Ohio · Private foundation
Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $649k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $72,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $346,905
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 5 | $589k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $535k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $701k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $659k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $565k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $640k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $433k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Corporation | $1,035,000 | 3 | 1% |
| North Central State College Foundation | $328,154 | 4 | 13% |
| Akron Children's Hospital Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Taking Root Farms Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 15% |
| The Domestic Violence Shelter Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ohiohealth Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Third Street Clinic | $82,500 | 1 | 95% |
| The Friendly House Association of Mansfield Ohio | $64,573 | 4 | 2% |
| Family Life Counseling & Psychiatric Services | $54,574 | 1 | 1% |
| The Center for Individual and Family Services Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Charities Corporation | $1,035,000 | 3 | 1% |
| North Central State College Foundation | $328,154 | 4 | 13% |
| Akron Children's Hospital Foundation | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Taking Root Farms Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 15% |
| The Domestic Violence Shelter Inc | $100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Ohiohealth Corporation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Third Street Clinic | $82,500 | 1 | 95% |
| The Friendly House Association of Mansfield Ohio | $64,573 | 4 | 2% |
| Family Life Counseling & Psychiatric Services | $54,574 | 1 | 1% |
| The Center for Individual and Family Services Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Third Street Community Clinic | $42,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Richland Community Development Group Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hospice of North Central Ohio Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Blue Rose Mission | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ronald McDonald House Global | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rubies Womens Group Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Altrusa International Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Richland County Foundation · Ashland County Community Foundation · The Milliron Foundation · The Hire Family Foundation · The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Edith B & Joseph E Humphrey Family Foundation · The Milton R & Beulah M Young Foundation · Gorman Family Foundation · Shelby Ohio Community Foundation of Richland County · United Way of Richland County
How this is measured
About Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn
- How much does Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn give?
- Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn reported 6 grants totaling $648,905 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (37%), Human Services (35%), Education (16%).
- Who are Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Catholic Charities Corporation ($1.0M), North Central State College Foundation ($328k), Akron Children's Hospital Foundation ($150k).
- Does Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Richland County Foundation, Ashland County Community Foundation, The Milliron Foundation.
- Where is Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn based?
- Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn is based in OH.
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