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Arthur L Parker Foundation at a glance

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Arthur L Parker 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.

$49k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$11k
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.

Food & Nutrition$65kArts & Culture$65kReligion$33kHealth$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kPhilanthropy$14kRecreation & Sports$11kHuman Services$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
$2,813
Median grant
6
States reached
$670k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART$11,250
CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES$10,850
MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION$3,750
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE$3,750
GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK$2,813
THE BUSYHEAD PROJECT INC$2,813
HRDC$2,813
SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS$2,813
TOLEDO NORTHWESTERN OHIO FOOD$2,813
SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF THE MAHONING$2,813
AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOOD BANK$2,813
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 (FY25–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $3k → 17%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

MT
MI
NY
WY
OH
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
FL
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$212k · 15 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +1% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
7

Total granted

$212k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
0%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k 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
EducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHealthReligionHuman 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

  • TC
    THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART
    6× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +34%
  • AR
    AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK
    6× · 2020–2025 · $16k · revenue +1%
  • KK
    KENSTON K CLUB INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $11k · revenue +693%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA
    one grant, 2024 · $7k · revenue 0%
  • DS
    DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
  • JD
    JUST DO WHAT MATTERS
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
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
Food & Water Watch

Food & water watch conducts extensive research and public education to ensure the food and water we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. so we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of…

Food & Nutrition
2
Sheboygan County Food Bank Inc

Lead sheboygan county's efforts to increase the food security of its residents by distributing healthy emergency food and fostering innovative partnerships.

Food & Nutrition
3
Tri-State Food Bank

Tri-state food bank, inc solicits, warehouses, and disburses donated and purchased food products to other not-for-profit entities in indiana, illinois, and kentucky.

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4
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
5
Atlanta Community Food Bank Inc

The mission of the atlanta community food bank is to engage, educate and empower our community to fight hunger. our bold goal is to see that all people in our service area have access to the nutritious meals they need when they need them.

Food & Nutrition
6
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
7
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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8
Second Harvest Food Bank of Nw Pa Inc

The mission of the second harvest food bank of northwest pennsylvania is to provide food to those in need within eleven counties of northwest pennsylvania while creating awareness and educating the community on the realities of hunger.

Food & Nutrition
9
Food Bank of Central New York

Food bank of central new york is a not-for-profit organization: our mission is to lead the effort to eliminate hunger in our region, through partnerships with others in our community, through education, advocacy, and distribution of…

Food & Nutrition
10
Central California Food Bank

Ccfb is dedicated to ending hunger, working with over 200 partner agencies to provide food to those experiencing hunger. our mission: transforming lives together, in the passionate pursuit to end hunger in central ca - one meal, one…

Food & Nutrition
11
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Michigan Inc

Goodwill provides exceptional opportunities for people facing employment barriers.

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12
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Therapy and Wellness 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

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 27 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
7/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART: $65,000 · EducationTHE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ARTKENSTON K CLUB INC: $10,875 · EducationKENSTON K CLUB INC+2 more: $5,063 · Education+2 moreCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $10,850 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE: $10,850 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DI…CARMELITE COMMUNION INC: $8,625 · OtherCARMELITE COMMUNION INCPOPE PAUL VI INSTITUTE: $8,625 · OtherPOPE PAUL VI INSTITUTESECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF THE: $7,938 · OtherSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF T…DOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARY: $5,625 · OtherDOMINICAN SISTERS OF MARYHRDC: $2,813 · OtherJUST DO WHAT MATTERS: $2,750 · OtherSHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $2,813 · OtherBITTER ROOT HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2,750 · Other+1 more: $1,000 · OtherGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $16,251 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD B…TOLEDO NORTHWESTERN OHIO FOOD BANK: $16,251 · Food & NutritionTOLEDO NORTHWESTERN OHIO…AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $16,251 · Food & NutritionAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FO…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF THE MAHONING VALLEY: $8,313 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK…Eagle Mount: $10,688 · PhilanthropyEagle Moun…UNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $7,100 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION: $3,750 · PhilanthropyMIKEROWEWO…THE BUSYHEAD PROJECT INC: $2,813 · PhilanthropyTHE BUSYHE…JUST DO WHAT MATTERS: $13,188 · HealthTherapy and Wellness Inc: $5,313 · HealthMATER ECCLESIAE FUND FOR VOCATIONS INC: $8,625 · ReligionWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $5,625 · Environment
Education$80,938Other$64,639Food & Nutrition$57,066Philanthropy$24,351Health$18,501Religion$8,625Environment$5,625

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 budgetTHE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART: $65,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $16,251 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTOLEDO NORTHWESTERN OHIO FOOD BANK: $16,251 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $16,251 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKENSTON K CLUB INC: $10,875 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetEagle Mount: $10,688 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMATER ECCLESIAE FUND FOR VOCATIONS INC: $8,625 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF THE MAHONING VALLEY: $8,313 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF NORTH CAROLINA: $7,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $5,625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBITTER ROOT HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $2,750 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,563 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIVERSITY CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA10.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Arthur L Parker Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arthur L Parker Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 Arthur L Parker Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Arthur L Parker 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 27 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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