Funding search · EIN 815044139 · Westerville, OH

The Forster Foundation

Name: The Forster Foundation 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.

40
grants reported: $56,398
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,500
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

hardship treatment airfare facility airline tixs bedroom blue

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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.

3 grants matching “tixs” · $2,682

$2,300
Rob Davis · Columbus, OH · 2024
Airline tix for treatment
$298
Adam Minor · Columbus, OH · 2024
Airline tixs for treatment
$84
Sam Chapel · Columbus, OH · 2024
Blue jacket tixs with son

Top recipients

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

Stephanie Little1 grant · $3,523
William Dye1 grant · $3,000
Michelle Guffey1 grant · $2,579
Mark Eagan1 grant · $2,405
Rob Davis1 grant · $2,300
Carrie Ash1 grant · $1,500
Cartherine Horvath1 grant · $1,500
Christina Bell1 grant · $1,500
Daijahnique Funches1 grant · $1,500
David J Smith1 grant · $1,500

Giving over time

$12,751

2022

$17,325

2023

$18,320

2024

$8,002

2025

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

$3,523
Stephanie Little · Marysville, OH · 2022
Hardship grant-brody little bedroom
$3,000
William Dye · Columbus, OH · 2023
Hardship grant - recovery center
$2,579
Michelle Guffey · Columbus, OH · 2023
Hardship grant
$2,405
Mark Eagan · Columbus, OH · 2023
Hardship grant
$2,300
Rob Davis · Columbus, OH · 2024
Airline tix for treatment
$1,500
Andrew Black · Columbus, OH · 2025
Hardship grant
$1,500
Brett Yates · Columbus, OH · 2025
Hardship grant
$1,500
Cartherine Horvath · Columbus, OH · 2025
Hardship grant
$1,500
Derek Jones · Grove City, OH · 2025
Hardship grant
$1,500
Timothy Hobbs · Columbus, OH · 2025
Hardship grant
$1,500
Ashley Mays · Columbus, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
Benjamin Brown · Columbus, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
Daijahnique Funches · Columbus, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
Jeffrey Traub · Zanesville, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
Jennifer Johnson · Columbus, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
Jeremy Phalen · Columbus, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
John Schmenk · Columbus, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
Mark Hall · Columbus, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
Melinda Scott · Columbus, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
Ronald Bryant · Columbus, OH · 2024
Hardship grant
$1,500
David J Smith · Columbus, OH · 2023
Hardship grant
$1,500
Kraig Gibson · Columbus, OH · 2023
Hardship grant
$1,500
Shawn Lingofelter · Columbus, OH · 2023
Hardship grant
$1,500
Thomas Melton · Columbus, OH · 2023
Hardship grant
$1,500
Carrie Ash · Marysville, OH · 2022
Hardship grant
$1,500
Christina Bell · Columbus, OH · 2022
Hardship grant
$1,500
Jessica Slowinsky · Columbus, OH · 2022
Hardhip grant
$1,500
Kenny Fisher · Columbus, OH · 2022
Hardship grant
$1,500
Thomas Damron Jr · Columbus, OH · 2022
Hardship grant
$1,300
Georgiana Birko-Burris · Columbus, OH · 2023
Hardship grant
$1,254
Sam Chapel · Columbus, OH · 2023
Make a day trip for son
$1,072
George Hoover · Columbus, OH · 2022
Hardship grant - rent paid
$656
Richard Burns · Columbus, OH · 2022
Flight for treatment at warriors hea
$638
Robert Wurzelbacher · Columbus, OH · 2024
Airfare for treatment facility
$502
Matthew Carroll · Columbus, OH · 2025
Hardship grant
$298
Adam Minor · Columbus, OH · 2024
Airline tixs for treatment
$296
Donald Hackney · Columbus, OH · 2023
Airfare for treatment facility
$286
Tyler Hall · Columbus, OH · 2023
Airfare for treatment facility
$205
Brian Mason · Columbus, OH · 2023
Court support
$84
Sam Chapel · Columbus, OH · 2024
Blue jacket tixs with son

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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.