Ketrow Foundation
Greenville, OH · EIN 34-1667300. Reported 62 grants totalling $80,750 to 37 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ketrow Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $1,500; the smallest was $400 and the largest $3,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Assoc of Darke County | Greenville, OH | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Darke County Center for the Arts | Greenville, OH | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenville Community Unity Group | Greenville, OH | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Darke County | Greenville, OH | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greenville | Greenville, OH | $4,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greenville Municipal Concert Band | Greenville, OH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Council on Rural Services | Greenville, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Illumination Ministries Inc | Greenville, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Empowering Darke County Youth | Greenville, OH | $2,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Empowering Darke County | Greenville, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Worch Memorial Public Library | Versailles, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arcanum Preservation Society | Arcanum, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Darke County Education Service Cent | Greenville, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Radiant Lighthouse Church | Greenville, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Versailles Heritage Park | Versailles, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The House That Lulu Built | Greenville, OH | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Sidney, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Darke County Friends of the Shelter | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Darke County Historical Society Inc | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Darke County Park District | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Darke County Pregnancy Help Center | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| First United Methodist Church | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greenville Mural Committee | Greenville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mississinawa Valley Schools | Union City, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| North Star Community Association | North Star, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Towne & Country Players Inc | Versailles, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Versailles Heritage Park Funds | Versailles, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Arcanum Public Library | Arcanum, OH | $700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anna Bier Art Gallery | Greenville, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Anna Bier Gallery | Greenville, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County | Sidney, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Corsp Gateway Aces | Greenville, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fort Greenville Chapter Dar | Brookville, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hospice of Darke County | Greenville, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Jesus Connection | Greenville, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Youth for Christ of Miami Valley | Greenville, OH | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Madison Public Library | New Madison, OH | $400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
12 of 37 (32%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 50%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Greenville Community Unity Group
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOMELESS - Darke County Center for the Arts
FUNDING THEATER & ART PROGRAMS - Versailles Heritage Park
NEW AMPHITHEATER RESTROOM - Darke County Education Service Cent
ALTERNATIVE SEATING OPTIONS - Arcanum Preservation Society
RESTORATION OF OPERA HOUSE - YMCA of Darke County
REPLACE SHOWER UNITS IN LOCKER ROOM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 27 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $22,000 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 14 | $18,500 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 14 | $19,750 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 17 | $20,500 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ketrow Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 507 S Broadway, Greenville, OH, 45331. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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