Ohio · Public charity
L Brands Foundation
The purpose is to support charitable organizations for women, children and education.
- $752k
- Granted FY2022
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of L Brands Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to The Columbus Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year L Brands Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 16 organizations, $640k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2022
- $640k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 196
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 4
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 19% of the organizations L Brands Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 16 | $613k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 70 | $8.1M | 1% |
| FY2020 | 93 | $6.9M | 12% |
| FY2019 | 181 | $9.8M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 185 | $12M | 19% |
| FY2017 | 196 | $21M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio State University Foundation | $14,405,881 | 5 | 2% |
| United Way of Central Ohio Inc | $6,189,094 | 6 | 4% |
| Columbus Downtown Development Corporation | $5,100,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Columbus Partnership | $4,565,000 | 5 | 27% |
| Franklin County Historical Society Dba Cosi Columbus | $3,560,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $2,000,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $1,550,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | $1,530,940 | 4 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $1,248,291 | 5 | n/a |
| Mid-Ohio Foodbank | $763,108 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 271 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
L Brands Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 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: United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Columbus Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Safelite Foundation
How this is measured
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About L Brands Foundation
- How much does L Brands Foundation give?
- L Brands Foundation reported 18 itemized grants totaling $640,000, out of $752,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 196 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does L Brands Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (40%), Education (20%), Community Improvement (11%).
- Who are L Brands Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Ohio State University Foundation ($14M), United Way of Central Ohio Inc ($6.2M), Columbus Downtown Development Corporation ($5.1M).
- Does L Brands Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as L Brands Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Central Ohio Inc, Ingram-White Castle Foundation, Encova Foundation of Ohio.
- Where is L Brands Foundation based?
- L Brands Foundation is based in OH.
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