· Private foundation
The Chester Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $40k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $48k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| OHIO HEALTH FOUNDATION | $17,500 |
| GIVE NEUROHEALTH INC | $10,000 |
| MID OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE | $5,055 |
| CHIPPEWA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| COLUMBUS SCHOOL FOR GIRLS | $5,000 |
| OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| DREAMS ON HORSEBACK | $4,000 |
| FAMILIES FLOURISH | $3,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO | $3,000 |
| UPPER ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| CARES FOR DIAC | $2,000 |
| UPPER ARLINGTON LUTHERAN CHURCH | $1,500 |
| PSI UPSILON FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| OHIO HISTORY CENTER | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WSWELLINGTON SCHOOL4× · 2020–2023 · $29k · revenue +10%
- MFMid-Ohio Foodbank3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +13%
- DODREAMS ON HORSEBACK2× · 2021–2024 · $9k · revenue +44%
Funded once
- UWUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INCone grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue -2%
- CMCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ARTgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue +28%
- PPELOTONIAgraduatedone grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +33%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.
To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.
The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.
Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.
The columbus medical association foundation, through the governance and oversight of its board of physicians and other experts, effects change within specific priority areas to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents and…
To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.
As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.
We are physicians and other experts improving the health of caregivers, patients and communities.
As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.
Oberlin College and Conservatory educate students for lives of intellectual, musical and artistic rigor and breadth, sustained inquiry, creativity and innovation, and leadership. Oberlin aims to prepare graduates with the knowledge,…
The columbus association of realtors is a local level, not-for-profit trade association. founded in 1908, columbus association of realtors is comprised of more than 9,100 real estate professionals engaged in residential sales and leasing,…
Provide comprehensive services that benefit the financial institution industry in ohio.
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds WELLINGTON SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO ↗
- Who funds DREAMS ON HORSEBACK ↗
- Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OHIO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds Columbus School for Girls ↗
- Who funds THE TVRC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds UPPER ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds PELOTONIA ↗
- Who funds FAMILIES FLOURISH INC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CAPITAL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE PSI UPSILON FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds COLUMBUS BAR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION ↗
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 · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ford Family Foundation Inc · Meuse Family Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Chester Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Chester Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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