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The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank

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.

$234k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2025
28
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$35,000
Organizations funded a year
28 to 37
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$4.7M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24
AnimalsEducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureScience & TechOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving32$234k41%
FY202428$225k14%
FY202331$216k32%
FY202234$265k24%
FY202135$217k17%
FY202037$211kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$396kEducation$272kArts & Culture$134kHealth$113kPhilanthropy$89kHousing & Shelter$88kHuman Services$65kReligion$46kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
MT
MN
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
CA
CO
KY
VA
NM
NC
DC
LA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 56 grantees
All grantees of The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Proctor Academy$188,00060%
New Avenues for Youth Inc$79,70060%
Vermont Land Trust Inc$77,00060%
Community Gallery Inc$50,00061%
Chac Fka Community Health Awareness Council$46,00050%
Resolve Inc$45,00040%
CORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse$44,00060%
Caravan to Class$33,00063%
Six Rivers Land Conservancy Fka Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy$30,00032%
Ben Lomond Quaker Center Association$28,00043%
Flint Institute of Science & History$27,00027%
Planetwork$27,00062%
Oceans Initiative$26,00051%
Yellowstone Forever$24,00060%
National Center for Science Education$20,00060%
Foundation for Climate Restoration Inc$19,00065%
Rainforest Action Network$16,50060%
Upper Valley Land Trust Inc$16,00040%
Flint River Watershed Coalition$15,00031%
Friends of Les Cheneaux Community Library$13,00038%
Lsu Foundation$13,00020%
Friends of the Flint Public Library$12,000316%
Community Passageways$10,00020%
Brooke USA Inc$10,00021%
Washington Health Outreach$9,00025%
Collective Heritage Institute$8,00040%
Doggie Protective Services for Homeless Tails$8,00013%
On the Rise Inc$8,00010%
Northwest Family Assistance Center$7,50012%
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Inc$7,50011%
Flint Cultural Center Corporation$7,00010%
Les Cheneaux Culinary School Inc$6,00030%
Minds Matter of Boston Inc$6,00010%
Les Cheneaux Historical Associaton$6,00031%
Krewe of Red Beans$6,00011%
Akashinga Inc$5,00010%
Buckminster Fuller Institute$5,00020%
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy USA$5,00010%
Homeless Empowerment Project Inc$5,0001n/a
Denver Dumb Friends League$5,00010%
The New Dance Complex Inc$5,00010%
Trap Dat Cat Inc$5,00013%
Boston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office$5,00010%
Freedom House Inc$5,00011%
Regents of the University of Michigan$4,0002n/a
Vermont Public Co$4,00010%
Pbs Foundation$4,00010%
The Pacifica Foundation$4,00020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$3,00010%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$3,00010%
Michigan League for Public Policy$3,00030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$2,5001n/a
Son of a Saint$2,50010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati$2,00010%
Pathfinder International$2,00020%
Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($340k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetProctor Academy: $188,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNew Avenues for Youth Inc: $79,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVermont Land Trust Inc: $77,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Gallery Inc: $50,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetChac Fka Community Health Awareness Council: $46,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetResolve Inc: $45,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCORA Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse: $44,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCaravan to Class: $33,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetSix Rivers Land Conservancy Fka Six Rivers Regional Land Conservancy: $30,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBen Lomond Quaker Center Association: $28,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetFlint Institute of Science & History: $27,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetPlanetwork: $27,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetOceans Initiative: $26,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetYellowstone Forever: $24,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNational Center for Science Education: $20,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFoundation for Climate Restoration Inc: $19,000 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $16,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUpper Valley Land Trust Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFlint River Watershed Coalition: $15,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetFriends of Les Cheneaux Community Library: $13,000 over 3y, 7.7% of budgetLsu Foundation: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Flint Public Library: $12,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetCommunity Passageways: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBrooke USA Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWashington Health Outreach: $9,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetCollective Heritage Institute: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDoggie Protective Services for Homeless Tails: $8,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetOn the Rise Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorthwest Family Assistance Center: $7,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetKurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFlint Cultural Center Corporation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLes Cheneaux Culinary School Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMinds Matter of Boston Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLes Cheneaux Historical Associaton: $6,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetKrewe of Red Beans: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAkashinga Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBuckminster Fuller Institute: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLewa Wildlife Conservancy USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Dumb Friends League: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Dance Complex Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTrap Dat Cat Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBoston Charitable Trust Fund City of Boston Trust Office: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFreedom House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVermont Public Co: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPbs Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Pacifica Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 53.

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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.

Heron Oaks FoundationOH24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Heron Oaks Foundation · Charles Stewart Mott Foundation · Ruth Mott Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Boston Foundation Inc · Bushrod H Campbell & Adah F Hall Charity Fund · Marin Community Foundation · Consumers Energy Foundation · Gannett Foundation Inc · New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Eastern Bank Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank

How much does The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank give?
The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank reported 32 grants totaling $234,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 37 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (28%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Proctor Academy ($188k), New Avenues for Youth Inc ($80k), Vermont Land Trust Inc ($77k).
Does The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank 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 Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Heron Oaks Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Ruth Mott Foundation.
Where is The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank based?
The Highfield Foundation Fifth Third Bank is based in OH.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 80 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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