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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 31-6035458

The Whiston Foundation

A private foundation in Mount Gilead, OH. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $29,641 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
Thomas Whiston
187 Iberia Street
Mount Gilead, OH 43338
(419) 947-3930
Form and materials
None
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Preference is given to morrow county, ohio residents.

Assets and giving by year

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

  • Tax year 2025

    $29,641

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $481,565

  • Tax year 2024

    $22,588

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $434,349

  • Tax year 2023

    $19,770

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $411,780

  • Tax year 2022

    $18,923

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $397,739

  • Tax year 2021

    $23,015

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $431,664

  • Tax year 2020

    $21,536

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $389,149

  • Tax year 2019

    $22,541

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $388,418

  • Tax year 2018

    $13,690

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $352,164

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OH

    Student scholarship

    $10,000
  2. Camp Whiston-Boy ScoutsMount Gilead, OH

    Facility for boy scouts-morrow co.

    $4,641
  3. Red Cross-Morrow CountyMount Gilead, OH

    General fund support

    $3,000
  4. Salvation Army-Morrow CountyMount Gilead, OH

    General fund support

    $3,000
  5. Trinity Methodist ChurchMount Gilead, OH

    General fund support

    $3,000
  6. Samaritans PurseBoone, NC

    General fund support

    $3,000
  7. St Vincent St Mary High SchoolAkron, OH

    Student scholarship

    $3,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $3,00050% of the total
  2. Religion1 grant $3,00050% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Ohio6 grants $26,641
  2. North Carolina1 grant $3,000

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

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

  • Thomas E WhistonPRESIDENT Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jonathan WhistonVICE PRESIDE Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Joseph WhistonSECY/TREASUR Hours 0.5Pay $0

The return

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