Ohio · Private foundation
Ihs Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $18M
- Granted FY2021
- 20
- Grants FY2021
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Ihs Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to American Endowment Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Ihs Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $18M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $55,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $16,754,926
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 51
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 7
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 30% of the organizations Ihs Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 93% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 20 | $18M | 30% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $2.0M | 8% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $1.7M | 58% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $1.3M | 48% |
| FY2017 | 51 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther College | $988,320 | 5 | n/a |
| Opera Project Columbus Inc | $593,863 | 5 | 67% |
| Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc | $241,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Wisconsin Lutheran College Inc | $156,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Gigi's Shelter for Dogs | $119,111 | 1 | 2% |
| Prince of Peace Luthern Church | $86,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $51,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Columbus Humane | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Holy Trinity Church | $33,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Breakthrough T1d | $23,500 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($22M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ihs Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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: Columbus Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Fred C Rutz Foundation · Holzhueter Foundation · Neumann Family Foundation Inc · Siebert Lutheran Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
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About Ihs Foundation
- How much does Ihs Foundation give?
- Ihs Foundation reported 20 grants totaling $18,243,157 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 51 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Ihs Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Religion (46%), Philanthropy (41%), Education (7%).
- Who are Ihs Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Martin Luther College ($988k), Opera Project Columbus Inc ($594k), Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Kingdom Workers Inc ($241k).
- Does Ihs Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ihs Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ihs Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing.
- Where is Ihs Foundation based?
- Ihs Foundation is based in OH.
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