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Barbasol Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$418k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$150k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$329kHealth$158kPhilanthropy$152kYouth Development$125kHuman Services$102kArts & Culture$55kFood & Nutrition$41kHousing & Shelter$22kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $89k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $54k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $275k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ashland County Community Foundation$150,000
Individual grant recipient$125,000
Treasure House$25,000
Wellity Education$15,000
Seeds of Caring$14,300
Contemporary Theater of Ohio$6,000
Cristo Rey Columbus HS Work Study$6,000
Homeport$6,000
American Vets Appr Events$6,000
Local Matters$5,000
Foundations Community Childcare Inc$5,000
Columbus Speech and Hearing$5,000
Student Success Stores$5,000
Ashland Bike Project$5,000
Friends of CASA of Franklin Co$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Foundations Community Childcare Inc: $5k → 11%Home for Families: $5k → 15%Femergy: $5k → 15%Young Men's Christian Assn Ashland: $100 → 15%A Kid Again: $20k → 15%A Kid Again: $20k → 15%A Kid Again: $20k → 15%A Kid Again: $15k → 15%Family Mentor Foundation: $8k → 15%Family Mentor Foundation: $8k → 15%Family Mentor Foundation: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
AZ
TN
DC
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 17% of Barbasol Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 64% of the giving stays in OH; by stated purpose, 54%.

Barbasol Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 10% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$793k · 23 repeat orgs$70k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

23 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
23

Total granted

$793k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+1%

Still filing today

70%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • TH
    TREASURE HOUSE
    4× · 2021–2024 · $100k · revenue +36%
  • AK
    A KID AGAIN INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $75k · revenue +25%
  • SO
    SEEDS OF CARING
    4× · 2021–2024 · $45k · revenue +132%

Funded once

  • Best Buddies International Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +17%
  • F
    FEMERGY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -16%
  • TH
    THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -16%
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
Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program

Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…

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2
Feed the Kids Columbus Inc

Feed The Kids Columbus strives to ensure food insecure children in Central Ohio have access to nutritious meals and snacks so they are able to learn and grow. There are as many as 12 million children in the United States who are at risk of…

Food & Nutrition
3
Columbus Children's Foundation

Accelerating the most effective gene therapy treatments for children with ultra-rare diseases.

Health
4
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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5
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

To serve the central ohio community with affordable, easy to access healthcare services.

Health
6
Ashland Assisted Living Inc

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Human Services
7
The Children's Cancer Cause Inc

The mission of children's cancer cause is to champion policies and programs that improve the lives of children with cancer and survivors.

Health
8
Children's Hunger Alliance

See schedule o.children's hunger alliance is a statewide nonprofit organization founded in 1970 that is dedicated to overcoming food insecurity by ensuring that every child in ohio, regardless of circumstances, has consistent access to…

Food & Nutrition
9
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

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10
Faith Mission Inc

To create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home health care…

Housing & Shelter
11
Childkind Inc

Childkind's mission is to empower families caring for children involved with the child welfare system, specializing in those with special health care and developmental needs. whether it be a child with a complex medical or developmental…

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12
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seeds of Caring; the most unlike its peers is Angela Stanford Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

40 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. 40 of the 60 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/40
Grantees still filing
23/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $250,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCristo Rey Columbus HS Work Study: $56,000 · OtherCristo Rey Columbus HS Work StudyFriends of CASA of Franklin Co: $35,000 · OtherFriends of CASA of Franklin CoAmerican Vets Appr Events: $21,000 · OtherColumbus Speech and Hearing: $20,000 · OtherLOCAL MATTERS: $20,000 · Other+33 more: $51,701 · Other+33 moreASHLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyASHLAND COUNTY C…+2 more: $1,700 · PhilanthropyTREASURE HOUSE: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterTREASURE HOUS…COLUMBUS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $17,000 · Housing & ShelterCOLUMBUS HOUS…A KID AGAIN INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN …FAMILY MENTOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY MENTO…FOUNDATIONS COMMUNITY CHILDCARE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesFEMERGY: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $350 · Human ServicesWellity Education: $48,300 · Arts & CultureTHE CONTEMPORARY THEATRE OF OHIO: $31,000 · Arts & CultureSEEDS OF CARING: $45,100 · Youth DevelopmentRULING OUR EXPERIENCES INC: $27,900 · Youth Development+1 more: $500 · Youth DevelopmentHEARTLAND HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationPELOTONIA: $7,270 · EducationStudent Success Stores: $5,000 · EducationUNITED SCHOOLS: $4,500 · Education
Other$453,701Philanthropy$151,700Housing & Shelter$117,000Human Services$110,350Arts & Culture$79,300Youth Development$73,500Education$26,770

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 budgetASHLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetTREASURE HOUSE: $100,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetWellity Education: $48,300 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetSEEDS OF CARING: $45,100 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetTHE CONTEMPORARY THEATRE OF OHIO: $31,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetRULING OUR EXPERIENCES INC: $27,900 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFAMILY MENTOR FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetLOCAL MATTERS: $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCOLUMBUS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTLAND HIGH SCHOOL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPELOTONIA: $7,270 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetStudent Success Stores: $5,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetFOUNDATIONS COMMUNITY CHILDCARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFEMERGY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCollege Golf Fellowship: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP COLUMBUS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHEALTHY KIDS RUNNING SERIES: $1,850 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetANGELA STANFORD FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBetter Way Ministries: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTAH DOWN SYNDROME FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetASHLAND COUNTY CANCER ASSOCIATION INC: $950 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHarpers Corner Foundation Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPGA TOUR CHARITIES INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LINK MISSION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $412 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLINTON CYCLEWORKS: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVETERANS CARE NETWORK: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ASHLAND OHIO INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDSHIP ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $100 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.

Columbus FoundationIngram-White Castle F…Harry C Moores Founda…United Way of Central…Cardinal Health Found…American Electric Pow…Encova Foundation of …L Brands FoundationSiemer Family Foundat…Columbus Jewish Found…Nisource Charitable F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Columbus FoundationOH41.3× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Cardinal Health Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · L Brands Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Barbasol Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Barbasol Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–15%
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Barbasol Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Barbasol 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 60 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home