· Private foundation
Dayspring Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k21 grants · $17k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ONE OF A KIND PET RESCUE | $10,000 |
| CHARITY WATER | $10,000 |
| LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF | $5,300 |
| NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER | $5,000 |
| SAINT SEBASTIAN FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| OUR LADY OF THE ELMS | $1,000 |
| CAMP MISSION MEADOWS | $300 |
| WORLD VISION | $300 |
| WORLD RENEW | $300 |
| EAST OHIO CAMPS UMCEOC | $300 |
| UNITED METHODIST COMMITTEE ON RELIEF (UMCOR) | $300 |
| THE EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH | $300 |
| HOPE & HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER | $300 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN HUNGER CENTER | $200 |
| THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY | $200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 6% of Dayspring Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
28 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LWLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC8× · 2017–2024 · $13k · revenue +33%
- TETHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE8× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +13%
- WRWorld Renew4× · 2017–2024 · $2k · revenue +47%
Funded once
- CCCATHOLIC CHARITIES CLEVELAND DIOCESEone grant, 2020 · $5k
- WWWESTERN WEST VIRGINIA ANIMAL RESCUE ALLIANCE INCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +194%
- WHWRIGHT HUMANE SOCIETYone grant, 2018 · $1k
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.
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.
Wri is committed to creating change that improves people's lives and ensures the natural world can thrive. (see schedule o)wri's bold vision requires a formula for success we call "count it. change it. scale it.":- count it: our work is…
Our goal is to sustainably improve animal welfare, provide veterinary care, and improve veterinary education globally. in order to achieve this goal, we work in over 10 countries, across 5 continents, supporting local people and animals,…
The purpose of world hope international, inc. (whi) includes providing assistance to economically disadvantaged people through long-term social transformation projects, including anti-trafficking protection, clean water, economic…
Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.
Alight builds a meaningful life for and with the displaced. not simply addressing basic needs, but building a life filled with joy, dignity, connection, and purpose. we walk with them along their entire journey of displacement and deliver…
To boldly engage the world's greatest crises in partnership with the church.
Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…
Water.org's goal is to bring safe water and sanitation to the world through access to small, affordable loans.
Relief international (ri) partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change, and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience, and promote long-term health and wellbeing of people in the communities that we serve. relief…
To enhance the protection of rights of the displaced worldwide by the provision of advice and assistance on the application of international law, the conducting of research on the interpretation and application of international law and the…
As america's first animal shelter, founded in 1869, women's humane society dba women's animal center (wac), assists people in the community, saves the lives of animals, and improves the health of pets through its shelter and adoptions…
A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 36 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 ONE OF A KIND PET RESCUE INC ↗
- Who funds CHARITY GLOBAL INC ↗
- Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA ANIMAL RESCUE ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds World Renew ↗
- Who funds OHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION ↗
- Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds HOPE FOR NEW YORK ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN HUNGER CENTER ↗
- Who funds Alley Cat Allies Inc ↗
- Who funds DIRECT RELIEF ↗
- Who funds VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC ↗
- Who funds FLORENCE IMMIGRANT & REFUGEE RIGHTS PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · WITAN Corp · The Huntington-Akron Foundation · The Barberton Community Foundation · Tuscora Park Health & Wellness Foundation · H E Graves Jr Family Foundation Inc · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Dayspring Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dayspring Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
How this is measured
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