Ohio · Private foundation
The State Auto 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.
- $389k
- Granted FY2022
- 24
- Grants FY2022
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 23
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 9
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 17% of the organizations The State Auto Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 23 | $339k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 23 | $397k | 30% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $320k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.
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, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Way of Central Ohio Inc | $219,671 | 3 | 0% |
| Columbus Housing Partnership Inc | $172,500 | 3 | 1% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jazz Arts Group | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Mid-Ohio Foodbank | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Shelter Board | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ballet Metropolitan Inc | $37,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Columbus Museum of Art | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Central Indiana Inc | $16,618 | 2 | 0% |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | $16,273 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 25 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($75k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The State Auto 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: American Electric Power Foundation · Columbus Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · The Reinberger Foundation · Liberty Mutual Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Cardinal Health Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
How this is measured
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About The State Auto Foundation
- How much does The State Auto Foundation give?
- The State Auto Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $388,729 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 23 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does The State Auto Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (52%), Housing & Shelter (17%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The State Auto Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: United Way of Central Ohio Inc ($220k), Columbus Housing Partnership Inc ($173k), American Heart Association Inc ($150k).
- Does The State Auto Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The State Auto 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 State Auto Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Electric Power Foundation, Columbus Foundation, L Brands Foundation.
- Where is The State Auto Foundation based?
- The State Auto Foundation is based in OH.
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