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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 FY2024still arriving
141
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$210k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

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
02FY2024 · 141 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 141 grants below total $4,587,939, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,480,724 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $892,785 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k30 grants · $218k
  • $10k–50k82 grants · $2.0M
  • $50k–250k29 grants · $2.3M
$22,011
Median grant
1
States reached
$168M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMON GROUND-THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL$209,703
SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO$143,549
NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISH$135,000
NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE$124,762
THE SALVATION ARMY ELYRIA$113,853
LORAIN CIVIC CENTER COMMITTEE$112,722
LORAIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$102,766
BLESSING HOUSE$95,982
LORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC$78,716
EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC$78,518
LUCY IDOL CENTER INC$76,129
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY$70,643
MAIN STREET VERMILION$69,785
NORD MENTAL HEALTH CENTER (RIVEON MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY)$67,615
CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION$67,000
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 (FY17–24, $4.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 23% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%LUCY IDOL CENTER INC: $76k → 11%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $80k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $78k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $70k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $70k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $67k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $67k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $65k → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $60k → 17%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR GENESIS HOUSE: $63k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR GENESIS HOUSE: $60k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR GENESIS HOUSE: $59k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR GENESIS HOUSE: $57k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR GENESIS HOUSE: $52k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR GENESIS HOUSE: $52k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR GENESIS HOUSE: $52k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR GENESIS HOUSE: $51k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $111k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $107k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $96k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $93k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $63k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $57k → 13%YWCA ELYRIA: $56k → 13%YWCA ELYRIA: $56k → 13%YWCA ELYRIA: $55k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $54k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $53k → 13%ELYRIA YWCA: $44k → 13%P2R TRAINING & RESOURCE CENTER: $42k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $40k → 13%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE: $40k → 13%OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $42k → 13%OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $41k → 13%OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $38k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $98k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $97k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES: $79k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $79k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $76k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES: $70k → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $57k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES: $57k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES: $56k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES: $55k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $55k → 13%EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES: $47k → 13%P2R TRAINING & RESOURCE CENTER: $41k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$35M · 172 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

172 repeat relationships: 126 still active in FY2024, 46 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

172
50

Total granted

$35M
$894k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+12%

Still filing today

70%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $154k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • BS
    Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.2M · revenue +208%
  • CG
    COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.7M · revenue +11% · 31% of their budget
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • KL
    KEYSTONE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2018 · $57k
  • UH
    UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS HEALTH SYSTEM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $54k · revenue +36%
  • SI
    SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +331%
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
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
2
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
3
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

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

Human Services
4
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
5
Lutheran Social Services of Central Ohio Delaware Housing Inc

See schedule oto create a better world by serving people in need by operating food pantries, homeless shelters, a domestic violence shelter, affordable housing communities, senior living, assisted living and skilled care facilities, a home…

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6
Ohio Life Sciences Association

Align the life sciences ecosystem in the state of ohio, building collaborative partnerships, and advocating for policies and funding that will help to accelerate life science priorities and drive sustainable economic growth.

Community Improvement
7
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
8
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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9
Orrville United Way Inc

The orrville united way improves lives by unitiing people and resources to advance the common good in orrville, dalton and marshallville in eastern wayne county ohio. our goal is to create long-lasting changes that prevent future problems…

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10
Ohio Hills Health Services

Ohio hills health services is a non-profit health care operation, organized by communities in eastern ohio to promote healthy lifestyles and to provide preventative and comprehensive medical and dental care for area residents. the primary…

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11
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.

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12
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

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

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio; the most unlike its peers is Black River Education and Wellness Foundation. 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

158 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. 158 of the 235 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.

17
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
55
Early backer (in before they grew)
154/158
Grantees still filing
121/158
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL: $1,702,154 · OtherCOMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWALTHE SALVATION ARMY: $1,146,954 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYNATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISH: $1,080,000 · OtherNATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISHMENTAL HEALTH ADDICTION AND RECOVERY SERVICES BOARD OF LORAIN COUNTY: $809,000 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE: $1,056,363 · Other+124 more: $14,141,956 · Other+124 moreBLESSING HOUSE: $734,231 · Human ServicesBLESSING HOUSECATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $556,592 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARI…EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $495,524 · Human ServicesEL CENTRO DE S…LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP: $446,121 · Human ServicesLORAIN COUNTY …LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $334,937 · Human ServicesLORAIN COUNTY …OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $272,612 · Human ServicesOBERLIN COMMUN…YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELYRIA OH: $269,282 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S …LUCY IDOL CENTER INC: $258,304 · Human ServicesLUCY IDOL CENT…ECHOING HILLS VILLAGE INC: $183,328 · Human Services+14 more: $965,733 · Human Services+14 moreBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $3,190,584 · ReligionBon Secours…LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $189,500 · ReligionLUTHERAN ME…Episcopal Church Foundation: $119,430 · ReligionLORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC: $589,127 · HealthLORAIN CO…THE ROAD TO HOPE INC: $344,476 · HealthTHE ROAD …FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF LORAIN COUNTY: $325,219 · HealthFAMILY PL…RIVEON MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY: $271,744 · HealthRIVEON ME…LIFE A DEMENTIA FRIENDLY FOUNDATION: $214,696 · HealthLIFE A DE…LETS GET REAL INC: $181,100 · HealthLETS GET …LORAIN COUNTY HEALTH & DENTISTRY: $166,000 · HealthLORAIN CO…PATHWAYS ENRICHMENT CENTER: $136,500 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $135,864 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $124,771 · Health+10 more: $531,215 · Health+10 moreLorain Civic Center Committee Inc: $625,851 · Arts & CulturePATRICIA LINDLEY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $412,206 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $328,011 · Arts & CultureGREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL INC: $258,500 · Arts & CultureElyria Arts Council: $207,592 · Arts & CultureAMHERST HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $156,584 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $114,952 · Arts & CultureNORTH POINTE BALLET INC: $103,431 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $259,856 · Arts & CultureGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO: $439,535 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF LORAIN COUNTY: $378,450 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $287,667 · Youth DevelopmentCamp Imagine: $87,966 · Youth DevelopmentEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $84,629 · Youth Development+3 more: $71,231 · Youth DevelopmentSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $1,134,140 · Food & Nutrition
Other$19,936,427Human Services$4,516,664Religion$3,499,514Health$3,020,712Arts & Culture$2,466,983Youth Development$1,349,478Food & Nutrition$1,134,140

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $3,190,584 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetCOMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL: $1,702,154 over 8y, 31% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $1,134,140 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE: $1,056,363 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetBLESSING HOUSE: $734,231 over 8y, 13% of budgetLorain Civic Center Committee Inc: $625,851 over 7y, 19% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC: $589,127 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $556,592 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetEL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC: $495,524 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP: $446,121 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO: $439,535 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY: $432,793 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE SERVICES INC: $418,558 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $413,774 over 8y, 42% of budgetPATRICIA LINDLEY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $412,206 over 6y, 77% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND: $406,279 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetOBERLIN HISTORICAL AND IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION: $402,221 over 8y, 21% of budgetFUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $400,000 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF LORAIN COUNTY: $378,450 over 8y, 13% of budgetTHE ROAD TO HOPE INC: $344,476 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetSAVE OUR CHILDREN OF ELYRIA: $338,471 over 8y, 9.8% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $334,937 over 7y, 7.4% of budgetNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $328,011 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF LORAIN COUNTY: $325,219 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetTHE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION: $302,059 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTHE NORD FAMILY FOUNDATION: $288,836 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING: $287,842 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $287,667 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $284,071 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetOBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL: $272,612 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetRIVEON MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY: $271,744 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetLEADERSHIP LORAIN COUNTY INC: $270,663 over 7y, 19% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELYRIA OH: $269,282 over 8y, 8.4% of budgetROTARY INTERNATIONAL - ELYRIA ROTARY CLUB: $267,019 over 7y, 56% of budgetGREAT LAKES THEATER FESTIVAL INC: $258,500 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetLUCY IDOL CENTER INC: $258,304 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetEAST 66TH STREET SERVICES INC: $251,300 over 4y, 12% of budgetCLEVELAND HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER: $245,453 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetHUMILITY OF MARY HOUSING INC: $236,000 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetLIFE A DEMENTIA FRIENDLY FOUNDATION: $214,696 over 5y, 93% of budgetOUR LADY OF THE WAYSIDE INC: $210,719 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLORAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $208,732 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetElyria Arts Council: $207,592 over 6y, 68% of budgetFIRELANDS ASSN FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: $201,360 over 8y, 12% of budgetLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $189,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHERN OHIO YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC: $185,248 over 8y, 13% of budgetECHOING HILLS VILLAGE INC: $183,328 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLETS GET REAL INC: $181,100 over 7y, 5.7% 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 Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COMMON GROUND THE CINDY NORD CENTER FOR RENEWAL ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds BLESSING HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Lorain Civic Center Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds EL CENTRO DE SERVICIOS SOCIALES INC ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY SAFE HARBOR CORP ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PATRICIA LINDLEY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds OBERLIN HISTORICAL AND IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NORTHEAST OHIO ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS OF LORAIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE ROAD TO HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVE OUR CHILDREN OF ELYRIA ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES OF LORAIN COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NORD FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO ↗
  • Who funds LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OBERLIN COMMUNITY SERVICES COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds RIVEON MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP LORAIN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ELYRIA OH ↗

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 Found…The Nordson Corporati…The Stocker FoundationCommunity West Founda…The Char and Chuck Fo…The Cleveland Foundat…The George Gund Found…United Way of Greater…The Reinberger Founda…Northwest Charitable …Lakeland Community Fo…Miraldi Family Pvt Fdn
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Community Foundation of Lorain County funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Foundation of Lorain County. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%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
    52report 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 235 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 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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