About Firstenergy Foundation
FirstEnergy Foundation appears to fund philanthropy infrastructure rather than direct program delivery: in the most recent data it made a single large grant to an online giving/distribution intermediary (Benevity). This suggests the foundation channels its charitable resources through workplace giving and community impact funds to support a broad array of downstream nonprofits rather than targeting specific program areas itself. The giving is corporate-aligned and likely intended to enable employee-directed or community impact grants.
Focus Areas
Workplace and employee giving platforms / corporate community impact fundsDonor-advised or gift-distribution intermediaries (online giving management)General community impact funding via pooled/grantmaking platforms
Who They Fund
local communitiescommunity-based nonprofits / grassroots organizations
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: a single large grant to a philanthropic intermediary rather than many direct grants. Emphasis on channeling funds through platforms (repeat grantee pattern not observable from this single-year snapshot).
Funding Style
About Firstenergy Foundation
Firstenergy Foundation’s largest recent grant was $5,323,823 to American Online Giving Foundation Inc for the Benevity Community Impact Fund, which points to a philanthropy model built around pooled giving rather than direct program delivery. The foundation also makes sizable, repeated awards to community intermediaries and local nonprofit networks, including $353,981 to United Way of Summit and Medina for Health & Safety in 2025 and $193,809 to The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania for Civic work in 2024. That pattern suggests a funder that supports broad community impact through centralized grantmaking channels. Its recent grants show a mix of health and safety, civic support, education, and community-based assistance. Recurring awards to organizations such as Akron Canton Regional Foodbank, Metrohealth Foundation Inc, and Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation Inc indicate that the foundation uses both large and mid-sized grants to back institutions serving local communities. The typical grant size is modest relative to the largest awards, which fits a structure that combines broad pooled funding with targeted community grants. Across the file, the giving is national, but the recipient pattern shows concentrated relationships with several Ohio and Pennsylvania organizations.
What Firstenergy Foundation Funds
Health and safety is a clear theme in the recent record. Firstenergy Foundation gave $250,000 to American Heart Association Inc for Health & Safety, $150,000 to Akron Canton Regional Foodbank for Health & Safety, and $125,000 to Metrohealth Foundation Inc for Health & Safety. Civic and community-impact work also appears through intermediaries. The foundation awarded $193,809 to The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania for Civic, showing support for locally coordinated community investment. Education is another documented area. Firstenergy Foundation gave $125,000 to Alvernia University for Education and $100,000 to Cuyahoga Community College Foundati for Education. These grants suggest the foundation backs both health-related needs and institutional partners that serve regional communities through education and civic infrastructure.
How Firstenergy Foundation Gives
The grant-size profile is compact at the center and much larger at the top end: p25 is $1,000, median is $2,500, and p75 is $7,000. That indicates many smaller awards, alongside a limited number of outsized grants such as the Benevity Community Impact Fund payment. The recent record also shows repeated support to the same recipients across multiple years, including United Way of Summit and Medina, United Way of Berks County, Akron Canton Regional Foodbank, and Metrohealth Foundation Inc. Firstenergy Foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF or program-related-investment vehicle. The file does not show an unsolicited application process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$7.2M
Total Assets
$124.9M
Total Revenue
$6.3M
Total Expenses
$7.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $7K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$7K
Geographic Reach
National20 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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