Funding search · EIN 226027952 · Akron, OH

Walter Henry Freygang 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.

336
grants reported
$2.9M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$7,600
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

educationpublicresearchbroadcastinghigherimpairedmedicalvisually

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Top recipients

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  • Stevens Institute of Technology4 grants · $194,240
  • Akron Children'S Hospital Medical Center4 grants · $119,890
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children4 grants · $99,890
  • Mobile Meals4 grants · $99,890
  • Pascack Valley Meals On Wheels4 grants · $89,750
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute4 grants · $76,030
  • Rhode Island School of Design4 grants · $76,030
  • Wnet Group4 grants · $71,990
  • University of New Mexico Foundation4 grants · $71,510
  • Guide Dog Fnd for the Blind4 grants · $61,270

Giving over time

$703,710
2021
$735,000
2022
$700,000
2023
$735,000
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 336 grants.

  • $50,680

    Stevens Institute of Technology · Hoboken, NJ · 2024

    Support higher education

  • $49,930

    Stevens Institute of Technology · Hoboken, NJ · 2022

    Support higher education

  • $47,500

    Stevens Institute of Technology · Hoboken, NJ · 2023

    Support higher education

  • $46,130

    Stevens Institute of Technology · Hoboken, NJ · 2021

    Support higher education

  • $31,030

    Akron Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Akron, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $30,690

    Akron Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Akron, OH · 2022

    General support

  • $29,190

    Akron Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Akron, OH · 2023

    General support

  • $28,980

    Akron Children'S Hospital Medical Center · Akron, OH · 2021

    General support

  • $25,850

    Mobile Meals · Ravenna, OH · 2024

    Meal sv for needy

  • $25,850

    Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2024

    General support

  • $25,570

    Mobile Meals · Akron, OH · 2022

    Meal sv for needy

  • $25,570

    Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2022

    General support

  • $24,320

    Mobile Meals · Ravenna, OH · 2023

    Meal sv for needy

  • $24,320

    Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2023

    General support

  • $24,150

    Mobile Meals · Akron, OH · 2021

    Meal sv for needy

  • $24,150

    Pascack Valley Meals On Wheels · Westwood, NJ · 2021

    General support

  • $24,150

    Shriners Hospitals for Children · Tampa, FL · 2021

    General support

  • $22,390

    Pascack Valley Meals On Wheels · Westwood, NJ · 2024

    General support

  • $22,150

    Pascack Valley Meals On Wheels · Westwood, NJ · 2022

    General support

  • $21,060

    Pascack Valley Meals On Wheels · Westwood, NJ · 2023

    General support

  • $19,680

    Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2024

    Education

  • $19,680

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2024

    Education

  • $19,560

    University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2021

    General support

  • $19,460

    Institute for Career Development · New York, NY · 2022

    Training and education support

  • $19,460

    Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2022

    Education

  • $19,460

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2022

    Education

  • $18,630

    Wnet Group · New York, NY · 2024

    Support public broadcasting

  • $18,510

    Institute for Career Development · New York, NY · 2023

    Training and education support

  • $18,510

    Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2023

    Education

  • $18,510

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2023

    Education

  • $18,430

    Wnet Group · New York, NY · 2022

    Support public broadcasting

  • $18,380

    Institute for Career Development · New York, NY · 2021

    Training and education support

  • $18,380

    Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2021

    Education

  • $18,380

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2021

    Education

  • $17,730

    University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024

    General support

  • $17,540

    University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2022

    General support

  • $17,530

    Wnet Group · New York, NY · 2023

    Support public broadcasting

  • $17,400

    Wnet Group · New York, NY · 2021

    Support public broadcasting

  • $16,970

    Guide Dog Fnd for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2024

    Guide dogs for visually impaired

  • $16,680

    University of New Mexico Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2023

    General support

  • $15,300

    Guide Dog Fnd for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2022

    Guide dogs for visually impaired

  • $14,900

    Kessler Foundation · East Hanover, NJ · 2021

    Support for people with disabilities

  • $14,550

    Guide Dog Fnd for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2023

    Guide dogs for visually impaired

  • $14,450

    Guide Dog Fnd for the Blind · Smithtown, NY · 2021

    Guide dogs for visually impaired

  • $14,400

    Fox Chase Cancer Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    General support

  • $14,270

    Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024

    General support

  • $14,110

    Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022

    General support

  • $14,070

    Camp Acorn · Paramus, NJ · 2024

    General support

  • $13,980

    Spence-Chapin Sv To Families & Children · New York, NY · 2024

    General support

  • $13,940

    Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support for general education

  • $13,830

    Spence-Chapin Sv To Families & Children · New York, NY · 2022

    General support

  • $13,790

    Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

    Support for general education

  • $13,690

    Fox Chase Cancer Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    General support

  • $13,600

    Fox Chase Cancer Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    General support

  • $13,420

    Prevent Blindness America · Chicago, IL · 2024

    General support

  • $13,420

    Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    General support

  • $13,400

    Fox Chase Cancer Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    General support

  • $13,320

    Mayo Clinic · Scottsdale, AZ · 2021

    General support

  • $13,270

    Prevent Blindness America · Chicago, IL · 2022

    General support

  • $13,150

    Spence-Chapin Sv To Families & Children · New York, NY · 2023

    General support

  • $13,110

    American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2024

    General support

  • $13,110

    Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Support for general education

  • $13,060

    Spence-Chapin Sv To Families & Children · New York, NY · 2021

    General support

  • $12,970

    American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2022

    General support

  • $12,900

    Kessler Foundation · East Hanover, NJ · 2022

    Support for people with disabilities

  • $12,620

    Prevent Blindness America · Chicago, IL · 2023

    General support

  • $12,530

    Prevent Blindness America · Chicago, IL · 2021

    General support

  • $12,490

    Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2024

    General fund

  • $12,360

    Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2022

    General fund

  • $12,330

    American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2023

    General support

  • $12,330

    Sprout Therapeutic Riding · Aldie, VA · 2023

    General support

  • $12,320

    Valley Hospital Foundation · Paramus, NJ · 2024

    General support

  • $12,250

    American Printing House for the Blind · Louisville, KY · 2021

    General support

  • $12,190

    Valley Home Health Care · Paramus, NJ · 2022

    General support

  • $11,750

    Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2023

    General fund

  • $11,670

    Mount Holyoke College · South Hadley, MA · 2021

    General fund

  • $11,590

    Valley Home Health Care · Paramus, NJ · 2023

    General support

  • $11,540

    Camp Acorn · Paramus, NJ · 2023

    General support

  • $11,510

    Valley Home Health Care · Paramus, NJ · 2021

    General support

  • $11,450

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2024

    General support

  • $11,330

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022

    General support

  • $11,190

    Canine Companions for Independence · Santa Rosa, CA · 2024

    General support

  • $10,910

    Kessler Foundation · East Hanover, NJ · 2024

    Support for people with disabilities

  • $10,860

    Cleveland Clinic Akron General Foundation · Akron, OH · 2024

    General support

  • $10,830

    Reed College · Portland, OR · 2024

    General support

  • $10,770

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023

    General support

  • $10,750

    Cleveland Clinic Akron General Foundation · Akron, OH · 2022

    General support

  • $10,710

    Reed College · Portland, OR · 2022

    General support

  • $10,700

    National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2021

    General support

  • $10,630

    Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024

    Education

  • $10,510

    Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Heights, OH · 2022

    Education

  • $10,340

    Learning Ally · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    Visually impaired

  • $10,310

    Rutgers University · Piscataway, NJ · 2024

    General support

  • $10,310

    University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2024

    Education

  • $10,260

    Kessler Foundation · East Hanover, NJ · 2023

    Support for people with disabilities

  • $10,230

    Learning Ally · Princeton, NJ · 2022

    Visually impaired

  • $10,220

    Cleveland Clinic Akron General Foundation · Akron, OH · 2023

    General support

  • $10,200

    Rutgers University · Piscataway, NJ · 2022

    General support

  • $10,200

    University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022

    Education

  • $10,190

    Reed College · Portland, OR · 2023

    General support

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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.