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Art Iron Foundation at a glance

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Art Iron Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$44k
Granted FY2021
16
Grants FY2021
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Health$59kArts & Culture$30kEducation$8kReligion$8kHousing & Shelter$4kAnimals$3kHuman Services$3kPhilanthropy$1kOther$0
02FY2021 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k15 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$692k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOLEDO ORCHESTRA ASSN$10,000
PROMEDICA FOUNDATION$5,000
ST FRANCES DE SALES SCHOOL$5,000
TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART$5,000
CHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES$2,500
ARTS COMMISISON OF GREATER TOLEDO$2,500
TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$2,000
PERRYSBURG SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
YMCA OF GREATER TOLEDO$2,000
UNITED JEWISH COUNCIL OF TOLEDO$1,000
THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION$1,000
APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION$1,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA$1,000
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 (FY17–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $1k → 6%LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $500 → 6%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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$99k · 12 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
7

Total granted

$99k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+19%

Still filing today

67%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’21
Arts & CultureEducationPublic BenefitHousing & ShelterAnimalsHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TA
    TOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    2× · 2017–2021 · $15k · revenue +34%
  • TT
    THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART
    2× · 2017–2021 · $8k · revenue +34%
  • TT
    THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    2× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • TS
    THE SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
  • PT
    PROMEDICA TOLEDO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • HL
    HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $1k
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
University of Toledo Physicians Clinical Faculty Inc

To improve the human condition through excellence in patient care and medical discovery.

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2
University of Toledo Alumni Association

Supporting the university of toledo by fostering a spirit of loyalty among its alumni.

Education
3
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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4
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce

To solve critical business challenges in order to create vibrant economic opportunities for all in our region.

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5
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
6
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
9
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The Television Academy is dedicated to celebrating excellence, innovation and the advancement of the telecommunications arts and sciences through recognition, education and leadership, while fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible…

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10
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
11
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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12
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The University of Toledo Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Marc Lustgarten Pancreatic Cancer 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

12 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. 12 of the 24 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PROMEDICA FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Public BenefitPROMEDICA FOUNDATIONST FRANCES DE SALES SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherST FRANCES DE SALES SCHOOLPERRYSBURG SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · OtherPERRYSBURG SYMPHONY ASSOCIAT…Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo: $3,000 · OtherYoung Men's Christian Associ…THE SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME: $2,500 · OtherTHE SISTERS OF NOTRE DAMEARTS COMMISISON OF GREATER TOLEDO: $2,500 · OtherARTS COMMISISON OF GREATER T…Individual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientAPOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $2,000 · OtherAPOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCHUNITED JEWISH COUNCIL OF TOLEDO: $2,000 · OtherUNITED JEWISH COUNCIL OF TOL…PROMEDICA TOLEDO HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · OtherPROMEDICA TOLEDO HOSPITAL FO…Individual grant recipient: $1,500 · OtherHOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $1,000 · OtherMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF GREATER TOLEDO: $1,000 · Other+2 more: $1,000 · OtherTOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR TH…THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $7,500 · Arts & CultureTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF A…THE ARTS COMMISSION OF GREATER TOLEDO I: $1,000 · Arts & CultureCHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES: $3,500 · Housing & ShelterTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 · AnimalsTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $2,000 · EducationTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $500 · EducationMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Human Services
Public Benefit$55,000Other$29,500Arts & Culture$23,500Housing & Shelter$3,500Animals$3,000Education$2,500Human Services$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROMEDICA FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARTS COMMISSION OF GREATER TOLEDO I: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER TOLEDO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $500 over 1y, 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.

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.

Toledo Community Foun…Hylant Family Foundat…The O-I Charities Fou…The Andersons Fund Su…George Isaac Foundati…Tr Ua Toledo Communit…John Henry Eldred Jr …Jewish Federation of …Walter E Terhune Memo…Jocarno FundRobert C and Susan M …Firstenergy Foundation
Toledo Community Foundation IncOH21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · Hylant Family Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · George Isaac Foundation · Tr Ua Toledo Community Foundation- Donor · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo · Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund · Jocarno Fund · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Firstenergy 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 Art Iron Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Art Iron Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Art Iron Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Art Iron Foundation 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 24 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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