Ohio · Private foundation
Cedar Fair Charities Inc
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.
- $3.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $13,799
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,737,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $685k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Cedar Fair Charities Inc 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; $116k 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 | 10 | $3.0M | 50% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $3.3M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $2.1M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $1.8M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1.5M | 50% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Kid Again Inc | $1,324,339 | 6 | 6% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $224,913 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $92,455 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $87,725 | 1 | 0% |
| Council on International Educational Exchange Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eagles Autism Challenge Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Prayers From Maria Children's Glioma Cancer Foundation | $36,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Autism Society of America Inc | $17,684 | 1 | 1% |
| The Foundation for Firelands | $15,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $15,413 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Kid Again Inc | $1,324,339 | 6 | 6% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $224,913 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $92,455 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $87,725 | 1 | 0% |
| Council on International Educational Exchange Inc | $75,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Eagles Autism Challenge Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Prayers From Maria Children's Glioma Cancer Foundation | $36,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Autism Society of America Inc | $17,684 | 1 | 1% |
| The Foundation for Firelands | $15,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $15,413 | 2 | 0% |
| CIEE Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hanover Education Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Children's Heart Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cancer Support Community | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spina Bifida Association of America | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Give Kids the World Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ruth Lyons Childrens Fund | $2,038 | 1 | n/a |
| Kansas City Soccer Foundation | $505 | 1 | 0% |
| Perkins Athletic Booster Club Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central and Western North Carolina Inc | $245 | 1 | 0% |
| Cancer Services Fka Cancer Services of Erie County | $125 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cedar Fair Charities Inc 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: American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Cedar Fair Charities Inc
- How much does Cedar Fair Charities Inc give?
- Cedar Fair Charities Inc reported 11 grants totaling $3,102,299 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Cedar Fair Charities Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (81%), Human Services (10%), Health (3%).
- Who are Cedar Fair Charities Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: A Kid Again Inc ($1.3M), Blood Cancer United Inc ($225k), Feeding America ($92k).
- Does Cedar Fair Charities Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cedar Fair Charities Inc 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 Cedar Fair Charities Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Cedar Fair Charities Inc based?
- Cedar Fair Charities Inc is based in OH.
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