Ohio · Private foundation
Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $57k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,563
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,008
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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 | $57k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $74k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $69k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $147k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris State University | $30,786 | 3 | n/a |
| Central Michigan University | $30,234 | 3 | n/a |
| Alma College | $16,553 | 3 | 0% |
| Spring Arbor University | $16,306 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | $16,305 | 3 | n/a |
| Saginaw Valley State University | $15,722 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $10,641 | 3 | 2% |
| Concordia University Irvine | $9,065 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $9,065 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $9,065 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferris State University | $30,786 | 3 | n/a |
| Central Michigan University | $30,234 | 3 | n/a |
| Alma College | $16,553 | 3 | 0% |
| Spring Arbor University | $16,306 | 3 | 0% |
| Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | $16,305 | 3 | n/a |
| Saginaw Valley State University | $15,722 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $10,641 | 3 | 2% |
| Concordia University Irvine | $9,065 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $9,065 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Canyon University | $9,065 | 2 | 0% |
| Grand Valley State University | $7,709 | 3 | n/a |
| Kirtland Community College | $5,296 | 2 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $2,934 | 3 | n/a |
| Alpena Community College | $2,036 | 1 | n/a |
| Industrial Arts Institute Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid Michigan College | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($162k), 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: National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust
- How much does Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust give?
- Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust reported 14 grants totaling $57,003 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (85%), Health (2%), Employment (0%).
- Who are Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Ferris State University ($31k), Central Michigan University ($30k), Alma College ($17k).
- Does Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Philanthropic Trust, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust based?
- Herman Klimmek Family Char Trust is based in OH.
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