Funding search · EIN 346854105 · Columbus, OH

Oscar & Hildegard Thiele Scholarship Fund

Name: Oscar & Hildegard Thiele Scholarship Fund 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.

82
grants reported: $118,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $1,000
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

scholarships scholarship

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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.

Kent State University4 grants · $19,000
Ohio State University4 grants · $16,500
Ohio University4 grants · $15,500
Cuyahoga Community College5 grants · $9,000
Bowling Green State University4 grants · $8,500
Cleveland State University5 grants · $6,000
Ashland University3 grants · $5,000
The University of Akron3 grants · $4,500
Baldwin Wallace University3 grants · $3,000
Ohio Northern University3 grants · $2,500

Giving over time

$25,000

2022

$20,500

2023

$28,500

2024

$44,500

2025

Grant history

All 82 reported grants, largest first.

$9,500
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$7,500
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$6,000
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$5,000
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$4,500
Ohio State University · Steubenville, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$4,000
Ashland University · Ashland, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$4,000
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$4,000
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$3,500
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$3,500
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$3,500
Ohio State University · Steubenville, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$3,000
Cuyahoga Community College · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$2,500
Cuyahoga Community College · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$2,500
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$2,500
Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$2,000
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$2,000
Cuyahoga Community College · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$2,000
The University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$1,500
Baldwin Wallace University · Berea, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$1,500
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Scholarship
$1,500
The University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$1,500
Ohio University · Athens, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$1,000
Coastal Carolina University · Conway, SC · 2025
Scholarships
$1,000
Illinois Wesleyan University · Bloomington, IL · 2025
Scholarships
$1,000
Lorain County Community College · Elyria, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$1,000
Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$1,000
University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$1,000
University of Findlay · Findlay, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$1,000
University of South Florida · Tampa, FL · 2025
Scholarships
$1,000
University of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$1,000
Hiram College · Hiram, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$1,000
Marietta College · Marietta, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$1,000
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Scholarship
$1,000
College of Wooster · Wooster, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$1,000
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$1,000
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$1,000
Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$1,000
Baldwin Wallace University · Berea, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$1,000
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$1,000
Cuyahoga Community College · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$1,000
Grand Canyon University · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Scholarships
$1,000
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$1,000
The University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$1,000
The University of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$500
Baldwin Wallace University · Berea, OH · 2025
Scholarships
$500
University of North Carolina Wilmington · Wilmington, NC · 2025
Scholarships
$500
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2025
Scholarships
$500
Hocking College · Nelsonville, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$500
John Carroll University · University Ht, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$500
Miami University · Oxford, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$500
The University of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$500
Trine University · Angola, IN · 2024
Scholarships
$500
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Scholarships
$500
University of North Carolina · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Scholarships
$500
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Scholarships
$500
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Scholarships
$500
Washington & Jefferson College · Washington, PA · 2024
Scholarships
$500
Ashland University · Ashland, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Cuyahoga Community College · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Grand Canyon University · Phoenix, MI · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Hocking College · Nelsonville, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Malone University · Canton, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Pennwest Clarion · Clarion, PA · 2023
General operating
$500
The University of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Trine University · Angola, IN · 2023
Scholarships
$500
University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Scholarships
$500
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Washington & Jefferson College · Washington, PA · 2023
Scholarships
$500
Ashland University · Ashland, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$500
Bob Jones University · Greenville, SC · 2022
Scholarships
$500
Bowling Green State University · Bowling Green, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$500
Cleveland State University · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Scholarship
$500
Duquesne University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Scholarships
$500
Hiram College · Hiram, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$500
John Carroll University · University Ht, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$500
Malone University · Canton, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$500
Ohio Northern University · Ada, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$500
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$500
The College of Wooster · Wooster, OH · 2022
Scholarships
$500
West Point · West Point, NY · 2022
Scholarships

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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.