Timken Foundation of Canton

• The foundation describes its giving as capital projects in Timken Company plant communities, in education, health and hospitals, civic and community affairs, arts and culture, and human services and recreation, so check that your project is a capital project in one of those fields before writing.
• Only 501(c)(3) organisations, or qualifying foreign charitable organisations, can be funded, and you will need to show that status, so an organisation without it falls outside what the foundation awards.
• Typical grants fall between $20,000 and $225,000, with about 8 in 10 grants in that band and half of its grants at $65,000 or less, so a request in that range is realistic, though its largest grant was $3,000,000.
• It accepts applications with no deadlines given and no particular form required, and the filing names no submission channel, so a short letter stating your status and your capital project is a sensible first step.
• About 23% of its grant dollars to organisations went to groups it had also funded in earlier filings, so repeat applicants are not unusual, but a first approach from a new organisation is still reasonable.

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

• Pro Football Hall of Fame · Community event center
  $2,500,0002024 tax year
• Canton Palace Theater Association · Match from contingency being met
  $2,500,0002024 tax year
• Case Western Reserve University · The interdisciplinary science and engineering building at case western reserve university
  $2,400,0002024 tax year
• Cleveland Museum of Art · Where science meets art: outfitting the cma's conservation analytical lab for the future
  $1,320,0002024 tax year
• Habitat for Humanity of East Central Ohio · Building 50 homes: expanding access to affordable homeownership
  $1,250,0002024 tax year
• Refuge of Hope Ministries · Women's emergency shelter, laundry and shower facility projects
  $700,0002024 tax year
• Stark County District Library · Main library re|imagined
  $602,9702024 tax year
• Pro Football Hall of Fame · Hall of fame expansion and renovation project
  $500,0002024 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.