Funding search · EIN 346610889 · Orrville, OH

Willard E Smucker Foundation

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

242
grants reported
$5.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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1 grant matching “opreations · $20,000

  • $20,000

    Orrville Area Salvation Army · Orrville, OH · 2022

    General opreations

Top recipients

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

  • Boys and Girls Club of America2 grants · $640,000
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of America1 grant · $300,000
  • Orrville Area United Way1 grant · $300,000
  • Sacred Heart Foundation3 grants · $150,000
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Licking and Perry Coun2 grants · $120,272
  • Akron Canton Regional Foodbank2 grants · $120,000
  • Drury University4 grants · $110,000
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Licking & Perry County2 grants · $100,000
  • Naples Zoo4 grants · $80,000
  • Akron Community Foundation2 grants · $80,000

Giving over time

$1.3M
2022
$1.4M
2023
$1.4M
2024
$1.2M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 242 grants.

  • $320,000

    Boys and Girls Club of America · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    General operations

  • $320,000

    Boys and Girls Club of America · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    General operations

  • $300,000

    Orrville Area United Way · Orrville, OH · 2025

    General operations

  • $300,000

    Boys & Girls Clubs of America · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    General operations

  • $75,000

    Akron Community Foundation · Akron, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $70,272

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Licking and Perry Coun · Newark, OH · 2022

    General operations

  • $60,000

    Akron Canton Regional Foodbank · Akron, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $60,000

    Akron Canton Regional Foodbank · Akron, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $60,000

    Akron Canton Regional Foodbank · Akron, OH · 2022

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Licking & Perry County · Newark, OH · 2025

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Sacred Heart Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2025

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Licking & Perry County · Newark, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Greater Good Charities · Seattle, WA · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Sacred Heart Foundation · Pensacola, FL · 2024

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Akron Community Foundation · Akron, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Big Brothers Big Sisters of Licking and Perry Coun · Newark, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Sacred Heart Foundation · Watertown, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $50,000

    Licking Memorial Hospital · Newark, OH · 2022

    General operations

  • $40,000

    Artis Naples · Naples, FL · 2025

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Peninsula, OH · 2025

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Peninsula, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Penninsula, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Conservancy for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Penninsula, OH · 2022

    General operations

  • $35,000

    Drury University · Springfield, MO · 2022

    General operations

  • $31,491

    Artis Naples · Naples, FL · 2024

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Peacehealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation · Springfield, OR · 2025

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Wayne Economic Development Council · Wooster, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Saratoga Independent School · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $30,000

    Saratoga Independent School · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $27,785

    Licking Memorial Hospital · Newark, OH · 2025

    General operations

  • $26,042

    Licking Memorial Hospital · Newark, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,945

    Licking Memorial Hospital · Newark, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,404

    Pepperdine Graziadio Business School · Malibu, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,272

    Food for Lane County · Eugene, OR · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Depauw University Rector Scholarship Endowment · Greencastle, IN · 2025

    Rector Scholarship Endowment

  • $25,000

    Drury University · Springfield, MO · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Giving Voice Initiative · Edina, MN · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Naples Botanical Garden · Naples, FL · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Naples Zoo · Naples, FL · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens · Akron, OH · 2025

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Chautauqua Institutuion · Chautauqua, NY · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Depauw University Rector Scholarship Endowment · Greencastle, IN · 2024

    Rector Scolarship Endowment

  • $25,000

    Drury University · Springfield, MO · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Naples Zoo · Naples, FL · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Peacehealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation · Springfield, OR · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens · Akron, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Center for Family Safety & Healing · Columbus, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Depauw University · Greencastle, IN · 2023

    Rector scholarship endowment

  • $25,000

    Drury University · Springfield, MO · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Peacehealth Sacred Heart Medical Center · Springfield, OR · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens · Akron, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Center for Family Safety & Healing · Columbus, OH · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Chautauqua Institution · Chautauqua, NY · 2022

    General operations

  • $25,000

    Depauw University · Greencastle, IN · 2022

    Rector scholarship endowment

  • $25,000

    Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens · Akron, OH · 2022

    General operations

  • $23,758

    First Church of Christ Scientist Chagrin Falls Ohio · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2025

    General operations

  • $22,785

    Food for Lane County · Eugene, OR · 2025

    General operations

  • $21,798

    First Church of Christ Scientist Chagrin Falls Ohio · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $21,043

    Food for Lane County · Eugene, OR · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,945

    Food for Lane County · Eugene, OR · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Carmel Bach Festival · Carmel, CA · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Eugene Civic Alliance · Eugene, OR · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Longyear Museum · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Montessori School of Wooster · Wooster, OH · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Old Trail School · Bath, OH · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    The Salvation Army - Cascade Divisional Headquarters · Happy Valley, OR · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Wayne County Community Foundation · Wooster, OH · 2025

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Arden Wood Benevolent Association · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Carmel Bach Festival · Carmel, CA · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Eugene Civil Alliance · Eugene, OR · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Longyear Museum · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Montessori School of Wooster · Wooster, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Naples Botanical Garden · Naples, FL · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Old Trail School · Bath, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Orrville Salvation Army · Orrville, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Texas Christian University · Fort Worth, TX · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    The Salvation Army - Cascade Divisional Headquarters · Happy Valley, OR · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Wayne County Community Foundation · Wooster, OH · 2024

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Arden Wood Benevolent Association · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Carmel Bach Festival · Carmel, CA · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Eugene Civic Alliance · Eugene, OR · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Longyear Museum · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Magical Theatre Company · Barberton, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Montessori School of Wooster · Wooster, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Naples Botanical Garden · Naples, FL · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Naples Zoo · Naples, FL · 2023

    general operations

  • $20,000

    Old Trail School · Akron, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Salvation Army - Cascade Divisional Hq · Happy Valley, OR · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Salvation Army - Orrville · Orrville, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Wayne County Community Foundation · Wooster, OH · 2023

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Arden Wood Benevolent Association · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Carmel Bach Festival · Carmel, CA · 2022

    General operations

  • $20,000

    Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association · Chestnut Hill, MA · 2022

    General operations

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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.