Ohio · Private foundation
Cellarius 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.
- $785k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $401,622
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Cellarius 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; $25k 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 | 6 | $785k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $659k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $644k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $245k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $271k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $817k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $545k | 57% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $710k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Schools | $2,526,422 | 8 | 10% |
| Grace Fellowship | $1,028,410 | 8 | n/a |
| The Compass Academy | $235,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Young America's Foundation | $95,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bibleproject | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bright Start Learning Inc | $78,430 | 5 | 8% |
| Young Life | $52,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Vista Village Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Friendships Inc | $14,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Carl Ltd | $10,102 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Schools | $2,526,422 | 8 | 10% |
| Grace Fellowship | $1,028,410 | 8 | n/a |
| The Compass Academy | $235,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Young America's Foundation | $95,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Bibleproject | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bright Start Learning Inc | $78,430 | 5 | 8% |
| Young Life | $52,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Vista Village Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| International Friendships Inc | $14,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Camp Carl Ltd | $10,102 | 1 | 0% |
| C E National Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| MIO Frontiers | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lower Light Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Grace Trust Inc Dba Encompass World Partners | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($491k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cellarius 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: Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Columbus Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Cellarius Foundation
- How much does Cellarius Foundation give?
- Cellarius Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $785,224 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cellarius Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (59%), Religion (24%), Community Improvement (10%).
- Who are Cellarius Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Grace Schools ($2.5M), Grace Fellowship ($1.0M), The Compass Academy ($235k).
- Does Cellarius Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cellarius 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 Cellarius Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Columbus Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Cellarius Foundation based?
- Cellarius Foundation is based in OH.
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