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Ann Sonneborn Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Ann Sonneborn Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$400k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Health$835kHuman Services$475kYouth Development$253kRecreation & Sports$173kEducation$169kArts & Culture$95kCrime & Legal$90kReligion$89kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $300k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.1M
  • $250k+1 grant · $400k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEDICAL PARK FOUNDATION$400,000
KING'S DAUGHTER CHILD CARE CENTER$185,000
WHEELING HEALTH RIGHT INC$150,000
OGLEBAY FOUNDATION$107,500
HEART OF OHIO FAMILY HEALTH CENTER$100,000
CHILDREN'S HOME OF WHEELING$100,000
WHEELING COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL$75,000
EASTERSEALS$65,000
LAUGHLIN MEMORIAL CHAPEL$64,000
YOUTH SERVICES SYSTEM INC$58,000
FLORENCE CRITTENTON$50,000
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER$50,000
WHEELING YMCA$50,000
YWCA$25,000
BUCKEYE RANCH INC$25,000
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 (FY23–24, $293k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%GEORGETOWN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $20k → 8%A KID AGAIN: $20k → 15%CHILDREN'S HOME OF WHEELING: $100k → 15%BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $25k → 15%BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $25k → 15%MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CENTRAL OHIO: $25k → 15%YOUTH SERVICES SYSTEM INC: $58k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $20k → 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.
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 7 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$1.1M
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+14%

Still filing today

57%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Human ServicesHealthCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsEducationReligionOther
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

  • OF
    OGLEBAY FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $148k · revenue +72%
  • WC
    WHEELING COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $139k · revenue +13%
  • TB
    THE BUCKEYE RANCH INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • CO
    CASA OF THE HEARTLANDgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +47%
  • FB
    FRANKLIN BOARD OF TRADE
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • GC
    GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue -51%
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
Children's Center

Children's center serves children, youth and families through comprehensive mental health services.

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2
Child Development Center Inc

The Child Development Center is a developmental day center designed to build the independence of exceptional children through high-quality early education and therapeutic services. It serves special needs children ages 2 to 5 from New…

Education
3
Child Development Center of Central Wv Inc

Provide childd care services and preschool for children birth to age 12

Education
4
West Central Child Care Connection Inc

Resource & referral child care

Human Services
5
Oberlin Early Childhood Center

The organization operates a childhood center in oberlin, ohio for up tp 100 children ages six weeks to five years old. the center provides a unique, child centered campus for anyone in need regardless of financial ability.

Human Services
6
Child Watch Counseling and Advocacy Center Inc

To provide families in western kentucky with education, advocacy and treatment that prevents child abuse, encourages family stability, promotes healthy relationships, enhances well-being and cultivates safe, nurturing families.

Crime & Legal
7
The Child Care and Learning Center

The establishment and operation of a child learning/daycare facility for the use, benefit, and general welfare of the children of rappahannock county, virginia.

Education
8
Children's Developmental Center

The organization empowers familities and improves children's lives through comprehensive early intervention services, education, and therapeutic services. the organization primarily offers services to children from birth to three years…

Education
9
Cincinnati Center for Autism

We support individuals with autism and their families through programming in the areas of academics, adaptive behavior, communication, and social participation.

Education
10
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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11
Whole Child Collaborative

To provide a holistic, multidisciplinary education to learners of all abilities

Education
12
Childrens Community Clinic

Provide pediatric care to underserved communities

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Inc; the most unlike its peers is Blood Cancer United Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 36 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
10/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Medical Park Foundation: $500,000 · OtherMedical Park FoundationTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS CHILD CARE CENTERS INC: $185,000 · OtherTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS CHILD CARE CENTERS INCEASTERSEALS: $165,000 · OtherEASTERSEALSFLORENCE CRITTENTON: $95,000 · OtherFLORENCE CRITTENTONLAUGHLIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $64,000 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WHEELING: $50,000 · Other+12 more: $205,000 · Other+12 moreTHE CHILDRENS HOME OF WHEELING INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDRENS H…YOUTH SERVICES SYSTEM INC: $58,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH SERVICES …THE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE BUCKEYE RAN…MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesMIRACLE LEAGUE …A KID AGAIN INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INCTASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOPE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTASK FORCE ON D…GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $20,000 · Human ServicesGLADDEN COMMUNI…GEORGETOWN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesGEORGETOWN CHIL…WHEELING HEALTH RIGHT INC: $150,000 · HealthWHEELING HEALT…Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers: $100,000 · HealthHeart of Ohio …BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $20,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER U…AUGUSTA LEVY LEARNING CENTER INC: $15,000 · HealthOGLEBAY FOUNDATION INC: $147,500 · Recreation & SportsWHEELING COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $139,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalCASA OF THE HEARTLAND: $20,000 · Crime & LegalChabad of Columbus Inc: $20,000 · ReligionUNITED WAY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY INC: $15,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,264,000Human Services$313,000Health$285,000Recreation & Sports$147,500Education$139,000Crime & Legal$70,000Religion$20,000Philanthropy$15,000

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 budgetTHE KING'S DAUGHTERS CHILD CARE CENTERS INC: $185,000 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetWHEELING HEALTH RIGHT INC: $150,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetOGLEBAY FOUNDATION INC: $147,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWHEELING COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $139,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS HOME OF WHEELING INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetHeart of Ohio Family Health Centers: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLAUGHLIN COMMUNITY CENTER: $64,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetYOUTH SERVICES SYSTEM INC: $58,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WHEELING: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMIRACLE LEAGUE OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetCASA OF THE HEARTLAND: $20,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTASK FORCE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOPE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGEORGETOWN CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetChabad of Columbus Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUGUSTA LEVY LEARNING CENTER INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

The Driehorst Family …Albert Schenk III & K…George W Bowers Famil…Community Foundation …Robinson S Parlin Tru…Robert L& Helen E Lev…Chris Hess FoundationStamp 2001 Charitable…August J & Thelma S H…Bernard McDonough Fou…Encova Foundation of …American Electric Pow…
The Driehorst Family FoundationWV22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Driehorst Family Foundation · Albert Schenk III & Kathleen H Schenk Charitable Trust · George W Bowers Family Charitable Trust · Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc · Robinson S Parlin Trust · Robert L& Helen E Levenson Family Charitable Tr · Chris Hess Foundation · Stamp 2001 Charitable Fund · August J & Thelma S Hoffmann Foundation · Bernard McDonough Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of West Virginia · American Electric Power 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 Ann Sonneborn Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ann Sonneborn Charitable 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 36 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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