Funding search · EIN 311421173 · Newark, OH

The Gilbert Reese Family Foundation

Name: The Gilbert Reese Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

45
grants reported: $14.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $50,000
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

building newark hodges center ohio pledge state agent

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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.

Top recipients

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

Newark Campus Development Fund6 grants · $9.4M
Newark Development Partners4 grants · $2.1M
Licking County Foundation6 grants · $1.0M
Granville Athletic Complex Fund2 grants · $500,000
The Hill School3 grants · $300,000
Junior Achievement of Central Ohio1 grant · $250,000
Central Ohio Technical College4 grants · $241,043
Look Up Center1 grant · $150,000
Newark High School Athletic Dept1 grant · $100,000
Parrochia Di San Jacopo4 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$3.5M

2022

$3.8M

2023

$3.6M

2024

$3.6M

2025

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$2.2M
Newark Campus Development Fund · Newark, OH · 2025
Agent for ohio state university - louella hodges reese hall building fund
$2.2M
Newark Campus Development Fund · Newark, OH · 2024
Agent for ohio state university - louella hodges reese hall building fund
$2.2M
Newark Campus Development Fund · Newark, OH · 2023
As agent for ohio state univeristy newark - louella hodges reese building fund pledge
$2.2M
Newark Campus Development Fund · Newark, OH · 2022
As agent for ohio state univeristy newark - louella hodges reese building fund pledge
$746,768
Newark Development Partners · Newark, OH · 2025
Restoration of historic arcade
$714,684
Newark Development Partners · Newark, OH · 2023
Renovation of historic arcade
$641,000
Newark Development Partners · Newark, OH · 2024
Renovation of historic arcade
$550,000
Licking County Foundation · Newark, OH · 2022
Midland theatre fund pledge and northridge athletic booster fund
$300,000
Newark Campus Development Fund · Newark, OH · 2023
Alford building fund
$300,000
Newark Campus Development Fund · Newark, OH · 2022
Alford building fund
$250,000
Junior Achievement of Central Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2025
Newark learning center
$250,000
Licking County Foundation · Newark, OH · 2024
Newark high school band practice field improvements
$250,000
Granville Athletic Complex Fund · Granville, OH · 2023
Pledge walter hodges stadium
$250,000
Granville Athletic Complex Fund · Granville, OH · 2022
Pledge walter hodges stadium
$150,000
Look Up Center · Newark, OH · 2022
Donation - building fund
$116,043
Central Ohio Technical College · Newark, OH · 2024
Italian immersion program and independence day event 2024
$100,000
The Hill School · Pottstown, PA · 2025
Tennis center renovations
$100,000
American Red Cross · Newark, OH · 2024
Newark blood center building
$100,000
The Hill School · Pottstown, PA · 2024
Tennis center renovations
$100,000
Newark High School Athletic Dept · Newark, OH · 2023
Girls softball turf
$100,000
The Hill School · Pottstown, PA · 2023
Tennis center renovations
$95,000
Central Ohio Technical College · Newark, OH · 2025
Italian immersion program and independence day event 2025
$50,000
Licking County Foundation · Newark, OH · 2025
Midland theatre fund
$50,000
Licking County Foundation · Newark, OH · 2025
Boys & girls club of newark fund
$50,000
Licking County Foundation · Newark, OH · 2024
Midland theatre fund
$50,000
Habitat for Humanity · Columbus, OH · 2023
Donation
$50,000
Licking County Foundation · Newark, OH · 2023
Midland theatre fund
$25,000
City of Heath · Heath, OH · 2025
Pickleball court
$25,000
Parrochia Di San Jacopo · 2025
Donation
$25,000
Licking County Transit · Newark, OH · 2024
Pilot project for expanding transit in licking county
$25,000
Ohio State University · Newark, OH · 2024
William mcdonald scholarship fund at ohio state newark
$25,000
Parrochia Di San Jacopo · 2024
Donation
$25,000
Parrochia Di San Jacopo · 2023
Donation
$25,000
Parrochia Di San Jacopo · 2022
Donation
$20,000
Central Ohio Technical College · Newark, OH · 2023
Independence day event 2023
$18,325
Newark Development Partners · Newark, OH · 2024
Ohm planning study
$10,000
Escuola Di Musicale Di Cascia · 2025
Scholarships
$10,000
Escuola Di Musicale Di Cascia · 2024
Scholarships
$10,000
Escuola Di Musicale Di Cascia · 2023
Scholarships
$10,000
Central Ohio Technical College · Newark, OH · 2022
Independence day event 2022
$5,000
Escuola Di Musicale Di Cascia · 2022
Scholarships
$4,960
City of Newark · Newark, OH · 2023
Decorating community market district and mural repair
$1,924
City of Newark · Newark, OH · 2022
Decorating community market district
$756
City of Newark · Newark, OH · 2025
Decorating community market district
$720
City of Newark · Newark, OH · 2024
Decorating community market district

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