· Public charity
Athens County Food Pantry
To provide emergency food to those in need in athens county ohio
Read this first · the figures below need context
98% of Athens County Food Pantry’s FY2020 grant dollars went to Foundation For Appalachian Ohio, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 6 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k7 grants · $9k
- $250k+1 grant · $351k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| FOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN OHIO | $351,053 |
| OHIO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| ATHENS COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES | $2,000 |
| ATHENS CITY SCHOOLS FOOD PANTRY | $1,000 |
| BISHOPVILLE CHURCH OF CHRIST | $1,000 |
| ALEXANDER LOCAL SCHOOLS | $1,000 |
| FEDERAL HOCKING LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT | $1,000 |
| NELSONVILLE FOOD CUPBOARD | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 20%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
3 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. 3 of the 8 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Athens County Food Pantry funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Athens County Food Pantry. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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