Ohio · Private foundation
Waddell Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $148k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2026
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $35,800
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 14
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $5.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 15% of the organizations Waddell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 12 | $148k | 0% |
| FY2025 | 13 | $165k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $168k | 21% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $133k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $145k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $150k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $159k | 21% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $153k | 8% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio History Connection | $410,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Marion General Hospital Foundation Inc | $140,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Lifecare Alliance | $87,500 | 7 | 0% |
| New Vision Senior Group Inc | $25,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Community Counseling and Wellness Centers Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Marion County Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Marion Cemetery Association | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| River Valley Music Boosters Inc | $6,360 | 1 | n/a |
| Family & Community Services Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($686k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Marion Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Waddell Foundation
- How much does Waddell Foundation give?
- Waddell Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $148,300 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 14 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Waddell Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (37%), Human Services (22%), Health (20%).
- Who are Waddell Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2026: Ohio History Connection ($410k), Marion General Hospital Foundation Inc ($140k), Lifecare Alliance ($88k).
- Does Waddell Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Waddell Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Waddell Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Marion Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Waddell Foundation based?
- Waddell Foundation is based in OH.
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