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The Lorain Foundation

Accepts applications Lorain, Ohio · EIN 341022034

The Lorain Foundation is a private foundation in Lorain, Ohio. In tax year 2024 it gave $54,064 in 18 grants; the typical grant was $1,000 and the largest $11,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was down from $69,691 the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$69,69119$0
2024$54,06418$0

How to apply

ContactCounselor of Graduating High School
Office, Lorain, OH 44055
Phone or email(440) 111-1111
What to submitPreprinted application form
DeadlinesPrior to spring break
RestrictionsGraduate of a high school located in the city of lorain

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What The Lorain Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Ohio.

StateGrantsAmount
Ohio18$54,064

Grants paid in 2024

All 18 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Individual
OH
Scholarship$11,000
Mercy Regional Foundation
Amherst, OH
Annual distribution$9,277
Lorain County Community College
Elyria, OH
Annual distribution$6,950
Lorain Jewish Welfare Fund
Lorain, OH
Annual distribution$6,673
Camp Ideas
Lorain, OH
Annual distribution$4,000
Lorain County Health & Dentistry
Lorain, OH
Discretionary annual$3,000
YWCA of Lorain
Lorain, OH
Annual distribution$2,600
Uh Elyria Medical Center
Elyria, OH
Annual distribution$1,588
Individual
OH
Scholarship$1,000
Individual
OH
Scholarship$1,000
Individual
OH
Scholarship$1,000
Individual
OH
Scholarship$1,000
Individual
OH
Scholarship$1,000
Individual
OH
Scholarship$1,000
Individual
OH
Scholarship$1,000
Individual
OH
Scholarship$1,000
Agudath B'nai Israel Synagogue
Lorain, OH
Annual income - designee$500
Lorain Historical Society
Lorain, OH
Annual distribution$476

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does The Lorain Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Prior to spring break.

How much does The Lorain Foundation give?

$54,064 in tax year 2024, across 18 grants, with a typical grant of $1,000.

Who runs The Lorain Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Kelly Boyer-Sagert (Trustee), Richard J Colella (Trustee), Edward Branham (Trustee) and Stephen Chavez (Trustee) among 5 officers and trustees.

What does The Lorain Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education, faith communities and health.

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