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Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
The FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO (fao) is a regional community foundation serving the 32 counties of appalachian ohio. The foundation creates opportunities for appalachian ohio's citizens and communities by inspiring and supporting philanthropy. At the FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO, we envision a region abundant in possibilities. We…
- $6.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 68
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 106
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $2.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,622
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 106
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $128M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 78% of the organizations Foundation for Appalachian Ohio funded were first-time grantees, receiving 87% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.2M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 66 | $1.8M | 67% |
| FY2023 | 106 | $3.7M | 78% |
| FY2021 | 63 | $1.2M | 57% |
| FY2020 | 93 | $1.3M | 82% |
| FY2019 | 27 | $579k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $656k | 68% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $1.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Hocking Hills State Park | $872,018 | 3 | 81% |
| Haven of Hope Inc | $676,571 | 8 | 22% |
| Paint Valley Alcohol Drug Addictio | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Havar Inc | $396,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Focusing Philanthropy Inc | $319,244 | 1 | 1% |
| Rolling Hills Local School District | $296,444 | 8 | n/a |
| First Book | $185,050 | 3 | 0% |
| Open Arms Pregnancy Center | $160,500 | 4 | 24% |
| Logan Hocking Local Schools | $155,780 | 5 | n/a |
| Vision to Learn | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 180 grantees
Plus 116 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Foundation for Appalachian Ohio supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 119 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Athens County Foundation · Peoples Bank Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Charitable Fund Inc · Community Foundations Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · Park National Corporation Foundation · Healthpath Foundation of Ohio · The CareSource Foundation · Osteopathic Heritage Foundation · J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn · United Way of Central Ohio Inc
How this is measured
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About Foundation for Appalachian Ohio
- How much does Foundation for Appalachian Ohio give?
- Foundation for Appalachian Ohio reported 68 itemized grants totaling $2,026,043, out of $6,596,626 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 106 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Foundation for Appalachian Ohio fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Philanthropy (16%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Foundation for Appalachian Ohio's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of the Hocking Hills State Park ($872k), Haven of Hope Inc ($677k), Paint Valley Alcohol Drug Addictio ($400k).
- Does Foundation for Appalachian Ohio fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation for Appalachian Ohio?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Athens County Foundation, Peoples Bank Foundation, Columbus Foundation.
- Where is Foundation for Appalachian Ohio based?
- Foundation for Appalachian Ohio is based in OH.
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