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Aimee and Lulu Seidel Trust at a glance

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Aimee and Lulu Seidel Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$64k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$56kArts & Culture$52kEducation$49kReligion$45kHealth$43kPhilanthropy$35kAnimals$33kYouth Development$32kOther$0
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROJECT MKC$10,000
OPERA WESTERN RESERVE$7,000
BOARDMAN LIONS FOUNDATION$6,648
UNITED WAY$6,000
NATIONAL INVESTORS HALL OF FAME$5,000
POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT$5,000
THE ENGLISH CENTER$5,000
BOARDMAN SCHOOLS FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE$5,000
YOUNGSTOWN PLAYHOUSE$5,000
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$4,500
MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$2,500
EASTER SEALS OF NORTHEAST OHIO$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%GOLDEN STRING: $6k → 19%GOLDEN STRING: $5k → 19%POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 19%POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 19%POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 19%POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT: $4k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$328k · 18 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
9

Total granted

$328k
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+28%

Still filing today

56%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • PM
    PROJECT MKC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +9%
  • OW
    OPERA Western Reserve Inc
    6× · 2020–2025 · $31k · revenue +0%
  • YN
    YOUNGSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    3× · 2020–2023 · $25k · revenue +250%

Funded once

  • HR
    HEART REACH MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • HF
    Helms Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • AB
    ALTA BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Economic Action Group Incorporated

To solidify and accelerate downtown youngstown's resurgence as a center of employment, higher education, government services & culture, and to serve as a catalyst for overall economic development in the mahoning valley.

Community Improvement
2
Youngstown Area Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee

To provide training to electrical apprentices in mahoning and trumbull counties, and through that training to provide skilled workers to area employers.

Employment
3
Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra Inc

The Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra provides exceptional musical education through a variety of performance opportunities for young musicians of all backgrounds in an inclusive community of learning and growth.

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4
Muskingum Recreation Center

Dedicated to providing residents and visitors a safe, clean, and well maintained facility that promotes health, education, and recreation through a network of quality programs, activities, and amenities.

Recreation & Sports
5
Youngstownwarren Regional Chamber

To provide leadership and business services that promote the growth of our members and enhance the essential partnership between economic development and education to improve our quality of life.

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6
Muskingum Economic Opportunity Action Group

The organization's mission is to establish effective programs that mobilize and utilize bothpublic and private resources in a proactive and concerted attack on poverty in muskingum county, ohio and its surrounding areas by establishing and…

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7
Inspiring Minds of Youngstown Inc

To engage inspire and empower youth to reach their full potential through education and exposure to life changing experiences.

Human Services
8
The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley

The united way of youngstown and the mahoning valley seeks to be the driving force behind sustained improvement in the lives of all our citizens, through initiatives that promote education, income, health, and community support services.

Philanthropy
9
Youngstown Hearing and Speech Center

To provide testing, treatment, and counseling for individuals who are deaf or hearing impared or have difficulty speaking properly.

Health
10
Youngstown Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program Inc

The mission of youngstown umadaop, inc., is to prevent and reduce the misuse of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, and other behavioral health issues across the lifespan by delivering innovative, culturally appropriate, evidence-based…

Health
11
The Falls of the Ohio Foundation

To inspire a sense of wonder in the falls of the ohio region through education, preservation, and exploration.

Environment
12
Youngstown Columbiana Assn of Realt

To help organize and self-regulate those who deal with real estate in the mahoning and columbiana county areas of ohio.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Easter Seal Society of Mahoning Trumbull and Columbiana Counties; the most unlike its peers is Helms Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY: $35,000 · OtherUNITED WAYBOARDMAN LIONS FOUNDATION: $32,648 · OtherBOARDMAN LIONS FOUNDATIONBOARDMAN SCHOOLS FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE: $30,500 · OtherBOARDMAN SCHOOLS FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCEHEART REACH MINISTRIES: $15,000 · OtherHEART REACH MINISTRIESJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $15,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENTTRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $13,500 · OtherTRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCHBIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS: $11,000 · OtherTHE URSULINE CENTER: $10,000 · OtherYWCA: $10,000 · OtherTHE ENGLISH CENTER: $10,000 · Other+8 more: $35,800 · Other+8 moreOPERA Western Reserve Inc: $30,500 · Arts & CultureOPERA Western R…THE YOUNGSTOWN PLAYHOUSE: $13,500 · Arts & CultureTHE YOUNGSTOWN …NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL INVENT…MAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 · Arts & CulturePROJECT MKC: $32,000 · Youth DevelopmentPROJECT M…POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INC: $19,000 · Human ServicesGOLDEN STRING INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesYOUNGSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterYOUNGSTOWN COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM INC: $12,000 · HealthHelms Foundation: $5,000 · HealthEASTER SEAL SOCIETY OF MAHONING TRUMBULL AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES: $2,000 · HealthON TARGET OUTFITTERS: $11,100 · Recreation & Sports
Other$218,448Arts & Culture$51,500Youth Development$32,000Human Services$30,000Housing & Shelter$25,000Health$19,000Recreation & Sports$11,100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROJECT MKC: $32,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetOPERA Western Reserve Inc: $30,500 over 6y, 7.0% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPOTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INC: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNGSTOWN PLAYHOUSE: $13,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetON TARGET OUTFITTERS: $11,100 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetGOLDEN STRING INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetTHE URSULINE CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ENGLISH CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetHelms Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMAHONING VALLEY COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $3,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN CITYSCAPE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMAHONING VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Community Foundation …Youngstown Fdn GeneralPremier Bank Foundati…J Ford Crandall Depos…Frank & Pearl Gelbman…Walter E & Caroline H…The Raymond John Wean…The William B Pollock…W&H Bender Memorial F…Frances Schermer Char…The United Way of You…William B Pollock II …
Community Foundation of the Mahoning ValleyOH34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley · Youngstown Fdn General · Premier Bank Foundation · J Ford Crandall Depository · Frank & Pearl Gelbman Charitable Fdn · Walter E & Caroline H Watson Trust · The Raymond John Wean Foundation · The William B Pollock Company Foundation · W&H Bender Memorial Fund Xxxxx8005 · Frances Schermer Charitable Trust 41-46496008 · The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley · William B Pollock II & Kathryn Challis

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aimee and Lulu Seidel Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aimee and Lulu Seidel Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Aimee and Lulu Seidel Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Aimee and Lulu Seidel Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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