Ohio · Private foundation
Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable 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.
- $39k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $13,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $496k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 8 | $36k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $35k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $38k | 62% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $47k | 47% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $898k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $92k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ignatius High School of Cleveland | $780,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Bernadette Church | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $77,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Regina Health Center | $48,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Akron Art Museum | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Help Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Side Catholic Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Community School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Malachi House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jennings Center for Older Adults | $3,170 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Ignatius High School of Cleveland | $780,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St Bernadette Church | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $77,550 | 6 | 0% |
| Regina Health Center | $48,800 | 6 | 0% |
| Akron Art Museum | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Help Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Side Catholic Center | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Urban Community School | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Malachi House Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jennings Center for Older Adults | $3,170 | 2 | 0% |
| Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| John Carroll University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry | $1,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Stewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cuyahoga Community College Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Respite Care Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Sanyuka Childrens Ministries | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Inmotion | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Guardian Angels Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Metro Parks | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Bath Fire Department Incorporated | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Dragon Dream Team | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation with peer funders
About Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation
- How much does Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation give?
- Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $39,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (76%), Religion (13%), Health (6%).
- Who are Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: St Ignatius High School of Cleveland ($780k), St Bernadette Church ($95k), The University of Akron Foundation ($78k).
- Does Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable 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 Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Akron Community Foundation, Lehner Family Foundation, Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation based?
- Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation is based in OH.
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