The Wexner Family Charitable Fund

• The foundation states that it does not accept unsolicited requests and works by invitation only, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered.
• A grant writer should first look for an introduction through someone who already knows the foundation.
• Its recorded giving centres on education, particularly schools in central Ohio, Jewish leadership and community support, and environmental conservation, so an organisation working in those areas has the closest fit, though no geographic focus is stated.
• Half of its 71 grants to organisations were $450,000 or less, and about 8 in 10 fall between $35,000 and $8,350,000, so a request should be sized with that typical band in mind; the band is not a ceiling, since its largest grant was about $39,500,000, to KIPP Foundation.
• Because 70% of its grant dollars went to organisations it had also funded in the earlier filings, a relationship with an existing grantee is likely to count for more than a first approach.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Ohio State University Foundation · To advance the mission of ohio state by pursuing and securing private support to benefit ohio state students, faculty, programs, and/or facilities.
  $10,000,0002024 tax year
• Wexner Foundation · Support the development of jewish professional and volunteer leaders
  $10,000,0002024 tax year
• KIPP Columbus Foundation · To support educational activities of schools in the central ohio area that are sponsored by or affiliated with the kipp foundation.
  $8,341,7212024 tax year
• American Jewish Committee · To promote religious and civil rights for jews and others, advocate for israel's security, and combat antisemitism and other threats to democratic values.
  $2,600,0002024 tax year
• Jewish Federation of Columbus · To provide assistance to central ohio jewish community to make columbus a better-informed, more effective and safer community
  $2,173,4242024 tax year
• Environmental Defense Fund · To preserve the natural systems on which all life depends.
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• KIPP Columbus · To create a system of schools where students develop the intellectual, academic, and social skills needed to understand and take action on issues they encounter in everyday life.
  $1,811,7212024 tax year
• Columbus Foundation · Support the improvement of the community's quality of life to benefit all residents
  $1,314,6262024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.