Ohio · Private foundation
Earthward Bound Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $221k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 71
- Grants FY2025
- 61
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $55,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 66
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Earthward Bound Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 71 | $221k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 61 | $177k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 46 | $148k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 61 | $100k | 31% |
| FY2021 | 66 | $190k | 79% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $83k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $125k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $107k | 55% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Public Radio Inc | $140,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Public Radio Inc | $127,000 | 6 | 1% |
| California Jazz Conservatory Inc | $125,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Cincinnati Museum Association | $103,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Storycorps Inc | $95,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Music Hall Revitalization Company Inc | $80,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Npr Foundation | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Clifton Cultural Arts Center | $54,250 | 5 | 2% |
| Musicnow | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Art Opportunities Inc | $15,750 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 87 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($391k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Earthward Bound Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Millstone Fund · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Tr Uw Jacob Schmidlapp #1 · Jack J Smith Jr Charitable Trust
How this is measured
About Earthward Bound Foundation
- How much does Earthward Bound Foundation give?
- Earthward Bound Foundation reported 71 grants totaling $221,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Earthward Bound Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (88%), Education (2%), Crime & Legal (1%).
- Who are Earthward Bound Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Public Radio Inc ($140k), Cincinnati Public Radio Inc ($127k), California Jazz Conservatory Inc ($125k).
- Does Earthward Bound Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Earthward Bound Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Earthward Bound Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation, The Thomas J Emery Memorial, Louise Taft Semple Foundation.
- Where is Earthward Bound Foundation based?
- Earthward Bound Foundation is based in OH.
Play a game based on Earthward Bound’s filings →