Ohio · Private foundation
Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $22k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2026
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $509
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 20
- FY2021 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $143k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 7% of the organizations Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 | 6 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 15 | $151k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $291k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $24k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $152k | 32% |
| FY2021 | 20 | $295k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avita Health Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Galion Community Center - YMCA | $112,016 | 4 | 4% |
| The Sara Beegle Child Day Care Center | $69,150 | 3 | 11% |
| Galion Golden Age Club Inc | $44,703 | 4 | 30% |
| Ashland University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Galion Historical Society Inc | $27,564 | 6 | 6% |
| Galion Community Theatre Inc | $26,678 | 2 | 15% |
| Friends of Crawford Park District Inc | $16,311 | 4 | 6% |
| Crawford County Shared Health Services Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Otterbein University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avita Health Foundation | $120,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Galion Community Center - YMCA | $112,016 | 4 | 4% |
| The Sara Beegle Child Day Care Center | $69,150 | 3 | 11% |
| Galion Golden Age Club Inc | $44,703 | 4 | 30% |
| Ashland University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Galion Historical Society Inc | $27,564 | 6 | 6% |
| Galion Community Theatre Inc | $26,678 | 2 | 15% |
| Friends of Crawford Park District Inc | $16,311 | 4 | 6% |
| Crawford County Shared Health Services Inc | $11,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Otterbein University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio Bird Sanctuary Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Preserving Galion Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($455k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 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: Boyd Ralph E Foundation Succ-Ta · The Community Foundation for Crawford County · Freese Arthur J Fdn Tw · Galion Community Foundation · The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn
- How much does Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn give?
- Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn reported 6 grants totaling $21,528 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 20 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2025.
- What does Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (25%), Education (21%), Membership Benefit (15%).
- Who are Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2026: Avita Health Foundation ($120k), Galion Community Center - YMCA ($112k), The Sara Beegle Child Day Care Center ($69k).
- Does Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Boyd Ralph E Foundation Succ-Ta, The Community Foundation for Crawford County, Freese Arthur J Fdn Tw.
- Where is Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn based?
- Hessenauer W R Char Trust Pfdn is based in OH.
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