Ohio · Private foundation
Joanie C Bernard 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.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $735,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 18
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $85M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations Joanie C Bernard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 25 | $3.6M | 32% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $2.9M | 28% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Coalition for Animals | $2,049,000 | 3 | 39% |
| Ohio Alleycat Resource & SpayNeuter Clinic Inc | $1,255,000 | 3 | 30% |
| Cincinnati Animal Care Humane Society | $914,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Humane Society of Greater Dayton | $750,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Bluegrass Area Development District Inc | $610,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Spay Neuter Services of Indiana | $600,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Gateway Area Development District Inc | $200,000 | 2 | n/a |
| League for Animal Welfare | $200,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Fayette County Humane Society | $155,000 | 3 | 6% |
| My Furry Valentine Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 61% |
Show all 24 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Joanie C Bernard Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 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: Joanie Jeanne and Howard Bernard Foundation · Petco Love · Petsmart Charities Inc · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Scott Kenneth a Charitable Ta · The Dorothy B Francis Charitable Foundation · American Modern Foundation · The Scripps Howard Foundation · Best Friends Animal Society · The Duffield Family Foundation Dba Maddie's Fund · Celanese Foundation
How this is measured
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About Joanie C Bernard Foundation
- How much does Joanie C Bernard Foundation give?
- Joanie C Bernard Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $3,607,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 18 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Joanie C Bernard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (71%), Community Improvement (14%), Social Science (9%).
- Who are Joanie C Bernard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: United Coalition for Animals ($2.0M), Ohio Alleycat Resource & SpayNeuter Clinic Inc ($1.3M), Cincinnati Animal Care Humane Society ($914k).
- Does Joanie C Bernard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joanie C Bernard 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 Joanie C Bernard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Joanie Jeanne and Howard Bernard Foundation, Petco Love, Petsmart Charities Inc.
- Where is Joanie C Bernard Foundation based?
- Joanie C Bernard Foundation is based in OH.
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