· Private foundation
Walter H Christen Charitable Trust
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- $10k–50k9 grants · $172k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $98k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MERCY HEALTH FDN FKA ST ANNE | $97,864 |
| PROMEDICA FDN DBA PROMEDICA | $49,121 |
| TOLEDO PUBLIC LIBRARY | $24,560 |
| TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART | $24,560 |
| AMERICAN RED CROSS | $12,280 |
| BOYS GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO | $12,280 |
| AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC | $12,280 |
| TOLEDO ROTARY CLUB | $12,280 |
| TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $12,280 |
| LHS FDN INC | $12,280 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2026, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PFPROMEDICA FOUNDATION7× · 2020–2026 · $329k · revenue +34%
- TTTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART10× · 2017–2026 · $241k · revenue +34%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION9× · 2017–2025 · $108k · revenue +182%
Funded once
- LHLUTHERAN HOMES SOCIETY FDNone grant, 2019 · $12k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
As an integral part of promedica health system, inc., we are a valuable community resource providing comprehensive health services with expertise and compassion, and improving the health of those we serve through prevention, education, and…
St. luke's hospital foundation is dedicated to securing resources to support the healing and charitable mission of st. luke's hospital for the communities it serves.
We provide high quality, comprehensive services to the people and community we serve.
The mission of the university of toledo foundation is to secure the future for the university of toledo, through prudent asset management and philanthropy. we build strong linkages between alumni and the university, fostering a spirit of…
To improve the human condition through excellence in patient care and medical discovery.
The hospital council of northwest ohio is a member-driven organization that represents and advocates on behalf of its member hospitals and health systems, and provides collaborative opportunities to enhance the health status of the…
As an affiliate of commonspirit health, we make the healing presence of god known in our world by improving the health of the people we serve, especially those who are vulnerable, while we advance social justice for all.
Enhance the patient and family experience at miami valley hospital by raising community support for cutting-edge programs and services which help build healthy communities.
Promedica continuing care services corporation will support promedica health system, inc. by providing access to a seamless continuum of services in the communities we serve.
The lafayette general foundation was created to support lafayette general health (lgh), acadiana's only community-owned, nonprofit health system. we exist to help fulfill lgh's mission, to restore, maintain, and improve health. our role is…
As an integral part of promedica health system, inc., we are a valuable community resource providing comprehensive health services with expertise and compassion, and improving the health of those we serve through prevention, education and…
Bay park community hospital is dedicated to premier service, committed to superior quality, and devoted to our patients and families. our values include: collaboration - working together as a team, internally with employees, physicians,…
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds PROMEDICA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL ↗
- Who funds TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF TOLEDO AND THE TOLEDO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds LHS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds TOLEDO ROTARY CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
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: George Isaac Foundation · Toledo Community Foundation Inc · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Hylant Family Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · Premier Bank Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Walter H Christen Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Walter H Christen Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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