Ohio · Private foundation
The Bahl & Gaynor 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.
- $275k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 77%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,055
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 22
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 77% of the organizations The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k 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 | 31 | $273k | 58% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $209k | 77% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $110k | 90% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $69k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $60k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $46k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $37k | 75% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital Medical Center | $514,333 | 9 | 0% |
| Bethany School | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Xavier University | $19,850 | 2 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | $17,572 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio State Bar Foundation | $17,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Christ Hospital Foundation | $16,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of Music Hall | $12,750 | 2 | 1% |
| Tri-State Warbird Museum | $10,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc | $8,500 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 32 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($156k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bahl & Gaynor 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: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Fidelity Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Hcs Foundation · Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation
- How much does The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation give?
- The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation reported 32 grants totaling $275,060 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 22 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (67%), Education (7%), Religion (6%).
- Who are The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Children's Hospital Medical Center ($514k), Bethany School ($20k), Xavier University ($20k).
- Does The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Bahl & Gaynor 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 The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, Fidelity Foundation.
- Where is The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation based?
- The Bahl & Gaynor Foundation is based in OH.
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