Together with our donors and partners, we build a vibrant, resilient community by managing a permanent endowment that funds proven and emerging work across arts and culture, education, neighborhood revitalization, nonprofit capacity and economic well-being in the region.
The largest recent grant on file is a 2024 general-support award of $1,581,842 to Greater Toledo Community Foundation, followed by a 2025 general-support grant of $49,551 to the same recipient. That pattern points to a supporting organization that moves substantial resources through a local intermediary rather than directly to a wide range of outside charities. Toledo Community Foundation Supporting Organization operates as a public charity with local giving concentrated in Ohio, and its grantmaking is tied to community foundation funds, donor-facilitated giving, and transaction-based philanthropic infrastructure. Its stated mission emphasizes building a vibrant, resilient community by managing a permanent endowment that supports proven and emerging work across arts and culture, education, neighborhood revitalization, nonprofit capacity, and economic well-being. The active programs show how that mission is expressed in practice: scholarship support, competitive nonprofit grants, invite-only supporting-organization funds, and donor-centered vehicles connected to real property gifts and charitable asset liquidation. The structure is less about single-purpose program grants and more about channeling funds through named funds and partner organizations that fit specific community needs in the Toledo area.
Education is a visible thread in the foundation’s work. The Universal Scholarship Application offers monetary support of $600 to $5,000 for eligible students pursuing higher education, career-technical education, and discipline-specific scholarships across northwest Ohio, southeast Michigan, and Ohio. Community development also appears through the Toledo Neighborhoods Foundation fund, which is listed for neighborhood revitalization and community development in the greater Toledo area. In a related local-grants lane, the Ottawa County Community Foundation program supports general nonprofit programs and community needs in Ottawa County, Ohio. The foundation also backs cause-specific work through the Sylvania Franciscan Foundation Fund. That program supports efforts to fight human trafficking, help immigrants and refugees, advance social justice and equal access to opportunity, and promote environmental stewardship and sustainability aligned with Laudato Si'.
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Most grants fall between $1.6M and $1.6M, with a median of $1.6M.
25th Percentile
$1.6M
Median
$1.6M
75th Percentile
$1.6M
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The only grant-size figures provided are highly polarized: one recent award sits at $1,581,842, while another recent award is $49,551. That spacing suggests the organization can move both very large pass-through grants and smaller follow-on distributions. The recent-grant list also shows repeated funding to the same recipient across 2024 and 2025, indicating ongoing support relationships rather than isolated one-time awards. As a public charity and supporting organization, it functions as an intermediary for donor-facilitated and fund-based giving. Unsolicited applications are accepted for several active programs, while some supporting-organization grants are invite-only.
Grant activity is overwhelmingly local: 100% of grants in the data go to recipients in Ohio, and the foundation’s top giving state is OH. Recipient geography is centered in Toledo, with the recent grants going to Greater Toledo Community Foundation in Toledo. Active programs extend that footprint into northwest Ohio, southeast Michigan, and the greater Toledo area, with one competitive program specifically tied to Ottawa County, Ohio.
Its active programs include education and scholarships, neighborhood revitalization, nonprofit community programs, youth and family services, social justice, environmental stewardship, and donor-facilitated charitable giving tied to community foundation funds and real property gifts.
Yes, several active programs accept unsolicited applications, including the Universal Scholarship Application, Ottawa County Community Foundation grants, Sylvania Franciscan Foundation Fund, Toledo Mud Hens Baseball Club’s Helping Hens Fund, Toledo Walleye Hockey Club’s Wishing Well Fund, First Solar Community Giving Fund, Bill Rowles Youth Foundation Fund, and Toledo Neighborhoods Foundation.
The grant-size distribution is shown as p25 $1,581,842, median $1,581,842, and p75 $1,581,842. The recent-grants table also includes a smaller 2025 general-support grant of $49,551.
The recent grants list names Greater Toledo Community Foundation in Toledo, Ohio, as the recipient of both reported grants, one in 2024 and one in 2025, each marked general support.
Yes. Its geographic scope of giving is listed as local, and the recipient-country distribution shows 100% of grants went to US recipients. The top giving state is Ohio, and the recent grants both went to Toledo, Ohio.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Toledo Community Foundation Supporting Organization that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Supports programs enhancing the lives of young people under 18 in northwest Ohio, especially programs benefiting youth in Lucas or Wood Counties. Existing-service operating expenses and new-program expenditures may be supported.
Deadline: Annual deadline of January 31
Who can apply: Organizations with an identified merger or shared back-office project that fits the grant guidelines may discuss a potential submission with Foundation staff.
Deadline: Rolling deadline.
Who can apply: Supports programs enhancing the lives of young people under 21 in northwest Ohio. Priority is given to organizations serving youth who have had juvenile justice contact, school suspension or expulsion, or other behavioral challenges; preference is given to Wood County organizations.
Deadline: Annual deadline referenced in past materials; next date not shown on the scraped page.
Who can apply: Projects must benefit city of Toledo neighborhoods and address one or more of the stated focus areas.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREATER TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | TOLEDO, OH | $49,551 | 2025 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| GREATER TOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | TOLEDO, OH | $1,581,842 | 2024 | GENERAL SUPPORT |