Ohio · Private foundation
The Kerscher 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.
- $100k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $18,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations The Kerscher Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 15 | $100k | 53% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $93k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $83k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $150k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $182k | 73% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $200k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $128k | 53% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern University | $178,267 | 5 | 0% |
| Let Them Live Action Corporation | $63,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Celiac and Allergy Friendly Food Initiative | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Villa Angela St Joseph High School | $40,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Sanibel Sea School Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Community Christ Chapel | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Main Stage Community Theatre | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Bluffton Self Help Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Breakthrough Schools | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern University | $178,267 | 5 | 0% |
| Let Them Live Action Corporation | $63,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc | $42,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Celiac and Allergy Friendly Food Initiative | $40,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Villa Angela St Joseph High School | $40,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Sanibel Sea School Inc | $37,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Community Christ Chapel | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Main Stage Community Theatre | $30,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Bluffton Self Help Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friends of Breakthrough Schools | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bulldog Bags Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Stow Goal Club Inc | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Trans World Radio | $20,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Fostering Faithfully | $17,500 | 2 | 8% |
| Blue Line Bears Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Pioneer Bible Translators | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Drop in the Bucket | $13,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Fusion Pointe Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sanibel Community Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cleveland Clinic Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rayl Charitable Organization | $8,500 | 2 | 13% |
| Our Rescue | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edge Sports & Arts Academy | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Ohio Foundation for Patriotism | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Opportunity Parish Ecumenical Neighborhood Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christ Community Chapel | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ding Darling Wildlife Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Run 2 Rescue | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Martin de Porres High School | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ursuline College | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Summit County | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth With a Mission | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lebron James Family Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Isaiah 117 House | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Zonta Foundation for Women | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.8M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kerscher Family 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: Akron Community Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Fw Albrecht Family Foundation · Hudson Community Foundation · United Way of Summit and Medina · The Cleveland Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About The Kerscher Family Foundation
- How much does The Kerscher Family Foundation give?
- The Kerscher Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Kerscher Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (69%), Education (11%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The Kerscher Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ohio Northern University ($178k), Let Them Live Action Corporation ($63k), Fish of Sanibel-Captiva Inc ($43k).
- Does The Kerscher Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Kerscher Family 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 Kerscher Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Akron Community Foundation, The Swagelok Foundation, Fw Albrecht Family Foundation.
- Where is The Kerscher Family Foundation based?
- The Kerscher Family Foundation is based in OH.
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