Funding search · EIN 341623983 · Lancaster, OH

Fairfield County Foundation

Name: Fairfield County Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

186
grants reported: $7.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $16,752
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Lancaster Festival2 grants · $795,446
Fairfield County Agricultural Socie1 grant · $600,000
Gametime1 grant · $495,535
Fairfield County Foundation3 grants · $454,588
Decorative Arts Center of Ohio3 grants · $360,146
Fairhope Hospice Palliative Care1 grant · $225,000
The Lancaster Festival3 grants · $211,041
True Vision Christian Community1 grant · $161,000
Baltimore Area Museum Corp2 grants · $160,200
Fairfield Community Health Center2 grants · $132,000

Giving over time

$2.3M

2022

$1.9M

2023

$3.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 186 grants.

$600,000
Fairfield County Agricultural Socie · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Community progress
$516,446
Lancaster Festival · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Endowment fund
$495,535
Gametime · Harrison, OH · 2024
Parks/recreation
$350,000
Fairfield County Foundation · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Community impact fun
$279,000
Lancaster Festival · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Arts/culture
$225,000
Fairhope Hospice Palliative Care · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Human services
$165,960
Decorative Arts Center of Ohio · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Endowment fund
$161,000
True Vision Christian Community · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Donor advised
$144,186
Decorative Arts Center of Ohio · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Endowment fund
$122,800
Baltimore Area Museum Corp · Baltimore, OH · 2023
2023 operating funds
$119,000
The Tree Church · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Religion
$118,000
Fairfield Community Health Center · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Health
$101,000
New Horizons Foundation · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024
Religion
$100,000
The Lancaster Festival · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$91,960
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fairfie · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Agency withdraw
$86,000
Buckeyelake Region Corporation · Buckeye Lake, OH · 2023
Donor advised
$76,041
The Lancaster Festival · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Endowment
$66,000
Geneva Hills Group · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Youth development
$63,800
Fairfield County Foundation · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Community impact fun
$60,000
Family Y of Lancaster and Fairfield · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$57,932
Lutheran Social Services · Columbus, OH · 2022
Donor advised donati
$57,052
Unrestricted Festival Fund · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Community progress
$55,000
Centex Childrens Ranch · Temple, TX · 2022
Donor advised dontai
$52,000
Maywood Mission · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Donor advised donati
$50,000
Decorative Arts Center of Ohio · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Arts/culture
$50,000
Ymca of Lancaster & Fairfield Count · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Community progres
$50,000
City of Lancaster · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Fairfield Center for Disabilities · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Donor advised fund
$50,000
Habitat for Himanity of Se Ohio · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Lancaster-Fairfield Community Actio · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Meals On Wheels Fairfield County · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Human services
$43,968
American Red Cross of Sc Ohio · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$42,909
Meals On Wheels Fairfield County · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Human services
$42,000
Village of Balitmore · Baltimore, OH · 2022
Community progress
$41,475
Alumni Assoc Amanda Clearcreek Hs · Amanda, OH · 2024
Annual scholarships
$40,788
Fairfield County Foundation · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$40,666
United Way of Fairfield Co · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Donor advised
$40,110
Fairfield Area Humane Society · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Animal-related
$40,000
Fairfield County Commissioners · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Special project
$38,851
Fairfield Heritage Association · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Endowment fund
$37,400
Baltimore Area Museum Corp · Baltimore, OH · 2024
Field of interest
$35,960
Maywood Mission · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Human services
$35,000
Crisis Relief and Recovery · Tyrone, PA · 2024
Human services
$35,000
Alvis · Columbus, OH · 2022
Donor advised donati
$35,000
The Lancaster Festival · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Donor advised donati
$33,054
Harcum House · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Human services
$33,000
Ymca of Lancaster & Fairfield Count · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Health/youth dev
$33,000
Maywood Missions · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$32,525
Fairfield Medical Center Foundation · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Health
$32,000
Geneva Hills Group · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Youth development
$31,600
The Recovery Center · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Health
$30,613
Heidi-Ho Corp · Roseville, MI · 2024
Fundraising expense
$30,570
Heidi-Ho Corp · Roseville, MI · 2022
Fundraising expense
$30,000
American Red Cross of Sc Ohio · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Fairfie · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Agency withdraw
$30,000
Bottoms Up Diaper Drive · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Donor advised donati
$30,000
Fairfield Heritage Association · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Endowment fund
$30,000
Fairfield Union Local School Distri · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Educational
$30,000
Olivedale Senior Center · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Resurface parking lo
$30,000
Fairfield Area Humane Society · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$29,767
Destination Downtown Lancaster · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$29,214
Alumni Assoc of the Amanda Clearcre · Amanda, OH · 2022
Scholarship
$28,536
Fairfield Heritage Association · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Endowment fund
$27,000
Victory Center-Victory Hill Church · Carroll, OH · 2024
Human services
$27,000
Faith Memorial Church · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Donor advised
$27,000
Ohio Glass Museum · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Donor advised donati
$26,902
Heidi-Ho Corp · Roseville, MI · 2023
Fundraising expense
$26,250
Alumni Assoc of the Amanda Clearcre · Amanda, OH · 2023
Scholarship
$25,586
Fairfield County Health Department · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Health
$25,586
United Way of Fairfield County · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,560
Proarteohio · Worthington, OH · 2024
Arts/culture
$25,000
91 Place · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
Religious
$25,000
Meals On Wheels Fairfield County · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Human services
$25,000
Habitat for Himanity of Se Ohio · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Unrestricted
$25,000
The Refuge · Columbus, OH · 2023
Program expenses
$23,023
Village of Pleasantville · Pleasantville, OH · 2023
Human services
$22,500
Scottsville Police Department · Scottsville, KY · 2022
Donor advised fund
$22,000
Liberty Union Middle School · Baltimore, OH · 2024
Fred van buren schol
$22,000
New Horizons Mental Health Services · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Sos donation
$21,000
Habitat for Himanity of Se Ohio · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Community progress
$20,000
William V Fisher Catholic High Scho · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Educational
$20,000
Friends of Lancaster Parks & Recrea · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Donor advised
$20,000
Fairfield Area Humane Society · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$20,000
Faith Memorial Church · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Donor advised
$20,000
Friends of Lancaster Parks & Rec · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Donor advised donati
$20,000
Geneva Hills Group · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Donor advised donati
$20,000
Nardone Family Trust · Wheeling, WV · 2022
Donor advised donati
$20,000
Willima V Fisher Catholic High Scho · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Educational
$18,731
Hillyard · Columbus, OH · 2022
Community progress
$18,645
Amanda-Clearcreek Local Schools · Amanda, OH · 2023
Education
$18,273
Foundation Shelters · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Building restoration
$18,000
Fairfield Woodworks · Lancaster, OH · 2024
$17,203
Destination Downtown Lancaster · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Community progress
$16,300
Saint Bernard School · Wabash, IN · 2022
Donation
$16,000
Wagnalls Memorial Preservation Fund · Lighopolis, OH · 2024
Arts, culture
$16,000
Fairfield Medical Center Foundation · Lancaster, OH · 2023
Health
$16,000
The Osuccc-James · Columbus, OH · 2023
Donor adivsed
$15,600
Destination Downtown Lancaster · Lancaster, OH · 2022
Unrestricted
$15,535
Salvation Army · Lancaster, OH · 2024
Human services
$15,000
Coopermill Bronzeworks Ltd · Zanesville, OH · 2024
Arts, culture

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.