Ohio · Private foundation
The Twenty First Century Foundation
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.
- $2.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 105
- Grants FY2025
- 100
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $384,010
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 111
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $38M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Twenty First Century Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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 | 105 | $2.2M | 19% |
| FY2024 | 100 | $1.8M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 111 | $2.0M | 25% |
| FY2022 | 98 | $2.1M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 71 | $1.3M | 56% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $527k | 28% |
| FY2018 | 80 | $710k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 85 | $684k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oh-Go | $823,030 | 6 | 28% |
| St Joseph Catholic School | $565,680 | 8 | n/a |
| Monroeville Athletic Boosters | $200,500 | 3 | 21% |
| Norwalk Area United Fund | $180,000 | 8 | 16% |
| Norwalk Catholic School | $177,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Seneca Habitat for Humanity | $140,000 | 6 | 9% |
| Firelands Habitat for Humanity Inc | $120,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Norwalk Arts Center LLC | $103,500 | 3 | 9% |
| Norwalk Area Food Bank | $95,000 | 8 | 7% |
| Huron County Humane Society Inc | $84,000 | 6 | 8% |
Show all 57 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 200 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.0M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Twenty First Century Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Geotrac Charitable Foundation · The Albert G & Olive H Schlink Foundation · The Gerard and Patricia Hipp Family Foundation · Price-Downey-Buckland Foundation · John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation · The Michelle Wightman-Karrie Wieber Charitable Foundation · Erie County Community Foundation · The Mylander Fdn-2001 · Sidney Frohman Foundation · Huron County Community Foundation · Infinity Trust · The Cleveland Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Twenty First Century Foundation with peer funders
About The Twenty First Century Foundation
- How much does The Twenty First Century Foundation give?
- The Twenty First Century Foundation reported 105 grants totaling $2,204,142 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 111 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Twenty First Century Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (24%), Education (22%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are The Twenty First Century Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oh-Go ($823k), St Joseph Catholic School ($566k), Monroeville Athletic Boosters ($201k).
- Does The Twenty First Century Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Twenty First Century 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 Twenty First Century Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Geotrac Charitable Foundation, The Albert G & Olive H Schlink Foundation, The Gerard and Patricia Hipp Family Foundation.
- Where is The Twenty First Century Foundation based?
- The Twenty First Century Foundation is based in OH.
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