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Upper Arlington Community Foundation
The UPPER ARLINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is a home for philanthropy in upper arlington that leads efforts to connect our community around big ideas and projects, enhances our local nonprofits, and builds community leaders. Our grants support the health and wellness, safety, and belonging of our neighbors, strengthen arts and culture, and…
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 71%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,635
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $606,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 71% of the organizations Upper Arlington Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $315k 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 | 7 | $1.0M | 14% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $1.4M | 71% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $5.1M | 67% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $193k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $62k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $188k | 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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Upper Arlington | $7,007,504 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of the Upper Arlington Library | $174,020 | 5 | 90% |
| Upper Arlington Youth Football Association | $137,921 | 1 | 60% |
| Upper Arlington City School District | $79,875 | 3 | n/a |
| Upper Arlington Lacrosse Association | $58,554 | 1 | 13% |
| Ua Junior Baseball Association | $46,136 | 2 | n/a |
| International Association of Lions Club | $38,000 | 2 | 57% |
| Upper Arlington Softball Association | $12,925 | 1 | n/a |
| Ua Junior Baseball Association | $12,628 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Arlington Education Foundation | $11,042 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Upper Arlington | $7,007,504 | 6 | n/a |
| Friends of the Upper Arlington Library | $174,020 | 5 | 90% |
| Upper Arlington Youth Football Association | $137,921 | 1 | 60% |
| Upper Arlington City School District | $79,875 | 3 | n/a |
| Upper Arlington Lacrosse Association | $58,554 | 1 | 13% |
| Ua Junior Baseball Association | $46,136 | 2 | n/a |
| International Association of Lions Club | $38,000 | 2 | 57% |
| Upper Arlington Softball Association | $12,925 | 1 | n/a |
| Ua Junior Baseball Association | $12,628 | 1 | n/a |
| Upper Arlington Education Foundation | $11,042 | 1 | 2% |
| Upper Arlington Civic Association | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Weinland Park Youth Athletics | $8,600 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($350k), 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About Upper Arlington Community Foundation
- How much does Upper Arlington Community Foundation give?
- Upper Arlington Community Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $1,017,864 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Upper Arlington Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (70%), Public Benefit (11%), Philanthropy (6%).
- Who are Upper Arlington Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: City of Upper Arlington ($7.0M), Friends of the Upper Arlington Library ($174k), Upper Arlington Youth Football Association ($138k).
- Does Upper Arlington Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 71% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Upper Arlington Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation.
- Where is Upper Arlington Community Foundation based?
- Upper Arlington Community Foundation is based in OH.
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