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Community Foundation of Shelby County
To inspire donor generosity and transform it into meaningful, lasting impact through charitable gifts.
- $7.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 88
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 49
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $6.2M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $19,435
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $3,516,658
- Organizations funded a year
- 46 to 75
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 6
- Total assets, FY2024
- $66M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 8% of the organizations Community Foundation of Shelby County funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterReligionHealthOther
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 | 84 | $6.2M | 33% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $3.0M | 8% |
| FY2022 | 59 | $2.8M | 19% |
| FY2021 | 75 | $3.6M | 35% |
| FY2020 | 61 | $1.2M | 26% |
| FY2019 | 52 | $4.3M | 27% |
| FY2018 | 62 | $2.3M | 37% |
| FY2017 | 46 | $2.0M | n/a |
99% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Education$7.0MCommunity Improvement$2.6MReligion$2.5MAnimals$2.4MHuman Services$2.4MArts & Culture$2.2MHealth$1.7MRecreation & Sports$1.1MOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
WA
MN
MI
NY
IN
OH
CA
CO
KY
VA
KS
TN
GA
FL
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia Local Schools | $3,524,594 | 2 | n/a |
| Shelby County Animal Rescue Foundation | $2,417,530 | 7 | 71% |
| Sidney Alive Sidney Alive | $1,358,442 | 5 | 82% |
| Raise the Roof for the Arts | $1,332,048 | 8 | 41% |
| Shelby County Libraries | $881,651 | 8 | n/a |
| Sidney-Shelby Cty YMCA Foundation | $873,868 | 8 | 43% |
| Mercy Mission House | $782,136 | 3 | 47% |
| Lehman High School | $765,578 | 8 | n/a |
| Alpha Community Center | $727,255 | 8 | 31% |
| Fort Loramie Booster Club Inc | $666,711 | 4 | 60% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia Local Schools | $3,524,594 | 2 | n/a |
| Shelby County Animal Rescue Foundation | $2,417,530 | 7 | 71% |
| Sidney Alive Sidney Alive | $1,358,442 | 5 | 82% |
| Raise the Roof for the Arts | $1,332,048 | 8 | 41% |
| Shelby County Libraries | $881,651 | 8 | n/a |
| Sidney-Shelby Cty YMCA Foundation | $873,868 | 8 | 43% |
| Mercy Mission House | $782,136 | 3 | 47% |
| Lehman High School | $765,578 | 8 | n/a |
| Alpha Community Center | $727,255 | 8 | 31% |
| Fort Loramie Booster Club Inc | $666,711 | 4 | 60% |
| Shelby County Historical Society | $615,341 | 8 | 26% |
| Village of Russia | $566,381 | 6 | n/a |
| Compassionate Care of Shelby County Inc | $445,818 | 8 | 7% |
| Sidney City | $408,606 | 8 | n/a |
| Holy Angels Church | $408,496 | 8 | n/a |
| Rustic Hope Inc | $384,382 | 6 | 38% |
| Shelby County United Way | $345,127 | 7 | 6% |
| Wilson Health Foundation | $324,100 | 5 | 9% |
| Operation Rebirth Inc | $297,431 | 7 | 28% |
| Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County | $295,184 | 7 | 20% |
| Agape Distribution | $274,095 | 7 | n/a |
| Sidney Athletic Booster Group Inc | $267,039 | 2 | 3% |
| Anna Rescue Unit Inc | $249,196 | 8 | 13% |
| New Choices Inc | $239,773 | 7 | 11% |
| Rotary Club of Sidney Community Foundation Inc | $238,103 | 2 | n/a |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Shelby & Darke County Inc | $232,819 | 8 | 14% |
| Shelby County Agricultural Society | $231,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Virginia Episcopal School | $220,916 | 3 | n/a |
| St Remy Church | $202,300 | 8 | n/a |
| Anna Civic Association Inc | $192,308 | 3 | n/a |
| Wilma Valentine Childcare Inc | $185,163 | 4 | 15% |
| Holy Angels School | $177,078 | 7 | n/a |
| First Methodist Church of Sidney Ohio | $168,625 | 7 | n/a |
| Elizabeth's New Life Center Inc | $167,903 | 8 | 1% |
| Russia Wellness Activity Fund | $163,834 | 3 | n/a |
| The Ohio University Foundation | $159,500 | 5 | 0% |
| S & H Products | $159,432 | 7 | 2% |
| The Edison Foundation | $159,400 | 2 | 32% |
| Village of Botkins | $156,944 | 7 | n/a |
| Morgan's Place Cemetery Inc | $155,355 | 5 | 35% |
| Vineyard Christian Fellowship Bellefontaine | $144,576 | 6 | n/a |
| Samaritan Works Inc | $123,715 | 5 | 22% |
| Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley | $122,928 | 5 | 0% |
| Shelby County Arc Inc | $119,227 | 7 | 44% |
| Ohio Living Foundation | $115,450 | 4 | 1% |
| Gateway Arts Council | $102,570 | 7 | 10% |
| Sidney City School | $97,782 | 3 | n/a |
| Botkins Local Schools | $95,097 | 5 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity International Hfh of Miami and Shelby Counties Oh | $94,550 | 4 | 5% |
| Botkins Historical Society Inc | $82,451 | 4 | n/a |
| Midwest Regional Esc Alt School | $71,809 | 5 | n/a |
| Ohio Alliance of YMCA's | $68,320 | 2 | 17% |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church in Amer | $63,732 | 2 | n/a |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus | $62,044 | 5 | n/a |
| Shelby County Casagal Program Inc | $61,157 | 5 | 13% |
| Ohio State University Foundation | $59,250 | 4 | 0% |
| Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood | $55,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Shelby County Board of Dd | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| St John's Lutheran Church | $53,474 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Loramie Education Foundation | $52,239 | 2 | n/a |
| Random Acts of Christian Kindness | $52,100 | 4 | 23% |
| Right to Life of Shelby Countyinc | $51,877 | 4 | 12% |
| Village of Degraff Ohio | $51,462 | 7 | n/a |
| Botkins Education Foundation | $51,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Christian Academy Schools Inc | $51,046 | 2 | 3% |
| St Pauls United Chruch of Christ | $50,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $50,384 | 1 | 0% |
| Dennis Ruble Memorial Fund | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Loramie Historical Association | $48,970 | 1 | 72% |
| First Presbyterian Church | $46,545 | 4 | n/a |
| Shelby County Pickleball Association | $44,975 | 2 | n/a |
| Faith Alliance Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance | $40,470 | 2 | n/a |
| Spiritual Center of Maria Stein | $37,960 | 4 | 2% |
| Peters Pense Inc | $37,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Phi Delta Theta Foundation | $37,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Sidney-Shelby County Workforce | $36,631 | 4 | 6% |
| Messiah Lutheran Church | $32,796 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint John Institute | $32,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics | $30,300 | 3 | 1% |
| Council of Religious Education of Sidney Ohio Inc | $28,950 | 3 | 29% |
| St Mary's Parish | $28,215 | 4 | n/a |
| Wright State University | $27,074 | 1 | n/a |
| World Mission Prayer League Inc | $26,237 | 1 | n/a |
| Botkins Community Improvement Corp | $25,602 | 2 | n/a |
| Brigid's Path Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity Church of the Brethren | $24,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Ohio State University | $23,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Sidney Amateur Baseball Comm | $21,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridges Community Action Partnership | $21,371 | 2 | 0% |
| Fairlawn Local Schools | $20,634 | 2 | n/a |
| Charity League of Sidney | $20,525 | 1 | 20% |
| University of Dayton | $20,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Catholic Community Foundation of West Central and Southwest Ohio | $20,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Angels of Childhood Cancer Foundati | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Medical Educational and Development Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Reaching Unreached Nations Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Botkins Youth Baseball and Softball | $19,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Sidney-Shelby County Chamber of Commerce | $19,300 | 2 | 1% |
| Shelby County Sheriff's Office | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Anna District Historical Society Inc | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Botkins Athletic Boosters | $17,581 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Toledo | $17,075 | 1 | n/a |
| Botkins Area Community Club Inc | $16,105 | 1 | n/a |
| Manna - the Durango Soup Kitchen | $15,133 | 1 | 1% |
| Appalachian Apostolate Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Saint Remy | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Michael Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rocket Athletic Boosters | $14,791 | 1 | 7% |
| Sidney Dance Company | $14,600 | 2 | 14% |
| Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish | $14,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Vincent Depaul Society District Council of Dayton Ohio Inc | $13,678 | 2 | 0% |
| St Augustine Parish | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Do Good in His Name Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Food for the Poor Inc | $12,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $12,439 | 1 | n/a |
| North American Lutheran Church | $11,740 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson Center Athletic Booster Club Inc | $11,505 | 1 | 13% |
| Russia Comm Jr Athletic Assn | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Home Missioners of America | $10,756 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Logan County Inc | $10,750 | 1 | 0% |
| St Brigid of Kildare Church | $10,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Anna Local School District | $10,333 | 2 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $10,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Bowling Green State University | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Anna Library Advisory Committee | $10,099 | 1 | n/a |
| Anna Local Schools Education Foundation | $10,039 | 1 | 10% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities Dayton | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smiles of Hope | $10,000 | 1 | 18% |
| McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marion Community Park Board Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Rose Hill Foundation | $9,900 | 1 | 13% |
| Botkins Pool Committee Inc | $9,211 | 1 | 17% |
| Creatio Inc | $9,200 | 1 | 2% |
| Hardin Houston Local Schools | $7,819 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Ynez Valley Childrens Museum | $7,650 | 1 | 5% |
| Fish of Shelby County Inc | $7,559 | 1 | 3% |
| Lake Loramie Improvement Associatio | $7,500 | 1 | 4% |
| St Mary Star of the Sea Basilica | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sidney Civic Band Association | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohio Cpa Foundation | $6,559 | 1 | 2% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Catholic Services Appeal Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fort Recovery Ohio Community Foundation Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Flowers for Heaven | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trinity Lutheran Church Bradenton | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Village of Anna | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| St Henry Parish | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of St Philomena Montessori School | $5,295 | 1 | 5% |
| Minster Local Teachers Assoc | $5,292 | 1 | n/a |
| Ginghamsburg United Methodist Preschool | $5,125 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($393k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Community Foundation of Shelby County supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 77 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 77.
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.
Dayton Foundation DepositoryOH40.1× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Dayton Foundation Depository · Shelby County United Way · The Donald & Evelyn Bensman Foundation · The Troy Foundation · Osgood Foundation · The Dayton Foundation · Tam Foundation Inc · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · First Bank Richmond Inc Community Foundation · Dayton Foundation Plus Inc · Honda of America Foundation · Miami Valley Hospital
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 Shelby County
- How much does Community Foundation of Shelby County give?
- Community Foundation of Shelby County reported 88 itemized grants totaling $6,224,265, out of $7,291,198 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 75 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Community Foundation of Shelby County fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (27%), Community Improvement (10%), Religion (10%).
- Who are Community Foundation of Shelby County's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Russia Local Schools ($3.5M), Shelby County Animal Rescue Foundation ($2.4M), Sidney Alive Sidney Alive ($1.4M).
- Does Community Foundation of Shelby 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 Shelby County?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dayton Foundation Depository, Shelby County United Way, The Donald & Evelyn Bensman Foundation.
- Where is Community Foundation of Shelby County based?
- Community Foundation of Shelby County is based in OH.
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