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Fred Melvin Douglass Foundation

Accepts applications Cincinnati, Ohio · EIN 346518567

Fred Melvin Douglass Foundation is a private foundation in Cincinnati, Ohio. In tax year 2025 it gave $88,077 in 2 grants; the typical grant was $44,038 and the largest $45,885. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

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

Giving in 2025 was up from $80,579 the year before.

50% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$78,8163$1.7 million
2024$80,5792$1.8 million
2025$88,0772$1.9 million

How to apply

ContactFifth Third Bank N A
550 N Summit St 22nd Floor, Toledo, OH 43604
Phone or email(419) 259-6803
What to submitResearch applications supplied by hospital should be used project name, purpose, description and details should be included
RestrictionsLimited to hospital and other organizations in the city of toledo or territory adjacent thereto and limited to clinical research in the field of medicine, particularly surgery.

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Fred Melvin Douglass Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Ohio.

StateGrantsAmount
Ohio2$88,077

Grants paid in 2025

All 2 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Mercy Health Foundation
Cincinnati, OH
Program support$45,885
Univ of Toledo Fndn Health Svcs Research Dept
Toledo, OH
Program support$42,192

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Fred Melvin Douglass Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Fred Melvin Douglass Foundation give?

$88,077 in tax year 2025, across 2 grants, with a typical grant of $44,038.

Who runs Fred Melvin Douglass Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Fifth Third Bank N A (Co-Trustee), Christopher Bales (Co-Trustee), Gregory Kasper (Co-Trustee) and Joseph Sferra (Co-Trustee) among 7 officers and trustees.

What does Fred Melvin Douglass Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly health and science and research.

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