Funding search · EIN 341874344 · Lorain, OH
Norton Family 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.
- 79
- grants reported
- $519,203
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $5,000
- 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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Top recipients
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- Lorain Historical Society4 grants · $55,500
- Neighborhood Alliance4 grants · $45,500
- St Bernadette School4 grants · $44,000
- Footpath Foundation4 grants · $40,500
- Lake Ridge Academy4 grants · $34,220
- Lorain County Community College Foundation4 grants · $34,000
- Magnificat High School3 grants · $30,000
- Second Harvest Food Bank2 grants · $30,000
- Blessing House4 grants · $20,260
- American Red Cross1 grant · $20,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 79 reported grants, largest first.
- $20,500
Neighborhood Alliance · Elyria, OH · 2023
Capital campaign
- $20,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Lorain, OH · 2025
Operating support
- $20,000
American Red Cross · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Emergency Relief
- $17,000
Lorain Historical Society · Lorain, OH · 2023
Operating and Building support
- $15,000
Neighborhood Alliance · Elyria, OH · 2022
Haven Center renovations
- $14,500
Lorain Historical Society · Lorain, OH · 2022
Annual Fund
- $13,000
Lake Ridge Academy · North Ridgeville, OH · 2024
Scholarship support
- $12,000
Lorain Historical Society · Lorain, OH · 2025
Operating Support
- $12,000
Lorain Historical Society · Lorain, OH · 2024
Operating support
- $11,000
Lorain County Community College Foundation · North Ridgeville, OH · 2025
Support Services & Scholarship Fund
- $11,000
St Bernadette School · Westlake, OH · 2025
School renovations
- $11,000
St Bernadette School · Westlake, OH · 2024
School renovations
- $11,000
Blessing House · Elyria, OH · 2023
Support Operations
- $11,000
St Bernadette School · Westlake, OH · 2023
Computer lab update
- $11,000
Lorain County Community College Foundation · Elyria, OH · 2022
Scholarship fund
- $11,000
St Bernadette School · Westlake, OH · 2022
Library renovations
- $10,500
Footpath Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Support summer camp
- $10,000
American Red Cross - Northern Ohio Region · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Emergency Relief
- $10,000
Footpath Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Support Summer Camp
- $10,000
Lorain Port Authority · Lorain, OH · 2025
Operating Support
- $10,000
Magnificat High School · Rocky River, OH · 2025
Scholarship support
- $10,000
North Helpline · Lynnwood, WA · 2025
Greatest Need
- $10,000
American Red Cross - Northern Ohio Region · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Emergency Relief
- $10,000
Footpath Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Support summer camp
- $10,000
Magnificat High School · Rocky River, OH · 2024
Scholarships
- $10,000
Second Harvest Food Bank · Lorain, OH · 2024
School programs
- $10,000
Lake Ridge Academy · North Ridgeville, OH · 2023
Scholarship support
- $10,000
Magnificat High School · Rocky River, OH · 2023
Scholarhsips
- $10,000
Footpath Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Support summer camp
- $10,000
United Way of Greater Lorain County · Lorain, OH · 2022
Community Assistance Network
- $6,220
Lake Ridge Academy · North Ridgeville, OH · 2022
Scholarship support
- $6,000
Lorain County Community College Foundation · Elyria, OH · 2024
Support services & Scholarship Funds
- $6,000
Good Knights of Lorain County · Amherst, OH · 2023
Operating support
- $6,000
Lorain County Community College Foundation · Elyria, OH · 2023
Emergency Scholarship Funds
- $5,105
Community Foundation of Lorain County · Elyria, OH · 2022
Womens Fund
- $5,000
Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Avon Ohio Food Pantry
- $5,000
Family Planning Services of Lorain County · Elyria, OH · 2025
Operating Support
- $5,000
Good Knights of Lorain County · Amherst, OH · 2025
Operating Support
- $5,000
Lake Ridge Academy · North Ridgeville, OH · 2025
Scholarship support
- $5,000
Lorain County Free Clinic · Lorain, OH · 2025
Medical Supplies
- $5,000
Neighborhood Alliance · Elyria, OH · 2025
Operating Support
- $5,000
Blessing House · Elyria, OH · 2024
Support Operations
- $5,000
Cleveland Clinic · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Avon Oho Food Pantry
- $5,000
Community Foundation of Lorain County · Elyria, OH · 2024
Womens Fund
- $5,000
Family Planning Services of Lorain County · Elyria, OH · 2024
Operating Support
- $5,000
Good Knights of Lorain County · Amherst, OH · 2024
Operating support
- $5,000
Lorain County Safe Harbor · Elyria, OH · 2024
Child care center
- $5,000
Lorain Port Authority · Lorain, OH · 2024
Operating support
- $5,000
Neighborhood Alliance · Elyria, OH · 2024
operating support
- $5,000
El Centro De Servicios Sociales · Lorain, OH · 2023
Building renovation
- $5,000
Girls Scouts of North East Ohio · Macedonia, OH · 2023
Support STEM program
- $5,000
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio · Macedonia, OH · 2022
Support STEM program
- $4,000
Firefish Arts · Lorain, OH · 2025
Festival Support
- $3,600
Blessing House · Elyria, OH · 2022
Support Operations
- $3,500
Scouting America Lake Erie Council · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Camp renovations
- $3,000
Camp Ideas · Lorain, OH · 2025
Support Summer Camps
- $3,000
Camp Ideas · Lorain, OH · 2024
Support Summer Camps
- $3,000
Family Planning Services of Lorain County · Elyria, OH · 2023
Operating Support
- $2,500
Camp Ideas · Lorain, OH · 2023
Support Summer Camps
- $2,500
Camp Ideas · Lorain, OH · 2022
Support Summer Camps
- $2,000
Lorain County Free Clinic · Lorain, OH · 2024
Medical Supplies
- $2,000
Lorain County Free Clinic · Lorain, OH · 2023
Medical Supplies
- $2,000
Lorain County Free Clinic · Lorain, OH · 2022
Medical Supplies
- $1,500
Firefish Arts · Lorain, OH · 2022
Support programming
- $1,050
Community Foundation of Lorain County · Elyria, OH · 2023
Womens Fund
- $1,000
Cold Creek Foundation · Castalia, OH · 2025
Operations Support
- $1,000
Gardiner Food Pantry · Gardiner, MT · 2025
Greatest need
- $1,000
Sweetgrass Advocacy · Colorado Spring, CO · 2025
Greatest Need
- $1,000
Firefish Arts · Lorain, OH · 2024
Festival Support
- $1,000
Gardiner Food Pantry · Gardiner, MT · 2024
greatest need
- $1,000
Common Roots · Meadville, PA · 2023
Operating Support
- $1,000
Firefish Arts · Lorain, OH · 2023
Festival Support
- $1,000
Lorain County Metroparks · Lagrange, OH · 2022
Children programming
- $660
Blessing House · Elyria, OH · 2025
Support Operations
- $500
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2022
Annual Fund
- $340
Common Roots · Meadville, PA · 2025
Operating Support
- $78
Crawford Heritage Community Foundation · Meadville, PA · 2023
Operating support
- $75
Allegheny College · Meadville, PA · 2023
Athletics program
- $75
Second Harvest Food Bank of Ne Ohio · Lorain, OH · 2022
Operating support
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