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J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$5.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
118
Grants FY2025
97
Organizations funded FY2024
33%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,078
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,001,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 97
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$90M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 33% of the organizations J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthAnimalsHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving105$5.7M38%
FY202497$4.0M33%
FY202383$3.9M36%
FY202292$3.9M61%
FY202167$1.9M66%
FY202024$290k88%
FY201911$136k73%
FY201812$67k58%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$5.2MHealth$4.0MRecreation & Sports$3.5MPhilanthropy$2.4MArts & Culture$1.7MHousing & Shelter$987kHuman Services$776kYouth Development$734kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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OH
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CA
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KY
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Muskingum University$1,250,60031%
Habitat for Humanity of Se Ohio$593,20077%
Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center$518,3942n/a
Ohio State Parks Foundation$385,000160%
Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council Inc$353,32552%
Transitions Inc$319,256626%
Eastside Community Ministry Inc$255,255510%
Trulight Ministries$237,672456%
Muskingum Behavioral Health Inc$232,54529%
The Carr Center Inc$208,061522%
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All grantees of J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Muskingum University$1,250,60031%
Habitat for Humanity of Se Ohio$593,20077%
Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center$518,3942n/a
Ohio State Parks Foundation$385,000160%
Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council Inc$353,32552%
Transitions Inc$319,256626%
Eastside Community Ministry Inc$255,255510%
Trulight Ministries$237,672456%
Muskingum Behavioral Health Inc$232,54529%
The Carr Center Inc$208,061522%
Zanesville City Schools$193,7691n/a
Abbot Home$166,795437%
Village Of Roseville$156,5593n/a
The Animal Shelter Society Inc$153,084313%
International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals Inc$152,28661%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Appalachian Ohio$146,38455%
Teton Youth and Family Services$145,00061%
Paws of Muskingum County$136,000655%
Zanesville Community Theatre$128,934358%
Homeless Hands of Zaneville LLC$116,282630%
Allwell Behavioral Health Services$108,77630%
Foreverdads$99,996512%
College Choice Foundation$95,00066%
Breaking Free Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$94,880338%
Nelson T Gant Foundation$93,467243%
Muskingum County Center for Seniors$80,59752%
Project Blueprint$79,5834n/a
Zanesville Concert Association % Rick Aichele$75,784421%
Harrison Township$75,3793n/a
Village of New Concord$68,8204n/a
Zanesville Museum of Art$68,19927%
Christs Table$64,6205n/a
Helen Purcell Home$61,77712%
Licking County Family YMCA$61,50011%
Zane State College Foundation$60,00037%
Pencil Foundation$60,00030%
Zane Trace Players$45,4601n/a
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$45,00020%
Chandlersville Youth League$40,0001n/a
Alcy Ball Development Corporation$40,00035%
Muskingum Valley Garden Society Inc$36,2659n/a
Foodworks Alliance LLC$35,799315%
Mid-Ohio Mobility Solutions Inc$35,0001n/a
Zanesville Muskingum County Chamber of Commerce$35,00022%
Tri-Valley Band Boosters Association$34,904220%
Maysville Youth League Baseball & Softball$32,005121%
Muskingum County Social Justice Coalition$31,5002n/a
Muskingum County Literacy Council$29,514351%
No Barriers USA$27,49012%
Zanesville Day Nursery$26,81322%
Pioneer & Historical Society of Muskingum County Ohio$26,24533%
Food Bank of the Rockies$25,00020%
The Brookwood Community Inc$22,50050%
Denison University$22,00050%
Memphis Teacher Residency Inc$22,00020%
Central Florida Zoological Society Inc$20,00010%
Service Over Self Inc$20,00012%
Art Coz Inc$20,0002n/a
The Greenway Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
New Concord Summer Baseball & Softball Association$20,0001n/a
Jeffco Open Space Foundation Inc$20,000121%
Homegrown Players$19,9181n/a
Lifewise Inc$18,00020%
Newton Twp Firefighters Assoc$16,117130%
Avondale Samaritan Place LLC$16,0002n/a
Zanesville Civic League Inc$15,55144%
Bethel Mission Inc$15,500116%
New Covenant Church Inc$15,4501n/a
Zanesville Memorial Concert Band$15,0001n/a
Paving the Way Foundation Inc$15,00018%
New Hope Full Gospel Church Inc$14,0001n/a
Zanesville Athletic Boosters$13,6501n/a
Roseville Historical Society$12,5002n/a
Friends of Secrest$12,0001n/a
Franklin Youth Baseball Incorporated$11,2591n/a
Amys Totes of Hope$10,5002n/a
Philo Youth Baseball League$10,0781n/a
All Christ Church$10,0001n/a
Pet Rescue by Judy Inc$10,00011%
Junior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc$10,00010%
Big Skills Tiny Homes$10,00024%
BuildSoccer$10,000111%
Rutgers University Foundation$10,00010%
Kids House of Seminole Inc$10,00010%
Teton Literacy Center$9,00030%
Tri Valley Youth League Softball$8,5181n/a
American Legion 29 Zanesville Post$8,00012%
Attack Poverty$7,5001n/a
Reining Strength Therapeutic Horsemanship$7,5001n/a
Harvest for the Hungry Inc$7,50011%
Houston BARC Foundation$7,50013%
Tri-Valley Fire District Association$6,9601n/a
Be Wise Camp$6,000110%
Miles Mission$5,50028%
Zanesville Appalachian Arts Project$5,0001n/a
Marbles Kids Museum$5,00010%
Friends of the Wekiva River Inc$5,00012%
New Horizons Service Dogs$5,00011%
Picnic Project Inc$5,00015%
The Thursday Music Club$5,0001n/a
Shepherd's Hope Inc$5,00010%
Hearts Hands & Hope Inc$5,00011%
Givedirectly Inc$5,00010%
North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers Incorporated$5,00011%
Mid-Ohio Foodbank$4,50030%
Warriors to Wilderness$4,24914%
Tri Valley Clay Target Team$3,0171n/a
Me Fine Foundation$3,00020%
PTA Texas Congress$3,00015%
Nami-Six County Inc$2,5001n/a
Katy Christian Ministries$2,50010%
Turban Project$2,4801n/a
Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers Inc$2,00010%
Muskingum County Arts Council$1,50011%
Hope Helps Inc$1,0001n/a
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida Inc$1,00010%
Canterbury United Methodist Church$1,0001n/a
Muskingum Valley Vineyard Church$5001n/a
Trinity Lutheran Church$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 131 recipients with no EIN on record ($12M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 79 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMuskingum University: $1,250,600 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Se Ohio: $593,200 over 7y, 6.9% of budgetOhio State Parks Foundation: $385,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetGirl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland Council Inc: $353,325 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTransitions Inc: $319,256 over 6y, 26% of budgetEastside Community Ministry Inc: $255,255 over 5y, 9.6% of budgetTrulight Ministries: $237,672 over 4y, 56% of budgetMuskingum Behavioral Health Inc: $232,545 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetThe Carr Center Inc: $208,061 over 5y, 22% of budgetAbbot Home: $166,795 over 4y, 37% of budgetThe Animal Shelter Society Inc: $153,084 over 3y, 13% of budgetInternational Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals Inc: $152,286 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Appalachian Ohio: $146,384 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetTeton Youth and Family Services: $145,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPaws of Muskingum County: $136,000 over 6y, 55% of budgetZanesville Community Theatre: $128,934 over 3y, 58% of budgetHomeless Hands of Zaneville LLC: $116,282 over 6y, 30% of budgetAllwell Behavioral Health Services: $108,776 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetForeverdads: $99,996 over 5y, 12% of budgetCollege Choice Foundation: $95,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetBreaking Free Therapeutic Riding Center Inc: $94,880 over 3y, 38% of budgetNelson T Gant Foundation: $93,467 over 2y, 43% of budgetMuskingum County Center for Seniors: $80,597 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetZanesville Concert Association % Rick Aichele: $75,784 over 4y, 21% of budgetZanesville Museum of Art: $68,199 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetHelen Purcell Home: $61,777 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetLicking County Family YMCA: $61,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetZane State College Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetPencil Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNational Inventors Hall of Fame Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAlcy Ball Development Corporation: $40,000 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetFoodworks Alliance LLC: $35,799 over 3y, 15% of budgetZanesville Muskingum County Chamber of Commerce: $35,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTri-Valley Band Boosters Association: $34,904 over 2y, 20% of budgetMaysville Youth League Baseball & Softball: $32,005 over 1y, 21% of budgetMuskingum County Literacy Council: $29,514 over 3y, 51% of budgetNo Barriers USA: $27,490 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetZanesville Day Nursery: $26,813 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPioneer & Historical Society of Muskingum County Ohio: $26,245 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brookwood Community Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDenison University: $22,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMemphis Teacher Residency Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCentral Florida Zoological Society Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetService Over Self Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetJeffco Open Space Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetLifewise Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNewton Twp Firefighters Assoc: $16,117 over 1y, 30% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 79.

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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.

The Muskingum County Community FoundationOH61.6× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Muskingum County Community Foundation · Robert E Fellers and Leona L Fellers Foundation Trust · Taylor-McHenry Memorial Fund · Energy Cooperative Roundup Foundation Inc · Park National Corporation Foundation · Rogge Cora E Memorial Foundation · Littick Arline Clay Charitable Trust · Foundation for Appalachian Ohio · The Jeff and Jennie Sidwell Family Foundation · The Knights Foundation Inc · Adams Family Foundation · United Way of Muskingum Perry and Morgan Counties Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn

How much does J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn give?
J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn reported 118 grants totaling $5,943,502 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 97 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (23%), Health (18%), Recreation & Sports (16%).
Who are J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Muskingum University ($1.3M), Habitat for Humanity of Se Ohio ($593k), Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center ($518k).
Does J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Muskingum County Community Foundation, Robert E Fellers and Leona L Fellers Foundation Trust, Taylor-McHenry Memorial Fund.
Where is J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn based?
J William & Mary Straker Charitable Fdn is based in OH.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 253 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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