Richard & Arline Landers Foundation
Mansfield, OH · EIN 34-1623986. Reported 93 grants totalling $1,150,613 to 52 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. Richard & Arline Landers Foundation 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 $6,700. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $100,000. 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 Foundation Knox Community Hospi | Mount Vernon, OH | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Mt Vernon | Mount Vernon, OH | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Knox County Foundation | Mount Vernon, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jacket Boosters | Mount Vernon, OH | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Owl Creek Conservancy | Mount Vernon, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Richland County Development Group | Lexington, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ohio Bird Sanctuary | Mansfield, OH | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Columbus, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Centerburg Memorial Park | Mount Vernon, OH | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mansfield YMCA | Mansfield, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Mount Vernon, OH | $28,263 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ackerman Nature Preserve | Mount Vernon, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Hope Industries | Mount Vernon, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Salvation Army | Mount Vernon, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation Park | Mount Vernon, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Knox Cty Foundation - Fredericktown | Mount Vernon, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mid-Ohio Youth Mentoring | Mansfield, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mtv Arts | Mount Vernon, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Directions | Mount Vernon, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Richland County Agricultural Societ | Mansfield, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Richland County Children's Auxiliar | Mansfield, OH | $18,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ncsc Foundation | Mansfield, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center of Hope Knox County | Bladensburg, OH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pelotonia | Columbus, OH | $11,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Freedom Center | Mount Vernon, OH | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 4-H Camp Ohio | St Loiusville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Freiedreich's Ataxia Research Allia | Delaware, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mansfield Community Playhouse | Mansfield, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Library of Mount Vernon | Mount Vernon, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richland Acamdemy of the Arts | Mansfield, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mansfield Art Center | Mansfield, OH | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mansfield-Richland County 3RD Grade | Mansfield, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shelby YMCA | Shelby, OH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crawford Works | Bucyrus, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fredericktown Community Fireplace | Mount Vernon, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Knox County 4-H Center Board | Mount Vernon, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Open Doors Academy | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pleasant Hill Outdoor Camp | Perrysville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taking Roots Farm | Mansfield, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kokosing Gap Trail | Gambier, OH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of North Central | Canton, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Daniel Wright Elementary | Columbus, OH | $3,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel at the Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope Now | Mount Vernon, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Third Street Family Health Services | Mansfield, OH | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crestview Parents Committee | Mansfield, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Visual Bucket List | Mansfield, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Child Safety Council | Mansfield, OH | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faith Church | Ashland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rehabilitation Center for Neurologi | Piqua, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spi Spot | Mount Vernon, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | Mount Vernon, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
22 of 52 (42%) 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 52%, 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 33 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | $307,000 | $8,750 |
| 2022 | 20 | $238,888 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $254,675 | $7,125 |
| 2024 | 26 | $350,050 | $6,250 |
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
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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 $6,700. 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 Richard & Arline Landers Foundation'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: 590 Lexington Avenue, Mansfield, OH, 44907. 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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