Ohio · Private foundation
Downing Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $265k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2026
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 65%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $11,500
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 17
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 5
- Total assets, FY2026
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 65% of the organizations Downing Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $153k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 20 | $265k | 20% |
| FY2025 | 17 | $242k | 65% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $217k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $194k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $224k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $198k | 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 FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Radio Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 2% |
| John Paul The Great Catholic University | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Center Plus Inc | $62,500 | 6 | 1% |
| St Lawrence School | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Edmund Campion Academy Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 9% |
| St Philomenas Apostolate | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Damascus Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Cecilia R C Church | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St James Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Joseph Academy | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Radio Inc | $120,000 | 6 | 2% |
| John Paul The Great Catholic University | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pregnancy Center Plus Inc | $62,500 | 6 | 1% |
| St Lawrence School | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Edmund Campion Academy Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 9% |
| St Philomenas Apostolate | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Damascus Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Cecilia R C Church | $24,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St James Church | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Joseph Academy | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Lady of Corpus Christi Retreat Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Angelico Project a Center for Thought and Culture | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Serenelli Project Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| St Pauls Outreach Inc | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Franciscan Daughters of Mary | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood | $5,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Project Sycamore A Nfp Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sisters of Life | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of Cincinnati | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($774k), 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: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Dayton Foundation Depository · Bob & Felicia Burger Family Foundation · The Heidt Family Foundation · The Dayton Foundation · Columbus Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
About Downing Foundation
- How much does Downing Foundation give?
- Downing Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $265,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 17 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Downing Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Religion (47%), Education (44%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Downing Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Sacred Heart Radio Inc ($120k), John Paul The Great Catholic University ($105k), Pregnancy Center Plus Inc ($63k).
- Does Downing Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 65% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Downing Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Downing Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Downing Foundation based?
- Downing Foundation is based in OH.
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