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Ella Weiss Educational Fund

Accepts applications Columbus, Ohio · EIN 237133041

Ella Weiss Educational Fund is a private foundation in Columbus, Ohio. In tax year 2025 it gave $7,175 in 16 grants; the typical grant was $175 and the largest $2,450. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was down from $14,400 the year before.

25% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$32,00010$640,358
2024$14,40026$706,264
2025$7,17516$814,875

How to apply

ContactToby Blossom Co Huntington Bank
106 S Main St 16th Floor, Akron, OH 44308
Phone or email(330) 384-7302
What to submitPrinted application upon request; include recommendations and transcripts from high school and college
DeadlinesMarch 15 for the following academic year
RestrictionsUnder 23 years of age; resident of Ohio and attending an Ohio educational institution

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Ella Weiss Educational Fund funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Ohio.

StateGrantsAmount
Ohio16$7,175

Grants paid in 2025

All 16 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Ohio University
Athens, OH
Scholarships$2,450
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Scholarships$1,050
Muskingum University
New Concord, OH
Scholarships$875
Ohio University Zanesville
Zanesville, OH
Scholarships$525
University of Cincinnati
Columbus, OH
Scholarships$350
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
Scholarships$175
Central Ohio Technical College
Newark, OH
Scholarships$175
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH
Scholarships$175
University of Rio Grande
Rio Grande, OH
Scholarships$175
Ashland University
Ashland, OH
Scholarships$175
Walsh University
N Canton, OH
Scholarships$175
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH
Scholarships$175
Heidelberg University
Tiffin, OH
Scholarships$175
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH
Scholarships$175
University of Findlay
Findlay, OH
Scholarships$175
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
Scholarships$175

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Ella Weiss Educational Fund accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: March 15 for the following academic year.

How much does Ella Weiss Educational Fund give?

$7,175 in tax year 2025, across 16 grants, with a typical grant of $175.

Who runs Ella Weiss Educational Fund?

Its 2025 filing lists Huntington National Bank (Trustee).

What does Ella Weiss Educational Fund fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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