Ohio · Private foundation
Walter W Born Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $386k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2026
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $5.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 0% of the organizations Walter W Born Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 5 | $386k | 60% |
| FY2025 | 6 | $293k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $218k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $263k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $460k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $197k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $218k | 83% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $123k | 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, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summa Health System | $400,188 | 7 | n/a |
| Aultman Health Foundation | $181,886 | 3 | n/a |
| Akron General Medical Center | $157,017 | 2 | n/a |
| The Metrohealth Foundation Inc | $145,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Vincent Charity Medical Center | $115,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Parma Hospital Health Care Foundation | $115,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Akron Children's Hospital Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Akron General Foundation | $63,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest General Health Center | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($850k), 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.
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How this is measured
About Walter W Born Foundation
- How much does Walter W Born Foundation give?
- Walter W Born Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $385,760 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2025.
- What does Walter W Born Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (96%), Philanthropy (4%).
- Who are Walter W Born Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Summa Health System ($400k), Aultman Health Foundation ($182k), Akron General Medical Center ($157k).
- Does Walter W Born Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walter W Born Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Walter W Born Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Walter W Born Foundation based?
- Walter W Born Foundation is based in OH.
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