Ohio · Private foundation
Gerlach Foundation Inc
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.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
73% of Gerlach Foundation Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Columbus Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Gerlach Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 99% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M 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 | 2 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $8.5M | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1.0M | 75% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $4.0M | 67% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $15k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $2.0M | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University Foundation | $8,889,963 | 2 | 2% |
| The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundation | $3,499,517 | 1 | 75% |
| The Fg Foundation | $1,564,236 | 4 | 42% |
| Ohiohealth Corporation | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| John B and Dareth Gerlach Foundation | $250,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Lifecare Alliance | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-Ohio Foodbank | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Homeless Families Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ballet Metropolitan Inc | $88,520 | 8 | 0% |
| College Heights Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University Foundation | $8,889,963 | 2 | 2% |
| The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundation | $3,499,517 | 1 | 75% |
| The Fg Foundation | $1,564,236 | 4 | 42% |
| Ohiohealth Corporation | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| John B and Dareth Gerlach Foundation | $250,000 | 2 | 36% |
| Lifecare Alliance | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-Ohio Foodbank | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Homeless Families Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ballet Metropolitan Inc | $88,520 | 8 | 0% |
| College Heights Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Heinzerling Community | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Gerlach Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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: Harry C Moores Foundation · Columbus Foundation · The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gerlach Foundation Inc
- How much does Gerlach Foundation Inc give?
- Gerlach Foundation Inc reported 3 grants totaling $3,713,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gerlach Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (58%), Education (35%), Health (4%).
- Who are Gerlach Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ohio State University Foundation ($8.9M), The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundation ($3.5M), The Fg Foundation ($1.6M).
- Does Gerlach Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Gerlach Foundation Inc 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 Gerlach Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Harry C Moores Foundation, Columbus Foundation, The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundation.
- Where is Gerlach Foundation Inc based?
- Gerlach Foundation Inc is based in OH.
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