Ohio · Private foundation
The McConnell Educational 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.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 35
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $35M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 3% of the organizations The McConnell Educational Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 28 | $1.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $2.3M | 3% |
| FY2022 | 28 | $2.1M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $2.0M | 3% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $1.9M | 10% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $2.1M | 7% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $2.1M | 7% |
| FY2017 | 35 | $2.0M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohiohealth Corporation | $8,000,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation | $1,691,000 | 8 | 19% |
| Birdies for Buddies | $671,500 | 8 | 36% |
| Champions of the Community Inc | $563,750 | 4 | 3% |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Westerville Parks Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-Ohio Foodbank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohiohealth Corporation | $8,000,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation | $1,691,000 | 8 | 19% |
| Birdies for Buddies | $671,500 | 8 | 36% |
| Champions of the Community Inc | $563,750 | 4 | 3% |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $250,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Westerville Parks Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 60% |
| Breakthrough T1d | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio | $125,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mid-Ohio Foodbank | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Storm Hockey Club Inc | $47,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Prowler Hockey Association Inc | $47,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Olentangy Orange Athletic Boosters Inc | $44,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Star House | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| New Albany Hockey Club | $40,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Olentangy Berlin Athletic Boosters | $35,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Columbus Ice Hockey Club Inc | $34,500 | 8 | 8% |
| The Columbus Academy | $31,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Friends of the National World War II Memorial Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The McConnell Educational Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Columbus Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
Compare The McConnell Educational Foundation with peer funders
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About The McConnell Educational Foundation
- How much does The McConnell Educational Foundation give?
- The McConnell Educational Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $1,762,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 35 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The McConnell Educational Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (77%), Youth Development (10%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are The McConnell Educational Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ohiohealth Corporation ($8.0M), Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation ($1.7M), Birdies for Buddies ($672k).
- Does The McConnell Educational Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The McConnell Educational 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 McConnell Educational Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, United Way of Central Ohio Inc, Nisource Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The McConnell Educational Foundation based?
- The McConnell Educational Foundation is based in OH.
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