How much does Denison University give?

Denison University reported 11 itemized grants totaling $394,250, out of $91,696,389 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.

What does Denison University fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (57%), Arts & Culture (12%), Community Improvement (8%).

Who are Denison University's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Granville Township Board of Trustees ($1.1M), United Way of Licking County Inc ($101k), The Works - Ohio Center for History Art & Technology ($94k).

Does Denison University fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Denison University?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Licking County Foundation Inc, Licking Memorial Health Foundation, First Federal Foundation.

Where is Denison University based?

Denison University is based in OH.

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Ohio · Public charity

Denison University

Through an emphasis on active learning, DENISON UNIVERSITY engages students in the liberal arts, which fosters self-determination and the transformative power of education.

$92M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 11
Itemized grants FY2025: 10
Organizations funded FY2024: 50%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $394k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $12,500
Largest grant, FY2025: $223,500
Organizations funded a year: 7 to 11; FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 2
Total assets, FY2025: $1.6B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Denison University funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHealthOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	11	$394k	36%
FY2024	10	$341k	50%
FY2023	9	$323k	44%
FY2022	9	$354k	44%
FY2021	11	$317k	64%
FY2020	7	$186k	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$1.1MArts & Culture$233kCommunity Improvement$146kPhilanthropy$131kEducation$85kYouth Development$74kHealth$44kHuman Services$22kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Granville Township Board of Trustees	$1,074,500	6	n/a
United Way of Licking County Inc	$101,000	5	2%
The Works - Ohio Center for History Art & Technology	$93,700	5	1%
Granville Exempted Schools	$85,250	6	n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus Inc	$75,000	2	1%
The Columbus Partnership	$55,000	1	n/a
Columbus Association for the Performing Arts	$49,000	6	0%
Granville Township Fire Dept	$41,602	1	n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Licking & Perry Counties Inc	$28,000	1	4%
Newark Midland Theatre Association	$25,000	1	1%

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All grantees of Denison University by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Granville Township Board of Trustees	$1,074,500	6	n/a
United Way of Licking County Inc	$101,000	5	2%
The Works - Ohio Center for History Art & Technology	$93,700	5	1%
Granville Exempted Schools	$85,250	6	n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus Inc	$75,000	2	1%
The Columbus Partnership	$55,000	1	n/a
Columbus Association for the Performing Arts	$49,000	6	0%
Granville Township Fire Dept	$41,602	1	n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Licking & Perry Counties Inc	$28,000	1	4%
Newark Midland Theatre Association	$25,000	1	1%
The Center for New Beginnings	$24,000	1	n/a
The Food Pantry Network of Licking County	$20,000	1	0%
The American Philosophical Association	$20,000	1	1%
Licking County Humane Society	$14,000	1	1%
Supporting Pride Across Rural Communities	$14,000	1	n/a
The Salvation Army	$14,000	1	n/a
Granville Area Chamber of Commerce	$10,700	2	3%
One Columbus Foundation	$10,000	1	1%
National Women's History Museum	$10,000	1	0%
Indianapolis Downtown Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Pbj Connections Jedlicka	$10,000	1	2%
Licking Land Trust	$10,000	1	9%
One Columbus	$10,000	1	n/a
Licking County Community Center for 60 Adults Inc	$10,000	1	4%
Habitat for Humanity - Midohio	$10,000	1	0%
Ohiolina	$10,000	1	n/a
Columbus Museum of Art	$10,000	1	0%
Great Circle Alliance	$10,000	1	12%
Granville Center for the Arts	$10,000	1	n/a
Grow Licking County	$5,200	1	1%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Denison University supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 20.

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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.

Licking County Foundation IncOH34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Licking County Foundation Inc · Licking Memorial Health Foundation · First Federal Foundation · The Lindorf Family Foundation · Park National Corporation Foundation · The Patricia R and Herbert J Murphy Foundation · The Englefield Foundation · Energy Cooperative Roundup Foundation Inc · Columbus Foundation · The Lefevre Foundation · The O'Neill Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Denison University

How much does Denison University give?: Denison University reported 11 itemized grants totaling $394,250, out of $91,696,389 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Denison University fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (57%), Arts & Culture (12%), Community Improvement (8%).
Who are Denison University's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Granville Township Board of Trustees ($1.1M), United Way of Licking County Inc ($101k), The Works - Ohio Center for History Art & Technology ($94k).
Does Denison University fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Denison University?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Licking County Foundation Inc, Licking Memorial Health Foundation, First Federal Foundation.
Where is Denison University based?: Denison University is based in OH.