Ohio · Private foundation
John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 147
- Grants FY2025
- 149
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 84%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,900
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $230,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 149
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 14
- Total assets, FY2025
- $60M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 84% of the organizations John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M 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 | 145 | $3.6M | 63% |
| FY2024 | 149 | $2.1M | 84% |
| FY2023 | 132 | $1.3M | 92% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $522k | 93% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $156k | 81% |
| FY2020 | 34 | $146k | 59% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $135k | 45% |
| FY2018 | 45 | $132k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | $325,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Historic South Initiative | $295,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity | $221,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Connecting Kids to Meals Inc | $170,775 | 4 | 3% |
| Cherry Street Mission Ministries | $166,033 | 7 | 1% |
| Day52 Inc | $155,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Partners in Education of Toledo | $143,000 | 4 | 10% |
| The University of Toledo Foundation | $110,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Open Door of Delta | $100,500 | 4 | 11% |
| Toledo Public Schools Foundation | $95,000 | 2 | 5% |
Show all 202 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 339 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.9M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John Henry Eldred Jr 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: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Toledo · The O-I Charities Foundation · The Stranahan Supporting Organization · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation · Promedica Health System Inc · Toledo Classic Inc · The Oswald Supporting Organization · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Premier Bank Foundation · Toledo Community Foundation Inc Seneca Fund
How this is measured
About John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation
- How much does John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation give?
- John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation reported 147 grants totaling $3,614,778 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 149 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (29%), Human Services (16%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Local Initiatives Support Corporation ($325k), Historic South Initiative ($295k), Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity ($221k).
- Does John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 84% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation 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 Henry Eldred Jr Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Toledo Community Foundation Inc, United Way of Greater Toledo, The O-I Charities Foundation.
- Where is John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation based?
- John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation is based in OH.
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