Robert E Fellers and Leona L
Zanesville, OH · EIN 47-5169196. Reported 101 grants totalling $564,652 to 61 organizations across tax years 2021-2023. 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. Robert E Fellers and Leona L 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 $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $8,102; the smallest was $400 and the largest $10,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace United Methodist Church | Zanesville, OH | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Together We Grow | Newark, OH | $28,102 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Southeast Ohio | Zanesville, OH | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Licking County Tnr | Heath, OH | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Newark | Newark, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coburn Child Care Center | Zanesville, OH | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coler Hospice Foundation | Zanesville, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| East Muskingum Student Endowment | New Concord, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Muskingum County Center for Seniors | Zanesville, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Buckeye Lake Yacht Club | Buckeye Lake, OH | $17,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Thorn Township Fire Department | Thornville, OH | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Carr Center | Zanesville, OH | $14,690 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| West Muskingum Youth League | Zanesville, OH | $13,937 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Friendship Preschool and Daycare | New Concord, OH | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Greater Zanesville Singers | Zanesville, OH | $12,558 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Zanesville Community Theatre | Zanesville, OH | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Guernsey Health Choices Inc | Cambridge, OH | $11,800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bethel Community Center | Zanesville, OH | $11,250 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cambridge City Band | Cambridge, OH | $10,900 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Abbot Senior Living | Zanesville, OH | $10,250 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Licking Valley Hs | Newark, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Licking Valley Hs Renaissance | Newark, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Muskingum Valley Garden Society | Zanesville, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shrivers Hospice Foundation | Zanesville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tri Valley Athletic Department | Dresden, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Zanesville Development Corp | Zanesville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Zanesville Museum of Art | Zanesville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| I Am a Warrior | Zanesville, OH | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Eastside Community Ministry | Zanesville, OH | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Paws of Muskingum County | Zanesville, OH | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Heart Watch | Zanesville, OH | $8,304 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Muskingum County Humane Society | Duncan Falls, OH | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lvis Venture Youth to Youth | Newark, OH | $5,520 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Volunteers of the Muskingum County K-9 Adoption Center | Zanesville, OH | $5,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Village of New Concord | New Concord, OH | $5,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bishop Fenwick | Zanesville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Buckeye Valley Family YMCA | Newark, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cole Center Zanesville | Zanesville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| East Muskingum Student Endowment Fu | New Concord, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foodworks Alliance | Zanesville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Concord Police Department | New Concord, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Somerset-Reading Twp Ems | Somerset, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cambridge Band Inc | Cambridge, OH | $4,700 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Licking Township Fire Company | Jacksontown, OH | $4,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| John Glenn Baseball Boosters | New Concord, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Lexington Baseball | New Lexington, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tri Valley Baseball Boosters | Dresden, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New Concord Arts & Recreation | New Concord, OH | $3,978 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Animal Shelter Society | Zanesville, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bishop Rosecrans High School | Zanesville, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humane Society of Guernsey Co | Cambridge, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Wiskers Animal Rescue | Granville, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Zanesvi | Zanesville, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Griff Medical Fund Through Mccf | Zanesville, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Muskingum Co K9 Adoption Center | Zanesville, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tri Valley Middle School Baseball | Dresden, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bear Run Baptist Church | New Lexington, OH | $1,963 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artisit Colony of Zanes | Zanesville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hoofs Rescue | Roseville, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohio Arts and Crafts Foundation | Cambridge, OH | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salt Fork Arts & Crafts | Cambrisge, OH | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
28 of 61 (46%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 61%, across 2 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Boys and Girls Club of Newark
AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER ACTIVITIES - Coler Hospice Foundation
FUNDING FOR LAST WISH ILL PATIENTS - East Muskingum Student Endowment
EAST MUSKINGUM SCHOOLS ACTIVITIES - Licking County Tnr
CARPORT FOR MOBILE SURGICAL UNIT - Muskingum County Center for Seniors
IMPROVED WEBSITE, PURCHASE MEALS - Thorn Township Fire Department
REPLACE AND UPGRADE FIRE HOSE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 24 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | $191,068 | $5,325 |
| 2022 | 32 | $199,417 | $5,400 |
| 2023 | 39 | $174,167 | $4,000 |
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
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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 $5,000. 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 Robert E Fellers and Leona L's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 50 N 4TH Street, Zanesville, OH, 43701. 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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