | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $464k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
24 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TTTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY7× · 2018–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +48%
- FOFLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC7× · 2018–2025 · $353k · revenue +3%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION8× · 2018–2025 · $290k · revenue +147%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $50k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $10k
- TTTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ARTone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +20%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Empower everyone to explore the sciences through interactive exhibits and educational programming.
To secure the long-term future of the zoo, including its animal collections, education and conservation programs, magnificent gardens and historic wpa-era buildings.
To solve critical business challenges in order to create vibrant economic opportunities for all in our region.
The mission of the university of toledo foundation is to secure the future for the university of toledo, through prudent asset management and philanthropy. we build strong linkages between alumni and the university, fostering a spirit of…
Toledo Legal Aid Society provides legal representation for indigent clients that are charged with criminal, traffic, or juvenile offenses for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty.
To develop and promote arts in the greater toledo community
To educate, entertain, and inform the general public about aircraft, the capabilities of various types of aircraft, aviation, and aviation history through an airshow and operation held at the toledo express airport
To further the educational purposes of toledo christian schools, inc.
Partners in education's mission is to provide evidence-based programs, in collaboration with schools and community partners, to empower students with the skills they need to read, succeed, and thrive. the organization promotes student…
Downtown toledo development corporation (dtdc) is a non-profit organization formed for the purpose of furthering development and commercial activity in downtown toledo. activities performed by dtdc include development through…
Maumee valley country day school cultivates an inclusive community of intellectual excellence where learners creatively explore their passions and boldly inspire positive change in the world.
To provide support for community service work for the handicapped, the youth, and the elderly
How this is measured
15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds FLORIDA OCEANOGRAPHIC SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds THE ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO ↗
- Who funds THE TOLEDO HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds TOLEDO DAY NURSERY ↗
- Who funds MOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO ↗
- Who funds SYLVANIA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FLAG CITY HONOR FLIGHT INC ↗
- Who funds Girl Scouts of Western Ohio ↗
- Who funds FISHTOWN PRESERVATION SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds TUTORSMART ↗
- Who funds THE VICTORY CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Florida Oceanographic Society Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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