Toledo Classic Inc
Toledo, OH · EIN 34-1499072. Reported 74 grants totalling $2,073,310 to 61 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 61 distinct organizations, with 12% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 25% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $20,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $35,000; the smallest was $1,500 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Northwest Ohio Inc | Toledo, OH | $250,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital - Toledo | Columbus, OH | $210,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital Inc | Columbus, OH | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Promedica Foundation | Toledo, OH | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| First Tee of Lake Erieboys & Girls Club | Toledo, OH | $106,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Maumee, OH | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Toledo Community Foundation | Toledo, OH | $92,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Challenged Champions Equestrian Center Inc | Ottawa, OH | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Read for Literacy Inc | Toledo, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toledo Seagate Food Bank Inc | Toledo, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tutor Smart | Toledo, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Council on Domestic Violence Inc | Findlay, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Miracle League of Findlay | Findlay, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Putnam County Ohio | Ottawa, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| YWCA of Northwest Ohio | Toledo, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Avenues for Autism | Toledo, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ottawa County Family Advocacy Center Inc | Port Clinton, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| On Target Outfitters | Canfield, OH | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Lpga Foundation | Daytona Beach, FL | $26,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Good Grief of Northwest Ohio Inc | Maumee, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Alliance on Mental Illness Hancock County | Findlay, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toledo Cultural Arts Center Inc | Toledo, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Toledo School for the Arts | Toledo, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| After-School All-Stars Ohio | Columbus, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American National Red Cross | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bittersweet Inc | Whitehouse, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | Bethesda, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Gliding Stars | Buffalo, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Salvation Army | West Nyack, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toledo Community Service Center | Toledo, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Toledo Science Center | Toledo, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Toledo Society for the Blind Inc | Toledo, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wood County Plays | Perrysburg, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Luken T Boyle Campaign for Kindness | Maumee, OH | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evans Scholars Foundation | Glenview, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ohioguidestone | Berea, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Toledo Elementary Athletics Movement | Toledo, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Victory Center | Toledo, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Young Life | Colorado Spgs, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Marathon Lgpa Classic Charity Ticket Program | Toledo, OH | $13,560 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Justice for Sierah Inc | Sylvania, OH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Childrens Mentoring Connection of Hancock County Inc | Findlay, OH | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ability Center of Greater Toledo | Sylvania, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cancer Connection of Northwest Ohio | Toledo, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Christ Child Society of Toledo | Toledo, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Engaging Opportunities Foundation | Elmore, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Food for Thought Toledo Inc | Toledo, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imagine for Youth Foundation Inc | Fostoria, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rallycap Sports Inc | Sea Girt, NJ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United States Vets Inc | Temperance, MI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Autism Model Community School | Toledo, OH | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hitly Childcare and Preschool | Bluffton, OH | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Children's Theatre Workshop | Toledo, OH | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Natures Nursery Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation | Waterville, OH | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mi Lupus Foundation | Traverse City, MI | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Annika Foundation | Framingham, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Clearview Legacy Foundation | East Canton, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Greater Toledo | Maumee, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lutheran Church in America Lutheran Social Services of Northwestern Oh | Toledo, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sylvania Community Arts Commission Inc | Sylvania, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation | Dallas, TX | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
5 of 61 (8%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Nationwide Children's Hospital - Toledo
SUPPORTS NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - TOLEDO - First Tee of Lake Erieboys & Girls Club
FIRST TEE OF LAKE ERIE CAPITAL FUND - Promedica Foundation
SUPPORTS PROMEDICA RUSSELL J. EBEID CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - Challenged Champions Equestrian Center Inc
ENHANCING THE SERVICES THAT CHALLENGED CHAMPIONS CAN PROVIDE TO INDIVIDUALS - Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity
KIDS PLAYHOUSE BUILD & WOMEN'S INITIATIVE BUILD - Read for Literacy
OUTREACH PROGRAM THROUGH AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR SCHOOL VISITS. EACH OF THE VISITING AUTHORS/ILLUSTRATORS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOLS WHO PARTNER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 46 of 61 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 35 | $815,810 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 19 | $400,000 | $20,000 |
| 2022 | 10 | $185,500 | $12,500 |
| 2023 | 5 | $335,000 | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | $337,000 | $50,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
92% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $20,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Toledo Classic Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 5 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 3400 Executive Pkwy Ste 1A, Toledo, OH, 43606.
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