Private Foundation

BLACK RIVER EDUCATION AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION

BLACK RIVER EDUCATION AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION is a private foundation categorized as Private Foundation based in AVON LAKE, OH. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $445K, expenses of $55K, total assets of $5.0M. Imperigo tracks 21 reported grants from this foundation totaling approximately $456K.

EIN: 341492735 AVON LAKE, OH Single Organization Support NTEE: E11 Latest filing: 2025

Organization Summary

Grants Given 21

Filing History 2020–2025

Grant Total $456K

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Financial Snapshot · 2025

Total Revenue $445K

Total Expenses $55K

Total Assets $5.0M

Total Revenue$445K

Total Expenses$55K

Total Assets$5.0M

Grants Given21

Grant Total$456K

Filing Years2020–2025

Where $100 goes at Black River Education and Wellness Foundation

How Black River Education and Wellness Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$85 Programs the work itself

$15 Management running the organization

$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $85 for programs

$67

Supported and funded various community health and wellness related projects and initiatives

78% of program spending

$12

Supported various education related initiatives within the county

14% of program spending

Made significant funding to various food related initiatives in order to reduce hunger and need in lorain county

8% of program spending

Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Before you apply to Black River Education and Wellness Foundation

Preselected only Doesn't accept unsolicited requests for funds, per its 2025 Form 990-PF.

Often funds new orgs 100% of recent recipients were first-time grantees (2020–2025).

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Sample Grants Given

LORAIN POLICE OFFICERS FUND

LORAIN, OH · 2025

FUND FALLEN OFFICERS

$45,000

KIWANIS CLUB

ELYRIA, OH · 2025

CHILDREN EDUCATION

$6,000

OBERLIN FOOD HUB

OBERLIN, OH · 2023

FOOD BANK ASSISTANCE

$35,000

ALS ASSOCIATION NORTHERN OHIO CHAPTER

INDEPENDENCE, OH · 2023

ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WITH ALS DISEASE

$35,000

LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

ELYRIA, OH · 2023

ASSIST IN EDUCATION AND WELLNESS TRAINING

$25,000

Showing up to 5 of 21 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

VICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER Chris Mead

DIRECTOR Donald S Sheldon

PRESIDENT Jeffrey A Brausch

DIRECTOR Joan M Mason

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Health & Medicine

$120,000 5 grants

Food Assistance & Nutrition

$69,000 2 grants

General Support

$60,000 2 grants

Education

$6,000 1 grant

Unspecified

$201,000 5 grants

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2025	$445K	$55K	$5.0M
2024	$374K	$220K	$5.1M
2023	$246K	$154K	$4.8M
2022	$223K	$158K	$4.4M
2020	$183K	$140K	$4.7M

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $183K to $445K (+143%), with total assets most recently reported at $5.0M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in OH.

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