Peg’s
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Peg's focuses its priority giving on Summit County, and its core interest is improving systems around prevention, treatment and recovery for serious mental illness, alongside support for arts, education and the local community; its arts grants in Summit County are made through a partnership with GAR Foundation, so check your work fits one of these themes before applying.
- Most grants to organisations fall between $5,000 and $75,000, with a median of $15,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, though the largest grant recorded was $1,200,000, showing some capacity for bigger asks.
- A large share of grant dollars has gone to organisations also funded in the two prior filings, so this looks like a foundation that favours ongoing relationships, though new applicants are still invited to apply.
- The process starts with a letter of inquiry, due 1 February or 1 October; if it fits the Foundation's interest areas you'll be invited by mail to submit a full proposal, due 1 May or 1 November, so plan your timing around these fixed dates.
- Only public charities receive grants here, so make sure your organisation holds that status before applying.
Overview
Peg’s is a US private foundation based in Hudson, OH.
What they fund
Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.
Priority Areas
Peg’s aims to improve the lives of people with serious mental illness. It works to strengthen the systems shaping prevention, treatment and recovery, supporting innovative approaches and cross-sector collaboration, with long-term changes intended to influence policy and practice beyond a single initiative. The Foundation also supports arts grants in Summit County, Ohio, through its partnership with GAR Foundation; its broader guiding principles name arts, education and the local community. Grants are directed to public charities. Its approach emphasises long-term, sustainable change and collaboration.
Themes
- Serious mental illness
- Mental health systems
- Arts
- Education
- Local community
Geographic Focus
Priority: Summit County.
How to apply
Applicants begin with a letter of inquiry; if it falls within the Foundation’s interest areas, they are notified by mail to submit a full proposal.
Deadlines:
- Letters of inquiry recur on 1 February and 1 October.
- Full application deadlines recur on 1 May and 1 November.
Application success factors
- Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 92% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
- Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 154 grants to organisations were $15,000 or less.
What the foundation says:
- The foundation favours long-term, sustainable changes that improve outcomes at scale.
Where grants go
From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.
Grant dollars by state
- The largest single recipient received 36% of grant dollars to organisations.
- In tax year 2024, 92% of grant dollars went to organisations Peg’s had funded in earlier filings.
- No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 45 grants in tax year 2024 by size
Median $15,000 (tax year 2024)
The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:
- Neomed Foundation · Promoting innovation and restoring lives for people with schizophrenia and other serious mental ...$1,200,0002024 tax year
- Treatment Advocacy Center · Embedding aot in the mh system of care 2023-2025$195,0002024 tax year
- Summit Educational Service Center · Youth mental health navigator pilot 2023-2025$124,8902024 tax year
- Stepping Up Ohio · Stepping up ohio 2022-2025$120,3472024 tax year
- Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron · Child & adolescent psychiatry fellowships 2021-2024$86,2502024 tax year
- Kent State University Foundation · Expand impact: pmh aprns in northeast oh 2022-2025$75,0002024 tax year
- Akron Community Development Association · Bh certification pilot program 2023-2025$50,0002024 tax year
- North Coast Community Homes · Residential services 2024-2025$47,5872024 tax year
Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.
Officers and directors
- Patrice Fetzer — Trustee
- Suzanne Graham — Trustee
- Martin Hauser — Trustee
- Douglas McKay — Trustee
- A William McGraw — Trustee
- Jeffery T Knoll — Secretary
- Robert D Kallstrom — Treasurer
- Jonathan T Pavloff — Chair
- Rick Kellar — President
From the latest Form 990-PF filing
3 years of tax filings
| Year | Total expenses | Grants paid | Assets | Filing document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 tax year | $4,329,336 | $2,807,123 | $97,737,073 | Filing for 2022 tax year |
| 2023 tax year | $5,455,523 | $2,609,962 | $106,714,972 | Filing for 2023 tax year |
| 2024 tax year | $5,874,338 | $2,523,074 | $110,988,942 | Filing for 2024 tax year |
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- (330) 655-1366
- Hudson, OH
- pegs.org