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THE FG FOUNDATION

THE FG FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,579,003 to it, the largest being FOX FOUNDATION INC ($1,579,003). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$387k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1.6M
Net assets
$10M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 41%
01What it does

What The Fg Foundation does

Mission

The Fg Foundation is a supporting organization of the columbus foundation. The purpose of The Fg Foundation is to support charitable organizations which benefit the community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Social services

    $205,000 spentof which $205,000 as grants
    53% of program spending

  2. Health

    $140,000 spentof which $140,000 as grants
    36% of program spending

  3. Conservation

    $35,000 spentof which $35,000 as grants
    9% of program spending

  4. Religion

    $5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $385,000.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($147k) Expenses 100 ($197k) Net assets 100 ($5.4M)2018 Revenue 115 ($169k) Expenses 79 ($156k) Net assets 133 ($7.2M)2019 Revenue 124 ($183k) Expenses 84 ($164k) Net assets 130 ($7.0M)2020 Revenue 818 ($1.2M) Expenses 122 ($239k) Net assets 169 ($9.1M)2021 Revenue 829 ($1.2M) Expenses 134 ($263k) Net assets 165 ($8.9M)2022 Revenue 613 ($904k) Expenses 145 ($285k) Net assets 210 ($11M)2023 Revenue 634 ($934k) Expenses 157 ($308k) Net assets 190 ($10M)2024 Revenue 241 ($356k) Expenses 172 ($338k) Net assets 193 ($10M)2025 Revenue 262 ($387k) Expenses 213 ($418k) Net assets 189 ($10M)
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Revenue (262)Expenses (213)Net assets (189)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $8.9M to $11M (+27%).

$5.4M
$7.2M
$7.0M
$9.1M
$8.9M
$11M
$10M
$10M
$10M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of THE FG FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$49k
’17
$14k
’18
$19k
’19
$967k
’20
$960k
’21
$618k
’22
$627k
’23
$18k
’24
−$31k
’25
13
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Robert L Fox

Chair/director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed777777777
Joined·+0+0+0+1+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·00010000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $485k → $298k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $1.6M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Gerlach Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE FG FOUNDATION raised.

From the IRS filings of THE FG FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of THE FG FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE FG FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve13.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like THE FG FOUNDATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Ohio

The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundation89%Columbus Youth Foundation88%Columbus Foundation88%John B and Dareth Gerlach Foundation88%The Central Benefits Health Care Foundation87%The John H McConnell Foundation86%Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation86%Meuse Family Foundation86%

Nationally

The John J and Pauline Gerlach Foundation89%Columbus Youth Foundation88%Columbus Foundation88%John B and Dareth Gerlach Foundation88%The Central Benefits Health Care Foundation87%The John H McConnell Foundation86%Foundation for Government Accountability Inc86%The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida Inc86%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

Part of a family of 29 related entities

  • The Columbus Foundation · exempt
  • Community Foundations Inc · exempt
  • Battelle Charities · exempt
  • Central Benefits Health Care Foundation · exempt
  • Columbus Youth Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE FG FOUNDATION?
THE FG FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,579,003 to it, the largest being FOX FOUNDATION INC ($1,579,003). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE FG FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,579,003 in grants to THE FG FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE FG FOUNDATION?
FOX FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,579,003 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE FG FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing