Ohio · Private foundation
Cole Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $9k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 39%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $300
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 42
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $21k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Cole Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $9k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $20k | 39% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $18k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $21k | 39% |
| FY2020 | 37 | $20k | 49% |
| FY2019 | 42 | $23k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $27k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra College Foundation | $16,900 | 8 | 2% |
| Tiffin University | $15,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Heidelberg University | $6,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Tiffin Seneca United Way Inc | $3,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Noah Foundation of Ohio Inc | $2,750 | 2 | n/a |
| East Green Foundation | $2,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Trinity United Church of Christ | $1,350 | 2 | n/a |
| The Tiffin Community Foundation | $1,150 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 39 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra College Foundation | $16,900 | 8 | 2% |
| Tiffin University | $15,550 | 5 | 0% |
| Heidelberg University | $6,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Tiffin Seneca United Way Inc | $3,850 | 6 | 0% |
| Noah Foundation of Ohio Inc | $2,750 | 2 | n/a |
| East Green Foundation | $2,000 | 3 | 1% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $1,400 | 5 | 0% |
| Trinity United Church of Christ | $1,350 | 2 | n/a |
| The Tiffin Community Foundation | $1,150 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohio Farm Bureau Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pelotonia | $800 | 5 | 0% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $750 | 1 | 0% |
| Franciscan Earth Literacy Center | $750 | 2 | 0% |
| Noah Foundation Inc | $650 | 4 | n/a |
| Sisters in Shelter | $650 | 2 | 1% |
| St Joseph Catholic Church | $550 | 3 | n/a |
| St Josephs Indian School | $500 | 3 | n/a |
| Tiffin Right to Life | $475 | 3 | n/a |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $350 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Church Inc | $350 | 1 | n/a |
| The Humane Society of Seneca County | $350 | 2 | 0% |
| A Little Faith Ministries | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Tiffin Historic Trust Inc | $250 | 1 | 2% |
| Community Hospice Care | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Wooster Rotary Foundation | $250 | 2 | 0% |
| United Baptist Church | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 128 | $200 | 2 | n/a |
| Melmore Athletic Boosters | $180 | 1 | n/a |
| Tiffin-Seneca Child Care Center Inc | $150 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Counseling Service Inc | $150 | 1 | n/a |
| Tiffin Band Boosters | $135 | 1 | 0% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohio University Foundation | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| American Legion | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith United Methodist Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Gateway Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| LifePath Hospice Inc | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $25 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 97 recipients with no EIN on record ($101k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cole Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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: National Machinery Foundation Inc · Paul M & Lucy J Gillmor Charitable Foundation · Meshech Frost Tr Uw Charitable · Webster Foundation Inc · The Pruina Corporation · Seneca Industrial & Economic Development Corp · Columbus Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Cole Family Foundation
- How much does Cole Family Foundation give?
- Cole Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $8,592 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Cole Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Arts & Culture (21%), Religion (19%).
- Who are Cole Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Terra College Foundation ($17k), Tiffin University ($16k), Heidelberg University ($6k).
- Does Cole Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cole Family 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 Cole Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Machinery Foundation Inc, Paul M & Lucy J Gillmor Charitable Foundation, Meshech Frost Tr Uw Charitable.
- Where is Cole Family Foundation based?
- Cole Family Foundation is based in OH.
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