Ohio · Private foundation
The Montrose Way
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.
- $45k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations The Montrose Way funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $47k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Ohio Community Land Trust Corporation | $102,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Berea College | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($18k), not named here.
About The Montrose Way
- How much does The Montrose Way give?
- The Montrose Way reported 3 grants totaling $45,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does The Montrose Way fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (89%), Education (11%).
- Who are The Montrose Way's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Central Ohio Community Land Trust Corporation ($102k), Berea College ($15k).
- Does The Montrose Way fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Montrose Way 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.
- Where is The Montrose Way based?
- The Montrose Way is based in OH.
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