Ohio · Public charity
Meuse Family Foundation
The MEUSE FAMILY FOUNDATION is a supporting organization of the columbus foundation. The purpose of the MEUSE FAMILY FOUNDATION is to support charitable organizations which benefit the community.
- $686k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $649k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 37
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 21% of the organizations Meuse Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 15 | $634k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $993k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $743k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $229k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $490k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $1.3M | 19% |
| FY2019 | 37 | $711k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $410k | 48% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Carroll University | $1,510,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Catholic Diocese of Columbus | $1,065,000 | 3 | n/a |
| United Way of Central Ohio Inc | $1,030,000 | 6 | 1% |
| The Columbus Partnership | $330,000 | 6 | 2% |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | $277,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Missionary Society of St Paul the Apostle | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Columbus Association for the Performing Arts | $236,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Momentum-Excellence Inc | $180,000 | 9 | 3% |
| I Know I Can | $165,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Stephen J Wampler Foundation Camp WAMP | $150,000 | 1 | 14% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Meuse Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Columbus Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · L Brands Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Battelle Memorial Institute
How this is measured
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About Meuse Family Foundation
- How much does Meuse Family Foundation give?
- Meuse Family Foundation reported 16 itemized grants totaling $648,500, out of $686,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 37 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Meuse Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Philanthropy (14%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Meuse Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: John Carroll University ($1.5M), Catholic Diocese of Columbus ($1.1M), United Way of Central Ohio Inc ($1.0M).
- Does Meuse Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Meuse Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, Ingram-White Castle Foundation, L Brands Foundation.
- Where is Meuse Family Foundation based?
- Meuse Family Foundation is based in OH.
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