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Welltower Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$435k
Granted FY2023
35
Grants FY2023
22
Organizations funded FY2023
91%
First-time grantees FY2023
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93% of Welltower Charitable Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Toledo Community Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 15 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Welltower Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $435k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

3
’20
5
’21
6
’22
17
’23
15
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2023
$250
Largest grant, FY2023
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 22
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
12
Total assets, FY2023
$303k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 91% of the organizations Welltower Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $370k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
HealthInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyFood & NutritionEducationOther
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
FY202322$435k91%
FY202210$142k100%
FY20218$52k88%
FY20204$45kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.1MArts & Culture$71kHealth$58kEducation$55kPublic Safety & Disaster$51kCivil Rights$15kHuman Services$12kAnimals$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
KS
TN
SC
DC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of Welltower Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Toledo Museum of Art$60,00020%
United Way of Greater Toledo$45,00030%
Project Destined Inc$25,00011%
Chai Lifeline Inc$25,00010%
Israaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc$20,45010%
Chorale Acadienne$10,000112%
Black Swamp Bird Observatory$10,00012%
American Jewish Committee$10,00010%
Family Scholar House Inc$5,00010%
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$5,00010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$5,00010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$5,00010%
Citymeals-On-Wheels$3,50010%
Fleece & Thank You$3,19010%
Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity$2,50010%
American Heart Association Inc$2,10120%
Christian Herald Association Inc$2,00010%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,75010%
Love For Our Elders$1,5581n/a
Give Lively Foundation Inc$1,37120%
Girls on the Run of Northwest Ohio$1,00011%
Atlanta Cancer Care Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Watermark for Kids Inc$1,00011%
American Cancer Society Inc$1,00010%
Cancer Research Institute Inc$95010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$95010%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$80010%
Feeding America$55010%
Columbus Museum of Art$50010%
Colorectal Cancer Alliance$25010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$24310%
Movember Foundation$20610%
Anti-Defamation League$20010%
International Justice Mission$9810%
Friends of the World Food Program Inc$5210%
International Medical Corps$5210%
Propionic Acidemia Foundation$5010%
Muddy Paws Rescue$2610%
International Rescue Committee INC$2610%
Toledo Humane Society$2610%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$2510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($454k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Welltower Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Toledo Museum of Art: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Toledo: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetProject Destined Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetChai Lifeline Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIsraaid US Global Humanitarian Assistance Inc: $20,450 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChorale Acadienne: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetBlack Swamp Bird Observatory: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAmerican Jewish Committee: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Scholar House Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThurgood Marshall College Fund: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWounded Warrior Project Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitymeals-On-Wheels: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFleece & Thank You: $3,190 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMaumee Valley Habitat for Humanity: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,101 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Herald Association Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGive Lively Foundation Inc: $1,371 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirls on the Run of Northwest Ohio: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAtlanta Cancer Care Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWatermark for Kids Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Research Institute Inc: $950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbus Museum of Art: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColorectal Cancer Alliance: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $243 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMovember Foundation: $206 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Justice Mission: $98 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the World Food Program Inc: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Medical Corps: $52 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPropionic Acidemia Foundation: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuddy Paws Rescue: $26 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $26 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetToledo Humane Society: $26 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobalgiving Foundation Inc: $25 over 1y, 0.0% 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 40.

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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.

Walter E Terhune Memorial FundOH17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund · Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Hylant Family Foundation Inc · Promedica Health System Inc · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Verizon Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Welltower Charitable Foundation

How much does Welltower Charitable Foundation give?
Welltower Charitable Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $435,090 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Welltower Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (77%), Arts & Culture (5%), Health (4%).
Who are Welltower Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: The Toledo Museum of Art ($60k), United Way of Greater Toledo ($45k), Project Destined Inc ($25k).
Does Welltower Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Welltower Charitable Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Welltower Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund, Toledo Community Foundation Inc, The O-I Charities Foundation.
Where is Welltower Charitable Foundation based?
Welltower Charitable Foundation 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 59 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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