Ohio · Private foundation
The Vana Family 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.
- $55k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 32
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $937k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations The Vana Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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 | 23 | $55k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 32 | $56k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $53k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 32 | $47k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 32 | $54k | 3% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $49k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $52k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $54k | 4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $24,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Magical Theatre Company | $24,000 | 9 | 2% |
| The Deyarmin Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 9 | 6% |
| The Oak Clinic | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ormaco Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Tallmadge Schools Opportunity Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Achievement Centers for Children | $9,750 | 8 | 0% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $9,250 | 2 | 0% |
| St Marys Church | $9,000 | 9 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $8,800 | 9 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playhouse Square Foundation | $24,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Magical Theatre Company | $24,000 | 9 | 2% |
| The Deyarmin Foundation Inc | $12,500 | 9 | 6% |
| The Oak Clinic | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Ormaco Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Tallmadge Schools Opportunity Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Achievement Centers for Children | $9,750 | 8 | 0% |
| The University of Akron Foundation | $9,250 | 2 | 0% |
| St Marys Church | $9,000 | 9 | n/a |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $8,800 | 9 | 0% |
| Stewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary | $7,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Open Arms Adoptions Inc | $7,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Support Services Inc | $6,510 | 6 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $6,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Tumor Foundation | $5,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Hudson Montessori Association | $4,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Casa Board Volunteer Association In | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tallmadge Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| American Diabetes Association | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Vincent - St Mary High School | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Tallmadge Athletic Boosters | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($295k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Vana Family 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: Akron Community Foundation · Tuscora Park Health & Wellness Foundation · Gar Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Mg O'Neil Foundation · The Maynard Family Foundation · The Rc Musson and Katharine Musson Charitable Foundation · Maynard Family Foundation · Jackie & Bruce Davey Family Foundation · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation
How this is measured
About The Vana Family Foundation
- How much does The Vana Family Foundation give?
- The Vana Family Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $55,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Vana Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Health (14%), Religion (14%).
- Who are The Vana Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Playhouse Square Foundation ($25k), Magical Theatre Company ($24k), The Deyarmin Foundation Inc ($13k).
- Does The Vana Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Vana Family 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 Vana Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Akron Community Foundation, Tuscora Park Health & Wellness Foundation, Gar Foundation.
- Where is The Vana Family Foundation based?
- The Vana Family Foundation is based in OH.
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