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Akron Community Foundation

To identify, activate, and support informed and passionate philanthropists who strive to improve the quality of life in our community.

$16M
Granted FY2025still arriving
335
Grants FY2025still arriving
15
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$19MEducation$18MPhilanthropy$14MHealth$14MHuman Services$10MCommunity Improvement$9.1MYouth Development$6.5MReligion$4.4MOther$0
02FY2025 · 335 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 335 grants below total $14,693,932, the rows itemized in this filing. The $15,513,159 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $819,227 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k77 grants · $555k
  • $10k–50k194 grants · $3.8M
  • $50k–250k53 grants · $5.4M
  • $250k+11 grants · $5.0M
$15,154
Median grant
15
States reached
$305M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEDINA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,099,309
UNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA$631,898
SUMMIT EDUCATION INITIATIVE$519,648
IBH FOUNDATION INC$457,747
ACCESS INC$400,229
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC$382,466
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION$373,869
AKRON ART MUSEUM$316,655
SUMMIT METRO PARKS FOUNDATION$266,351
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$260,182
FRIENDS OF MEDINA COUNTY PARKS INC$250,000
AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK$243,010
FRIENDS OF THE FRANCISCAN CHAPEL CENTER$230,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY$221,654
AKRON PUBLIC SCHOOLS$220,824
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 (FY17–25, $10.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: $156k → 14%REC2CONNECT FOUNDATION: $100k → 7%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $162k → 12%DIRECTION HOME AKRON CANTON AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $200k → 13%DIRECTION HOME AKRON CANTON AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $100k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF GREATER AKRON AND MAHONING VALLEY: $79k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $145k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $144k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $124k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $88k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $86k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $80k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $77k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $75k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS INC: $75k → 13%AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE: $222k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $204k → 13%AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE: $200k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $139k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $124k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $120k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $112k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $109k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $107k → 13%AKRON URBAN LEAGUE: $93k → 13%BUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $85k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $78k → 13%AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE: $78k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $152k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $134k → 13%YMCA OF AKRON OHIO: $96k → 13%VANTAGE AGING: $79k → 13%OPEN M: $136k → 13%SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES INC: $112k → 13%OPEN M: $80k → 13%OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY DBA OPEN M: $76k → 13%OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY DBA OPEN M: $73k → 13%SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES INC: $72k → 13%OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY DBA OPEN M: $71k → 13%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $123k → 13%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $104k → 13%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL: $95k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $203k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $135k → 13%HOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER AKA BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $122k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $102k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $98k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $96k → 13%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$105M · 557 repeat orgs$7.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

557 repeat relationships: 275 still active in FY2025, 282 since wound down; 48 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

557
380

Total granted

$105M
$6.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+19%

Still filing today

75%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SE
    SUMMIT EDUCATION INITIATIVE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.0M · revenue +25% · 61% of their budget
  • IF
    IBH FOUNDATION INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.4M · revenue +106% · 93% of their budget
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • BF
    BATH FIRE DEPARTMENT INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2021 · $1.8M
  • TR
    THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M · revenue +32%
  • SV
    St Vincent Parish Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue +19% · 73% of their budget
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
Akron Community Foundation

To identify, activate, and support informed and passionate philanthropists who strive to improve the quality of life in our community. we accomplish this by:- building a permanent source of charitable funding- cultivating strategic…

Philanthropy
2
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
3
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
4
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
5
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
6
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
7
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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8
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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9
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
10
Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland

Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.

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11
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
12
Atrium Medical Center Foundation

To develop charitable gifts and resources dedicated to building healthier communities in southwest ohio.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Help Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Tom Gold Dance Foundation 51 West 81ST Street. 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

779 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 779 of the 1,019 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.

55
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
183
Early backer (in before they grew)
744/779
Grantees still filing
515/779
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

IBH FOUNDATION INC: $4,443,151 · OtherIBH FOUNDATION INCBATH FIRE DEPARTMENT INCORPORATED: $1,766,000 · OtherBUSINESS VOLUNTEERS UNLIMITED: $1,667,256 · OtherCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $1,692,609 · OtherAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $1,788,790 · Other+88 more: $27,805,697 · Other+88 moreSUMMIT EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $4,996,439 · EducationSUMMIT EDUCATIO…THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $2,903,629 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY …LEADERSHIP AKRON: $1,377,466 · EducationLEADERSHIP AKRO…YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $750,500 · EducationYOUNGSTOWN STAT…CORNERSTONE ACADEMY INC LAKEWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $750,000 · EducationCORNERSTONE ACA…KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $663,453 · EducationNORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $465,000 · Education+10 more: $1,853,026 · Education+10 moreOHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION: $2,193,600 · Arts & CultureOHIO & ERIE CA…AKRON ART MUSEUM: $2,024,232 · Arts & CultureAKRON ART MUSE…ART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS: $1,038,380 · Arts & CultureART RESOURCES …THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $1,008,826 · Arts & CultureTHE ROCK AND R…STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $714,959 · Arts & CultureSTAN HYWET HAL…SUMMIT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AKRON OHIO: $607,619 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $559,276 · Arts & CultureCUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION AND SCENIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION: $474,979 · Arts & CultureTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION: $469,250 · Arts & CultureARTSNOW: $460,900 · Arts & Culture+18 more: $3,838,620 · Arts & Culture+18 moreUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $4,640,895 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $2,007,701 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEVELAND…AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,959,852 · PhilanthropyAKRON COMMUNI…MEDINA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,099,309 · PhilanthropyMEDINA COUNTY…THE AKRON MARATHON CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $819,350 · PhilanthropyTHE AKRON MAR…DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $773,827 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED…+2 more: $431,350 · PhilanthropyBUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $1,181,324 · Human ServicesBUILDING FO…HOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $1,011,716 · Human ServicesHOPE AND HE…CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $921,138 · Human ServicesCHILD GUIDA…AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE INC: $884,436 · Human ServicesAKRON COMMU…OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $775,365 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY…SOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC: $662,288 · Human ServicesSOUTH STREE…VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $622,442 · Human ServicesVICTIM ASSI…DIOCESAN COUNCIL SOCIETY OF SVDP CLEVELAND DIOCESE: $431,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $426,197 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AKRON INC: $398,950 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $395,800 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $352,165 · Human Services+12 more: $2,495,987 · Human Services+12 moreCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON: $866,088 · HealthAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $790,889 · HealthUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $766,562 · HealthSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $638,096 · HealthSumma Health: $525,000 · HealthTHE OAK CLINIC: $497,500 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $492,351 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $428,280 · HealthINTERVAL BROTHERHOOD HOMES INC: $407,432 · HealthPORTAGE PATH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $385,500 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $373,706 · Health+10 more: $1,551,070 · HealthTHE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE: $1,839,062 · Community ImprovementDEVELOPMENT FUND OF WESTERN RESERVE INC: $810,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP: $717,967 · Community ImprovementAKRON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $693,159 · Community ImprovementTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $674,175 · Community ImprovementFUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $402,334 · Community ImprovementNorth Akron Community Development Corp: $285,000 · Community ImprovementAKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION: $257,139 · Community Improvement+1 more: $175,250 · Community Improvement
Other$39,163,503Education$13,759,513Arts & Culture$13,390,641Philanthropy$11,732,284Human Services$10,558,808Health$7,722,474Community Improvement$5,854,086

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSUMMIT EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $4,996,439 over 9y, 61% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $4,640,895 over 9y, 5.3% of budgetIBH FOUNDATION INC: $4,443,151 over 9y, 93% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $2,903,629 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetOHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION: $2,193,600 over 9y, 10% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM: $2,024,232 over 9y, 6.5% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $2,007,701 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,959,852 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE: $1,839,062 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $1,788,790 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $1,692,609 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetBUSINESS VOLUNTEERS UNLIMITED: $1,667,256 over 9y, 11% of budgetLEADERSHIP AKRON: $1,377,466 over 9y, 48% of budgetBUILDING FOR TOMORROW: $1,181,324 over 9y, 21% of budgetART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS: $1,038,380 over 6y, 42% of budgetHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $1,011,716 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $1,008,826 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGREATER AKRON CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $934,500 over 5y, 40% of budgetACCESS INC: $934,411 over 9y, 11% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $921,138 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE INC: $884,436 over 9y, 14% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON: $866,088 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY CAMP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC: $831,392 over 9y, 24% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $829,170 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetTHE AKRON MARATHON CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $819,350 over 8y, 27% of budgetDEVELOPMENT FUND OF WESTERN RESERVE INC: $810,000 over 5y, 76% of budgetAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $790,889 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetSUMMIT METRO PARKS FOUNDATION: $789,132 over 9y, 62% of budgetOPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $775,365 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC: $766,562 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $750,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCORNERSTONE ACADEMY INC LAKEWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $750,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetDOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP: $717,967 over 9y, 17% of budgetSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $714,959 over 9y, 2.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $695,155 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetAKRON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $693,159 over 8y, 40% of budgetTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $674,175 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetKENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $663,453 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetSOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC: $662,288 over 9y, 18% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $638,096 over 9y, 13% of budgetVICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $622,442 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetSUMMIT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AKRON OHIO: $607,619 over 9y, 28% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $579,499 over 4y, 14% of budgetNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $559,276 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSumma Health: $525,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OAK CLINIC: $497,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $495,260 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $492,351 over 9y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds SUMMIT EDUCATION INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA ↗
  • Who funds IBH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION ↗
  • Who funds AKRON ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ↗
  • Who funds BUSINESS VOLUNTEERS UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP AKRON ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING FOR TOMORROW ↗
  • Who funds MEDINA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS ↗
  • Who funds HOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER AKRON CHAMBER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON ↗
  • Who funds ROTARY CAMP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE AKRON MARATHON CHARITABLE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds DEVELOPMENT FUND OF WESTERN RESERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT METRO PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE ACADEMY INC LAKEWAY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC ↗

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.

Sisler McFawn Foundat…The Welty Family Foun…United Way of Summit …Gar FoundationNorthern Ohio Golf Ch…Charles E and Mabel M…L R Moffitt & L W Mof…Lloyd L & Louise K Sm…Mary S & David C Corb…Lehner Family Foundat…Burton D Morgan Found…W Paul Mills & Thora …
Sisler McFawn Foundation PfdnOH167.1× affinity95 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · The Welty Family Foundation · United Way of Summit and Medina · Gar Foundation · Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation Inc · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · W Paul Mills & Thora J Mills Memorial

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 Akron Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Akron Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
63report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 1019 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 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home