Ohio · Private foundation
W Stephenson Fnd
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $195k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 36%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,300
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations W Stephenson Fnd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $64k 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 | $195k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $167k | 36% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $88k | 53% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $140k | 64% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $148k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $130k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $137k | 59% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $121k | 60% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medina County Historical Society | $165,000 | 4 | 32% |
| Leadership Medina County | $153,958 | 9 | 26% |
| Miracle League of Northeast Ohio | $52,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Center of Medina County | $51,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The Salvation Army | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Main Street Medina Inc | $25,300 | 3 | 6% |
| Chippewa Lake Ohio Historical Society | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Creek Conservancy | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ormaco Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medina County Historical Society | $165,000 | 4 | 32% |
| Leadership Medina County | $153,958 | 9 | 26% |
| Miracle League of Northeast Ohio | $52,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Children's Center of Medina County | $51,000 | 5 | 4% |
| The Salvation Army | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Main Street Medina Inc | $25,300 | 3 | 6% |
| Chippewa Lake Ohio Historical Society | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Creek Conservancy | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ormaco Inc | $14,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Feeding Medina County | $11,400 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Medina County Parks Inc | $11,400 | 2 | 13% |
| Medina Community Band Association | $10,430 | 1 | n/a |
| Medina Hospital Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chelsea Cares Inc | $10,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Cups Cafe Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Hope Recovery Community | $9,923 | 2 | 1% |
| Medina Meow Fix | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wadsworth Area Historical Society | $8,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Michael Kovack Family Community Fund | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Medina County Arts Foundation | $7,500 | 3 | 8% |
| Replay for Kids | $6,830 | 2 | 3% |
| Free Clinic of Medina County | $6,500 | 2 | 4% |
| Haven of Rest Ministries Incorporated | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Baptist Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Feeding America | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Summer Reinforcement Program | $4,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Friends of Wadsworth Trails | $2,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Brass Band of the Western Reserve Inc | $2,455 | 1 | n/a |
| Rebuilding Together Northeast Ohio Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Wadsworth Community Band Inc | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Birthcare of Medina County Inc | $1,004 | 1 | n/a |
| Medina Creative Housing Inc | $650 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($473k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
W Stephenson Fnd supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 18 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · Jackie & Bruce Davey Family Foundation · Feckley Charitable Foundation · Foe #2224 Charity Fund Inc · Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation · The Clara Weiss Fund · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Swagelok Foundation · American Newmedia Educational Fdn · The Wolff Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation
How this is measured
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About W Stephenson Fnd
- How much does W Stephenson Fnd give?
- W Stephenson Fnd reported 8 grants totaling $194,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does W Stephenson Fnd fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (21%), Human Services (17%), Community Improvement (16%).
- Who are W Stephenson Fnd's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Medina County Historical Society ($165k), Leadership Medina County ($154k), Miracle League of Northeast Ohio ($53k).
- Does W Stephenson Fnd fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does W Stephenson Fnd accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as W Stephenson Fnd?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Akron Community Foundation, The Westfield Insurance Foundation, Jackie & Bruce Davey Family Foundation.
- Where is W Stephenson Fnd based?
- W Stephenson Fnd is based in OH.
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