Ohio · Private foundation
Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn
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.
- $455k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $40,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 8 | $455k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $345k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $480k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $440k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $325k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $160k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | $820,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Zoological Society of Cincinnati | $750,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Episcopal Retirement Homes Inc | $345,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $177,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Public Radio Inc | $97,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Clovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired | $67,500 | 4 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($348k), 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 · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Duke Energy Foundation · Ge Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn
- How much does Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn give?
- Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn reported 8 grants totaling $455,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Animals (29%), Human Services (19%).
- Who are Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ($820k), Zoological Society of Cincinnati ($750k), Episcopal Retirement Homes Inc ($345k).
- Does Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, John a Schroth Family Char Tr, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn based?
- Ellen and Richard Berghamer Fdtn is based in OH.
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