Ohio · Private foundation
Cassner Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $197k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2026
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 29
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 6
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 24% of the organizations Cassner Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 25 | $197k | 12% |
| FY2025 | 29 | $200k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 28 | $220k | 18% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $151k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 22 | $201k | 23% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $195k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $196k | 10% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $264k | 21% |
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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Christian Academy | $489,008 | 8 | 12% |
| Wilmington College | $45,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Ohio Pregnancy Center Inc | $36,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Southern State Comm College | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cedarville University | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Miami University | $28,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Capital University | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Mount St Joseph University | $24,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Shaffer Park Baseball Inc | $20,200 | 6 | 5% |
| Highland District Hospital | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Christian Academy | $489,008 | 8 | 12% |
| Wilmington College | $45,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Southern Ohio Pregnancy Center Inc | $36,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Southern State Comm College | $31,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Cedarville University | $28,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Miami University | $28,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Capital University | $28,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Mount St Joseph University | $24,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Shaffer Park Baseball Inc | $20,200 | 6 | 5% |
| Highland District Hospital | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Dayton | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Thomas More University Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Marietta College | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Liberty University Inc | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Florida State University | $14,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Heidelberg University | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Ohio Northern University | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The University of Findlay | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Alma College | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Christian University | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lindsey Wilson University Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Evangel University | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Earlham College Inc | $1,750 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.3M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cassner 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: Columbus Foundation · A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy · The Austin E Knowlton Foundation Inc · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · The Dayton Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Cassner Foundation
- How much does Cassner Foundation give?
- Cassner Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $197,300 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 29 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Cassner Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (76%), Arts & Culture (6%), Health (5%).
- Who are Cassner Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Hillsboro Christian Academy ($489k), Wilmington College ($46k), Southern Ohio Pregnancy Center Inc ($36k).
- Does Cassner Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cassner 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 Cassner Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy, The Austin E Knowlton Foundation Inc.
- Where is Cassner Foundation based?
- Cassner Foundation is based in OH.
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