Richard & Arline Landers Foundation
Mansfield, OH · EIN 34-1623986. Reported 93 grants totalling $1,150,613 to 52 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Richard & Arline Landers Foundation 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 $6,700. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $100,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Foundation Knox Community Hospi | Mount Vernon, OH | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| YMCA of Mt Vernon | Mount Vernon, OH | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Knox County Foundation | Mount Vernon, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jacket Boosters | Mount Vernon, OH | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Owl Creek Conservancy | Mount Vernon, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Richland County Development Group | Lexington, OH | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ohio Bird Sanctuary | Mansfield, OH | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Columbus, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Centerburg Memorial Park | Mount Vernon, OH | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mansfield YMCA | Mansfield, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Mount Vernon, OH | $28,263 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ackerman Nature Preserve | Mount Vernon, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Hope Industries | Mount Vernon, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Salvation Army | Mount Vernon, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation Park | Mount Vernon, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Knox Cty Foundation - Fredericktown | Mount Vernon, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mid-Ohio Youth Mentoring | Mansfield, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mtv Arts | Mount Vernon, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New Directions | Mount Vernon, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Richland County Agricultural Societ | Mansfield, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Richland County Children's Auxiliar | Mansfield, OH | $18,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ncsc Foundation | Mansfield, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Center of Hope Knox County | Bladensburg, OH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pelotonia | Columbus, OH | $11,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Freedom Center | Mount Vernon, OH | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 4-H Camp Ohio | St Loiusville, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Freiedreich's Ataxia Research Allia | Delaware, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mansfield Community Playhouse | Mansfield, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Library of Mount Vernon | Mount Vernon, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Richland Acamdemy of the Arts | Mansfield, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mansfield Art Center | Mansfield, OH | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mansfield-Richland County 3RD Grade | Mansfield, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shelby YMCA | Shelby, OH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Crawford Works | Bucyrus, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fredericktown Community Fireplace | Mount Vernon, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Knox County 4-H Center Board | Mount Vernon, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Open Doors Academy | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pleasant Hill Outdoor Camp | Perrysville, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Taking Roots Farm | Mansfield, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kokosing Gap Trail | Gambier, OH | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Junior Achievement of North Central | Canton, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Daniel Wright Elementary | Columbus, OH | $3,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hillel at the Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hope Now | Mount Vernon, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Third Street Family Health Services | Mansfield, OH | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crestview Parents Committee | Mansfield, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Visual Bucket List | Mansfield, OH | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Child Safety Council | Mansfield, OH | $1,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Faith Church | Ashland, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rehabilitation Center for Neurologi | Piqua, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Spi Spot | Mount Vernon, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | Mount Vernon, OH | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
22 of 52 (42%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 52%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 34 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 | 24 | $307,000 | $8,750 |
| 2022 | 20 | $238,888 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $254,675 | $7,125 |
| 2024 | 26 | $350,050 | $6,250 |
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
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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 $6,700. 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 Richard & Arline Landers Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 590 Lexington Avenue, Mansfield, OH, 44907. 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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