Ohio · Private foundation
Harry Zahars Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $45k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2026
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $5,413
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $18,955
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 3
- Total assets, FY2026
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 20% of the organizations Harry Zahars Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 7 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 5 | $24k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $34k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $40k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $49k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hellenic College Inc | $106,208 | 9 | n/a |
| St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church | $16,662 | 4 | n/a |
| United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc | $4,231 | 2 | 0% |
| Easter Seal Society of Mahoning Trumbull and Columbiana Counties | $2,431 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($113k), not named here.
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: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Harry Zahars Charitable Trust
- How much does Harry Zahars Charitable Trust give?
- Harry Zahars Charitable Trust reported 7 grants totaling $44,790 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Harry Zahars Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (59%), Philanthropy (23%), Religion (12%).
- Who are Harry Zahars Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Hellenic College Inc ($106k), St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church ($17k), United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc ($4k).
- Does Harry Zahars Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harry Zahars 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 Harry Zahars Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Harry Zahars Charitable Trust based?
- Harry Zahars Charitable Trust is based in OH.
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