Ohio · Private foundation
Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund
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.
- $18k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
97% of Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Columbus Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund named its own grantees at scale: 10 organizations, $18k. 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
- $1,100
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 21
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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 | 18 | $18k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $16k | 16% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $16k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $16k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Hearing & Speech Center Inc Dba the Hearing & Speech Center Inc | $5,900 | 5 | 0% |
| The Cat Welfare Association | $5,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Barely Used Pets Inc | $5,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Primate Rescue Center | $5,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Pet Promise | $4,600 | 5 | 1% |
| Apopo US Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Gallaudet University | $4,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Lexington Leadership Foundation Inc | $2,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Love of Paws Inc | $2,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Champaign County Animal Welfare League Inc | $2,400 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Hearing & Speech Center Inc Dba the Hearing & Speech Center Inc | $5,900 | 5 | 0% |
| The Cat Welfare Association | $5,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Barely Used Pets Inc | $5,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Primate Rescue Center | $5,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Pet Promise | $4,600 | 5 | 1% |
| Apopo US Inc | $4,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Gallaudet University | $4,300 | 6 | 0% |
| Lexington Leadership Foundation Inc | $2,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Love of Paws Inc | $2,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Champaign County Animal Welfare League Inc | $2,400 | 3 | 0% |
| Christian Appalachian Project Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lexington Theatre Company | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Bluegrass Crime Stoppers Inc | $500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cornerstone of Hope Inc | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $200 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($46k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund 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.
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How this is measured
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About Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund
- How much does Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund give?
- Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund reported 18 grants totaling $18,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 21 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (51%), Religion (9%), Education (8%).
- Who are Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Lexington Hearing & Speech Center Inc Dba the Hearing & Speech Center Inc ($6k), The Cat Welfare Association ($5k), Barely Used Pets Inc ($5k).
- Does Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund 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 Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Network for Good.
- Where is Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund based?
- Richard Rex Ponn Trust Fund is based in OH.
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