Ohio · Private foundation
The Hogrefe Foundation
TO PROVIDE CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO THE ERIE COUNTY, OHIO COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE TO ALL RESIDENTS. 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.
- $232k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $220,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $255k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Hogrefe Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $232k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $209k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $248k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $123k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandusky State Theatre Inc | $640,800 | 4 | 6% |
| Sandusky Children's Museum | $53,600 | 2 | 33% |
| Oh-Go | $12,400 | 4 | 1% |
| Sandusky City Schools District | $10,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Erie County Economic Development Co Inc | $9,520 | 2 | n/a |
| Crossroads | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Idea Advocates | $3,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Ability Works Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fallen Blue Quilts | $500 | 1 | 7% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($74k), not named here.
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 Michelle Wightman-Karrie Wieber Charitable Foundation · The Mylander Fdn-2001 · Sidney Frohman Foundation · The Wm M & a Cafaro Family Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Hogrefe Foundation
- How much does The Hogrefe Foundation give?
- The Hogrefe Foundation reported 6 grants totaling $231,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Hogrefe Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (82%), Education (4%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are The Hogrefe Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Sandusky State Theatre Inc ($641k), Sandusky Children's Museum ($54k), Oh-Go ($12k).
- Does The Hogrefe Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Hogrefe 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 Hogrefe Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Michelle Wightman-Karrie Wieber Charitable Foundation, The Mylander Fdn-2001, Sidney Frohman Foundation.
- Where is The Hogrefe Foundation based?
- The Hogrefe Foundation is based in OH.
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