O B Foundation
O B Foundation is a private foundation, based in Ottawa, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $7K in total assets. In 2025, it made $3K in qualifying distributions. Net investment income was $11K.
O B Foundation at a glance
- Total assets
- $7,048
- +43.3% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $20,831
- +242.2% vs 2024
- Qualifying distributions (2025)
- $2,654
- -61.7% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $2,494
- -64.0% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated October 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
Who O B Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
18 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 18 grants of 18 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Is O B Foundation open to new grantees?
40%
first-time grantees, 2023
In 2023, 4 of 10 grantees (40%) were first-time recipients. With only 10 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 10 points. First grants averaged $703; repeat grants $536. How we count
Medians: $535 first-time, $500 repeat.
- Giving grew 40% from 2020 to 2023. Method
- In 2024 it paid out well above its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Method
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990-PF filings (2020–2023). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $4K (2020) to $7K (2024). In 2024 it reported $7K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| American Legion Ottawa, OH | 501C - Charitable Contribution | $1,500 |
| St Johns Church Glandorf, OH | 501C}3 - Chartiable Contribution | $1,000 |
| Friends of the Library Ottawa, OH | 501C 3 Charitable Contribution | $615 |
| Kalida K of C Kalida, OH | 501C 3 - Charitable Contribution | $550 |
| Glandorf Lions Club Glandorf, OH | 501C 3 - Charitable Contribution | $520 |
| Glandorf Park Board Glandorf, OH | 501C3 - Charitable Contriution | $500 |
| Ottawa Kiwanis Ottawa, OH | 501C3 - Charitable Contribution | $500 |
| Putnam County Thrift Store Ottawa, OH | 501C3 - Charitable Contribution | $450 |
| Ottawa Senior Center Ottawa, OH | 510C 3 - Charitable Contribution | $240 |
| Food Pantry Ottawa, OH | 501C 3 Charitable Contribution | $150 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $7,048 | $20,831 | $2,494 | — | — | $2,654 | $11,111 | — |
| 2024 | $4,919 | $6,088 | $6,936 | $6,936 | Total only | $6,936 | — | $137 |
| 2023 | $3,569 | $6,009 | $6,025 | $6,025 | 10 | $6,025 | — | $205 |
| 2022 | $4,000 | $6,001 | $4,439 | $4,439 | Total only | $4,439 | — | $91 |
| 2021 | $2,367 | $6,000 | $4,951 | $4,951 | 8 | $4,951 | — | $163 |
| 2020 | $1,318 | $6,000 | $5,255 | $4,315 | 8 | — | — | $70 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
O B Foundation is led by Leon Meyer, Executive Director on every filing since 2020; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Leon Meyer
Executive Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Helen Meyer
Executive Secretary
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about O B Foundation
How large is O B Foundation?
O B Foundation reported $7K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $21K.
Where does O B Foundation operate?
O B Foundation has awarded grants in Ohio.
What is O B Foundation's EIN?
O B Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-4265177. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 17, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 17, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 23, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 23, 2025)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 30, 2025)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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