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Stensen Harry Memorial Trst Pfdn

Brooklyn, OH · EIN 34-6619471. Reported 68 grants totalling $788,229 to 31 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$788,229granted, 2021-2024
31organizations funded
64%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,868,170assets, 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. Stensen Harry Memorial Trst Pfdn 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $400 and the largest $60,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
8 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
36 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
3 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

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
Friends of Port Clinton Parks IncPort Clinton, OH$116,500442024
Port Clinton Friends of the CemeteryPort Clinton, OH$62,711332023
American Red CrossPortclinton, OH$59,000442024
The Salvation ArmyPort Clinton, OH$57,000332023
Ottawa County Council on AgingGrand Haven, MI$46,000112024
Port Clinton Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks LodgePort Clinton, OH$35,375222024
Humane Society of Ottawa CountyPort Clinton, OH$35,000442024
Oak HousePort Clinton, OH$35,000332023
Ottawa County Transitional Housing IncPort Clinton, OH$35,000332024
Dr John E Braun Memorial ParkPort Clinton, OH$30,900332023
Port Clinton City School DistrictPort Clinton, OH$26,040332023
Musical Arts Series in Port ClintonPort Clinton, OH$25,500332024
Ottawa County Family AdvocacyPort Clinton, OH$25,000332024
Seed Faith Missions Food PantryPort Clinton, OH$23,627442024
Heartbeat of Ottawa CountyPort Clinton, OH$19,000112024
Area Heritage FoundationPort Clinton, OH$18,207442024
Ottawa Residential ServicesPort Clinton, OH$17,500222024
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge AssocOak Harbor, OH$17,200112021
Greater Port Clinton Area Arts CouncilPort Clinton, OH$15,000112022
Ottawa County Health DeptPort Clinton, OH$15,000112022
Catawba Island Historical SocietyPort Clinton, OH$14,119332024
Main Street Port ClintonPort Clinton, OH$10,000222022
Stag-Er-Roo IncPort Clinton, OH$10,000112021
Waterworks ParkPort Clinton, OH$10,000112022
St Vincent Depaul SocietyMaryland, MO$9,900222024
Port Clinton FireworksPort Clinton, OH$7,000112022
St Thomas Episcopal ChurchPort Clinton, OH$5,000112022
Playmakers Civic TheatrePort Clinton, OH$4,750112021
The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH$2,000112022
Ottawa County Juvenile CourtPort Clinton, OH$500112022
Joyful ConnectionsOak Harbor, OH$400112022

18 of 31 (58%) 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 64%, across 3 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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 26 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Animal Welfare
4 grants
Arts & Culture
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Mutual Benefit
3 grants
Mental Health
3 grants
Community Improvement
2 grants
Crime & Legal
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202116$140,975$10,000
202224$299,429$10,500
202314$149,000$8,750
202414$198,825$11,325

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. 93% 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
$732K
Michigan
$46K
Missouri
$10K

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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.

Toledo Community Foundation Inc3 shared recipientsUnited Way of Greater Toledo2 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc2 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. 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.
  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.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Stensen Harry Memorial Trst Pfdn'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: 4900 Tiedeman Road Oh-01-49-0381, Brooklyn, OH, 44144. 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 34-6619471 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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