Ar-Hale Family Foundation Inc
Lima, OH · EIN 34-1644337. Reported 232 grants totalling $4,115,854 to 89 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Ar-Hale Family Foundation Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,375. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $20,000; the smallest was $75 and the largest $343,331. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lcc Educational Foundation | Lima, OH | $947,231 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Jbtm Gifting | Chicago, IL | $459,100 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Camberwell Grief Sanctuary | Louisville, KY | $350,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rhodes State College Foundation | Lima, OH | $350,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Atlas Ministry | Greensboro, GA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Marimor Legacy Foundation | Lima, OH | $171,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| USA Cares | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| YMCA Safe Place Services | Louisville, KY | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Rose Parish | Lima, OH | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ohio State University Foundation | Columbus, OH | $83,334 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rotary Foundation of Lima | Lima, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Joseph Children's Home | Louisville, KY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lima Symphony Orchestra | Lima, OH | $62,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ok | Tulsa, OK | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mercy Unlimited Inc | Wapakoneta, OH | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St John Interparochial High School | Plaquemine, LA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Boys and Girls Haven | Louisville, KY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Samaritan House | Lima, OH | $51,952 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Agape Industries | Sidney, OH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Father Maloney's Boys and Girls Haven | Louisville, KY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Family Promise | Lima, OH | $40,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| St Gerard Parish | Lima, OH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Louisville Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| YWCA Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lima Central Catholic Foundation | Lima, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Campus Crusade | Orlando, FL | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Damascus | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Our Daily Bread | Lima, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rotary Foundation of Lima Ohio | Lima, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Joseph Catholic Orphanage Society | Louisville, KY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Focus on the Family | Colorado Springs, CO | $23,616 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Oklahoma | Tulsa, OK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Developmental Center | Lima, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Family & Childrens Place | Louisville, KY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YWCA of Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Hunger Alliance | Columbus, OH | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hearbeat of Lima | Lima, OH | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Family Scholar House | Louiville, KY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lima's Samaritan House | Lima, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Varghese Kurian India Parish | Lima, OH | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Ann School | Chicago, IL | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bittersweet at Betty's Farm | Lima, OH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Elizabeth's New Life Center | Dayton, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Heauser Hearing and Language Academy | Louisville, KY | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mission Teaching Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Equestrian Therapy | Cridersville, OH | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hope Rural School | Louisville, KY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor | Oregon, OH | $4,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Allen Lima Leadership | Lima, OH | $4,100 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Lima Music Academy | Lima, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Food for the Poor | Coconut Creek, FL | $3,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Jude Children's Hospital | Memphis, TN | $3,750 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Autism Life Center | Lima, OH | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Ave Maria School of Law | Naples, FL | $3,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sisters of Notre Dame | Toledo, OH | $3,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Father Stephen Blum | Lima, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lima Community Fund | Lima, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vatican Observatory | Tuscon, AZ | $3,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Buckeye Inst for Public Pol Sol | Columbus, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Girlstart | Austin, TX | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Smile Train | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| West Ohio Food Bank | Lima, OH | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Reverend Steven Blum | Delphos, OH | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Safe Passage | Louisville, KY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edchoice | Indianapolis, IN | $1,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Leadership Institute | Arlington, VA | $1,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Parents Television Council | Los Angeles, CA | $1,850 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lima Rescue Mission | Lima, OH | $1,800 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Salvation Army | Lima, OH | $1,600 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hope Rural School | Indiantown, FL | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lifehouse Inc | Loisville, KY | $1,371 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Diocese of Toledo | Toledo, OH | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Diocese of Toledo (annual Catholic Appeal) | Toledo, OH | $1,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Serra International | Chicago, IL | $1,250 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Interfaith Worker Justice | Indiantown, FL | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Society of the Precious Blood | Dayton, OH | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Charles Church - Lima Life Teen | Lima, OH | $850 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Society for Propagation of Faith | Toledo, OH | $800 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Habitat for Humanity | Lima, OH | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Heartbeat of Lima | Lima, OH | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Henri Nouwen Society | St Louis, MO | $750 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marianists | Dayton, OH | $700 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Catholic League | New York, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Covenant House | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Serra Club - Lima | Wapakoneta, OH | $500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Apollo Career Center | Lima, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wtlw | Lima, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Missionaries of the Precious Blood | Dayton, OH | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
63 of 89 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 70%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 97 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | $663,143 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 46 | $684,657 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 44 | $1,017,491 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 54 | $846,443 | $3,200 |
| 2025 | 36 | $904,120 | $5,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
55% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,375. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Ar-Hale Family Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 2579 Shawnee Road, Lima, OH, 45806. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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