Foundations that fund organizations in Canton, Ohio
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Canton nonprofits
201 private foundations gave $23M to Canton organizations in their latest filings; 50 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
605 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Canton around $10K. 78 of these funders are based in Ohio; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 201
- Accept applications
- 50
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Canton
- $23M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 605
- Typical median grant
- $10K
- Based in OH
- 78%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Canton organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timken Foundation of Canton | Canton, OH | 12 | $8.9M | $354K | Yes | Stage the 90th anniversary major exhibition, shattered glas…; Match from contingency being met; One hundred years at the hollow |
| Leonard C & Mildred F Ferguson Foundation | Canton, OH | 5 | $4.9M | $5,000 | Yes | Career Apprentice and Mentorship Program; General Funds; Scholarships for Underserved Young Girls and Help With Clay… |
| Hoover Foundation Income Account | Columbus, OH | 32 | $1.7M | $38K | Yes | General operating |
| Lemmon Family Foundation Inc | North Canton, OH | 6 | $860K | $50K | Yes | Operating |
| The Gessner Family Foundation C/O Larry a McAllister | Columbus, OH | 5 | $476K | $40K | Preselected only | General operations; Emergency mortgage subsidy program in western stark county…; For the professional office of "strengthening stark" |
| Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund | North Canton, OH | 47 | $463K | $600 | Preselected only | General Operations |
| Christ Foundation | Hartville, OH | 18 | $419K | $10K | Yes | General operations; general operations; Salary Match Grant |
| Doris & Floyd Kimble Foundation | Dover, OH | 10 | $418K | $10K | Yes | Sustaining support; Sustaining Support; Educational programs |
| Houck Supplemental Tr Dtd 81197 | St Petersburg, FL | 1 | $333K | $333K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Paul and Carol David Foundation | Canton, OH | 15 | $322K | $15K | Yes | Charitable; Scholarships; Education |
| Sterling Family Foundation | Canton, OH | 18 | $199K | $2,500 | Preselected only | General operating |
| Hoover W Henry Fund Ta | Brooklyn, OH | 13 | $183K | $10K | Yes | General operating |
| Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc | Hudson, OH | 3 | $155K | $10K | Yes | To support the exempt purpose of the organization; Youth entrepreneurship activities |
| Jane Milligan Nursing Fund | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $155K | $155K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Austin-Bailey Health & Wellness Foundation | Canton, OH | 14 | $134K | $7,000 | Yes | Radiology lab manikin.; Supplies and Operational Support; Food vouchers for cancer patients |
| American Electric Power Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 9 | $131K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Disaster Relief and Recovery in the Heartland, Stark and Mu…; Empowering Foster Youth: Housing, Life Skills, and educatio…; School Pantry Program |
| The Abner and Esther Yoder Charitable Foundation | Canton, OH | 9 | $129K | $7,400 | Yes | General Support |
| Miller George Lee Memorial Pfdn | Brooklyn, OH | 5 | $126K | $25K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Wildflower Foundation | Naples, FL | 1 | $125K | $125K | Preselected only | Continue operations |
| Steps Ahead Charitable Family Foundation C/O John C Bartley | Canton, OH | 1 | $107K | $107K | Yes | General Support |
| Crossroads Foundation | Cleveland, OH | 1 | $100K | $100K | Yes | Building a bolder vision campaign |
| The Park Foundation | Medina, OH | 2 | $100K | $50K | Preselected only | Charitble contribution - general operating support |
| Ervin & Marie Wilkof Foundation | Canton, OH | 8 | $91K | $5,000 | Yes | Community development; Cultural programs; Education & research |
| The Fisher-Renkert Foundation | Canton, OH | 13 | $86K | $5,000 | Yes | Program Grant |
| Herbert W Hoover Foundation Pfdn | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $85K | $85K | Yes | General operating |
| Schauer Family Fund Inc | Canton, OH | 7 | $85K | $10K | Preselected only | Recipient's Exempt Purpose |
| Philip E Lattavo Family Foundation Lattavo | Massillon, OH | 6 | $84K | $1,500 | Preselected only | Charitable giving |
| Black Ann D Charitable Ochr | Brooklyn, OH | 5 | $82K | $11K | Preselected only | Main surg & med equip or; General operating; General support |
| Samuel Fleming Charitable Tr | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $73K | $73K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Herbert C Ziegler Foundation | Massillon, OH | 9 | $61K | $5,000 | Yes | General |
| Synchrony Foundation | Stamford, CT | 9 | $60K | $4,700 | Preselected only | Funding supports general operations and programming. |
| Diebold Foundation C/O Stephanie Lamp-Treasury 9-C-20 | North Canton, OH | 2 | $60K | $30K | Yes | Sponsorship of a full house build; General operations |
| Walter W Born Foundation | Columbus, OH | 1 | $57K | $57K | Yes | General operating |
| The Johnson-Kazar Charitable Foundation Inc | Green, OH | 10 | $55K | $2,750 | Preselected only | Donation; Capital Campaign |
| Stan R Arner and Nancy a Arner Charitable Foundation | Canton, OH | 3 | $53K | $1,500 | Preselected only | Fund operations |
| Fred and Nancy Sperling Family Foundation | Canton, OH | 4 | $45K | $15K | Preselected only | Developing Youth; Help for those in need; Providing food for those in need |
| Stark County Law Library Association | Canton, OH | 2 | $45K | $23K | Yes | Educational incentives; Purchase of assets and memberships |
| The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation | Hudson, OH | 1 | $45K | $45K | Yes | Mental health education programs/walk 2024-2025 |
| Biery Family Foundation Inc | Louisville, OH | 4 | $41K | $7,500 | Yes | Programs; Community programs; Capital project |
| Haas Cletus J Charitable Ochr | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $41K | $41K | Preselected only | Church maintenance |
| T Raymond Gregory Family Fdn | Columbus, OH | 3 | $41K | $15K | Yes | Scholarships; Assist foster children; General support |
| Wendling Mary Renkert Pfdn | Brooklyn, OH | 6 | $40K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Ward J and Joy a Timken Foundation | Canton, OH | 13 | $39K | $500 | Yes | 2024-2025 Unrestricted Grant; 2024-2025 Restricted Grant - The Stevens Family Education F…; 2024-2025 Restricted Grant - Copy Machine |
| The Culpepper Foundation C/O Robin Culpepper | Canton, OH | 4 | $39K | $7,875 | Yes | General Operations; General operations |
| Premier Bank Foundation | Canfield, OH | 11 | $39K | $2,500 | Yes | Sponsorship; Charitable; Sponsorsip |
| Louisville Eagles Athletic Club in | Louisville, OH | 3 | $38K | $5,500 | Preselected only | Charitable donation |
| The Stephen a Comunale Jr Charitable Foundation | Akron, OH | 3 | $38K | $1,500 | Preselected only | Health/human services and education; Health and human services |
| Ada C Rank & Helen J Rank Charitable | Brooklyn, OH | 6 | $37K | $5,750 | Yes | General operating |
| The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation | Detroit, MI | 1 | $35K | $35K | Yes | Trustee Designated Grant |
| Lund Family Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $33K | $33K | Yes | General operating support |
| The Wagler Foundation | Uniontown, OH | 2 | $33K | $17K | Preselected only | Operations support |
| The Fitzpatrick Foundation Inc | Canton, OH | 7 | $33K | $2,500 | Yes | General support; Endowment fund; Wine women & shoes |
| Firstenergy Foundation | Akron, OH | 1 | $31K | $31K | Yes | Health & Safety |
| The Coldiron Family Foundation Inc | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $30K | $30K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Sylvia Miller Irrev Trust | Columbus, OH | 1 | $27K | $27K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Olive Branch Foundation Inc | Canton, OH | 2 | $26K | $13K | Yes | Protection and development of greenspace, reforestation, an…; To enable all young people to graduate from high school wit… |
| E a Mahoney Family Foundation | Canton, OH | 10 | $26K | $2,000 | Preselected only | Area of greatest need; Annual Fund; for printing newsletters and postage |
| Mg O'Neil Foundation | Akron, OH | 3 | $25K | $10K | Yes | General support |
| Howmet Aerospace Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | The steamm experience @ hartford middle school |
| The Douglas and Gloria Rumberger Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $25K | $25K | Preselected only | Scholarship Fund |
| The Saul Steinberg Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $24K | $24K | Preselected only | Donation of artworkto be displayed |
| Edward J Keck Irrevocable Trust | Columbus, OH | 1 | $24K | $24K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Minniti Julius Lynn Charitable Ta | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $22K | $22K | Yes | Scholarship |
| Wasserman Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $20K | $10K | Preselected only | General Operating Funds; Perinatal Education Center |
| Frances Goll Mills Fund | Columbus, OH | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | General operating |
| The Frank Sides Jr and Edna K Sides | Sayre, OK | 1 | $20K | $20K | Yes | Religious |
| Hoover W Henry Char Fd | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $18K | $18K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Diebold Employees Charitable Fd Ta | Brooklyn, OH | 11 | $18K | $1,500 | Yes | General operating |
| The Robert H Jentes Scholarship Fund | Columbus, OH | 1 | $17K | $17K | Yes | Scholarships |
| Massillon Rotary Foundation Trust | Massillon, OH | 4 | $17K | $4,750 | Yes | Creation of community health worker cirriculum; Purchase of supplies and storage; Session materials |
| Insuring the Mission Foundation Inc | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Peter and Ann Lambertus Family Foundatio C/O Bartlett Pc | Norwood, MA | 1 | $15K | $15K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Robert Schnabel Charitable Foundation | Canal Fulton, OH | 2 | $15K | $7,500 | Yes | To support the enhancement of education for vulnerable chil…; To provide support for food, personal items and health serv… |
| George J Record School Foundation | Conneaut, OH | 2 | $15K | $7,350 | Yes | Education study |
| Carl & Sadie Shaheen Charitable Foundation | Canton, OH | 4 | $14K | $1,500 | Preselected only | Contribution |
| Ethel G Rupert Tr Fbo Church of Savior United | Chicago, IL | 1 | $13K | $13K | Preselected only | General |
| Mary H Rapp Charitable Tuw | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $12K | $12K | Preselected only | General support |
| Edward & Ruth Wilkof Foundation | Canton, OH | 8 | $12K | $1,000 | Yes | Community programs; Cultural programs; Current needs |
| Wr Timken Jr Foundation | Canton, OH | 4 | $12K | $3,000 | Yes | 2024-2025 Unrestricted Grant - IMO Bill Belden; 2024-2025 Unrestricted Grant; 2024-2025 Unrestricted Grant in support of the Angel Auction |
| Kenneth L Calhoun Char Tr | Brooklyn, OH | 2 | $12K | $6,000 | Yes | General operating |
| Kathleen a Nist | Columbus, OH | 1 | $11K | $11K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Albert W & Edith V Flowers Charitable | Columbus, OH | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General operating |
| The Institute for Educational Advancement Inc | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Charitable contribution |
| The Veale Foundation | Pepper Pike, OH | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | general fund |
| Geib Family Foundation | New Philadelphia, OH | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Donation |
| Donna & Harry B McDonald Charitable Tr | Columbus, OH | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | General operating |
| Centene Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | 2024 noea day award |
| Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Fdn | Columbus, OH | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General operating |
| George & Sandra Smart Family Foundation | Canton, OH | 2 | $10K | $5,000 | Preselected only | General Support |
| Henry and Laura Huth Charitable Foundation | Akron, OH | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Youth build program |
| Ebenezer Stone Charitable Foundation | St Clairsville, OH | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | Christian education |
| Addo Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $10K | $10K | Yes | Education support |
| Freeman Foundation | Cleveland, OH | 1 | $10K | $10K | Preselected only | General support |
| Cla Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | $10K | $5,000 | Preselected only | Program specific support; General operating |
| The Marshburn Foundation | Eagle, ID | 1 | $9,000 | $9,000 | Preselected only | General funds |
| Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn | Brooklyn, OH | 2 | $9,000 | $4,500 | Yes | General operating |
| William & Diane Hein Foundation | Williamsville, NY | 1 | $9,000 | $9,000 | Yes | Charitable |
| Carlson Mary a Succ-Tw | Brooklyn, OH | 1 | $8,927 | $8,927 | Preselected only | Unrestricted support |
| Lavery Foundation Inc | Alliance, OH | 2 | $8,500 | $4,250 | Preselected only | General, operating, endowment or capital |
| Winds of Destiny Foundation | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 | Preselected only | General |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Canton, Ohio?
Timken Foundation of Canton, Leonard C & Mildred F Ferguson Foundation, Hoover Foundation Income Account, Lemmon Family Foundation Inc, The Gessner Family Foundation C/O Larry a McAllister and 95 others reported grants to Canton organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Canton. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.