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Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$640k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
32
Grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
25 to 35
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$8.7M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving32$640k19%
FY202430$689k17%
FY202333$625k33%
FY202235$752k49%
FY202130$535k40%
FY202031$563k55%
FY201925$504kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MHuman Services$535kAnimals$463kPublic Benefit$405kCommunity Improvement$380kYouth Development$345kEducation$310kPhilanthropy$150kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
MD
NC
SC
DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$235,00070%
Toledo Humane Society$210,00071%
Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts$170,00021%
Toledo Opera Association$150,00073%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo$150,00030%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and the Toledo Newsboys Association$140,00041%
The Toledo Museum of Art$107,50030%
The Great Lakes Historical Society$100,00031%
The Toledo Zoological Society Foundation$100,00021%
Metroparks Toledo Foundation$100,00032%
United Way of Greater Toledo$85,00050%
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio$80,00030%
Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio$78,00040%
Toledo Jeep Fest Corp$75,0003n/a
Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Library and Museums$55,00061%
Toledo School for the Arts$50,0002n/a
Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity$50,00060%
The Toledo Zoological Society$50,00010%
Cal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc$50,00020%
Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund Inc$45,00035%
Black Swamp Conservancy$45,00031%
Toledo Classic Inc$36,00020%
The Imagination Station$32,5003n/a
Ottawa Hills Schools Foundation$25,0001n/a
The University of Toledo Foundation$25,00010%
Historic South Initiative$25,00011%
Fostoria Vision 2020 Inc$25,00018%
Bittersweet Inc$22,50040%
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges$20,00050%
Good Grief of Northwest Ohio Inc$20,00046%
Sunshine Foundation Inc$20,0001n/a
Toledo Design Collective 1 Seagate$20,00027%
Mareda Center Inc$20,00025%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20,00020%
Toledo Tomorrow$20,00021%
Geary Family Young Mens Christian Association of Fostoria Ohio$20,00011%
Diabetes Youth Services$19,00051%
Catholic Charities Corporation$15,00010%
Wood Lane Residential Services$15,00010%
Team$15,0002n/a
Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation$15,00010%
Monarch$10,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$10,00020%
Tutorsmart$10,00021%
Toledo Repertoire Company$10,00015%
Miracle League of Northwest Ohio Inc$5,00017%
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank$5,0001n/a
Learning Club of Toledo$5,00021%
Blood Cancer United Inc$4,00010%
A Renewed Mind$3,00010%
Black Swamp Bird Observatory$3,00010%
Frogtown Players Inc$2,500135%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 41 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLocal Initiatives Support Corporation: $235,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetToledo Humane Society: $210,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetToledo Alliance for the Performing Arts: $170,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetToledo Opera Association: $150,000 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and the Toledo Newsboys Association: $140,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetThe Toledo Museum of Art: $107,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Great Lakes Historical Society: $100,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetThe Toledo Zoological Society Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetMetroparks Toledo Foundation: $100,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Toledo: $85,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $80,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPublic Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio: $78,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetRutherford B Hayes Presidential Library and Museums: $55,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMaumee Valley Habitat for Humanity: $50,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetThe Toledo Zoological Society: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCal Ripken Sr Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNorthwest Ohio Scholarship Fund Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetBlack Swamp Conservancy: $45,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetToledo Classic Inc: $36,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe University of Toledo Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHistoric South Initiative: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFostoria Vision 2020 Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetBittersweet Inc: $22,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGood Grief of Northwest Ohio Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetToledo Design Collective 1 Seagate: $20,000 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetMareda Center Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetToledo Tomorrow: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGeary Family Young Mens Christian Association of Fostoria Ohio: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDiabetes Youth Services: $19,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCatholic Charities Corporation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWood Lane Residential Services: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMonarch: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTutorsmart: $10,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetToledo Repertoire Company: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetMiracle League of Northwest Ohio Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetLearning Club of Toledo: $5,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Renewed Mind: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlack Swamp Bird Observatory: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFrogtown Players Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 35% of budget

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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 45.

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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.

Toledo Community Foundation IncOH76.5× affinity36 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · Promedica Health System Inc · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Toledo Classic Inc · Hylant Family Foundation Inc · Elsie and Harry Baumker Charitable Foundation Inc · George Isaac Foundation · Premier Bank Foundation · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · The Stranahan Supporting Organization

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.

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About Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund

How much does Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund give?
Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund reported 32 grants totaling $640,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 35 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (24%), Human Services (12%), Animals (11%).
Who are Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Local Initiatives Support Corporation ($235k), Toledo Humane Society ($210k), Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts ($170k).
Does Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Toledo Community Foundation Inc, The O-I Charities Foundation, Promedica Health System Inc.
Where is Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund based?
Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund is based in OH.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 94 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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