Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr
Pittsburgh, PA · EIN 34-6513247. Reported 66 grants totalling $778,949 to 39 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. Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,250 and $17,889; the smallest was $733 and the largest $26,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $101,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wooster Community Hospital Foundation | Wooster, OH | $91,242 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Inventors Hall of Fame | North Canton, OH | $39,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Vantage Aging | Akron, OH | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wayne Center for the Arts | Wooster, OH | $33,362 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Whole Community Inc | Wooster, OH | $30,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio | Wooster, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Akron Canton Regional Foodbank | Akron, OH | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross of Northeast Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Dallas, TX | $22,260 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catholic Diocese of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Wayne County Fair | Wooster, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pathway Caring for Children | Canton, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The College of Wooster | Wooster, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Akron Foundation | Akron, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Young Mens Christian Assoc | Wooster, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement | Canton, OH | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lifecare Hospice | Wooster, OH | $18,712 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Hospice Wayne County Ohio | Wooster, OH | $17,889 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Buckeye Authors Book Fair Committee Inc | Wooster, OH | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| People to People Ministries | Wooster, OH | $16,650 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pregnancy Care Center of Wayne County Inc | Wooster, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wayne County Childrens Steam Playlab | Wooster, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | Moreland Hills, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aultman Health Foundation | Canton, OH | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trinity United Church-Christ | Wooster, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Wayne and Holmes Counties Inc | Wooster, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Wooster | Wooster, OH | $8,152 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Healthcare 2000 Community Clinic | Wooster, OH | $7,419 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oneeighty Inc | Wooster, OH | $7,419 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Wilderness Center | Wilmot, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Christian Childrens Home of Ohio | Wooster, OH | $4,111 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childrens Hospital Medical Center | Wooster, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ballet Wooster | Wooster, OH | $3,260 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Life a Dementia Friendly Foundation | Oberlin, OH | $2,673 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Girl Scouts Seal of Ohio Council Inc | Columbus, OH | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Make-a-Wish Ohio Kentucky and Indiana | Columbus, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fredericksburg Community Library | Wooster, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
16 of 39 (41%) 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 42%, 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 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.
- Wooster Community Hospital Foundation
INCREASING COMMUNITY ACCESS - Wayne Center for the Arts
COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM - Pathway Caring for Children
BUILDING STRONG FOUNDATIONS - American Red Cross of Northeast Ohio
DISASTER CYCLE WAYNE COUNTY - Vantage Aging
MEALS WAYNE COUNTY SENIORS - Buckeye Authors Book Fair Committee Inc
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What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 48 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | $170,425 | $8,712 |
| 2022 | 19 | $193,757 | $7,419 |
| 2023 | 18 | $211,672 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 14 | $203,095 | $15,000 |
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
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 84% 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 $10,000. 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 Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr'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: 500 First Ave P7-Pfsc-03-Z, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219. 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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