Funding search · EIN 341831533 · Sandusky, OH

The Michelle Wightman-Karrie Wieber

Name: The Michelle Wightman-Karrie Wieber 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.

279
grants reported: $1.4M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
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

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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.

2 grants matching “sponsership” · $9,000

$5,000
New Perspective Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2025
Fundraiser sponsership
$4,000
New Perspective Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
Fundraiser sponsership

Top recipients

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

City of Sandusky8 grants · $155,281
Ohgo10 grants · $110,500
Sandusky Library2 grants · $50,000
Sandusky Education Foundation4 grants · $45,000
Sandusky State Theatre4 grants · $42,500
Sandusky City Schools15 grants · $41,475
Family Health Services5 grants · $41,000
Second Harvest Food Bank5 grants · $36,000
Salvation Army5 grants · $35,000
Bgsu Foundation6 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$379,307

2022

$335,309

2023

$332,500

2024

$350,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 279 grants.

$30,000
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Sandusky bay pathway
$30,000
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Sandusky bay pathway
$30,000
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Sandusky bay pathway
$30,000
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Sandusky bay pathway
$25,000
Cambell Christian Community Center · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Program building & expansion
$25,000
Sandusky Library · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Library
$25,000
Sandusky Library · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Library
$25,000
Sandusky State Theatre · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Stage curtain
$20,000
Ohgo · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Building expansion
$20,000
Greater Erie Co Marketing Group Chr · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Priorities & goals
$20,000
Ohgo · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Fall distribution
$20,000
Ohgo · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Mobile food pantry
$15,000
Sandusky Blue Streak Boosters Club · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Turf project at strobel field
$15,000
Sandusky Blue Streak Boosters Club · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Turf project at strobel field
$15,000
Sandusky Education Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Aquatic center
$14,000
Erie Co Public Defender'S Office · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Project strength
$11,000
Margaretta Middle School · Castalia, OH · 2025
Washington dc trip
$10,500
Ohgo · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Project happy
$10,000
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Safety town
$10,000
Erie County Health Department · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Enhancing acces to compass point
$10,000
Family Health Services · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Fundraising commitment
$10,000
Ohgo · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Food pantry building expansion
$10,000
Sandusky State Theatre · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Strengthening engagement for ccyt
$10,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Lorain, OH · 2025
Food distribution
$10,000
Care and Share of Erie County · Sandusky, OH · 2024
My choice pantry & boxes
$10,000
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Safety town
$10,000
Erie County Casa Program · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Permanency for children
$10,000
Family Health Services · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Fundraising commitment
$10,000
Ohgo · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Empty bowls match grant
$10,000
Sandusky Education Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Aquatic center
$10,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Lorain, OH · 2024
Food distribution
$10,000
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Safety town
$10,000
Family Health Services · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Fundraising commitment
$10,000
Ohgo · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Traveling kid pantry
$10,000
Salvation Army · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Emergency svcs & homeless prevention
$10,000
Sandusky Education Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Aquatic center
$10,000
Erie County Coummunity Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Railway safety
$10,000
Family Health Services · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Fhs accessible transportation
$10,000
Kiwanis Club of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Imagination library
$10,000
Salvation Army · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Emergency svcs & homeless prevention
$10,000
Sandusky Education Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Aquatic center
$10,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Food distribution
$9,000
Sandusky Amvets Baseball · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Facility & equipment upgrades
$9,000
Piggyback Foundation · Norwalk, OH · 2024
Emergency funds/erie co.
$8,100
Goodwill Industries of Erie Ottawa · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Technical assistance for disabled
$7,500
Firelands Regional Medical Center · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Center for women and newborns
$7,500
Ohgo · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Pantry supplies
$7,500
American Red Cross · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Helping erie co families
$7,500
Care and Share of Erie County · Sandusky, OH · 2023
My choice pantry & boxes
$7,500
Firelands Regional Medical Center · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Center for women and newborns
$7,500
American Red Cross · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Financial assistance to erie co res
$7,500
Care and Share of Erie County · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Cns choice pantry
$7,500
Firelands Regional Medical Center · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Center for women and newborns
$7,451
Boys & Girls Clubs of Ne Ohio · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Bgcneo errie teen center security
$7,000
Leadership Erie County · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Tree of life
$7,000
Firelands Habitat for Humanity · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Heating unit for restore
$6,907
Erie Residential Living · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Erll transportation services
$6,550
Erie County Casa Program · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Permanency for children
$6,053
Erie Metro Live Steamers · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Railroad tie and screw replacement
$6,000
Erie County Casa Program · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Volunteer recruitment & training
$6,000
Erie County Health Department · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Aged well
$6,000
City of Sandusky Rec Dept · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Movies by the bay
$5,553
City of Vermilion Fire Dept · Vermilion, OH · 2023
Swiftwater rescue equipment
$5,281
City of Sandusky · Sandusky, OH · 2022
Safety town
$5,040
Stein Hospice Service · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Grief support
$5,000
Bgsu Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2025
George mylander scholarship new
$5,000
Cacehr · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Sandusky head start stove & oven
$5,000
Caryl Crane Youth Theatre · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer music
$5,000
Erie County Board of Dd · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Safe homes. Same families
$5,000
Erie County Community Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Links internship program
$5,000
Erie County Economic Development · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Downtown development & vibrancy
$5,000
First Congregational United Church · Berlin Heights, OH · 2025
Angel helping to clothe the communit
$5,000
Kinship · Huron, OH · 2025
Kinship house flooring project
$5,000
New Perspective Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2025
Fundraiser sponsership
$5,000
Salvation Army · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Emergency svcs & homeless prevention
$5,000
Sandusky Career Center - Nursing · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Skills lab technology update
$5,000
Sandusky Christmas Market Foundatio · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Additional kiosk project
$5,000
Sandusky City Schools · Sandusky, OH · 2025
Kids fest
$5,000
Anthonys Villa · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Housing & foster care services
$5,000
Back To the Wild · Castalia, OH · 2024
Ambassador feed
$5,000
Bgsu Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2024
George mylander scholarship new
$5,000
Cambell Christian Community Center · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Breakfast buddies
$5,000
Cancer Services · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Patient care program
$5,000
Erie County Community Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Links internship program
$5,000
Erie County Health Department · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Safestart car seat initiative
$5,000
Erie Residential Living · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Enhancing residents lives
$5,000
Firelands Symphony Orchestra · Huron, OH · 2024
Family summer pops concert
$5,000
Julie Roth Memorial Foundation · Milan, OH · 2024
Emergency identification awareness
$5,000
Salvation Army · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Emergency svcs & homeless prevention
$5,000
Sandusky City Schools · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Kids fest
$5,000
Sandusky Hs Football · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Football camp
$5,000
Sandusky Middle School · Sandusky, OH · 2024
Washington dc trip
$5,000
Anthonys Villa · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Housing & foster care services
$5,000
Bgsu Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Firelands allied health & sciences
$5,000
Bgsu Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2023
George mylander scholarship new
$5,000
Erie Co Board of Dd · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Safe homes/safe families
$5,000
Erie County Community Foundation · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Links internship program
$5,000
Erie County Economic Development · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Rise program
$5,000
Erie County Health Department · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Live well project
$5,000
Kelleys Island Park Board · Sandusky, OH · 2023
Community park playground

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