Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund
Brooklyn, OH · EIN 35-2446722. Reported 129 grants totalling $2,625,000 to 68 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. Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $110,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Shores Council | Toledo, OH | $170,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Local Initiatives Support Corp | New York, NY | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Toledo Area Humane Society | Maumee, OH | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts | Toledo, OH | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Toledo Museum of Art | Toledo, OH | $107,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Toledo | Toledo, OH | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Toledo Zoological Society Foundation | Toledo, OH | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YWCA | Toledo, OH | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Toledo Opera Association | Toledo, OH | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Arts Commission | Toledo, OH | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Valentine Theatre | Toledo, OH | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Western Ohio | Blue Ash, OH | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Great Lakes Historical Society | Toledo, OH | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Metroparks Toledo Foundation | Toledo, OH | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| YMCA | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Toledo Jeep Fest | Toledo, OH | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Boys & Girls Club | New York, NY | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bowling Green State University | Bowling Green, OH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Toledo School for the Arts | Toledo, OH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Toledo Zoological Society | Toledo, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of Greater Toledo | Toledo, OH | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Greater Toledo | Sylvania, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Genacross Lutheran Services Foundation | Toledo, OH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wgte | Toledo, OH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Metroparks Toledo Fdn | Toledo, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toledo Symphony | Toledo, OH | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity | Maumee, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northwest Ohio Scholarship Fund Inc | Sylvania, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fostoria Vision 2020 Inc | Fostoria, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historic South Initiative | Toledo, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Center | Fremont, OH | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The University of Toledo Foundation | Toledo, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Toledo Community Foundation | Toledo, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tps Foundation | Toledo, OH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hospice of Northwest Oh | Toledo, OH | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black Swamp Conservancy | Pemberville, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School | Oregon, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Imagination Station | Stratford, TX | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Toledo Design Collective | Toledo, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trinity Episcopal Church | Saugerties, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tutersmart | Toledo, OH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bittersweet Farms | New Marshfield, OH | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Toledo Classic Inc | Toledo, OH | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Avalon Foundation | Ottawa Hills, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Folds of Honor | Dublin, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wood Lane Residential Services | Bowling Green, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Diabetes Youth Services | Toledo, OH | $14,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges | Columbus, OH | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Bangor, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bluff Street Village | Toledo, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Monarch | Albemarle, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ottawa Hills High School | Toledo, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ronald Mcdonald Charities | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Team | Fort Mill, SC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Mareda Center | Toledo, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toledo Repertoire Theatre | Toledo, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toledo Tomorrow | Toledo, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alzheimer Association Nw Ohio | Maumee, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Good Grief of Northwest Ohio Inc | Toledo, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Learning Club of Toledo | Sylvania, OH | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Stranahan Elementary PTA | Toledo, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The American Heart Association | Maumee, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Miracle League of Nw Ohio | Medina, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tutor Smart | Toledo, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
36 of 68 (53%) 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 55%, 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 kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 69 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $559,500 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | $752,000 | $15,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | $625,000 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 30 | $688,500 | $15,500 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 86% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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 $15,000. 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 Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund'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: 4900 Tiedeman Road Oh-01-49-0381, Brooklyn, OH, 44144. 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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