How much does Community Foundation of Lorain County give?

Community Foundation of Lorain County reported 141 itemized grants totaling $4,587,939, out of $5,480,724 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 108 and 145 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Community Foundation of Lorain County fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (25%), Human Services (22%), Arts & Culture (12%).

Who are Community Foundation of Lorain County's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation ($3.2M), Common Ground the Cindy Nord Center for Renewal ($1.7M), The Salvation Army ($1.1M).

Does Community Foundation of Lorain County fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of Lorain County?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Nord Family Foundation, The Nordson Corporation Foundation, The Stocker Foundation.

Where is Community Foundation of Lorain County based?

Community Foundation of Lorain County is based in OH.

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Community Foundation of Lorain County

The community foundation responds to the changing needs of the community by making grants to local nonprofit organizations, awarding scholarships to help local students, working together with donors to build community endowment and providing leadership on key community issues.

$5.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 141
Itemized grants FY2024: 145
Organizations funded FY2023: 8%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $4.6M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $22,011
Largest grant, FY2024: $209,703
Organizations funded a year: 108 to 145; FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $168M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Community Foundation of Lorain County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $143k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	137	$4.5M	8%
FY2023	145	$5.0M	8%
FY2022	133	$4.8M	15%
FY2021	108	$4.4M	8%
FY2020	113	$3.6M	10%
FY2019	126	$4.6M	23%
FY2018	114	$4.2M	25%
FY2017	113	$4.6M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

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

Health$9.2MHuman Services$7.8MArts & Culture$4.3MEducation$4.2MReligion$2.0MYouth Development$1.9MFood & Nutrition$1.4MCommunity Improvement$1.2MOther$0

Top grantees

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

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation	$3,190,584	8	3%
Common Ground the Cindy Nord Center for Renewal	$1,702,154	8	31%
The Salvation Army	$1,146,954	8	n/a
Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio	$1,134,140	8	2%
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish	$1,080,000	8	n/a
Neighborhood Alliance	$1,056,363	8	5%
Blessing House	$734,231	8	13%
Lorain Civic Center Committee Inc	$625,851	7	19%
Lorain County Free Clinic Inc	$589,127	8	9%
Catholic Charities Corporation	$556,592	8	0%

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All grantees of Community Foundation of Lorain County by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation	$3,190,584	8	3%
Common Ground the Cindy Nord Center for Renewal	$1,702,154	8	31%
The Salvation Army	$1,146,954	8	n/a
Second Harvest Foodbank of North Central Ohio	$1,134,140	8	2%
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish	$1,080,000	8	n/a
Neighborhood Alliance	$1,056,363	8	5%
Blessing House	$734,231	8	13%
Lorain Civic Center Committee Inc	$625,851	7	19%
Lorain County Free Clinic Inc	$589,127	8	9%
Catholic Charities Corporation	$556,592	8	0%
Lorain City Schools	$504,185	8	n/a
El Centro de Servicios Sociales Inc	$495,524	8	7%
Lorain County Safe Harbor Corp	$446,121	8	6%
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio	$439,535	8	1%
Lorain County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services Inc	$418,558	6	2%
Lorain County Historical Society Inc	$413,774	8	42%
Patricia Lindley Center for the Performing Arts Inc	$412,206	6	77%
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland	$406,279	8	0%
Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization	$402,221	8	21%
Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio	$400,000	8	4%
Big Brothersbig Sisters of Lorain County	$378,450	8	13%
Lorain County Park	$376,799	2	n/a
The Road to Hope Inc	$344,476	8	4%
Save Our Children of Elyria	$338,471	8	10%
Lorain County Urban League Inc	$334,937	7	7%
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc	$328,011	8	0%
Oberlin Board of Education	$326,214	8	n/a
Family Planning Services of Lorain County	$325,219	8	8%
The Dollywood Foundation	$302,059	3	0%
The Nord Family Foundation	$288,836	8	0%
Lorain County Office on Aging	$287,842	8	4%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio	$287,667	8	1%
Lorain County Community College Foundation	$284,071	8	1%
Oberlin Community Services Council	$272,612	8	6%
Riveon Mental Health and Recovery	$271,744	8	0%
Leadership Lorain County Inc	$270,663	7	19%
Young Women's Christian Association of Elyria Oh	$269,282	8	8%
Rotary International - Elyria Rotary Club	$267,019	7	56%
Great Lakes Theater Festival Inc	$258,500	8	2%
Lucy Idol Center Inc	$258,304	8	5%
East 66th Street Services Inc	$251,300	4	12%
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center	$245,453	8	1%
Humility of Mary Housing Inc	$236,000	7	3%
Lorain Public Library System	$233,538	8	n/a
Life a Dementia Friendly Foundation	$214,696	5	93%
Our Lady of the Wayside Inc	$210,719	8	0%
Lorain Historical Society	$208,732	8	9%
Elyria Arts Council	$207,592	6	68%
Firelands Assn for the Visual Arts	$201,360	8	12%
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry	$189,500	8	0%
Northern Ohio Youth Orchestra Inc	$185,248	8	13%
Echoing Hills Village Inc	$183,328	8	0%
Lets Get Real Inc	$181,100	7	6%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc	$178,267	8	0%
Main Street Vermilion Inc	$169,825	7	14%
Wellington Exempted Village Schools	$168,520	6	n/a
Lorain County Health & Dentistry	$166,000	3	1%
Friends of Firelands	$161,890	4	n/a
Youth Challenge	$158,265	7	2%
Amherst Historical Society	$156,584	8	14%
United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc	$153,361	8	2%
Avon Lake Public Library	$141,840	8	n/a
City Fresh	$137,841	5	10%
Pathways Enrichment Center	$136,500	4	58%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation	$135,864	6	0%
Lorain County Board of Elections	$130,790	4	n/a
Business Volunteers Unlimited	$129,000	6	1%
Harrison Cultural Community Center Inc	$124,987	5	26%
Friendship Animal Protective League	$124,966	6	1%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc	$124,771	3	0%
Elyria City Schools	$123,898	6	n/a
The Black River Audubon Society	$119,724	8	76%
Junior Achievement of Greater Cleveland	$116,276	7	2%
Cleveland Museum of Natural History	$114,952	7	0%
Avon Lake Kiwanis Scholarship Fund	$107,507	7	100%
Passages Connecting Fathers & Sons	$106,798	5	2%
P2r Training and Resource Center In	$104,518	3	5%
North Pointe Ballet Inc	$103,431	6	9%
Sheffield Lake Public Schools	$96,364	6	n/a
Ritter Public Library	$94,313	8	n/a
Mary Lee Tucker Fund Inc	$93,861	7	24%
Amherst Board of Education	$91,935	3	n/a
Elyria Public Library	$90,127	5	0%
Lorain County Lutheranpresbyterian Cooperative Ministry	$90,000	6	27%
Camp Imagine	$87,966	5	14%
Cornerstone Pregnancy Services	$86,896	8	3%
Oberlin Early Childhood Center	$86,607	8	3%
Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc	$85,400	5	0%
Effective Leadership Academy	$84,629	4	4%
Tech Corps Ohio	$84,598	5	1%
Leaders of Today	$83,464	3	n/a
Primary Purpose Center Inc	$82,654	4	4%
Black River Education and Wellness Foundation	$81,509	7	9%
Oberlin College	$79,794	5	0%
Friends of the Herrick Memorial Library Inc	$78,292	5	n/a
Lorain Rotary Club	$78,000	7	n/a
Replay for Kids	$72,701	8	7%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches	$71,415	6	0%
Birchwood School	$70,000	7	n/a
Lorain County Medical Society Foundation	$70,000	3	71%
National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate	$69,000	6	1%
Lorain County Metro Parks	$67,833	5	n/a
Western Reserve Land Conservancy	$67,703	6	0%
Educational Service Center of Lorain County	$67,009	7	n/a
Lgbtq Lorain County	$66,274	4	n/a
Achievement Centers for Children	$61,000	6	0%
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority	$60,000	1	n/a
Young Womens Christian Association Lorain	$58,211	8	n/a
Hearts of Patriots	$56,968	3	32%
Keystone Local School District	$56,610	1	n/a
The Ohio State University	$55,943	2	n/a
Young Mens Christian Association of Cleveland	$54,524	6	0%
University Hospitals Health System Inc	$54,000	1	0%
Voices for Children	$53,542	5	n/a
Nami Lorain County	$53,000	4	7%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc	$50,000	1	1%
Oberlin Choristers	$49,143	5	12%
The Mad Factory	$49,000	6	6%
Church of St Peter	$47,714	1	n/a
Elyria Public Library Foundation Inc	$47,385	2	76%
Ohio Speech Language Hearing Assn	$45,400	6	28%
Easter Seals Northern Ohio Inc	$44,767	7	0%
Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center	$44,215	3	1%
Flat Rock Homes Inc	$43,877	3	3%
Southern Lorain County Historical Society	$42,851	6	18%
Ideastream	$40,000	4	0%
Lorain Lighthouse Foundation	$38,925	2	15%
Brownhelm Historical Association	$38,321	3	n/a
Good Knights Inc	$38,132	3	4%
North Ridgeville Community Care Inc	$37,143	3	2%
OhioGuidestone	$35,707	3	0%
City of Elyria	$35,607	2	n/a
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning	$35,206	2	1%
Friends of Monteith Hall	$33,875	3	n/a
Case Western Reserve University	$33,089	5	0%
Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging Foundation	$32,000	2	29%
Pace Foundation	$31,150	2	n/a
Youth Opportunities Unlimited	$30,000	3	0%
Mobilemed1 Inc Dba Medworks	$30,000	1	3%
Main Street Wellington Inc	$29,716	3	29%
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park	$28,335	2	0%
Herrick Memorial Library	$28,101	3	n/a
Little Lighthouse Learning Center	$28,000	2	2%
Avonavon Lake Community Resource Services Inc	$27,835	4	1%
Lorain County Habitat for Humanity Inc	$25,750	2	3%
The Friends of the Elyria Public Library	$25,411	4	n/a
Lifeact	$25,000	2	1%
Ohio State University Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
Foundation of the Lorain Public Library System	$25,000	1	n/a
Gathering Hope House	$24,748	3	3%
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center	$23,472	1	2%
Norwalk Catholic School	$23,304	3	n/a
Western Reserve Local Schools	$22,946	4	n/a
Vocational Guidance Services	$22,424	3	0%
Lake Erie Nature and Science Center	$22,413	1	2%
Great Expectations Ministries	$20,430	3	n/a
Mobility & Opportunity for a Vibrant Economy	$20,000	1	n/a
Gmiluth Chasodim (The Hebrew Free Loan Association)	$20,000	1	4%
Karen P Nakon Breast Cancer Found	$20,000	1	16%
Standout Production Group	$19,500	3	n/a
Ability Works Inc	$18,500	2	0%
Chn Housing Partners	$18,000	2	0%
Family & Community Services Inc	$18,000	1	0%
Front Exhibition Company	$18,000	2	1%
Neighborhood Progress Inc	$17,500	1	1%
Slowik Music Institute	$17,000	2	3%
Lake Erie Council Boy Scouts of America Inc	$16,681	1	0%
Friends of South Lorain	$16,600	1	n/a
Bellevue City Schools	$16,145	2	n/a
Wesleyan Senior Living Foundation	$16,145	2	n/a
Lorain County Sheriff's Auxiliary and Training Academy	$15,000	1	n/a
Human Trafficking Collaborative of Lorain County	$15,000	1	n/a
Oberlin Clt	$15,000	1	n/a
Kendal Northern Ohio	$15,000	1	20%
Lorain Arts Council	$14,560	1	n/a
Girls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio	$14,550	2	2%
Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland Inc	$14,105	1	1%
Lorain County Joint Vocational School	$13,935	2	n/a
Norwalk City School District	$13,883	1	n/a
Firefish Arts Inc	$13,457	2	4%
In Our Backyards Inc	$12,550	1	0%
Amherst Downtown & Betterment Assoc	$12,007	2	6%
In Education Inc	$12,000	2	5%
Our Family Fathers and Mothers Involved in Local Youth	$11,800	1	9%
Lorain County Communiy Action Agency Inc	$10,250	1	0%
A Kid Again Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Child Care Resource Center Inc	$10,000	1	0%
First Lady's Charitable Foundation	$10,000	1	2%
Elyria Catholic High School	$10,000	1	n/a
The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Theater Project	$10,000	1	25%
Lorain County Agricultural Society	$10,000	1	0%
Community of Faith United Church of Christ	$9,963	1	n/a
Avon Board of Education	$9,727	1	n/a
The Gathering Place	$9,716	1	0%
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage	$9,110	1	0%
Elyria Community Partnership	$8,810	1	3%
Greater Cleveland Media Development Corporation	$8,500	1	1%
Avon Lake Public Library	$8,250	1	n/a
Church of the Open Door	$7,500	1	n/a
Oberlin Childrens Shakespeare Proje	$7,500	1	n/a
Spark Theatre Company Inc	$7,500	1	9%
Main Street Oberlin Inc	$7,500	1	n/a
Avon Lake City Schools Foundation	$7,029	1	n/a
Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio	$6,500	1	0%
Start W Art Calm	$6,500	1	n/a
SCORE Association	$6,000	1	0%
T3 Sports Foundation Inc	$6,000	1	n/a
Community of Faith United Church of Christ	$5,813	1	n/a
St Frances Xavier Cabrini Parish	$5,349	1	n/a

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.5M), not named here.

Community Foundation of Lorain County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 17 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 149 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 149.

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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.

The Nord Family FoundationOH139.3× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Nord Family Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Stocker Foundation · Community West Foundation · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc · The Reinberger Foundation · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Lakeland Community Foundation · Miraldi Family Pvt Fdn

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 Community Foundation of Lorain County

How much does Community Foundation of Lorain County give?: Community Foundation of Lorain County reported 141 itemized grants totaling $4,587,939, out of $5,480,724 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 108 and 145 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Community Foundation of Lorain County fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (25%), Human Services (22%), Arts & Culture (12%).
Who are Community Foundation of Lorain County's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation ($3.2M), Common Ground the Cindy Nord Center for Renewal ($1.7M), The Salvation Army ($1.1M).
Does Community Foundation of Lorain County fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Community Foundation of Lorain County?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Nord Family Foundation, The Nordson Corporation Foundation, The Stocker Foundation.
Where is Community Foundation of Lorain County based?: Community Foundation of Lorain County is based in OH.