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BMD Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$157k
Granted FY2024still arriving
36
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$44k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2021–2024.

Education$106kHealth$87kReligion$32kArts & Culture$31kHuman Services$22kPublic Safety & Disaster$13kEmployment$11kYouth Development$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 36 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k32 grants · $83k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $74k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$115k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The University of Akron Foundation$43,750
Meridian Health Care$10,000
American Red Cross$10,000
NCH$10,000
IAPBC$9,500
Akron Soul Train$5,000
American Heart Association$5,000
Ohio Council for Home Care Hospice$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Marketplace Solutions$5,000
Greater Akron Chamber$3,500
The University of Akron$3,500
GPD Group Employees Foundation$3,000
Akron Bar Association Foundation$3,000
American Cancer Society$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY22–24, $16k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Ohio Alliance of YMCA Foundations: $500 → 15%Caring for Kids: $500 → 13%A Kid Again: $3k → 13%Chair-ity: $3k → 13%Chair-ity: $3k → 13%Chair-ity: $3k → 13%Battered Women's Shelter: $5k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$256k · 28 repeat orgs$111k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +12% since the first grant, against -8% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 21 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
31

Total granted

$256k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
-8%

Still filing today

68%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $49k 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
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthReligionYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $81k · revenue +30%
  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $22k · revenue +25%
  • AS
    AKRON SOUL TRAIN
    3× · 2022–2024 · $13k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • JB
    JULIE BILLIART SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • FE
    Florida East Coast Railway Santa Tr
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • HA
    HOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -40%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Akron Community Foundation

To identify, activate, and support informed and passionate philanthropists who strive to improve the quality of life in our community. we accomplish this by:- building a permanent source of charitable funding- cultivating strategic…

Philanthropy
2
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
3
Akron Bar Association

To enhance the quality of law and justice through community service and to maintain the integrity of the profession.

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4
Leadership Akron

The mission of leadership akron is to inspire, strengthen, and empower leaders. our purpose is to unlock the potential of leaders and serve as a catalyst that drives them to create a greater akron.

Education
5
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
6
Akron Parks Collaborative

To engage the akron, ohio community around the creation and sustainability of vibrant public spaces within the city of akron. we foster and support neighborhood park advocates by enabling them to meet their goals, partner with the city and…

Recreation & Sports
7
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Youth Development
8
Akron Zoological Park

We connect your life to wildlife while inspiring lifelong learning and conservation action.

Animals
9
Akron Development Corporation

The akron development corporation was organized to support economic development initiatives in the city of akron, particularly through the former akron global business accelerator and to secure state of ohio funding for technology-based…

Community Improvement
10
Akron Roundtable

Akron roundtable brings speakers to akron who inform, educate and stimulate listeners on topics of importance to the region, the country and the world.

—
11
Autism Society of Greater Akron

We create connections, empowering everyone in the autism community with the resources needed to live fully.

Health
12
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank

The mission of the akron-canton regional foodbank is to lead a collaborative network that empowers people to experience healthy and hunger-free lives. we distribute food to feed people and we advocate, engage and convene our community in…

Food & Nutrition

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Legal Aid Services and the most unlike its peers is Gpd Group Employees Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr13%8%5–10yr18%25%10–20yr15%23%20–35yr15%20%35–55yr19%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%1%5–10yr18%17%10–20yr15%8%20–35yr15%18%35–55yr19%55%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/44
the rest of the field
14%
4,385/31,706

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 74 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/41
Grantees still filing
19/41
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

IAPBC — $19,000 · OtherIAPBCMERIDIAN HEALTHCARE — $15,000 · OtherMERIDIAN HEALTHCAREIndividual grant recipient — $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNCH — $10,000 · OtherAmerican Red Cross — $10,000 · OtherAmerican Cancer Society — $9,000 · Other+45 more — $111,313 · Other+45 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION — $81,250 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUN…Revere Schools Foundation — $5,000 · EducationRevere Schools Foundation+3 more — $5,500 · Education+3 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc — $22,000 · HealthAmerican H…AKRON BAR FOUNDATION — $9,750 · HealthAKRON BAR …NEW HOPE FOR KIDS INC — $2,000 · HealthNEW HOPE F…+1 more — $1,000 · HealthAKRON SOUL TRAIN — $12,500 · Arts & CultureSummit Choral Society Inc — $3,000 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $2,680 · Arts & CultureAKRON ART MUSEUM — $2,500 · Arts & CultureBONITA WONDER GARDENS INC — $1,500 · Arts & CultureCHAIR-ITY — $7,500 · Human ServicesHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER — $5,000 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INC — $2,500 · Human Services+2 more — $1,000 · Human ServicesMarketplace Solutions Inc — $5,000 · ReligionLOVE AKRON INC — $1,500 · ReligionInternational Hindi Association — $500 · ReligionGPD GROUP EMPLOYEES FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 · Employment
Other$189,313Education$91,750Health$34,750Arts & Culture$22,180Human Services$16,000Religion$7,000Employment$6,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION — $81,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMERIDIAN HEALTHCARE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAKRON SOUL TRAIN — $12,500 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetAKRON BAR FOUNDATION — $9,750 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCHAIR-ITY — $7,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGPD GROUP EMPLOYEES FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Florida Inc — $6,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF AKRON OHIO INC — $5,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMarketplace Solutions Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetRevere Schools Foundation — $5,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOAP BOX DERBY INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER AKRON FORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC FORMERLY THE FIRST TEE OF AKRON — $3,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER AKRON CHAMBER — $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSummit Choral Society Inc — $3,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC — $2,680 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION (USA) — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAROUS FAMILY CHARITIES — $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES — $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHELP HOTLINE CRISIS CENTER — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKettering Rotary Club Foundation — $2,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetATHENA AKRON INC — $2,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetNEW HOPE FOR KIDS INC — $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF OHIO — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE AKRON INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBONITA WONDER GARDENS INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Stark County — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPELOTONIA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOperation New Hope Inc — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARSON STRONG FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY — $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTORCHBEARERS — $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Hindi Association — $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOhio Alliance of YMCA's Foundation — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCARING FOR KIDS INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Akron Community Found…United Way of Summit …Charles E and Mabel M…Gar FoundationLehner Family Foundat…Lloyd L & Louise K Sm…Sisler McFawn Foundat…Firstenergy FoundationW Paul Mills & Thora …L R Moffitt & L W Mof…The Welty Family Foun…Synthomer Foundation …
Akron Community FoundationOH40.7× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · United Way of Summit and Medina · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · Gar Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Firstenergy Foundation · W Paul Mills & Thora J Mills Memorial · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · Synthomer Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization BMD Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Operation New Hope Inc — 13% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to BMD Foundation?

Find your warmest path to BMD 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 74 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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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 camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines