Ohio · Private foundation
John D Finnegan Fdn
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $330k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 13
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.7M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations John D Finnegan Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 | 13 | $280k | 46% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $220k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $218k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $313k | 82% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $301k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $250k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $215k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $273k | 31% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngstown State University Foundation | $300,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Henry H Stambaugh Auditorium Assoc | $200,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Mill Creek Metroparks Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation | $105,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Innovation Center | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beatitude House Inc | $55,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Mahoning Valley Historical Society | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mercy Health Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Butler Institute of American Art | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John D Finnegan Fdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 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: Youngstown Fdn General · Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley · Premier Bank Foundation · Walter E & Caroline H Watson Trust · Florence S Beecher Fdn · E M Barr Tw Charitable Trust · Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Fdn · The Schwebel Family Foundation · Senator Maurice & Florence Lipscher Char · James & Coralie Centofanti Charitable Foundation · Youngstown Area Jewish Federation · Fibushendricks Family Foundation
How this is measured
About John D Finnegan Fdn
- How much does John D Finnegan Fdn give?
- John D Finnegan Fdn reported 14 grants totaling $330,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 13 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John D Finnegan Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (20%), Philanthropy (18%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are John D Finnegan Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Youngstown State University Foundation ($300k), Henry H Stambaugh Auditorium Assoc ($200k), Mill Creek Metroparks Foundation ($150k).
- Does John D Finnegan Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John D Finnegan Fdn accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John D Finnegan Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Youngstown Fdn General, Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley, Premier Bank Foundation.
- Where is John D Finnegan Fdn based?
- John D Finnegan Fdn is based in OH.
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