Ohio · Private foundation
Heron Oaks 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.
- $607k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $118,848
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Heron Oaks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $375k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $26k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $32k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $28k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $16k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep Growing Detroit | $72,400 | 4 | 2% |
| Ottawa County Parks Foundation Inc | $66,248 | 1 | 5% |
| Planting Seeds International | $40,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Flint River Watershed Coalition | $26,248 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Junior Hockey Association | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Minds Matter of Boston Inc | $19,800 | 4 | 1% |
| Western Washington Female Hockey Association | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The People Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center | $8,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Krewe of Red Beans | $6,400 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep Growing Detroit | $72,400 | 4 | 2% |
| Ottawa County Parks Foundation Inc | $66,248 | 1 | 5% |
| Planting Seeds International | $40,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Flint River Watershed Coalition | $26,248 | 1 | n/a |
| Seattle Junior Hockey Association | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Minds Matter of Boston Inc | $19,800 | 4 | 1% |
| Western Washington Female Hockey Association | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The People Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center | $8,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Krewe of Red Beans | $6,400 | 1 | 1% |
| On the Rise Inc | $5,200 | 1 | 0% |
| The New Dance Complex Inc | $5,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Washington Health Outreach | $4,900 | 2 | 4% |
| Community Passageways | $3,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office | $3,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Buckets of Rain | $3,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Second Harvest Food Bank Greater New Orleans and Acadiana | $3,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA | $3,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Akashinga Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Facing Homelessness | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($163k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Heron Oaks 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
About Heron Oaks Foundation
- How much does Heron Oaks Foundation give?
- Heron Oaks Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $607,240 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Heron Oaks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (33%), Education (20%), Recreation & Sports (14%).
- Who are Heron Oaks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Keep Growing Detroit ($72k), Ottawa County Parks Foundation Inc ($66k), Planting Seeds International ($40k).
- Does Heron Oaks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Heron Oaks 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 Heron Oaks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank, Boston Foundation Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Heron Oaks Foundation based?
- Heron Oaks Foundation is based in OH.
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