The Wapakoneta Foundation
Cincinnati, OH · EIN 31-6665203. Reported 220 grants totalling $686,907 to 107 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. The Wapakoneta 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 $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $300 and the largest $24,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cnewa | New York, NY | $86,200 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Columba's Church | Washington, DC | $76,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Lighthouse DC | Washington, DC | $42,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Dignitas Ukraine Inc | Cranford, NJ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| So What Else Inc | Rockville, MD | $21,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bethlehem University Foundation | Beltsville, MD | $19,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA | Troy, NY | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Commissariat of the Holy Land for USA | Washington, DC | $16,200 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| St Dominic's Church | Oyster Bay, NY | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Family of Christ USA | Bloomington, MN | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Franciscan Action Network | Washington, DC | $12,051 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Metrobethesda Rotary Foundation Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $11,079 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $10,575 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Atwill Memorial Chapel | Northport Point, MI | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Bishop John T Walker School | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Catholic Relief Services | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ukraine Focus | Alexandria, VA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| National Cathedral School | Washington, DC | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Washington University School of Medicine | St Louis, MO | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Charles Decker Foundation | New York, NY | $8,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| No Kid Hungry | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Dominic's Church | Washington, DC | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Ceeli Institute | Washington, DC | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lucky Dog Animal Rescue | Arlington, VA | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rotary Foundation of Rotary International | Evanston, IL | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem | Omaha, NE | $6,800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Friendship Place | Washington, DC | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Camp Seafarer | Arapahoe, NC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, PA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Metro Bethesda Rotary Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Pef Israel Endowment Funds | New York, NY | $6,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Albans School | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gideon's Promise | Atlanta, GA | $5,562 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| National Gallery of Art | Landover, MD | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Free Minds Book Club & Writing | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kindoo | Indiantown, FL | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Alban's School | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Interfaith Network | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Laura Hart Burdick Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Anera | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Braver Angels | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rotary Action Group for Peace | Portland, OR | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St John's Episcopal Church | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| St John's Episcopal Church | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Leelanau Conservancy | Leland, MI | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rotary Foundation of Rotary | Evanston, IL | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Washington National Cathedral | Washington, DC | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rise With a Purpose | Baltimore, MD | $3,251 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Samaritan Ministry | Peoria, IL | $3,087 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Childrens International Mission | Kansas City, MO | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Ninos De Maria Foundation | Jackson, MS | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Help Ukraine Center USA Inc | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hugs Foundation Inc | Rochester, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kids Connection Haiti Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kind Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rock Recovery | Arlington, VA | $3,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Ukraine Aid International | Fairfield, CT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Church of the Epiphany Washington DC | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Counterpart International Inc | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Eparchy of St Maron of Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hugs Foundation Inc Childrens Int'l Mission Volunteers | Rochester, NY | $2,350 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Razom for Ukraine | New York, NY | $2,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Share Our Strength - No Kid Hungry | Philadelphia, PA | $2,062 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Blue Ridge School | St George, VA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Duke University Law School | Durham, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Duke University Law School Alumni & Development Records | Durham, NC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Episcopal Relief and Development (haiti) | Merrifield, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Karam Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Save the Children USA | Westport, CT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Seminary Immaculate Conception | Huntington, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| So Others May Eat | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Joseph's Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Street Sense | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Salvation Army | Alexandria, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vital Voices Emergency Fund for Afghan Women | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Douglass Chorale | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Samaritan Ministry | Winstonsalem, NC | $1,617 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Martha's Table | Washington, DC | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Smile Train | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Friends of Ninos De Maria | Summerville, SC | $1,350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Happy Days Inc | Charleston, SC | $1,333 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $1,251 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Learning Experience | Miami, FL | $1,139 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bridge Alliance Education Fund | State College, PA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Calvary Episcopal Church | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | Alburquerque, NM | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Creutzfeldt - Jakob Disease Foundation Inc | Akron, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Doterra Helping Hands Foundation | Pleasant Grove, UT | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Environmen and Sustainability Rotary Action Group | Madison, WI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fund Vida C/O the Create Good Foundation | Tukwila, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| John R Oishei Children's Hospital | Buffalo, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mediators Foundation Inc | Boulder, CO | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mercy Ships | N Lindale, TX | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| National Museum and Center for Service | Edmonds, WA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nationalcathedral School | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rare Hope Inc | Atlanta, GA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center | Montgomery, AL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| YMCA of the Triangle | Arapahoe, NC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| YMCA of the Triangle - Camp Seafarer | Arapahoe, NC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bread for the World | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan | Traverse, MI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Goodwill of Greater Washington | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Iona House | Nw Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Miriam's Kitchen | Washington, DC | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bread for the City | Washington, DC | $300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
53 of 107 (50%) 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 63%, 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Cnewa
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR SEVERAL - Bethlehem University Foundation
AFAQ JOB CREATION PROGRAM - Help Ukraine Center USA Inc
TACTICAL MEDICAL KITS VIA - Franklin & Marshall College
GENERAL SUPPORT AND WOMEN'S - Karam Foundation Inc
EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE RELIEF - Pef Israel Endowment Funds
SUPPORT FOR THE JERUSALEM
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 100 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 | 51 | $146,500 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 50 | $166,170 | $1,750 |
| 2023 | 38 | $115,012 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 41 | $126,792 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 40 | $132,433 | $2,250 |
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
37% of its giving went to organizations in District of Columbia. 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 $2,000. 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 District of Columbia.
- 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 The Wapakoneta Foundation'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: Po Box 630858, Cincinnati, OH, 45263. 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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