· Private foundation
John & Virginia Hankison Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k22 grants · $81k
- $10k–50k11 grants · $155k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TOLEDO ZOO FOUNDATION | $45,000 |
| THE TOLEDO SYMPHONY | $20,000 |
| WOOD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY | $10,000 |
| BACK TO THE WILD | $10,000 |
| TEDDY'S RESCUE INC | $10,000 |
| NATURES NURSERY | $10,000 |
| TOLEDO ANIMAL RESCUE | $10,000 |
| THE WILDS | $10,000 |
| MAUMEE VALLEY SAVE A PET | $10,000 |
| ASSISTANCE DOGS FOR ACHIEVING INDEP | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| HUMANE OHIO | $6,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| 4 PAWS FOR ABILITY | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF OTTAWA NATIONAL PARK | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $21k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 5% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
37 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BTBACK TO THE WILD INC9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +56%
- ICINTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS INC9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +34%
- MVMAUMEE VALLEY SAVE A PET9× · 2017–2025 · $81k · revenue +49%
Funded once
K9S FOR WARRIORS INCone grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +12%- LFLeague for Animal Welfaregraduatedone grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +98%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $5k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the Wisconsin Humane Society is to make a difference for animals and the people who love them.
The society is dedicated to promoting care for all animals. we strive to never turn away sick or injured. our goal is to bring about a world where humane societies are no longer necessary.
Pet animal welfare society of ct (paws), established in 1962, is a no-kill animal rescue shelter dedicated to the rescue and adoption of our community's homeless and abused dogs and cats. paws efforts are focused on three critical needs:…
To improve and save lives through compassionate care, community engagement and advocacy for animals.
A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.
The Tulsa SPCA's mission is to improve the lives of dogs and cats, and their human companions.
The friends are dedicated to the rescue, protection, and adoption of companion animals in need while inspiring the human-animal bond. we meet our mission by:-saving 100% of healthy and treatable animals.-providing high-quality animal care…
All about animals rescue's mission is no more homeless pets.
None
One tail at a time west texas otat wtx serves the rural communities of west texas by supporting animal shelter operations rescuing and sheltering homeless unwanted companion animals dogs and cats primarily arranging their veterinary care…
We inspire our guests to join us in being advocates for wildlife and conserving the natural world by providing fun, awe-inspiring, and educational experiences. by joining us, others help build a movement that cares for animals and creates…
The california wildlife center (cwc) takes responsibility for the protection of all native wildlife through rehabilitiation, education and conservation. as the los angeles area's premier wildlife medical care and rehabilitation facility,…
How this is measured
22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 43 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds BACK TO THE WILD INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE PRESERVATION OF WILD ANIMALS INC ↗
- Who funds WOOD COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MAUMEE VALLEY SAVE A PET ↗
- Who funds TEDDYS RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds NATURES NURSERY CENTER FOR WILDLIFE REHAB & CONSR ↗
- Who funds THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds TOLEDO ANIMAL SHELTER ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds TOLEDO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HUMANE OHIO ↗
- Who funds 4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
- Who funds TOLEDO HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds League for Animal Welfare ↗
- Who funds Ducks Unlimited Inc ↗
- Who funds THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds PILOTS TO THE RESCUE INC ↗
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: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · Edward Lamb Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · Northwest Ohio Community Shares Inc · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John & Virginia Hankison Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John & Virginia Hankison Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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