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Fulk Family Charitable Trust

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.

$40k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
41
Organizations funded FY2024
63%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
22 to 41
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
12
Total assets, FY2025
$104k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Fulk Family Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyReligionCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving35$40k40%
FY202441$36k63%
FY202327$19k37%
FY202222$16k36%
FY202129$31k34%
FY202031$25kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$31kHuman Services$24kPhilanthropy$23kFood & Nutrition$17kHealth$14kArts & Culture$11kPublic Safety & Disaster$9kInternational$6kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
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IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of South Central Indiana$13,00030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$9,85060%
Beacon Inc$9,00030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$6,45050%
Edina Education Fund$5,50050%
The Salvation Army$5,0001n/a
VEAP Inc$5,00040%
Westerville Area Resource Ministry$3,50060%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$3,35040%
Samaritan's Purse$3,00010%
Show all 51 grantees
All grantees of Fulk Family Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of South Central Indiana$13,00030%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$9,85060%
Beacon Inc$9,00030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$6,45050%
Edina Education Fund$5,50050%
The Salvation Army$5,0001n/a
VEAP Inc$5,00040%
Westerville Area Resource Ministry$3,50060%
Semper Fi & America's Fund$3,35040%
Samaritan's Purse$3,00010%
Neighborhood Bridges$2,54060%
Mid-Ohio Foodbank$2,35050%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$2,20020%
My Very Own Blanket Project Inc$2,10050%
The Peer Center$2,07560%
The Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary$2,00020%
Thomas E & Edna D Carpenter Foundation$2,00020%
Courage Kenny Foundation$2,00030%
The California Wildlife Center$2,00020%
A Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary$1,90020%
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc$1,75020%
Lifecare Alliance$1,75030%
Worthington Christian Village Inc$1,55040%
Ready Readers$1,50020%
Icivics Inc$1,50020%
Second Harvest Heartland$1,50020%
Common Ground Free Store$1,25020%
Core$1,000210%
Friends of United Hatzalah Inc$1,0001n/a
High Tech Kids$1,00020%
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank$1,00020%
Devices 4 the Disabled$80020%
Ohiohealth Corporation$7501n/a
Project Sanctuary Inc$70010%
Westerville Caring and Sharing$55032%
Bridging Inc$50010%
Gary Sinise Foundation$50010%
The American Swedish Institute$50010%
Ohio Womens Alliance$50020%
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$50010%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles$50010%
Healthy Worthington Resource Center and Food Pantry Inc$50010%
Unbound$50010%
St Paul Curling Foundation$500115%
Breakthrough T1d$50010%
Wine to Water$25010%
Alicia's House Inc$25010%
Star House$25010%
Huckleberry House Inc$25010%
York Street Project$10010%
American National Institute Inc$10012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($59k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fulk Family Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of South Central Indiana: $13,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $9,850 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBeacon Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $6,450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEdina Education Fund: $5,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVEAP Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWesterville Area Resource Ministry: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $3,350 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Bridges: $2,540 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $2,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMy Very Own Blanket Project Inc: $2,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Peer Center: $2,075 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThomas E & Edna D Carpenter Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCourage Kenny Foundation: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe California Wildlife Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetA Sanctuary for Military Families Inc DBA Project Sanctuary: $1,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Individual Rights and Expression Inc: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLifecare Alliance: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWorthington Christian Village Inc: $1,550 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetReady Readers: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIcivics Inc: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Ground Free Store: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCore: $1,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetHigh Tech Kids: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLos Angeles Regional Food Bank: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDevices 4 the Disabled: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProject Sanctuary Inc: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWesterville Caring and Sharing: $550 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBridging Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGary Sinise Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Swedish Institute: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Womens Alliance: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthy Worthington Resource Center and Food Pantry Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnbound: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Paul Curling Foundation: $500 over 1y, 15% of budgetBreakthrough T1d: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWine to Water: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlicia's House Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStar House: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHuckleberry House Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYork Street Project: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Institute Inc: $100 over 1y, 1.7% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

Columbus FoundationOH23.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Delaware County Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · For the Girls Inc · Aetna Foundation Inc · Assurant Foundation · United Way Worldwide

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.

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How do I get to Fulk Family Charitable Trust?

Find your warmest path to Fulk Family Charitable Trust 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.

About Fulk Family Charitable Trust

How much does Fulk Family Charitable Trust give?
Fulk Family Charitable Trust reported 35 grants totaling $40,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 22 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Fulk Family Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Human Services (14%), Philanthropy (14%).
Who are Fulk Family Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: United Way of South Central Indiana ($13k), Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation ($10k), Beacon Inc ($9k).
Does Fulk Family Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Fulk Family Charitable Trust 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 Fulk Family Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, Delaware County Foundation, Cardinal Health Foundation.
Where is Fulk Family Charitable Trust based?
Fulk Family Charitable Trust is based in OH.

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 101 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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