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Ar-Hale Family Foundation Inc

Lima, OH · EIN 34-1644337. Reported 196 grants totalling $3,211,734 to 88 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$3,211,734granted, 2021-2024
88organizations funded
79%of grantees funded again the next year
$8,251,180assets, latest filing

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. Ar-Hale Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $20,000; the smallest was $75 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
74 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
50 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
1 grant
$10,000 - $25,000
33 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
21 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
7 grants
$100,000 and Up
10 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Lcc Educational FoundationLima, OH$603,900542024
Jbtm GiftingChicago, IL$459,100332023
Camberwell Grief SanctuaryLouisville, KY$275,000442024
Atlas MinistryGreensboro, GA$250,000112023
Rhodes State College FoundationLima, OH$250,000332024
Marimor Legacy FoundationLima, OH$96,000332023
St Rose ParishLima, OH$90,000112024
Rotary Foundation of LimaLima, OH$75,000332023
USA CaresLouisville, KY$75,000332024
YMCA Safe Place ServicesLouisville, KY$75,000332024
Ohio State University FoundationColumbus, OH$66,668442024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of OkTulsa, OK$60,000332023
Agape IndustriesSidney, OH$50,000222022
Father Maloney's Boys and Girls HavenLouisville, KY$50,000222022
Lima Symphony OrchestraLima, OH$45,100332024
St Joseph Children's HomeLouisville, KY$45,000222023
Family PromiseLima, OH$40,500222024
Mercy Unlimited IncWapakoneta, OH$40,000222024
St John Interparochial High SchoolPlaquemine, LA$40,000222024
YWCA Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, OK$40,000222022
Lima Central Catholic FoundationLima, OH$35,000112024
Campus CrusadeOrlando, FL$28,000222022
Boys and Girls HavenLouisville, KY$25,000112024
DamascusCincinnati, OH$25,000112021
Our Daily BreadLima, OH$25,000112024
Rotary Foundation of Lima OhioLima, OH$25,000112024
St Joseph Catholic Orphanage SocietyLouisville, KY$25,000112024
Focus on the FamilyColorado Springs, CO$23,616332023
Big Brothers Big Sisters OklahomaTulsa, OK$20,000112024
Family & Childrens PlaceLouisville, KY$20,000112023
St Gerard ParishLima, OH$20,000112024
University of Louisville Foundation IncChicago, IL$20,000112024
YWCA of Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, OK$20,000112024
Family Scholar HouseLouiville, KY$15,000112024
Lima's Samaritan HouseLima, OH$15,000112021
Samaritan HouseLima, OH$15,000112024
Hearbeat of LimaLima, OH$13,000112024
Children's Developmental CenterLima, OH$10,000112024
Varghese Kurian India ParishLima, OH$8,000442024
St Ann SchoolChicago, IL$7,500332023
Children's Hunger AllianceColumbus, OH$6,000112024
Equestrian TherapyCridersville, OH$4,500332024
Hope Rural SchoolLouisville, KY$4,500332023
Lima Music AcademyLima, OH$4,000112024
Mission Teaching FoundationLos Angeles, CA$4,000442024
Little Sisters of the PoorOregon, OH$3,750442024
Food for the PoorCoconut Creek, FL$3,250442024
St Jude Children's HospitalMemphis, TN$3,250442024
Ave Maria School of LawNaples, FL$3,000442024
Father Stephen BlumLima, OH$3,000332023
Lima Community FundLima, OH$3,000332023
Sisters of Notre DameToledo, OH$3,000442024
Ursuline Sisters of ClevelandCleveland, OH$3,000332023
Buckeye Inst for Public Pol SolColumbus, OH$2,500112021
GirlstartAustin, TX$2,500112024
Vatican ObservatoryTuscon, AZ$2,500442024
The Smile TrainWashington, DC$2,250442024
West Ohio Food BankLima, OH$2,250442024
Allen Lima LeadershipLima, OH$2,100112021
Safe PassageLouisville, KY$2,000112024
EdchoiceIndianapolis, IN$1,850442024
Leadership InstituteArlington, VA$1,850442024
Parents Television CouncilLos Angeles, CA$1,850442024
Lima Rescue MissionLima, OH$1,650442024
Salvation ArmyLima, OH$1,600442024
Hope Rural SchoolIndiantown, FL$1,500112024
Diocese of ToledoToledo, OH$1,250112021
Diocese of Toledo (annual Catholic Appeal)Toledo, OH$1,250112022
Serra InternationalChicago, IL$1,250332023
Elizabeth's New Life CenterDayton, OH$1,000112024
Interfaith Worker JusticeIndiantown, FL$1,000222022
Reverend Steven BlumDelphos, OH$1,000112024
Society of the Precious BloodDayton, OH$1,000222022
St Charles Church - Lima Life TeenLima, OH$850332023
Society for Propagation of FaithToledo, OH$800332023
Habitat for HumanityLima, OH$750332023
Heartbeat of LimaLima, OH$750112021
Henri Nouwen SocietySt Louis, MO$750332023
MarianistsDayton, OH$700442024
Autism Life CenterLima, OH$500112024
Catholic LeagueNew York, NY$500112021
Covenant HouseWashington, DC$500112021
Heauser Hearing and Language AcademyLouisville, KY$500112024
Lifehouse IncLoisville, KY$500112024
Apollo Career CenterLima, OH$250112021
Serra Club - LimaWapakoneta, OH$250112024
WtlwLima, OH$250112021
Missionaries of the Precious BloodDayton, OH$100112024

49 of 88 (56%) 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 79%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. 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 80 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
21 grants
Education
15 grants
Religion
9 grants
Arts & Culture
8 grants
Housing & Shelter
8 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
4 grants
Health Care
4 grants
Food & Nutrition
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202152$663,143$1,000
202246$684,657$1,000
202344$1,017,491$1,000
202454$846,443$3,200

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. 50% 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.

Ohio
$1.6M
Kentucky
$612K
Illinois
$488K
Georgia
$250K
Oklahoma
$140K
Louisiana
$40K
Florida
$37K
Colorado
$24K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. 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.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Ar-Hale Family Foundation Inc'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: 2579 Shawnee Rd, Lima, OH, 45806. 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.

EIN 34-1644337 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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