Ohio · Private foundation
J Earl Belch Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,478
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $650,008
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations J Earl Belch Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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 | 9 | $1.1M | 11% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $176k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $57k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $107k | 62% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $79k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $52k | 30% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $110k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $27k | 50% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifewise Inc | $314,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sugar Creek Athletic Association | $52,325 | 2 | n/a |
| Defiance College | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohio Northern University | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Northwestern Ohio | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedarville University | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Findlay | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ashland University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Otterbein University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Animal Protection League of Mercer | $5,000 | 1 | 13% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifewise Inc | $314,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Sugar Creek Athletic Association | $52,325 | 2 | n/a |
| Defiance College | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ohio Northern University | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Northwestern Ohio | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedarville University | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The University of Findlay | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ashland University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Otterbein University | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Animal Protection League of Mercer | $5,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Bluffton University | $3,649 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Wilmington College | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent State University | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Mount Union | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J Earl Belch Charitable Trust 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.
Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About J Earl Belch Charitable Trust
- How much does J Earl Belch Charitable Trust give?
- J Earl Belch Charitable Trust reported 12 grants totaling $1,084,233 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does J Earl Belch Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (49%), Education (26%), Youth Development (18%).
- Who are J Earl Belch Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lifewise Inc ($314k), Sugar Creek Athletic Association ($52k), Defiance College ($35k).
- Does J Earl Belch Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Earl Belch Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as J Earl Belch Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is J Earl Belch Charitable Trust based?
- J Earl Belch Charitable Trust is based in OH.
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