Ohio · Private foundation
Lowe-Marshall Trust
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.
- $600k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
95% of Lowe-Marshall Trust’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Foundation For Appalachian Ohio, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 1 organization directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $320,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 2
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Lowe-Marshall Trust 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.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $70k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $80k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $80k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $90k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Action Inc | $160,000 | 5 | 1% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($190k), not named here.
About Lowe-Marshall Trust
- How much does Lowe-Marshall Trust give?
- Lowe-Marshall Trust reported 3 grants totaling $600,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 2 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Lowe-Marshall Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), Environment (41%), Community Improvement (5%).
- Who are Lowe-Marshall Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Rural Action Inc ($160k).
- Does Lowe-Marshall Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Lowe-Marshall Trust 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.
- Where is Lowe-Marshall Trust based?
- Lowe-Marshall Trust is based in OH.
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