Ohio · Private foundation
The Tsengas Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $39k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 20
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $450k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations The Tsengas Foundation 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; $2k 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 | 8 | $39k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $29k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $23k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $25k | 12% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $35k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $32k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $31k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $29k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral | $26,725 | 9 | n/a |
| Federation of Sterea Hellas Co George J Bahramis Cpa | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lakeland Foundation | $10,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Greek Garden Association of Cleveland Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | $7,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Lake Humane Society | $3,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,250 | 4 | 0% |
| The Fine Arts Association | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohio Academy of Science | $500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral | $26,725 | 9 | n/a |
| Federation of Sterea Hellas Co George J Bahramis Cpa | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lakeland Foundation | $10,200 | 5 | 0% |
| Greek Garden Association of Cleveland Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America | $7,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Lake Humane Society | $3,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $2,250 | 4 | 0% |
| The Fine Arts Association | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Ohio Academy of Science | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $90 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($193k), 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Tsengas Foundation
- How much does The Tsengas Foundation give?
- The Tsengas Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $38,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 20 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Tsengas Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (43%), Religion (20%), Animals (14%).
- Who are The Tsengas Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral ($27k), Federation of Sterea Hellas Co George J Bahramis Cpa ($16k), The Lakeland Foundation ($10k).
- Does The Tsengas Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Tsengas Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Tsengas Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Tsengas Foundation based?
- The Tsengas Foundation is based in OH.
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