Ohio · Private foundation
Lovell Charitable 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.
- $136k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Lovell Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 4 | $136k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $133k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $125k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $150k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $144k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $143k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $130k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $144k | 40% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries Inc | $579,452 | 9 | 26% |
| Falmouth Academy Inc | $188,353 | 6 | 1% |
| Cape Cod Theatre Project Inc | $145,000 | 8 | 16% |
| Falmouth Historical Society Inc | $95,750 | 4 | 6% |
| Falmouth Artists Guild Inc | $84,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The College Light Opera Company Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Falmouth Education Foundation Inc | $40,172 | 3 | 9% |
| The 300 Committee Land Trust Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Falmouth Service Center Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Quissett Harbor Preservation Trust Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries Inc | $579,452 | 9 | 26% |
| Falmouth Academy Inc | $188,353 | 6 | 1% |
| Cape Cod Theatre Project Inc | $145,000 | 8 | 16% |
| Falmouth Historical Society Inc | $95,750 | 4 | 6% |
| Falmouth Artists Guild Inc | $84,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The College Light Opera Company Inc | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Falmouth Education Foundation Inc | $40,172 | 3 | 9% |
| The 300 Committee Land Trust Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Falmouth Service Center Inc | $18,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Quissett Harbor Preservation Trust Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Falmouth Dogs a Non Profit Corporation | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Lovell Charitable Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 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: Cape Cod Foundation Inc · Esther Simon 1952 Charitable Trust Xxxxx8006 · Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · George H Lusk Trust · Caithness Foundation · Stanley W Watson Foundation · Hermann Foundation Inc · Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust · Mutual Bancorp Foundation Inc Fka Cape Cod 5 Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Lovell Charitable Foundation
- How much does Lovell Charitable Foundation give?
- Lovell Charitable Foundation reported 4 grants totaling $135,922 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lovell Charitable Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (47%), Arts & Culture (30%), Education (18%).
- Who are Lovell Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Salt Pond Areas Bird Sanctuaries Inc ($579k), Falmouth Academy Inc ($188k), Cape Cod Theatre Project Inc ($145k).
- Does Lovell Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lovell Charitable 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 Lovell Charitable Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Cape Cod Foundation Inc, Esther Simon 1952 Charitable Trust Xxxxx8006, Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Lovell Charitable Foundation based?
- Lovell Charitable Foundation is based in OH.
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