Ohio · Private foundation
The Lorain Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $54k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $11,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 47% of the organizations The Lorain Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 74% 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
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $54k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $70k | 47% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $32k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $55k | 71% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $52k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $53k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 24 | $53k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 27 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorain Jewish Welfare Fund | $38,332 | 6 | n/a |
| Lorain County Community College | $26,912 | 3 | n/a |
| Lorain Historical Society | $21,163 | 7 | 4% |
| Lorain County Health & Dentistry | $19,459 | 8 | 0% |
| Soul to Sole Inc | $5,779 | 3 | 3% |
| Lorain County Communiy Action Agency Inc | $1,702 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 91 recipients with no EIN on record ($312k), 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 Nord Family Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Lakeland Community Foundation · Community Foundation of Lorain County · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lorain Foundation
- How much does The Lorain Foundation give?
- The Lorain Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $54,064 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Lorain Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (42%), Philanthropy (15%), Human Services (9%).
- Who are The Lorain Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Lorain Jewish Welfare Fund ($38k), Lorain County Community College ($27k), Lorain Historical Society ($21k).
- Does The Lorain Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lorain Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lorain Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Nord Family Foundation, Northwest Charitable Foundation, Lakeland Community Foundation.
- Where is The Lorain Foundation based?
- The Lorain Foundation is based in OH.
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