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Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$420k
Granted FY2025still arriving
72
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$359kHealth$338kHuman Services$198kReligion$136kYouth Development$125kEducation$112kFood & Nutrition$99kCommunity Improvement$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k61 grants · $278k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $142k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP$20,000
BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER$15,000
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL$15,000
CONCORDIA OF OHIO$15,000
LAKE ERIE COLLEGE$15,000
TUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION$12,000
AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK$10,000
DANCING CLASSROOMS NORTHEAST OHIO$10,000
TALLMADGE CITY SCHOOLS$10,000
RAPE CRISIS CENTER$10,000
THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA$10,000
Individual grant recipient$8,000
VICTORY GALLOP INC$8,000
STAN HYWET HALL GARDENS$7,500
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES INC$7,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $200k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $6k → 12%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $6k → 12%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $6k → 14%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3k → 12%COMMUNITY OUTREACH RESOURCES EXCHANGE: $5k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $6k → 14%COMMUNITY OUTREACH RESOURCES EXCHANGE: $3k → 13%COMMUNITY OUTREACH RESOURCES EXCHANGE: $3k → 13%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $6k → 14%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $2k → 17%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $2k → 17%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $7k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $7k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $7k → 13%AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN L: $5k → 13%AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CTR: $4k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $4k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $4k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $4k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $4k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $4k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $4k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $4k → 13%SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES: $4k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $5k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $5k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $5k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $5k → 13%GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $5k → 13%PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC: $3k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $3k → 13%PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC: $3k → 13%PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC: $3k → 13%PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS & SERVICES INC: $3k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $15k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $13k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $13k → 13%BATTERED WOMENS SHELTER: $11k → 13%VILLAGE AT ST EDWARD FOUNDATION: $3k → 13%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

MI
MA
OH
PA
CO
VA
DC
GA
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 97 repeat orgs$204k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

97 repeat relationships: 62 still active in FY2025, 35 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

97
42

Total granted

$1.6M
$138k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
0%

Still filing today

78%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentEducationReligionOther
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

  • TW
    THE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    5× · 2021–2025 · $68k · revenue +136%
  • AR
    AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK
    5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +25%
  • TM
    The Musical Arts Association
    5× · 2021–2025 · $50k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • GA
    GREATER AKRON AMENITIES INC
    one grant, 2023 · $8k · revenue 0%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $8k · revenue +16%
  • SC
    SHELTER CARE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $6k · revenue -2%
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
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
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
3
Greater Akron Chamber

To promote business in the tri-county area

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4
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
5
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
6
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
7
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
8
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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9
Ohio District 5 Area Agency On Aging Inc

The ohio district 5 area agency on aging, inc. provides leadership, collaboration, coordination and services to older adults, people with disabilities, their caregivers and resource networks that support individual choice, independence and…

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10
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
11
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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12
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc; the most unlike its peers is Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial. 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

107 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 107 of the 149 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
103/107
Grantees still filing
62/107
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TALLMADGE CITY SCHOOLS: $60,000 · OtherTALLMADGE CITY SCHOOLSHAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES INCORPORATED: $30,000 · OtherHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $35,500 · Other+85 more: $669,200 · Other+85 moreTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION: $52,000 · Arts & CultureTUESDAY MUSICAL AS…The Musical Arts Association: $50,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts A…SUMMIT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AKRON OHIO: $22,000 · Arts & CultureSUMMIT COUNTY HIST…WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN RESERVE HI…MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMAGICAL THEATRE CO…AKRON ART MUSEUM: $19,500 · Arts & CultureAKRON ART MUSEUMDEVELOPING CONNECTIONS NORTHEAST OHIO: $18,000 · Arts & CultureDEVELOPING CONNECT…ART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS: $16,000 · Arts & CultureSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureChildrens Concert Society: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION AND SCENIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION: $14,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $27,000 · Arts & Culture+6 moreHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $56,000 · Human ServicesHOPE AND HEALIN…CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $24,500 · Human ServicesCHILD GUIDANCE …American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $23,000 · Human ServicesAmerican Nation…GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $23,000 · Human ServicesGRACE HOUSE AKR…FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & COMMUN…SOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC: $19,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH STREET MN…VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesVICTIM ASSISTAN…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $15,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY S…PREGNANCY SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES INC: $13,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY OUTREACH RESOURCES EXCHAN: $10,000 · Human ServicesAKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER & URBAN LEAGUE INC: $9,000 · Human Services+4 more: $16,000 · Human Services+4 moreVICTORY GALLOP INC: $37,000 · HealthVICTORY GALLOP …RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $34,000 · HealthRAPE CRISIS CEN…EMBRACING FUTURES INC: $30,000 · HealthEMBRACING FUTUR…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON: $24,600 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSP…STEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $23,600 · HealthSTEWART'S CARIN…OhioGuidestone: $21,000 · HealthOhioGuidestoneAXESS FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,000 · HealthAXESS FAMILY SE…AUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATER AKRON: $13,000 · HealthREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $13,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $12,000 · HealthINTERVAL BROTHERHOOD HOMES INC: $10,000 · HealthDR BOB'S HOME: $8,500 · Health+1 more: $6,000 · HealthTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $68,000 · Community ImprovementTHE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE: $27,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF METRO PARKS: $4,000 · Community ImprovementINTERNATIONAL SOAP BOX DERBY INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $19,500 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO: $11,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFIRST GLANCE STUDENT CENTER INC: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentIDEASTREAM: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS: $5,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $50,000 · Food & NutritionGOOD SAMARITAN HUNGER CENTER: $3,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$794,700Arts & Culture$301,500Human Services$258,500Health$248,700Community Improvement$99,000Youth Development$91,000Food & Nutrition$53,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $68,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $56,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION: $52,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVICTORY GALLOP INC: $37,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $35,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetRAPE CRISIS CENTER: $34,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEMBRACING FUTURES INC: $30,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE: $27,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON: $24,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $24,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $23,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetCROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER: $23,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $23,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCASA BOARD VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION IN: $23,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetGRACE HOUSE AKRON INC: $23,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSUMMIT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AKRON OHIO: $22,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetOhioGuidestone: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOAP BOX DERBY INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE AKRON MARATHON CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $20,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM: $19,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT USA: $19,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetDEVELOPING CONNECTIONS NORTHEAST OHIO: $18,000 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetVICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $18,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GRIEFCARE PLACE INC: $17,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS: $16,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetAXESS FAMILY SERVICES INC: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $15,500 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetTHE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF AKRON OHIO INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCONCORDIA OF OHIO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBroken Chains Jail & Prison Ministry Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetLAKE ERIE COLLEGE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $15,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetChildrens Concert Society: $15,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION AND SCENIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION: $14,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTruly Reaching You Inc: $14,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetACCESS INC: $13,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF GREATER AKRON: $13,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.9% 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.

Lloyd L & Louise K Smith FoundationOH163.8× affinity76 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · W Paul Mills & Thora J Mills Memorial · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Glenn R & Alice V Boggess Memorial · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Gar Foundation · United Way of Summit and Medina · Synthomer Foundation Inc

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 Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 149 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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