Ohio · Private foundation
Dennis & Sara Trachsel 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.
- $140k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Dennis & Sara Trachsel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k 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 | 6 | $120k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $300k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $187k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $227k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $297k | 61% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $326k | 24% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $210k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $275k | 35% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio History Connection | $575,100 | 8 | 0% |
| Logos Christian Ministries | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of Marion Casa | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Viking Three Point Club | $25,000 | 1 | 40% |
| Peace and Freedom Committee | $15,000 | 2 | 12% |
Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
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About Dennis & Sara Trachsel Foundation
- How much does Dennis & Sara Trachsel Foundation give?
- Dennis & Sara Trachsel Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $140,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dennis & Sara Trachsel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Arts & Culture (29%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Dennis & Sara Trachsel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ohio History Connection ($575k), Logos Christian Ministries ($45k), Friends of Marion Casa ($25k).
- Does Dennis & Sara Trachsel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dennis & Sara Trachsel 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.
- Where is Dennis & Sara Trachsel Foundation based?
- Dennis & Sara Trachsel Foundation is based in OH.
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