Ohio · Private foundation
Zenith Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $290k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Zenith Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $290k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $325k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $125k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $271k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $352k | 12% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $170k | 17% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $170k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Broadcasting Inc | $280,000 | 9 | 3% |
| The Toledo Museum of Art | $272,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Camp Pasquaney | $222,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Caring House Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Cherry Street Mission Ministries | $160,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc | $75,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Life Outreach International Association of Churches Inc | $75,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Turning Point Counseling Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominion Broadcasting Inc | $280,000 | 9 | 3% |
| The Toledo Museum of Art | $272,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Camp Pasquaney | $222,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Caring House Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Cherry Street Mission Ministries | $160,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Feed the Children Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank | $80,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Joyce Meyer Ministries Inc | $75,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Life Outreach International Association of Churches Inc | $75,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Turning Point Counseling Inc | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Black Swamp Conservancy | $34,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Sunshine Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Learning Club of Toledo | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| St Luke's Hospital Foundation | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| YWCA of Northwest Ohio | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo | $6,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and the Toledo Newsboys Association | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($299k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Zenith Foundation Inc supplied at peak.
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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The O-I Charities Foundation · Toledo Community Foundation Inc · Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · Toledo Community Foundation Inc Seneca Fund · The LaValley Foundation · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Stranahan Foundation · United Way of Greater Toledo · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Elsie and Harry Baumker Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Zenith Foundation Inc
- How much does Zenith Foundation Inc give?
- Zenith Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $290,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Zenith Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (33%), Arts & Culture (14%), Youth Development (13%).
- Who are Zenith Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Dominion Broadcasting Inc ($280k), The Toledo Museum of Art ($272k), Camp Pasquaney ($222k).
- Does Zenith Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Zenith Foundation Inc 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 Zenith Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The O-I Charities Foundation, Toledo Community Foundation Inc, Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund.
- Where is Zenith Foundation Inc based?
- Zenith Foundation Inc is based in OH.
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