Ohio · Private foundation
Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation
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.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 38% of the organizations Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k 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 | 14 | $78k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $72k | 38% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $50k | 54% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $38k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock Area Council on Aging | $46,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Stark County Hunger Task Force Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vermont Foodbank | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| South Woodstock Fire Protection Assn Inc | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Peddie School | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Green Mountain Horse Association Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lehigh University | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Green Mountain Perkins Academy and Historical Association Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstock Area Council on Aging | $46,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Stark County Hunger Task Force Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Vermont Foodbank | $17,000 | 3 | 0% |
| South Woodstock Fire Protection Assn Inc | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Peddie School | $7,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Green Mountain Horse Association Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lehigh University | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lucy Mackenzie Humane Society Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Green Mountain Perkins Academy and Historical Association Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Buckeye Council Boy Scouts of America | $350 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($83k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fred and Nancy Sperling Family 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: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation with peer funders
About Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation
- How much does Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation give?
- Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $78,350 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (42%), Food & Nutrition (26%), Housing & Shelter (19%).
- Who are Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Woodstock Area Council on Aging ($46k), Stark County Hunger Task Force Inc ($45k), Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio ($20k).
- Does Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation 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 Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation based?
- Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation is based in OH.
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