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Fox Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$308k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Philanthropy$4.8MArts & Culture$2.1MHuman Services$1.6MEducation$1.4MFood & Nutrition$917kAnimals$460kHousing & Shelter$180kRecreation & Sports$106kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $440k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $877k
  • $250k+1 grant · $308k
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS$308,071
FAIRFIELD COUNTY FOUNDATION$125,000
FAIRFIELD COUNTY FOUNDATION$121,540
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$75,000
MAYWOOD MISSION$75,000
DECORATIVE ARTS CENTER OF OHIO$75,000
SALVATION ARMY$75,000
FRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORY$75,000
FOUNDATION DINNERSSHELTER$55,000
LANCASTER FRESH MARKET INC$50,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOME CHARITIES OF CENTRAL OHIO$50,000
THE WILDS$50,000
MID-OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE$50,000
OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION$35,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHEAST OHIO$35,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $473k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 8% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HARCUM HOUSE: $100k → 9%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $25k → 15%MAYWOOD MISSION: $75k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $50k → 9%EASTER SEALS OF CENTRAL OHIO: $6k → 15%MAYWOOD MISSION: $40k → 9%REFUGEE WOMEN IN ACTION: $5k → 15%HARCUM HOUSE: $30k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $30k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $25k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $25k → 9%MAYWOOD MISSION: $25k → 9%HARCUM HOUSE: $15k → 9%HARCUM HOUSE: $10k → 9%HARCUM HOUSE: $10k → 9%SOUTHEASTERN OHIO CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $2k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 39 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
7

Total granted

$11M
$81k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+40%

Still filing today

69%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPhilanthropyAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +6%
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2019–2025 · $771k · revenue +6%
  • DA
    DECORATIVE ARTS CENTER OF OHIO
    7× · 2019–2025 · $403k · revenue +43%

Funded once

  • TH
    THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +160%
  • TD
    THE DAWES ARBORETUM
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue -4%
  • NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +40%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
2
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
3
Columbus Association of Realtors

The columbus association of realtors is a local level, not-for-profit trade association. founded in 1908, columbus association of realtors is comprised of more than 9,100 real estate professionals engaged in residential sales and leasing,…

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4
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
5
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
6
Oberlin College

Oberlin College and Conservatory educate students for lives of intellectual, musical and artistic rigor and breadth, sustained inquiry, creativity and innovation, and leadership. Oberlin aims to prepare graduates with the knowledge,…

Education
7
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
8
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

—
9
The University of Toledo Foundation

The mission of the university of toledo foundation is to secure the future for the university of toledo, through prudent asset management and philanthropy. we build strong linkages between alumni and the university, fostering a spirit of…

Education
10
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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11
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
12
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Fairfield County; the most unlike its peers is Forgotten 4-Paws. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
29/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $2,046,899 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDSTHE FG FOUNDATION: $1,579,003 · PhilanthropyTHE FG FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $653,923 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTYFAIRFIELD COUNTY FOUNDATION: $294,040 · PhilanthropyFAIRFIELD COUNTY FOUNDATIONFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO: $195,000 · PhilanthropySALVATION ARMY: $623,676 · OtherSALVATION ARMYMid-Ohio Foodbank: $386,539 · OtherMid-Ohio FoodbankFRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORY: $385,000 · OtherFRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORYROBERT K FOX FAMILY YMCA: $335,000 · OtherROBERT K FOX FAMILY YMCARonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $280,000 · OtherRonald McDonald House Charities…FOUNDATION DINNERSSHELTER: $235,000 · OtherFOUNDATION DINNERSSHELTERPROMUSICA: $210,000 · OtherPROMUSICATHE LIGHTHOUSE: $170,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SE OHIO: $130,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $130,000 · Other+13 more: $444,500 · Other+13 moreOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $770,604 · EducationOHIO STATE UN…The Ohio University Foundation: $190,000 · EducationThe Ohio Univ…DENISON UNIVERSITY: $185,000 · EducationDENISON UNIVE…THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY: $159,520 · EducationTHE COLUMBUS …The Trustees of Princeton University: $65,000 · Education+4 more: $40,000 · EducationDECORATIVE ARTS CENTER OF OHIO: $402,500 · Arts & CultureDECORATIVE A…FAIRFIELD COUNTY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION: $301,000 · Arts & CultureFAIRFIELD CO…OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION: $220,000 · Arts & CultureOHIO HISTORY…COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $195,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS MUS…LANCASTER FESTIVAL INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureLANCASTER FE…MOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC: $70,000 · Arts & CultureMOMENTUM-EXC…MAYWOOD MISSION: $270,000 · Human ServicesHARCUM HOUSE: $165,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human Services+3 more: $13,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS INC: $245,000 · AnimalsFORGOTTEN 4-PAWS: $120,000 · AnimalsFAIRFIELD AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $80,000 · AnimalsLANCASTER FRESH MARKET INC: $165,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$4,768,865Other$3,329,715Education$1,410,124Arts & Culture$1,258,500Human Services$473,000Animals$445,000Food & Nutrition$165,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS: $2,046,899 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetTHE FG FOUNDATION: $1,579,003 over 4y, 41% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $770,604 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY: $653,923 over 6y, 15% of budgetDECORATIVE ARTS CENTER OF OHIO: $402,500 over 7y, 9.2% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $386,539 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION: $301,000 over 7y, 18% of budgetFAIRFIELD COUNTY FOUNDATION: $294,040 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $280,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMAYWOOD MISSION: $270,000 over 7y, 7.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS INC: $245,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetOHIO HISTORY CONNECTION: $220,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO: $195,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $195,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Ohio University Foundation: $190,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $185,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHARCUM HOUSE: $165,000 over 5y, 9.9% of budgetLANCASTER FRESH MARKET INC: $165,000 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY: $159,520 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SE OHIO: $130,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetFORGOTTEN 4-PAWS: $120,000 over 7y, 25% of budgetGeorge & Raymond Frank Foundation: $105,000 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetFAIRFIELD AREA HUMANE SOCIETY: $80,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetLANCASTER FESTIVAL INC: $70,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetMOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC: $70,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRINCETON PROSPECT FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMETAVIVOR RESEARCH AND SUPPORT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPELOTONIA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEASTERSEALS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRefugee Women In Action: $5,000 over 1y, 96% of budgetSOUTHEAST OHIO CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLANCASTER ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MIDLANDS ↗
  • Who funds THE FG FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds DECORATIVE ARTS CENTER OF OHIO ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
  • Who funds FAIRFIELD COUNTY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FAIRFIELD COUNTY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc ↗
  • Who funds MAYWOOD MISSION ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds The Ohio University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DENISON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HARCUM HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER FRESH MARKET INC ↗
  • Who funds THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SE OHIO ↗
  • Who funds FORGOTTEN 4-PAWS ↗
  • Who funds George & Raymond Frank Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FAIRFIELD AREA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds MOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DAWES ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC ↗

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.

Park National Corpora…Columbus FoundationAmerican Electric Pow…Fairfield County Foun…Harry C Moores Founda…L Brands FoundationColumbus Jewish Found…United Way of Central…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The William H Davis D…Encova Foundation of …Cardinal Health Found…
Park National Corporation FoundationOH32.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Park National Corporation Foundation · Columbus Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Fairfield County Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The William H Davis Dorothy M Davis and William C Davis Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Cardinal Health Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fox Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fox Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Fox Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Fox Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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