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Bokom Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$39k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
54
Grants FY2024
54
Organizations funded FY2023
6%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$500
Largest grant, FY2024
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
45 to 56
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$1.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations Bokom Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationEnvironmentRecreation & SportsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving51$39k22%
FY202354$57k6%
FY202256$49k4%
FY202151$35k4%
FY202053$51k13%
FY201951$56k22%
FY201847$79k34%
FY201745$55kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$176kArts & Culture$64kEducation$60kRecreation & Sports$34kReligion$32kAnimals$19kHealth$5kHuman Services$4kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MT
ND
NY
OR
WY
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Bokom Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cleveland Museum of Natural History$37,00080%
Akron Art Museum$20,50080%
The Ohio Environmental Council$17,00080%
The Colorado College$8,00040%
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc$7,50080%
The Tvrc Education Foundation Inc$7,00070%
Forman School Inc$6,30080%
Winous Point Marsh Conservancy$5,00010%
Montana Trout Unlimited$5,00050%
The Trust for Public Land$5,00010%
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park$5,00010%
Clark Fork Coalition$4,50050%
Victory Gallop Inc$4,00080%
University School$3,80060%
Cascade Locks Park Association$3,50071%
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition$3,50050%
Oliver Wolcott Library Inc$3,20080%
Old Trail School$3,00010%
Summit Metro Parks Foundation$3,00030%
Friends of Crowell Hilaka$3,00061%
Gilmour Academy Inc$2,8005n/a
Ohio Wesleyan University$2,80070%
Ripley Inc$2,60080%
Susan B Anthony Project Inc$2,50040%
Summit Metro Parks$2,5002n/a
Rumsey Hall School Inc$2,40060%
Bath Pony Club$2,20081%
Mercyhurst University$2,00020%
Kents Hill School$1,90080%
Land Trust Alliance Inc$1,60080%
The Hill School$1,60080%
Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center$1,60080%
The White Memorial Foundation Inc$1,40070%
Great Smoky Mountains Institute Inc$1,40070%
Litchfield Montessori School Inc$1,40070%
Aspen Center for Environmental Studies$1,20060%
Dubois Volunteer Fire Department Inc$80051%
Minkwon Center for Community Action Inc$50030%
Friends of Medina County Parks Inc$50010%
The Alliance for Florida's National Parks Inc$20010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 57 recipients with no EIN on record ($232k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bokom Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCleveland Museum of Natural History: $37,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAkron Art Museum: $20,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ohio Environmental Council: $17,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Colorado College: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTheodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Inc: $7,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Tvrc Education Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetForman School Inc: $6,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWinous Point Marsh Conservancy: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMontana Trout Unlimited: $5,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trust for Public Land: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClark Fork Coalition: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVictory Gallop Inc: $4,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity School: $3,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCascade Locks Park Association: $3,500 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetOhio & Erie Canalway Coalition: $3,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOliver Wolcott Library Inc: $3,200 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOld Trail School: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSummit Metro Parks Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Crowell Hilaka: $3,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetOhio Wesleyan University: $2,800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetRipley Inc: $2,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSusan B Anthony Project Inc: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRumsey Hall School Inc: $2,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBath Pony Club: $2,200 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetMercyhurst University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKents Hill School: $1,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLand Trust Alliance Inc: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hill School: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHope and Healing Survivor Resource Center: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe White Memorial Foundation Inc: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Smoky Mountains Institute Inc: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLitchfield Montessori School Inc: $1,400 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAspen Center for Environmental Studies: $1,200 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDubois Volunteer Fire Department Inc: $800 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMinkwon Center for Community Action Inc: $500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Medina County Parks Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Alliance for Florida's National Parks Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Akron Community FoundationOH29× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · Fw Albrecht Family Foundation · Gar Foundation · The Patricia & J Harvey Graves Family Foundation · The Richard S and Alita Rogers Family Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · Sandra L and Dennis B Haslinger Family Foundation Inc Co Sandra Haslinger · The Bruce & Erica Greer Family Foundation · The Feth Family Foundation · Jackie & Bruce Davey Family Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn

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.

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About Bokom Foundation Inc

How much does Bokom Foundation Inc give?
Bokom Foundation Inc reported 54 grants totaling $39,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 56 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Bokom Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (42%), Arts & Culture (15%), Education (14%).
Who are Bokom Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Cleveland Museum of Natural History ($37k), Akron Art Museum ($21k), The Ohio Environmental Council ($17k).
Does Bokom Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bokom Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bokom Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Akron Community Foundation, Fw Albrecht Family Foundation, Gar Foundation.
Where is Bokom Foundation Inc based?
Bokom Foundation Inc is based in OH.

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 98 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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