· Private foundation
Biery Family Foundation Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k7 grants · $16k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $95k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WALSH UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| CANTON PALACE THEATRE | $25,000 |
| CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN COLORADO | $20,000 |
| HANNAH HOUSE | $10,000 |
| SAMARITAN'S PURSE | $10,000 |
| UNITED WAY OF GREATER STARK COUNTY | $10,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT UNION | $10,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES | $10,000 |
| COPELAND OAKS | $5,000 |
| CANTON BALLET | $5,000 |
| LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $3,000 |
| LOUISVILLE SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| ST JOSEPH PARISH | $1,000 |
| LOUISVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY | $675 |
| MASSILLON EDUCATION ASSOCIATION | $500 |
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 (FY22–25, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WUWalsh University Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $330k · revenue +3%
- UOUniversity of Mount Union9× · 2017–2025 · $61k · revenue +37%
- CBCANTON BALLET4× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +3%
Funded once
- LHLOUISVILLE HIGH SCHOOLone grant, 2024 · $55k
- ADAGRICULTURAL DESIGN INCone grant, 2023 · $31k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $25k
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.
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.
Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.
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…
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
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…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…
The mission of calvin university is to equip students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as christ's agents of renewal in the world.
We, mount carmel and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mount carmel college of nursing is a member of mount carmel and trinity health.
To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.
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…
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…
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…
How this is measured
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 37 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.
- Who funds Walsh University Inc ↗
- Who funds University of Mount Union ↗
- Who funds United Way of Greater Stark County ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CANTON BALLET ↗
- Who funds ARTS IN STARK ↗
- Who funds COPELAND OAKS ↗
- Who funds THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION NO COLORADO ↗
- Who funds MALONE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE VILLAGE NETWORK ↗
- Who funds THE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Stark Community Foundation · Timken Foundation of Canton · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · The Belden Brick Charitable Trust · Hoover Foundation Income Account · Ervin & Marie Wilkof Foundation · The Fitzpatrick Foundation Inc · Ada C Rank & Helen J Rank Charitable · Diebold Employees Charitable Fd Ta · The Paul and Carol David Foundation · Doris & Floyd Kimble Foundation · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Biery Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Biery Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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