Ohio · Public charity
First Lady's Charitable Foundation
To raise awareness and financial support for the First Lady (or first spouse) of Ohio's philantrhopic endeavors.
- $357k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2025
- $350k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $240k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations First Lady's Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $350k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $195k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $400k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | $750,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Shared Harvest Foodbank Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio Tri County Food Alliance Dba Second Harvest Food Bank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Ohio Food Bank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hockingathensperry Community Action | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Soupe Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | $750,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Shared Harvest Foodbank Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio Tri County Food Alliance Dba Second Harvest Food Bank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Ohio Food Bank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hockingathensperry Community Action | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| La Soupe Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Feeding America | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Freestore Foodbank Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-Ohio Foodbank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget First Lady's Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Ohio Association of Foodbanks Inc · Feeding America · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · The Kroger Co Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Partnership for a Healthier America Inc · The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
Compare First Lady's Charitable Foundation with peer funders
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About First Lady's Charitable Foundation
- How much does First Lady's Charitable Foundation give?
- First Lady's Charitable Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $350,000, out of $357,200 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does First Lady's Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (79%), Food & Nutrition (21%).
- Who are First Lady's Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Dolly Parton's Imagination Library ($750k), Shared Harvest Foodbank Inc ($15k), Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley ($15k).
- Does First Lady's Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as First Lady's Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Ohio Association of Foodbanks Inc, Feeding America, The Westfield Insurance Foundation.
- Where is First Lady's Charitable Foundation based?
- First Lady's Charitable Foundation is based in OH.
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