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Crofton Cares Inc at a glance

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Crofton Cares Inc

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.

$796k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$515k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$2.3MHealth$487kArts & Culture$356kHousing & Shelter$180kReligion$140kPhilanthropy$73kHuman Services$59kCivil Rights$45kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $208k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $515k
$11,137
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA$515,441
THE FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM$50,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND$33,000
FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS$30,000
UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$25,000
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY$25,000
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS$17,000
RESOURCE CLEVELAND THE REFUGEE RESPONSE$14,250
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY$12,929
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON$11,137
THE CHISELERS INC$10,000
CONGREGATION OF MISHKAN OR$10,000
CORNERSTONE OF HOPE$10,000
BEACHWOOD BOARD OF EDUCATION$10,000
COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND$6,750
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 (FY21–25, $64k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MOTOVATIONAL INC: $1k → 10%RESOURCE CLEVELAND THE REFUGEE RESPONSE: $14k → 17%THE EDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $5k → 17%RESOURCE CLEVELAND THE REFUGEE RESPONSE: $4k → 17%BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND: $20k → 17%THE REFUGEE RESPONSE: $5k → 17%MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $10k → 17%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

IL
NY
OH
PA
CA
CO
MO
DC
OK
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 22 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
11

Total granted

$3.6M
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+65%

Still filing today

68%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionHealthOther
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

  • TU
    The University of Tampa Incorporated
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.0M · revenue +51%
  • UC
    UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $260k · revenue +17%
  • FLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $251k · revenue +262%

Funded once

  • FA
    FEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $21k · revenue 0%
  • BC
    BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELANDgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +65%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +44%
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
The Central European University

Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…

International
2
Cleveland Museum of Art

The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…

Arts & Culture
3
Yeshiva University

The university is composed of several colleges and schools providing undergraduate, graduate, professional and post-doctoral education and training and research and clinical programs.

Education
4
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
5
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.

Health
6
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
7
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
8
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
9
University of Chicago Medical Center

Our mission at the university of chicago medicine is to provide superior health care through rigorous research, innovative education, and comprehensive care and healing. in partnership with our colleagues, we pursue life-changing…

Health
10
The Christ Hospital

Improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences, all in an affordable way.

Health
11
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
12
Wesleyan University

Wesleyan university is dedicated to providing an education in liberal arts by building a diverse, energetic community of students, faculty, and staff who value independence of mind and generosity of spirit. see additional description in…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Resource Cleveland; the most unlike its peers is Henry B Plant Museum Society Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
24/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The University of Tampa Incorporated: $1,988,904 · EducationThe University of Tampa IncorporatedCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $75,000 · Education+6 more: $102,868 · EducationUNIVERSITY HOSPITALS: $217,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY HOSPITALSSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $180,000 · OtherSTARTING RIGHT NOWFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $111,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH…HILLELS OF THE FLORIDA SUNCOAST: $105,000 · OtherHILLELS OF THE FLORIDA …UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $54,056 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF AKRON+12 more: $109,013 · Other+12 moreFLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC: $251,000 · Arts & CultureFLORIDA HO…The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $70,000 · Arts & CultureThe United…+2 more: $12,000 · Arts & CultureUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $259,800 · HealthJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $73,000 · PhilanthropyTHE CHISELERS INC: $22,500 · PhilanthropyRESOURCE CLEVELAND: $23,400 · Human ServicesBIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND: $20,000 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesEDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $4,560 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN - CLEVELAND: $45,000 · Community ImprovementNORTH UNION FARMERS MARKET: $2,000 · Community Improvement
Education$2,166,772Other$776,069Arts & Culture$333,000Health$259,800Philanthropy$95,500Human Services$63,960Community Improvement$47,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $1,988,904 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $259,800 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetFLORIDA HOLOCAUST MUSEUM INC: $251,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetSTARTING RIGHT NOW: $180,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $73,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $56,868 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN - CLEVELAND: $45,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetRESOURCE CLEVELAND: $23,400 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHISELERS INC: $22,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $21,444 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetDELTA SIGMA PI LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHenry B Plant Museum Society Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVANCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOHIO END OF LIFE OPTIONS: $5,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetEDNA HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUSA Triathlon Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

The Cleveland Foundat…Jewish Federation of …Higley Fund of the Cl…Hudson Community Foun…Akron Community Found…Arthur J Gallagher Fo…Duke Energy FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Cleveland FoundationOH22.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Hudson Community Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Crofton Cares Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Crofton Cares Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The University of Tampa Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Florida Holocaust Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 40 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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