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American Electric Power Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$23M
Granted FY2025still arriving
753
Grants FY2025still arriving
25
States reached
$1.4M
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Community Improvement$64MEducation$36MPhilanthropy$15MArts & Culture$14MHuman Services$12MHealth$9.2MFood & Nutrition$8.2MHousing & Shelter$7.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 753 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k317 grants · $1.2M
  • $10k–50k298 grants · $6.1M
  • $50k–250k127 grants · $11M
  • $250k+11 grants · $5.0M
$10,000
Median grant
25
States reached
$44M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAFETY BLITZ FOUNDATION INC$1,428,570
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$500,000
THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP$500,000
COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION$500,000
NATIONAL VETERANS MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OPERATING CO$400,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC$360,684
FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO$333,334
CHAMPIONS OF THE COMMUNITY INC$273,450
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO$250,000
TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$250,000
COLUMBUS 2020 FOUNDATION$250,000
I KNOW I CAN$200,000
MID-OHIO FOODBANK$200,000
COLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE$200,000
OSU FOUNDATION$200,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $12.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $75k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $100k → 14%DISABLED SPORTS USA: $167k → 5%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $100k → 12%DISABLED SPORTS USA: $167k → 5%YWCA NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $100k → 12%DISABLED SPORTS USA: $167k → 5%EARLY CHILDHOOD ALLIANCE INC: $219k → 12%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $100k → 12%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $333k → 15%BRIDGE OF GRACE INC: $100k → 12%METROPOLITAN YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $130k → 12%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $200k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $100k → 15%ALVIS INC: $750k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $300k → 15%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $300k → 15%ALVIS INC: $250k → 15%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $250k → 15%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $250k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $150k → 15%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $150k → 15%FUTUREREADY COLUMBUS: $125k → 15%FUTUREREADY COLUMBUS: $125k → 15%FUTUREREADY COLUMBUS: $125k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES INC: $100k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES INC: $100k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES INC: $100k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES INC: $100k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES INC: $100k → 15%FUTUREREADY COLUMBUS: $100k → 15%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $100k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $100k → 15%THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES INC: $100k → 15%THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $100k → 15%FUTUREREADY COLUMBUS: $100k → 15%THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $80k → 15%YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $250k → 15%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $250k → 15%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $250k → 15%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $250k → 15%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $250k → 15%ST STEPHENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $125k → 15%ST STEPHENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $125k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $500k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $300k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $80k → 15%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$133M · 634 repeat orgs$19M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

634 repeat relationships: 383 still active in FY2025, 251 since wound down; 268 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

634
528

Total granted

$133M
$14M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
0%

Still filing today

85%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.8M went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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

  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $7.0M · revenue +6%
  • MF
    Mid-Ohio Foodbank
    6× · 2019–2025 · $2.9M · revenue +36%
  • SB
    SAFETY BLITZ FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $2.5M · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • CS
    COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT
    one grant, 2020 · $2.0M
  • ME
    METRO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2022 · $750k · revenue -72%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $487k
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
United Way of Bucks County

United way of bucks county creates opportunities for quality education, financial stability, and good health to ensure real, lasting change for individuals and our communities.

Philanthropy
2
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Comal County

To engage the community and focus resources for those in need in comal county

Philanthropy
4
The Jackson County United Way Inc

Jackson county united way assesses needs, secures resources and strategically invests those resources to create lasting, measurable change in the areas of education, health and financial stability for all people in jackson county.

Philanthropy
5
Butler County United Way

Connect resources to important community needs. the organization focuses on the most important human service needs facing the community and uses a variety of methods to communicate with community members in order to priortize the issues…

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6
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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7
United Way of Waco-Mclennan County

United way of waco-mclennan county strengthens the community by mobilizing resources to measurably improve lives.

Philanthropy
8
United Way of Cleveland County Inc

The United Way of Cleveland County helps people by uniting resources and programs to responsibly meet the needs of our community.

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Scott County Indiana Inc

We focus on three primary needs in our community: investing in children and youth, promoting health and independence, and helping families in crisis.

Philanthropy
10
United Way of Clinton County Iowa

To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.

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11
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
12
United Way of Wilkes County Inc

United way of wilkes county is dedicated to improving the lives of our citizens by underwriting identified programs that enhance their well-being through our 21 partner agencies. the united way of wilkes county annually impacts over 32,000…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heart of Indiana United Way Inc; the most unlike its peers is Caddo Biocontrol Alliance. 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

1089 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. 1089 of the 1,452 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.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
156
Early backer (in before they grew)
1080/1089
Grantees still filing
573/1089
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OTHERS (LESS THAN 100K): $21,476,591 · OtherOTHERS (LESS THAN 100K)THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP: $3,250,000 · OtherMid-Ohio Foodbank: $2,940,923 · Other+94 more: $37,948,976 · Other+94 moreOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,959,990 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSI…THE JOURNEY FOUNDATION: $2,049,996 · EducationTHE JOURNEY FOUNDAT…Tulsa Community College Foundation: $2,019,590 · EducationTulsa Community Col…COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,740,000 · EducationCOLUMBUS METROPOLIT…WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · EducationThe University of Findlay: $1,000,000 · Education+31 more: $8,096,773 · Education+31 moreTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,725,000 · PhilanthropyTULSA COMMUN…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $3,168,320 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY O…COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $2,055,435 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS FOU…Columbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc: $1,550,000 · PhilanthropyColumbus Sta…FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO: $1,510,000 · PhilanthropyFOUNDATION F…THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $750,000 · Philanthropy+9 more: $1,943,373 · Philanthropy+9 moreYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1,680,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOM…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1,280,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN…FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1,215,000 · Human ServicesFURNITURE…CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $1,100,000 · Human ServicesCHOICES F…ALVIS INC: $1,080,000 · Human ServicesALVIS INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $793,155 · Human ServicesAmerican …FUTURE READY FIVE: $675,000 · Human ServicesFUTURE RE…THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES: $605,000 · Human ServicesADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION CORDER: $500,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $450,000 · Human Services+10 more: $2,102,000 · Human Services+10 moreGREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL: $1,538,250 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1,410,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL VETERANS MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OPERATING CORPORATION: $1,250,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1,115,000 · Arts & CultureFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $1,032,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $712,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL VETERANS MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE CENTRAL INC: $356,500 · Arts & CultureSHADOART PRODUCTIONS INC: $350,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $1,050,500 · Arts & CultureSAFETY BLITZ FOUNDATION INC: $2,494,884 · Community ImprovementONE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 · Community ImprovementCOLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $747,000 · Community ImprovementMARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $600,000 · Community ImprovementElevate Northland: $250,000 · Community ImprovementRURAL ACTION INC: $225,000 · Community Improvement+4 more: $664,500 · Community ImprovementLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $1,105,000 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $950,000 · Food & NutritionAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $844,960 · Food & NutritionLOCAL MATTERS: $308,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC: $295,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA INC: $175,000 · Food & NutritionFood on the Move Inc: $150,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $125,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$65,616,490Education$22,866,349Philanthropy$14,702,128Human Services$11,480,155Arts & Culture$9,215,250Community Improvement$6,181,384Food & Nutrition$3,952,960

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $6,959,990 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetTULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,725,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $3,168,320 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $2,940,923 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSAFETY BLITZ FOUNDATION INC: $2,494,884 over 4y, 24% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $2,120,000 over 6y, 6.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $2,055,435 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE JOURNEY FOUNDATION: $2,049,996 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetTulsa Community College Foundation: $2,019,590 over 3y, 19% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD: $1,860,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $1,740,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetI KNOW I CAN: $1,700,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $1,680,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO: $1,650,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetCHAMPIONS OF THE COMMUNITY INC: $1,628,700 over 6y, 5.1% of budgetColumbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc: $1,550,000 over 3y, 6.9% of budgetGREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL: $1,538,250 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO: $1,510,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $1,410,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1,280,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL VETERANS MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OPERATING CORPORATION: $1,250,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetFURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $1,215,000 over 4y, 6.4% of budgetONE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $1,200,000 over 4y, 29% of budgetCOLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1,115,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $1,105,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $1,100,000 over 4y, 7.7% of budgetALVIS INC: $1,080,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCOLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION: $1,060,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc: $1,055,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $1,032,500 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetWEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetThe University of Findlay: $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $950,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $886,000 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $844,960 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $793,155 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TSTC FOUNDATION: $760,500 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetMETRO EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL: $750,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $750,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $747,000 over 5y, 7.0% of budgetAPPALACHIA SERVICE PROJECT INC: $725,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetTHE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM INC: $712,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOUNDATION INC: $710,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetFUTURE READY FIVE: $675,000 over 4y, 10% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES: $605,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetMARSHALL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CORPORATION: $600,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CONSERVATORY: $583,000 over 6y, 18% of budgetCOLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE: $550,000 over 3y, 2.2% 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 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TULSA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
  • Who funds SAFETY BLITZ FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE JOURNEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Tulsa Community College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds I KNOW I CAN ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPIONS OF THE COMMUNITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Columbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL VETERANS MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OPERATING CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds ONE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds LIFECARE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds ALVIS INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL PARK ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Junior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS ↗
  • Who funds WEXNER CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The University of Findlay ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc ↗
  • Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗

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.

L Brands FoundationIngram-White Castle F…United Way of Central…Encova Foundation of …Harry C Moores Founda…Siemer Family Foundat…Cardinal Health Found…OhioHealth CorporationMargaret and Robert W…Nisource Charitable F…1st Source Bank Found…Edward M Wilson Found…
L Brands FoundationOH118× affinity84 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: L Brands Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Harry C Moores Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · OhioHealth Corporation · Margaret and Robert Walter Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · 1st Source Bank Foundation Inc Xxx-Xx-Xxxx · Edward M Wilson Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Tulsa Community Foundation: 11% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Tulsa Habitat for Humanity Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
94report 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 1452 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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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