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Clapper Scholarship Fund at a glance

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Clapper Scholarship Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$40k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$142kRecreation & Sports$850
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,250
Median grant
3
States reached
$827k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$6,400
MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY$4,150
MIAMI UNIVERSITY$3,950
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$3,250
ZANE STATE COLLEGE$2,600
OHIO UNIVERSITY$2,250
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$2,250
PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE$2,250
HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY$2,250
OHIO UNIVERSITY ZANESVILLE$2,250
FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY$2,250
YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY$1,300
OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY$1,300
MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY$1,300
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI$1,300
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: $2k → 16%INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%MIAMI UNIVERSITY: $4k → 12%HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY: $2k → 12%MOUNT VERNON NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $750 → 13%ZANE STATE COLLEGE: $3k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON: $3k → 14%FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $1k → 16%OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 19%YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 19%OHIO UNIVERSITY: $2k → 22%OHIO UNIVERSITY ZANESVILLE: $2k → 14%OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $1k → 15%MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY: $4k → 14%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
NY
IN
OH
PA
KY
WV
AR
TN
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$103k · 18 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +9% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
23

Total granted

$103k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+8%

Still filing today

39%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

  • MU
    MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $18k · revenue +2%
  • MC
    Marietta College
    3× · 2022–2024 · $5k · revenue +15%
  • UO
    University of Dayton
    2× · 2022–2025 · $5k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • CO
    CENTRAL OHIO TECHNICAL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • GS
    GLENVILLE STATE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
  • AU
    ASHLAND UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -24%
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
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
4
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
5
Delaware Valley University

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…

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6
University of New Haven

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…

Education
7
Excelsior University

Excelsior University provides educational opportunity to adult learners with an emphasis on those historically underrepresented in higher education. The University meets students where they are - academically and geographically, offering…

Education
8
Dordt University

As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…

Education
9
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
10
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

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11
Mercyhurst University

Rooted in our Mercy Catholic liberal arts identity, we educate and inspire diverse learners in an environment where faith and reason flourish together for meaningful lives, dignified work, and leadership in service toward a just and loving…

Education
12
Xavier University

Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Campbellsville University Inc; the most unlike its peers is Ithaca College. 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

25 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. 25 of the 47 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/25
Grantees still filing
16/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $14,300 · OtherOHIO STATE UNIVERSITYOHIO UNIVERSITY ZANESVILLE: $9,300 · OtherOHIO UNIVERSITY ZANESVILLEUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $7,950 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATIOHIO UNIVERSITY: $7,600 · OtherOHIO UNIVERSITYPENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE: $5,800 · OtherPENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGEZANE STATE COLLEGE: $4,300 · OtherMIAMI UNIVERSITY: $3,950 · OtherWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $3,750 · OtherFRANKLIN UNIVERSITY: $3,100 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $3,050 · OtherKENT STATE UNIVERSITY: $3,050 · Other+14 more: $19,800 · Other+14 moreMUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY: $17,750 · EducationMUSKINGUM UNIVERSITYMarietta College: $5,000 · EducationMarietta CollegeUniversity of Dayton: $4,700 · EducationUniversity of DaytonMount Vernon Nazarene University: $3,600 · EducationMount Vernon Nazarene UniversityOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $2,800 · EducationThe University of Findlay: $2,800 · EducationHeidelberg University: $2,250 · EducationINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $2,250 · Education+14 more: $15,925 · Education+14 more
Other$85,950Education$57,075

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY: $17,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMarietta College: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $4,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMount Vernon Nazarene University: $3,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN UNIVERSITY: $3,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Findlay: $2,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHeidelberg University: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $1,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE: $1,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarding University Inc: $1,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRose-Hulman Institute of Technology: $1,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOtterbein University: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetITHACA COLLEGE: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL UNIVERSITY: $1,350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWalsh University Inc: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCampbellsville University Inc: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedarville University: $725 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.

  • Who funds MUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Marietta College ↗
  • Who funds University of Dayton ↗
  • Who funds Mount Vernon Nazarene University ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The University of Findlay ↗
  • Who funds Heidelberg University ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ASHLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE ↗
  • Who funds Harding University Inc ↗
  • Who funds Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Otterbein University ↗
  • Who funds ITHACA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt University ↗
  • Who funds CAPITAL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Ruth M Hughes Scholar…The Ohio Foundation o…Ella Weiss Educationa…Columbus FoundationShelly Family Foundat…Coshocton FoundationCouncil of Independen…A K Stephenson Fdn Ch…The Paul and Carol Da…Ibm International Fou…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…
Ruth M Hughes Scholarship TrustOH22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ruth M Hughes Scholarship Trust · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Ella Weiss Educational Fund · Columbus Foundation · Shelly Family Foundation · Coshocton Foundation · Council of Independent Colleges · A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy · The Paul and Carol David Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment 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 Clapper Scholarship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clapper Scholarship Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–30%
    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 47 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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