Ohio · Private foundation
Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch 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.
- $135k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $43,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $891k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 45% of the organizations Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 19 | $135k | 11% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $91k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $1.1M | 62% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $84k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $95k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $65k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $77k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $84k | 14% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case Western Reserve University | $820,000 | 7 | 0% |
| The Society of the Four Arts Inc | $307,500 | 3 | 1% |
| The Musical Arts Association | $73,460 | 8 | 0% |
| Julie Billiart School | $60,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Smiles With Style Inc | $54,200 | 7 | 27% |
| Ursuline College | $45,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Thomas More Play Group Inc | $32,500 | 3 | 0% |
| University School | $29,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Vanderbilt University | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Regina Health Center | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 27 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($302k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: The Fedeli Family Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation with peer funders
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About Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation
- How much does Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation give?
- Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $135,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (56%), Arts & Culture (26%), Health (11%).
- Who are Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Case Western Reserve University ($820k), The Society of the Four Arts Inc ($308k), The Musical Arts Association ($73k).
- Does Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch 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 Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Fedeli Family Charitable Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
- Where is Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation based?
- Charles J & Elizabeth R Koch Foundation is based in OH.
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