Lehner Family Foundation
Akron, OH · EIN 34-6927210. Reported 359 grants totalling $4,455,154 to 142 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. Lehner Family 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,400 and $10,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $252,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron Zoological Park | Akron, OH | $595,354 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Summa Health | Akron, OH | $525,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens | Akron, OH | $290,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Art Museum | Akron, OH | $285,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Akron Children's Hospital | Warren, OH | $136,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Akron, OH | $108,500 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Village of St Edward | Fairlawn, OH | $91,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Hilary Parish Foundation | Akron, OH | $83,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Embracing Futures Inc | Akron, OH | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Humane Society of Summit County | Twinsburg, OH | $80,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Loyola Retreat House | Clinton, OH | $77,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Mary Urban Education Initiative | Akron, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Well Akron Cdc | Akron, OH | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Art Resources Transformations | Akron, OH | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Canton Food Bank | Akron, OH | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Disability Services | Akron, OH | $55,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grace House Akron Inc | Akron, OH | $50,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stewart's Caring Place | Fairlawn, OH | $50,750 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of the Elms | Akron, OH | $50,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Access Inc | Akron, OH | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hale Farm & Village | Bath, OH | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Akron Area YMCA | Akron, OH | $40,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron History Center | Akron, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Akron Rotary Camp | Akron, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Legal Aid | Akron, OH | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Truly Reaching You Inc | Akron, OH | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America Great Trail | Stow, OH | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rotary Camp for Children | Akron, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Summa Health Sapphire Ball | Akron, OH | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Akron Foundation | Akron, OH | $34,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Embrace Clinic & Care Center | Barberton, OH | $32,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bluecoats | Akron, OH | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA Board Volunteer Assoc | Akron, OH | $30,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Vincent St Mary High School | Akron, OH | $30,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family & Community Services Inc | Kent, OH | $27,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The First Tee of Greater Akron | Akron, OH | $26,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The University of Akron | Akron, OH | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Daughters of Divine Charity | Akron, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rahab Ministry | Akron, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Guidance & Family Solutions | Akron, OH | $23,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Akron Soul Train | Akron, OH | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Marathon Charitable Corp | Akron, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| International Soap Box Derby | Akron, OH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Jewish Family Service of Akron | Akron, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cleveland Orchestra | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| United Way of Summit & Medina Count | Akron, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Victim Assistance Program | Akron, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Victory Gallop | Akron, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Anthony of Padua School | Akron, OH | $19,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regina Health Center | Richfield, OH | $18,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Children's Museum | Akron, OH | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ballet Theater of Ohio | Munroe Falls, OH | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Open M | Akron, OH | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Artsparks | Akron, OH | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Symphony Orchestra | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Broken Chains Ministry | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Building for Tomorrow | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Heart to Heart Leadership Inc | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ibh Addiction Recovery Center | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peninsula Foundation | Peninsula, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Safety Forces Support Center | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| St Vincent De Paul Church | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Ounce of Prevent Health Servi | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keep Akron Beautiful | Akron, OH | $13,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Akron Urban League | Akron, OH | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crown Point Ecology Center | Akron, OH | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gasp | Akron, OH | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Tuesday Musical Association | Akron, OH | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Community Foundation | Akron, OH | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Battered Women's Shelter | Akron, OH | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Akron Score Chapter 81 | Akron, OH | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Civic Theatre | Akron, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Axesspointe Community Health Center | Akron, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Oh | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Akron | Akron, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities Community Servic | Akron, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Conservancy for Cuy Valley Ntl Park | Peninsula, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad | Peninsula, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Historic Glendale Cem | Akron, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Limitless Ambition | Stow, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oh Living Home Health & Hospice | Fairlawn, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ohio Living Home Health & Hospice | Westerville, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House of Akron | Akron, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Summit Metro Parks Foundation | Akron, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Walsh Jesuit High School | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Life Greater Akron | Wadsworth, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra | Cleveland Hts, OH | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Dancing Classrooms of Northeast Oh | Parma, OH | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oak Clinic for Multiple Sclerosis | Cleveland, OH | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Archbishop Hoban High School | Akron, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Julie Billiart Schools Akron | Akron, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leadership Akron | Akron, OH | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Summit Artspace | Akron, OH | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Akron Zoo | Akron, OH | $7,250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Clinic Akron General | Akron, OH | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Elves & More of Ne Ohio | Akron, OH | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Vantage Aging | Akron, OH | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Here's Hope Horse Farm | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $6,200 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Dr Bobs Home | Akron, OH | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of 913 | Akron, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Autism Society of Greater Akron | Akron, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Summit County | Akron, OH | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Anthony Catholic Church | Akron, OH | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Akron 200 Inc | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian Services in Action Inc | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Battered Women Shelter Akron | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cuyahoga Valley Farmers Market | Peninsula, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls on the Run Northeast Oh | Brecksville, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Good Neighbors Cuyahoga Falls | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Good Neighbors Inc | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Good Samaritan Food Pantry | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Good Samaritan Hunger Center | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenleaf Family Center | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guardian Angels Catholic Church | Copley, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kent State University Foundation | Kent, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saftey Forces Support Center | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tri-County Jobs for Ohio Graduates | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trust for Public Land | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Weathervane Community Playhouse | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Akron Roundtable | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dancing Classrooms of Ne Ohio | Parma, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of Metro Parks | Fairlawn, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Akron School of Law | Akron, OH | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Appolo's Fire Baroque Orchestra | Cleveland Hts, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Assoc of Fundraising Professionals | N Canton, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Law Enforcement Foundation | Dublin, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Stephen Comunale JR Family Cancer | Akron, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Akron Cooperation Farms | Akron, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Akron Cooperative Farms | Akron, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cleveland Ballet | Cleveland, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Empower Sports | Cleveland, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hattie Larlham | Westerville, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sa Comunale JR Family Cancer Founda | Akron, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rotary Camp for Children Special | Akron, OH | $1,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Akron Municipal Court | Akron, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Assoc of Fundraising Professionsla | N Canton, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Sebastian Catholic Church | Akron, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Akron Bar Association | Akron, OH | $850 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Akron Bar Foundation | Akron, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Sebastian Parish Foundation | Akron, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
90 of 142 (63%) 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 72%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Akron Zoological Park
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, SAFARI, SPONSPRSHI - Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
IMPROVEMENT & OPERATIONAL FUNDING - Akron Art Museum
AUCTION & EXHIBITION FUNDING - Akron History Center
THE RUBBER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD - The Village of St Edward
GARDEN, PAVILION, UNRESTRICTED - Boy Scouts of America Great Trail
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, PATHFINDER INITIAT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 177 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | $1,192,250 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 90 | $1,075,854 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 93 | $988,600 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 96 | $1,198,450 | $5,000 |
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
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How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lehner Family 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: Po Box 6599, Akron, OH, 44312. 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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