Ohio · Private foundation
Wentz Family 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.
- $85k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $138k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Wentz Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $85k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $105k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $34k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $292k | 69% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $186k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart of a Lion | $189,250 | 4 | 8% |
| The Kelly Reeves Memorial Foundation | $60,500 | 4 | 7% |
| Northern Ohio Golf Charities Inc | $53,400 | 3 | 74% |
| Rally Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Open M Foundation | $17,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Marlington Athletic Booster Club Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Pathway Caring for Children | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Akron Fore Youth Development Inc Formerly the First Tee of Akron | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jake Owen Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lukes Warriors Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heart of a Lion | $189,250 | 4 | 8% |
| The Kelly Reeves Memorial Foundation | $60,500 | 4 | 7% |
| Northern Ohio Golf Charities Inc | $53,400 | 3 | 74% |
| Rally Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Open M Foundation | $17,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Marlington Athletic Booster Club Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Pathway Caring for Children | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Akron Fore Youth Development Inc Formerly the First Tee of Akron | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Jake Owen Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lukes Warriors Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Josh Richardson Foundation | $200 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($344k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wentz Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Wentz Family Foundation
- How much does Wentz Family Foundation give?
- Wentz Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $85,146 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Wentz Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (42%), Philanthropy (33%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Wentz Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Heart of a Lion ($189k), The Kelly Reeves Memorial Foundation ($61k), Northern Ohio Golf Charities Inc ($53k).
- Does Wentz Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wentz Family 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 Wentz Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Wentz Family Foundation based?
- Wentz Family Foundation is based in OH.
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