· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY | $2,500 |
| TERRA COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $1,500 |
| RITZ THEATRE | $1,257 |
| EAST GREEN FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH | $500 |
| NOAH FOUNDATION | $300 |
| MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION | $300 |
| Individual grant recipient | $300 |
| SENECA COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY | $250 |
| TIFFIN RIGHT TO LIFE | $250 |
| TIFFIN BAND BOOSTERS | $135 |
| FACT OF SENECA CTY | $100 |
| Individual grant recipient | $100 |
| VILLAGE OF BLOOMVILLE BLOCK PARTY | $50 |
| REPUBLIC LIONS CLUB | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
50 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $985 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TUTiffin University5× · 2017–2023 · $16k · revenue +27%
- HUHeidelberg University4× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +5%
- ANAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches5× · 2017–2023 · $1k · revenue +46%
Funded once
- SCSENECA COUNTY CEO PROGRAMone grant, 2020 · $3k
- OFOHIO FARM BUREAU FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue -28%
- BUBLOOMVILLE UCC CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $1k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Mission: to inspire a community of uc and uc health supporters through the power of philanthropy. vision: igniting passion to transform lives.
To solicit contributions from the corporate community and private foundations on behalf of 33 member-college/universities that serve nearly 80,000 students. members are nonprofit, privately controlled, 4-year colleges/universities…
Ohio state innovation foundation ("osif") is a not-for-profit ohio corporation formed to manage intellectual property developed at or created by the ohio state university ("osu") and to facilitate the commercialization of such intellectual…
As an affiliate of commonspirit health, we make the healing presence of god known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
Defiance College graduates students to lead distinctive lives in their chosen professions through a spirit of service by preparing them to Know, To Understand, To Lead, and To Serve.
Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…
The Wright State University Foundation's mission is to partner with Wright State University in providing funding that assists students from the Dayton region and beyond to obtain an affordable, quality education by: 1) promoting and…
Ohio christian university (ocu) is committed to offering a complete education that develops students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. (continued on schedule o)ocu offers degree programs designed to equip students to become…
Provide comprehensive services that benefit the financial institution industry in ohio.
Mercy College, a Catholic institution with a focus on healthcare, educates and inspires students to lead and serve in the global community.
How this is measured
26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 136 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds TERRA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Tiffin University ↗
- Who funds Heidelberg University ↗
- Who funds TIFFIN SENECA UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds EAST GREEN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OHIO FARM BUREAU FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PELOTONIA ↗
- Who funds BREAKTHROUGH T1D ↗
- Who funds FRANCISCAN EARTH LITERACY CENTER ↗
- Who funds SISTERS IN SHELTER ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cole Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cole Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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