The Raymond And Rita Foos Family
This organization is a private foundation dedicated to supporting a variety of causes that enhance community well-being and individual empowerment. Its mission encompasses providing safe environments for youth development, supporting arts education, and addressing health issues such as Alzheimer's disease and child abuse prevention. The foundation funds initiatives that promote community revitalization, assist individuals with disabilities, and offer recreational therapy. It primarily serves organizations in Ohio, reflecting a strong commitment to local community needs.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small to mid-sized nonprofits primarily serving Ohio communities (especially youth development, community revitalization, arts, disability services, child welfare) with local partnerships or an introducer relationship to the foundation.
Good Fit
- • Organization is based in or delivers significant programs in Ohio.
- • Programs focused on youth development, community revitalization, arts education, child welfare, or disability services.
- • Prior relationship, introduction, or local visibility that could lead to preselection.
- • Request size in the small-to-midsize range (typical grants around $3K–$10K).
- • Capacity to report and steward a modest, one-time grant.
Geography
Giving is heavily concentrated in the foundation's home state (about 81% of dollars) but the latest year included recipients in six states, indicating primarily state-level focus with occasional out-of-state grants.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded 17 distinct organizations in the latest year (and 21–22 in prior years) across varied purposes, showing a broadly distributed recipient set rather than a tiny closed circle.
New Applicants
Behaviorally the fund added many new grantees in the latest year (10 new recipients), but it also declares an invite/preselection model and provides no public application portal or contact details, so cold applicants are unlikely to find an obvious entry path.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
