Ohio · Private foundation
Marian Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $117k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 6%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
92% of Marian Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Foundation Of The Catholic Diocese Of Columbus, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 8 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Marian Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $117k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $21,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Marian Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $117k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $109k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $127k | 16% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $111k | 23% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $111k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $115k | 8% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $110k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $95k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Magdalene Church | $122,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Dominican Sisters of Peace Inc | $45,232 | 9 | n/a |
| The Desert Island Club | $43,100 | 9 | 11% |
| Birthright of Columbus Inc | $41,000 | 9 | 12% |
| Christ Child Society of Columbus | $20,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus Inc | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Social Services Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lower Light Ministries Inc | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
| South Side Learning & Development Center | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Magdalene Church | $122,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Dominican Sisters of Peace Inc | $45,232 | 9 | n/a |
| The Desert Island Club | $43,100 | 9 | 11% |
| Birthright of Columbus Inc | $41,000 | 9 | 12% |
| Christ Child Society of Columbus | $20,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus Inc | $20,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Women's Care Center Inc | $16,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Catholic Social Services Inc | $15,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lower Light Ministries Inc | $13,000 | 7 | 0% |
| South Side Learning & Development Center | $12,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Femergy | $10,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Catholic Medical Association of Central Ohio | $6,000 | 3 | 36% |
| Families Flourish Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethesda Healing Ministry Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Stephen Community Services Inc | $2,636 | 1 | 0% |
| Momm Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Catholic Diocese of Columbus | $200 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($655k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Marian Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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: Columbus Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · The Foundation of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus · Harry C Moores Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The William H Davis Dorothy M Davis and William C Davis Foundation · Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · The Macbea Foundation · Mount Carmel Health System
How this is measured
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About Marian Foundation
- How much does Marian Foundation give?
- Marian Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $117,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Marian Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (69%), Education (15%), Health (4%).
- Who are Marian Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Mary Magdalene Church ($123k), Dominican Sisters of Peace Inc ($45k), The Desert Island Club ($43k).
- Does Marian Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Marian Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Marian Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, Ingram-White Castle Foundation, Siemer Family Foundation.
- Where is Marian Foundation based?
- Marian Foundation is based in OH.
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