Ohio · Private foundation
John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $354k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $19,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 10 | $354k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $301k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $296k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $322k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $302k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk Area United Fund | $530,000 | 5 | 54% |
| Norwalk Catholic School | $305,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Huron County Growth Partnerhip Charities | $100,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Norwalk Public Library | $84,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Huron County Humane Society Inc | $47,340 | 5 | 5% |
| Firelands Historical Society | $32,646 | 5 | 9% |
| Huron County Imagination Library | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Norwalk Area Friends for Youth Sports Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Norwalk Cemetery Association | $10,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Artists Open Studio Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk Area United Fund | $530,000 | 5 | 54% |
| Norwalk Catholic School | $305,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Huron County Growth Partnerhip Charities | $100,000 | 5 | 10% |
| Norwalk Public Library | $84,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Huron County Humane Society Inc | $47,340 | 5 | 5% |
| Firelands Historical Society | $32,646 | 5 | 9% |
| Huron County Imagination Library | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Norwalk Area Friends for Youth Sports Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| The Norwalk Cemetery Association | $10,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Artists Open Studio Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teen Leadership Corps | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Clothing Bank of Norwalk Ohio | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($415k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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.
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How this is measured
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About John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation
- How much does John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation give?
- John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $354,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (47%), Philanthropy (34%), Community Improvement (6%).
- Who are John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Norwalk Area United Fund ($530k), Norwalk Catholic School ($305k), Huron County Growth Partnerhip Charities ($100k).
- Does John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Twenty First Century Foundation, Geotrac Charitable Foundation, The Albert G & Olive H Schlink Foundation.
- Where is John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation based?
- John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation is based in OH.
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