Funding search · EIN 306043262 · Columbus Grove, OH

J Earl Belch Charitable Trust

Name: J Earl Belch Charitable Trust grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

43
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

putnam scholarship student students county christian education scholarships

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

5 grants matching “lifewise” · $314,000

$300,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2025
For new facility
$5,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2025
To support the christian education of putnam county oh students
$5,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2024
To support the christian education of putnam county oh students
$2,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2023
To support the christian education of putnam county oh students
$2,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2022
To support the christian education of putnam county oh students.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Columbus Grove Local Schools7 grants · $898,736
Lifewise Academy5 grants · $314,000
Sugar Creek Athletic Association2 grants · $52,325
Bowling Green State University3 grants · $30,000
The Ohio State University2 grants · $20,000
Columbus Grove Pleasant Twp Joint Fire Dept1 grant · $17,790
Columbia Southern University3 grants · $15,000
Ohio Northern University3 grants · $15,000
Sons of American Legion4 grants · $11,000
The Ohio State University at Lima1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$106,818

2022

$57,005

2023

$176,040

2024

$1.1M

2025

Grant history

All 43 reported grants, largest first.

$650,008
Columbus Grove Local Schools · Columbus Grove, OH · 2025
For athletic complex upgrades
$300,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2025
For new facility
$100,000
Columbus Grove Local Schools · Columbus Grove, OH · 2024
For athletic complex upgrades
$80,000
Columbus Grove Local Schools · Columbus Grove, OH · 2025
Scholarships for putnam co oh students
$51,200
Sugar Creek Athletic Association · Vaughnsville, OH · 2022
Putnam county ball park improvements.
$35,000
Columbus Grove Local Schools · Columbus Grove, OH · 2024
Scholarships for putnam co oh students
$25,000
Columbus Grove Local Schools · Columbus Grove, OH · 2023
Scholarships for putnam co oh students
$17,790
Columbus Grove Pleasant Twp Joint Fire Dept · Columbus Grove, OH · 2024
To purchase equipment
$15,000
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2025
Scholarship for putnam county oh student
$10,000
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2025
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$10,000
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2023
Scholarship for putnam co oh students
$10,000
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2022
Scholarship for putnam co oh students
$10,000
The Ohio State University at Lima · Lima, OH · 2022
Scholarships for putnam co oh students
$8,478
Columbus Grove Local Schools · Columbus Grove, OH · 2025
To support their programs and activities.
$5,000
Animal Protection League of Mercer County · Celina, OH · 2025
To support their programs and activities.
$5,000
Columbia Southern University · Orange Beach, AL · 2025
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2025
To support the christian education of putnam county oh students
$5,000
Columbia Southern University · Orange Beach, AL · 2024
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2024
To support the christian education of putnam county oh students
$5,000
Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH · 2024
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2024
Scholarship for putnam county oh student
$5,000
Columbia Southern University · Orange Beach, AL · 2023
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH · 2023
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
University of Northwestern Ohio · Lima, OH · 2023
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
Ashland University · Ashland, OH · 2022
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
Ball State University · Munice, IN · 2022
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH · 2022
Scholarship for putnam county oh student
$5,000
Ohio State Beauty Academy · Lima, OH · 2022
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
University of Northwestern Ohio · Lima, OH · 2022
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$5,000
Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2022
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$3,000
Sons of American Legion · Columbus Grove, OH · 2025
To support their programs and activities.
$3,000
Sons of American Legion · Columbus Grove, OH · 2024
To support their programs and activities.
$3,000
Sons of American Legion · Columbus Grove, OH · 2023
To support their programs and activities.
$2,098
Rhodes State College · Lima, OH · 2025
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$2,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2023
To support the christian education of putnam county oh students
$2,000
Lifewise Academy · Columbus Grove, OH · 2022
To support the christian education of putnam county oh students.
$2,000
Sons of American Legion · Columbus Grove, OH · 2022
To support their programs and activities.
$1,125
Sugar Creek Athletic Association · Vaughnsville, OH · 2023
Putnam county ball park improvements.
$950
Columbus Grove Youth Athletic Association · Columbus Grove, OH · 2022
To support the youth athletic programs of columbus grove
$880
Village of Columbus Grove · Columbus Grove, OH · 2023
To support youth sports
$668
Village of Columbus Grove · Columbus Grove, OH · 2022
To support youth sports
$649
Bluffton University · Bluffton, OH · 2025
Scholarship for putnam co oh student
$250
Columbus Grove Local Schools · Columbus Grove, OH · 2024
To support school activity

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Similar purposes

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Similar grant size

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.