Ohio · Public charity
Defiance Rotary Foundation
Raise funds through solicitation of gifts and through fund raising activities, so that funds can be contributed to charitable and educational organizations in the defiance area for the betterment and benefit of the people of the defiance area and for the purpose of promoting the worldwide work of rotary international
- $88k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $40k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 4
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $525k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Defiance Rotary Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $40k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $27k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $26k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $45k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Defiance County Inc | $25,350 | 3 | 2% |
| Defiance College | $24,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Defiance County Ohio | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Defiance | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kaitlyn's Cottage Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Defiance Agricultural Research Association | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
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: Premier Bank Foundation · Defiance Area Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Defiance Rotary Foundation
- How much does Defiance Rotary Foundation give?
- Defiance Rotary Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $39,850, out of $87,704 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 4 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Defiance Rotary Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (16%), Education (15%), Community Improvement (14%).
- Who are Defiance Rotary Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: United Way of Defiance County Inc ($25k), Defiance College ($25k), Young Mens Christian Association of Defiance County Ohio ($20k).
- Does Defiance Rotary Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Defiance Rotary Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Premier Bank Foundation, Defiance Area Foundation Inc.
- Where is Defiance Rotary Foundation based?
- Defiance Rotary Foundation is based in OH.
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