Ohio · Private foundation
John & Orlena Marsh Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,273
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $9,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $668k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations John & Orlena Marsh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 40% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k 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 | 11 | $46k | 82% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $41k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $41k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $41k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $58k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $46k | 31% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $46k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $47k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Tuscora Park Foundation | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tuscarawas County Humane Society | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rotary Club of New Philadelphia | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kent State University | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Project Lead the Way Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Loving Heart Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Camp Tuscazoar Foundation Inc | $3,924 | 1 | 2% |
| Denison Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 7% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Tuscora Park Foundation | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tuscarawas County Humane Society | $10,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Rotary Club of New Philadelphia | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kent State University | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Project Lead the Way Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Loving Heart Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Camp Tuscazoar Foundation Inc | $3,924 | 1 | 2% |
| Denison Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Twin City Christian Center Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 3% |
| OhioGuidestone | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Beneath The Shade | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Homeless Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Perry Township Search and Rescue Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Tuscarawas County Literacy Coalition | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($304k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John & Orlena Marsh Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Blair E & Anna L Zimmerman Foundation Trust · Dewey H & Irene G Moomaw Foundation Trust · Haman Family Foundation Oag #98-1135 · Reeves Foundation · Doris & Floyd Kimble Foundation · Dover Exchange Club Childrens Foundation · Tuscarawas County Community Foundat · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About John & Orlena Marsh Foundation
- How much does John & Orlena Marsh Foundation give?
- John & Orlena Marsh Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $51,273 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John & Orlena Marsh Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (21%), Human Services (16%), Youth Development (12%).
- Who are John & Orlena Marsh Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Blessings in a Backpack Inc ($35k), Tuscora Park Foundation ($12k), Tuscarawas County Humane Society ($10k).
- Does John & Orlena Marsh Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John & Orlena Marsh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John & Orlena Marsh Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blair E & Anna L Zimmerman Foundation Trust, Dewey H & Irene G Moomaw Foundation Trust, Haman Family Foundation Oag #98-1135.
- Where is John & Orlena Marsh Foundation based?
- John & Orlena Marsh Foundation is based in OH.
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