Funding search · EIN 326474435 · Toledo, OH

Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation

Name: Carolyn and Herbert Metzger Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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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.

48
grants reported: $1.8M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $20,000
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

arboretum campaign child life center facility salem school

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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.

Historic Woodlawn Cemetery3 grants · $315,000
Toledo Zoological Society3 grants · $300,535
Dixon Center for Military and Veter3 grants · $300,000
Hope Lutheren Church3 grants · $210,000
Ability Center of Greater Toledo3 grants · $110,000
Florida Oceanographic Society2 grants · $100,000
Boys and Girls Club of Toledo3 grants · $95,000
Toledo Children'S Hospital3 grants · $60,000
Toledo Symphony3 grants · $40,000
Toledo Day Nursery3 grants · $35,000

Giving over time

$455,000

2022

$595,000

2023

$735,535

2024

Grant history

All 48 reported grants, largest first.

$215,000
Historic Woodlawn Cemetery · Toledo, OH · 2024
Arboretum Campaign
$150,000
Toledo Zoological Society · Toledo, OH · 2023
Operating
$100,535
Toledo Zoological Society · Toledo, OH · 2024
Operating
$100,000
Dixon Center for Military and Veter · New York, NY · 2024
General Purposes
$100,000
Dixon Center for Military and Veter · New York, NY · 2023
General Purposes
$100,000
Dixon Center for Military and Veter · New York, NY · 2022
General Purposes
$70,000
Hope Lutheren Church · Toledo, OH · 2024
Salem Project
$70,000
Hope Lutheren Church · Toledo, OH · 2023
Salem Project
$70,000
Hope Lutheren Church · Toledo, OH · 2022
Operating
$50,000
Ability Center of Greater Toledo · Sylvania, OH · 2024
School Dog Facility
$50,000
Boys and Girls Club of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2024
Operating
$50,000
Ability Center of Greater Toledo · Sylvania, OH · 2023
School Dog Facility
$50,000
Florida Oceanographic Society · Stuart, FL · 2023
Eco Center
$50,000
Historic Woodlawn Cemetery · Toledo, OH · 2023
Arboretum Campaign
$50,000
Florida Oceanographic Society · Stuart, FL · 2022
Eco Center
$50,000
Historic Woodlawn Cemetery · Toledo, OH · 2022
Arboretum Campaign
$50,000
Toledo Zoological Society · Toledo, OH · 2022
Operating
$30,000
Sylvania Schools Foundation · Sylvania, OH · 2024
General Operating
$25,000
Boys and Girls Club of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2023
Operating
$20,000
Toledo Children'S Hospital · Toledo, OH · 2024
Child Life
$20,000
Toledo Symphony · Toledo, OH · 2024
General Operating
$20,000
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio · Maumee, OH · 2023
Camo Libbey Pool House Renovations
$20,000
Toledo Children'S Hospital · Toledo, OH · 2023
Child Life
$20,000
Assistance Dogs · Sylvania, OH · 2022
Donate a Dog
$20,000
Boys and Girls Club of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2022
Operating
$20,000
Toledo Children'S Hospital · Toledo, OH · 2022
Child Life
$15,000
Bethany House · Toledo, OH · 2024
General Operating
$15,000
Flag City Honor Flights · Findlay, OH · 2024
General Operating
$15,000
Mom'S House · Toledo, OH · 2024
General Purposes
$15,000
Toledo Day Nursery · Toledo, OH · 2024
General Purposes
$10,000
Camp Storer · Jackson, MI · 2024
General
$10,000
Valentine Theater · Toledo, OH · 2024
General Purposes
$10,000
Flag City Honor Flights · Findlay, OH · 2023
General Operating
$10,000
Imagination Station · Toledo, OH · 2023
Operating
$10,000
Mom'S House · Toledo, OH · 2023
General Purposes
$10,000
Toledo Day Nursery · Toledo, OH · 2023
General Purposes
$10,000
Toledo Symphony · Toledo, OH · 2023
General Operating
$10,000
Ability Center of Greater Toledo · Sylvania, OH · 2022
General
$10,000
Bethany House · Toledo, OH · 2022
General Operating
$10,000
Imagination Station · Toledo, OH · 2022
Operating
$10,000
Mom'S House · Toledo, OH · 2022
General Purposes
$10,000
Toledo Day Nursery · Toledo, OH · 2022
General Purposes
$10,000
Toledo Symphony · Toledo, OH · 2022
General Operating
$5,000
Camp Storer · Jackson, MI · 2023
General
$5,000
Valentine Theater · Toledo, OH · 2023
General Purposes
$5,000
Camp Storer · Jackson, MI · 2022
General
$5,000
Tutor Smart · Toledo, OH · 2022
General Operating
$5,000
Valentine Theater · Toledo, OH · 2022
General Purposes

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