Ohio · Public charity
The Van Wert County Foundation
The mission of THE VAN WERT COUNTY FOUNDATION is to transform quatilty of life by inspiring, fulfilling, and supporting philanthropy in an effort to create a well-resourced and thriving quality of life for our surrounding communities.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 41
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $306,116
- Organizations funded a year
- 31 to 41
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $86M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Van Wert County Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentAnimalsCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 41 | $1.4M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 41 | $1.7M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 34 | $1.7M | 15% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $2.7M | 33% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $1.9M | 17% |
| FY2019 | 36 | $1.2M | 17% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $1.8M | 3% |
| FY2017 | 37 | $1.9M | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Arts & Culture$3.9MRecreation & Sports$2.6MEducation$2.5MReligion$1.6MCommunity Improvement$1.1MHuman Services$722kEmployment$576kPhilanthropy$558kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation | $2,835,930 | 8 | 41% |
| Van Wert County Airport Authority | $1,906,752 | 8 | n/a |
| Vantage Career Center | $1,210,824 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Van Wert | $1,173,577 | 4 | n/a |
| First Church of the United Bretheren in Christ Van Wert | $743,176 | 4 | n/a |
| Wassenberg Art Center Association | $694,902 | 7 | 49% |
| Van Wert City Schools | $636,446 | 8 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $520,023 | 4 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association | $432,902 | 8 | 7% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $264,638 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 71 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation | $2,835,930 | 8 | 41% |
| Van Wert County Airport Authority | $1,906,752 | 8 | n/a |
| Vantage Career Center | $1,210,824 | 8 | n/a |
| City of Van Wert | $1,173,577 | 4 | n/a |
| First Church of the United Bretheren in Christ Van Wert | $743,176 | 4 | n/a |
| Wassenberg Art Center Association | $694,902 | 7 | 49% |
| Van Wert City Schools | $636,446 | 8 | n/a |
| First Presbyterian Church | $520,023 | 4 | n/a |
| Young Men's Christian Association | $432,902 | 8 | 7% |
| Culver Educational Foundation | $264,638 | 8 | 0% |
| Van Wert County Agricultural Society | $245,194 | 8 | 3% |
| Van Wert County Humane Society Inc | $223,436 | 4 | 48% |
| Business Development Corporation of Van Wert Inc | $222,891 | 7 | 71% |
| The Library Enrichment Foundation of the Brumback Library Van Wert C | $215,930 | 8 | 100% |
| Van Wert County Hospital Association | $200,860 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Women's Christian Assn of Van Wert Co Ohio | $200,235 | 6 | 7% |
| New Horizons Community Church Inc | $194,175 | 8 | n/a |
| Van Wert Rotary Foundation Trust | $146,171 | 8 | 90% |
| The Ohio State University | $138,687 | 5 | n/a |
| Sigma Chi Foundation | $132,266 | 8 | 0% |
| Van Wert County Day Care Center Inc | $128,896 | 6 | 4% |
| Van Wert County 4-H | $128,847 | 4 | n/a |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | $98,297 | 4 | n/a |
| Crestview Local Schools | $89,201 | 2 | n/a |
| Van Wert County Historical Society | $88,177 | 8 | 40% |
| Community Improvement Corporation of the City of Van Wert and County | $79,852 | 4 | n/a |
| Van Wert Service Club Inc | $76,920 | 8 | 31% |
| Ohiohealth Corporation | $74,577 | 2 | n/a |
| First United Methodist Church of Van Wert | $73,885 | 8 | n/a |
| Main Street Van Wert Inc | $69,700 | 3 | 20% |
| Van Wert County Port Authority | $64,558 | 4 | n/a |
| Van Wert Area Economic Development Corporation | $64,104 | 3 | 20% |
| Van Wert Civic Theatre Inc | $62,232 | 6 | 15% |
| Pleasant Township Cemetary | $61,769 | 4 | n/a |
| Lifewise Inc | $59,799 | 4 | 1% |
| World Gospel Mission | $52,320 | 8 | n/a |
| Lincolnview Bible Board | $51,850 | 8 | 11% |
| Crestview Heritage Board | $48,703 | 7 | n/a |
| Van Wert County Tennis Association | $43,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Philanthropy Ohio | $42,693 | 6 | 0% |
| Holiday at Home Committee | $36,875 | 3 | n/a |
| Cross Over the Hill | $35,528 | 4 | 21% |
| Ohio City Volunteer Fire Department & EMS | $27,265 | 3 | n/a |
| Village of Wren | $22,643 | 2 | n/a |
| Pregnancy Life Center | $22,557 | 2 | 4% |
| Van Wert County Council on Aging Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Mercer Residential Services Inc | $19,626 | 1 | 0% |
| Career Connections of Van Wert County Inc | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Indiana Wesleyan University | $18,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lincolnview Local Schools | $17,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Westwood Behavioral Health Center Inc | $16,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Van Wert Peony Festival Inc | $15,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Village of Convoy Historical Society | $15,500 | 2 | 11% |
| The Marsh Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Evergreen Garden Club | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of Vw Co Ohio | $12,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Huntington's Disease Society of America Inc | $10,684 | 2 | 0% |
| Middle Point Community Recreation Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Samaritan's Purse | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Champions Field Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Van Wert Area Conv and Visitors Bureau | $10,000 | 1 | 17% |
| The Salvation Army | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Van Wert County Special Olympics | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement USA | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Delphos Kiwanis Club | $7,994 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Lifesaver Inc | $7,630 | 1 | 1% |
| Van Wert County Victims Services Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Haven of Hope of Van Wert County Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 5% |
| The Ohio State University | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children's Hope Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Starr Commonwealth | $5,098 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Van Wert County Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 40 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 40.
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.
United Way of Van Wert County IncOH30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 4 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: United Way of Van Wert County Inc · Columbus Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About The Van Wert County Foundation
- How much does The Van Wert County Foundation give?
- The Van Wert County Foundation reported 43 itemized grants totaling $1,431,072, out of $3,527,188 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 41 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Van Wert County Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (26%), Recreation & Sports (17%), Education (17%).
- Who are The Van Wert County Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation ($2.8M), Van Wert County Airport Authority ($1.9M), Vantage Career Center ($1.2M).
- Does The Van Wert County Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Van Wert County Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of Van Wert County Inc, Columbus Foundation, Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is The Van Wert County Foundation based?
- The Van Wert County Foundation is based in OH.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home