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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8417126

Sporty's Foundation

A private foundation in Batavia, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $51,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Sporty's Foundation
2001 Sportys Drive
Batavia, OH 45103
(513) 735-9100
Form and materials
Initial written request to be made in writing
Deadlines
N/A
Restrictions
N/A

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $51,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $95,140

  • Tax year 2024

    $83,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $139,059

  • Tax year 2023

    $94,000

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $209,303

  • Tax year 2022

    $86,500

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $289,898

  • Tax year 2021

    $113,100

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $348,986

  • Tax year 2020

    $161,000

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $332,582

  • Tax year 2019

    $218,632

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $353,687

  • Tax year 2018

    $213,541

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $421,966

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OH

    Aviation scholarships

    $20,000
  2. Aircraft Electronics AssociationLees Summit, MO

    Support the mission to further education and leadership

    $6,000
  3. Aviation Exploring - Boy Scouts of AmericaIrving, TX

    Scholarships

    $5,000
  4. Avit Flight AcademyWadsworth, OH

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  5. Dan Beard CouncilCincinnati, OH

    Scholarship

    $5,000
  6. Individual

    Writing award

    $5,000
  7. Individual

    Writing award

    $2,500
  8. Indiana Wesleyan UniversityMarion, IN

    M downs scholarship

    $2,500

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $2,500100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio3 grants $30,000
  2. Missouri1 grant $6,000
  3. Texas1 grant $5,000
  4. Indiana1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

4 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Michael WolfPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mark WiesenhahnVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • John T ZimmermanVICE PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Daniel M RobinsonVP, SECRETARY & TREASURER Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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