Ohio · Private foundation
John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $169k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $995k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 15 | $169k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $155k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $146k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $117k | 61% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $22k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $24k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $23k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gow School | $74,790 | 4 | 0% |
| Homes of Love Inc | $61,000 | 8 | 2% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tom Browning Boys and Girls Club | $42,571 | 8 | 1% |
| Oil Painters of America | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Smile Train Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| One Bridge to Hope Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Gleanings Housing Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 11% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gow School | $74,790 | 4 | 0% |
| Homes of Love Inc | $61,000 | 8 | 2% |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Tom Browning Boys and Girls Club | $42,571 | 8 | 1% |
| Oil Painters of America | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Smile Train Inc | $37,000 | 8 | 0% |
| American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| One Bridge to Hope Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Gleanings Housing Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Transylvania University | $12,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carnegie Literacy Center Inc Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chrysalis House Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Louisville Youth Group Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Visually Imparied Preschool Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Go Fund Bean | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Childrens Medical Research Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 1 | 2% |
| American Lung Association | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Lexington Cancer Foundation Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| University of Kentucky | $1,623 | 1 | n/a |
| Lexarts Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($200k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc 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: Vanmeterbarnhart Family Fund · Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · Isaac Van Meter IV Fam Fund Inc Agy · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · John N Browning Family Fdcarlisle Co US · Rosenstein Family Charitable Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc
- How much does John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc give?
- John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc reported 15 grants totaling $168,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (28%), Human Services (24%), Health (19%).
- Who are John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Gow School ($75k), Homes of Love Inc ($61k), University of Louisville Foundation Inc ($60k).
- Does John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc 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 John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanmeterbarnhart Family Fund, Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc.
- Where is John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc based?
- John B Van Meter Charitable Foundation Inc is based in OH.
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