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Automobile Dealers Educational Assistance Foundation Inc

Promotion of the automotive industry including the organization of the cleveland auto show, educational programs and research support.

$192k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$23k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.1MPhilanthropy$55kMembership Benefit$35k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $110,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $191,975 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $81,975 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $103k
$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY$22,500
STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION$20,000
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$15,000
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$12,500
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY$12,500
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
OHIO UNIVERSITY$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON$7,500
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 12%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $43k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $20k → 13%STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 15%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 17%YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 19%OHIO UNIVERSITY: $13k → 22%National Automobile Dealers Association Charitable Foundation: $25k → 6%BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 12%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $40k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $15k → 13%STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20k → 13%Ohio State University: $20k → 15%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 17%YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 19%OHIO UNIVERSITY: $10k → 22%NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALER ASSOICATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $20k → 6%BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 12%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $33k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $15k → 13%STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $19k → 13%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 15%CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 17%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $32k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $13k → 13%STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $18k → 13%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 15%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $28k → 12%University of Akron: $13k → 13%STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $18k → 13%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 12%STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $17k → 13%Kent State University: $25k → 12%STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $17k → 13%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $23k → 12%STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $18k → 12%STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $14k → 13%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $23k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $22k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $21k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $20k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $20k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $18k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $18k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $15k → 17%CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $15k → 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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 16 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
11

Total granted

$1.2M
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+20%

Still filing today

50%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyOther
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

  • KS
    KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $265k · revenue +5%
  • SS
    STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $157k · revenue +271%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $103k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • MU
    MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue -1%
  • ND
    NOTRE DAME COLLEGE
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -20%
  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
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
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
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
4
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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5
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
6
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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7
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
8
Otterbein University

Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…

Education
9
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
10
Trustees of Clark University

Clark university's mission is to educate undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative…

Education
11
The College of Wooster

The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…

Education
12
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
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 Stark State College 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

17 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. 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $264,500 · EducationKENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONSTARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $157,130 · EducationSTARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATIONTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $102,500 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATIONCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Education+11 more: $93,000 · Education+11 moreCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $171,950 · OtherCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGETHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $106,500 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYNADA Foundation: $90,000 · OtherNADA FoundationOhio University: $60,500 · OtherOhio UniversityBOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY: $56,500 · OtherBOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITYYOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY: $53,500 · OtherYOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITYCleveland State University: $45,000 · OtherCleveland State University+4 more: $40,000 · Other+4 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Education$647,130Other$623,950Philanthropy$5,000

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 budgetKENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $264,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetSTARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $157,130 over 9y, 1.9% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $102,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNADA Foundation: $90,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $19,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Carroll University: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWalsh University Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOTRE DAME COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $4,000 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.

  • Who funds KENT STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NADA Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASHLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds John Carroll University ↗
  • Who funds Walsh University Inc ↗
  • Who funds MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds NOTRE DAME COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Dayton ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The University of Tampa Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗

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 Cleveland Foundat…Columbus FoundationThe Ohio Foundation o…Burton D Morgan Found…Community Foundations…National Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…Ohio Humanities Counc…Stark Community Found…Ascendium Education S…Tulsa Community Found…Ohio Child Care Resou…
The Cleveland FoundationOH23.4× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Columbus Foundation · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Community Foundations Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Ohio Humanities Council · Stark Community Foundation · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association

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 Automobile Dealers Educational Assistance Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Automobile Dealers Educational Assistance Foundation Inc. 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%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The University of Tampa Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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 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 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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