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Dayton Foundation Depository

To operate exclusively for charitable, scientific, or educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, as amended.

$25M
Granted FY2025still arriving
677
Grants FY2025still arriving
37
States reached
$1.8M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$51MEducation$26MArts & Culture$22MHealth$18MHuman Services$11MPhilanthropy$9.2MHousing & Shelter$5.1MInternational$4.6MOther$0
02FY2025 · 677 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 677 grants below total $22,720,187, the rows itemized in this filing. The $25,368,217 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $2,648,030 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k241 grants · $1.6M
  • $10k–50k355 grants · $7.0M
  • $50k–250k70 grants · $7.4M
  • $250k+11 grants · $6.7M
$12,000
Median grant
37
States reached
$42M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,792,990
ST PAUL & ST ANDREW UNITED METHODIST$1,000,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF DAYTON$640,465
LIMA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$589,977
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON$569,577
NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$500,100
ST ROSE CATHOLIC CHURCH$400,000
CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE MIAMI VALLEY$327,305
FAIRHAVEN CHURCH$320,506
ST ALBERT THE GREAT CHURCH$302,183
MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION$275,500
THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE$246,500
CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER$227,424
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$210,139
OHIO TRI COUNTY FOOD ALLIANCE AKA SECOND HARVEST OF SPRINGFIELD$195,200
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $7.0M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SAIL HOME INC: $61k → 7%ALL INDIA MOVEMENT AIM FOR SEVA INC: $120k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS NATIONAL: $75k → 14%WWP INC DBA WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $51k → 14%WILMINGTON HOPE HOUSE INC A SAFE PLACE FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN: $50k → 12%INDIA GOSPEL LEAGUE INC NORTH AMERICA: $79k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS MIAMI VALLEY CHAPTER: $73k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS ALLEN COUNTY CHAPTER: $111k → 13%ABILITIES FIRST FOUNDATION INC: $90k → 12%THINK TANK INC: $52k → 15%HOMEFULL: $157k → 14%HOMEFULL: $133k → 14%HOMEFULL: $125k → 14%HOMEFULL: $52k → 14%HOMEFULL: $52k → 14%MIAMI VALLEY WOMEN'S CENTER: $51k → 14%HOPE RISING PREGNANCY CENTER: $50k → 14%ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER: $143k → 14%ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER: $130k → 14%ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER: $105k → 14%ELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER: $105k → 14%OMEGA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $56k → 14%UNAFAA INTERNATIONAL: $76k → 14%HOMEFULL: $51k → 14%HANNAH'S TREASURE CHEST: $507k → 14%HANNAH'S TREASURE CHEST: $154k → 14%DAYBREAK: $260k → 14%DAYBREAK: $238k → 14%DAYBREAK: $194k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES: $174k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $171k → 14%DAYBREAK: $141k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $125k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES: $116k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES: $114k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $113k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES: $101k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $90k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $84k → 14%DAYBREAK: $80k → 14%PARITY INC: $76k → 14%DAYBREAK: $62k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY: $60k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS DAYTON AREA CHAPTER: $59k → 14%DAYBREAK: $55k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES: $54k → 14%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES: $52k → 14%DAYBREAK: $49k → 14%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

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VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$148M · 880 repeat orgs$16M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

880 repeat relationships: 500 still active in FY2025, 380 since wound down; 143 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

880
664

Total granted

$148M
$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+6%

Still filing today

58%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalReligionOther
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

  • UO
    University of Dayton
    9× · 2017–2025 · $7.2M · revenue +38%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DAYTON
    7× · 2017–2025 · $3.7M · revenue +49%
  • DH
    DAYTON HISTORY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.5M · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TW
    THE WATERFORD PROJECT
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M · revenue -4%
  • FC
    FAIRHAVEN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $992k
  • PC
    PREBLE COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $514k · revenue -89% · 41% of their budget
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
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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2
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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3
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
4
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation

We, at ch, humbly join together to bring christ's healing mission and the mission of mercy of the catholic church expressed in catholic health care to our communities.

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5
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
6
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
7
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
10
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
11
Highmark Health

As the parent entity of a blended health organization, highmark health seeks to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities it serves by providing affordable, accessible and high-quality healthcare.

Health
12
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Helping Hands Charitable Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Glen at St Joseph. 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

1008 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. 1008 of the 1,742 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.

31
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
192
Early backer (in before they grew)
980/1008
Grantees still filing
634/1008
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAIRHAVEN CHURCH CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ALLIANCE DAYTON OH: $8,222,930 · OtherFAIRHAVEN CHURCH CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ALLIANCE DAYTON OHSOUTHBROOK CHRISTIAN CHURCH: $2,401,393 · Other+119 more: $56,301,870 · Other+119 moreFRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DAYTON: $3,712,697 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF LEVIT…DAYTON HISTORY: $3,524,474 · Arts & CultureDAYTON HISTORYDayton Performing Arts Alliance: $2,277,823 · Arts & CultureDayton Performin…THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE: $1,514,984 · Arts & CultureTHE DAYTON ART I…FRIENDS OF THE DAYTON ARCADE: $1,232,068 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE D…VICTORIA THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $625,801 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $5,009,563 · Arts & Culture+13 moreUniversity of Dayton: $7,189,649 · EducationUniversity of…Wright State University Foundation Inc: $1,540,321 · EducationWright State …THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $900,100 · EducationTHE NORTHERN …OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $718,859 · EducationCedarville University: $571,650 · Education+15 more: $4,042,703 · Education+15 moreDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3,252,374 · HealthLima Convalescent Home Foundation Inc: $1,045,060 · HealthBRIGID'S PATH INC: $980,878 · HealthOHIO'S HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $980,075 · HealthDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $760,413 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $572,981 · HealthKETTERING MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $435,072 · Health+4 more: $956,282 · HealthDAYBREAK INC: $1,126,579 · Human ServicesHANNAH'S TREASURE CHEST: $724,038 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $702,144 · Human ServicesHOMEFULL: $660,279 · Human ServicesELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $653,217 · Human ServicesST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF DAYTON OHIO INC: $611,473 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $542,133 · Human ServicesHOPE RISING PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $328,362 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $288,393 · Human ServicesOmega Community Development Corporation: $276,403 · Human Services+3 more: $525,227 · Human ServicesTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION: $3,093,383 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DAYTON INC: $807,814 · PhilanthropyNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $526,000 · PhilanthropyBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $523,136 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $506,726 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $266,752 · Philanthropy+4 more: $680,179 · PhilanthropyTHE FOODBANK INC: $1,560,334 · Food & NutritionOHIO TRI COUNTY FOOD ALLIANCE DBA SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $635,350 · Food & NutritionOH TASTE: $515,200 · Food & NutritionHOUSE OF BREAD: $328,759 · Food & NutritionGLOBAL PRAGATHI INC: $179,800 · Food & NutritionFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $158,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$66,926,193Arts & Culture$17,897,410Education$14,963,282Health$8,983,135Human Services$6,438,248Philanthropy$6,403,990Food & Nutrition$3,377,443

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Dayton: $7,189,649 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DAYTON: $3,712,697 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetDAYTON HISTORY: $3,524,474 over 9y, 12% of budgetDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $3,252,374 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetTHE DAYTON FOUNDATION: $3,093,383 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetDayton Performing Arts Alliance: $2,277,823 over 9y, 6.2% of budgetGREATER DAYTON UNION COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE INC: $2,167,468 over 6y, 54% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE MIAMI VALLEY: $1,774,948 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetUNITED REHABILITATION SERVICES OF GREATER DAYTON: $1,684,635 over 9y, 13% of budgetTHE FOODBANK INC: $1,560,334 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetWright State University Foundation Inc: $1,540,321 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetTHE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE: $1,514,984 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE DAYTON ARCADE: $1,232,068 over 4y, 93% of budgetDAYBREAK INC: $1,126,579 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetLima Convalescent Home Foundation Inc: $1,045,060 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetBRIGID'S PATH INC: $980,878 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetOHIO'S HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $980,075 over 9y, 3.1% of budgetTHE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $900,100 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetTHE MUSE MACHINE INC: $868,513 over 9y, 20% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $814,509 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNTY CORP: $810,220 over 5y, 11% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DAYTON INC: $807,814 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $764,860 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $760,413 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHANNAH'S TREASURE CHEST: $724,038 over 9y, 15% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $718,859 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INCORPORATED DBA THE MIAMI VALLEY SCHOOL: $716,746 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetBon Secours Mercy Health Foundation: $712,639 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DAYTON INC: $710,233 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $702,144 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetHOMEFULL: $660,279 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetELIZABETH'S NEW LIFE CENTER INC: $653,217 over 9y, 4.6% of budgetOHIO TRI COUNTY FOOD ALLIANCE DBA SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK: $635,350 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetVICTORIA THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $625,801 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetST VINCENT DEPAUL SOCIETY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF DAYTON OHIO INC: $611,473 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetThe Lima Community Foundation: $600,977 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $572,981 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCedarville University: $571,650 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AIR FORCE MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC: $565,520 over 7y, 11% of budgetGreater Dayton Public Television dba Think TV: $565,411 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER DAYTON AREA: $560,660 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetFive Rivers MetroParks Foundation: $558,870 over 5y, 42% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $542,133 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetArtspace Lima: $540,000 over 4y, 65% of budgetNAPLES CHILDREN FOUNDATION INC: $526,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetBANK OF AMERICA CHARITABLE GIFT FD: $523,136 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMPING AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $522,450 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetDAYTON PUBLIC RADIO INC: $516,689 over 9y, 12% 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 University of Dayton ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION DAYTON ↗
  • Who funds DAYTON HISTORY ↗
  • Who funds DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dayton Performing Arts Alliance ↗
  • Who funds GREATER DAYTON UNION COOPERATIVE INITIATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE MIAMI VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds UNITED REHABILITATION SERVICES OF GREATER DAYTON ↗
  • Who funds THE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Wright State University Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE DAYTON ART INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE DAYTON ARCADE ↗
  • Who funds DAYBREAK INC ↗
  • Who funds Lima Convalescent Home Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE WATERFORD PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds BRIGID'S PATH INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO'S HOSPICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSE MACHINE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds COUNTY CORP ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER DAYTON INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds DAYTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ↗

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 Dayton FoundationDayton Foundation Plu…Mathile Family Founda…The United Way of the…Levin Family Foundati…The Dayton Power and …Miami Valley HospitalGreene County Communi…Virginia W Kettering …The Berry Family Foun…Iddings Benevolent Tr…The Troy Foundation
The Dayton FoundationOH214× affinity355 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Dayton Foundation · Dayton Foundation Plus Inc · Mathile Family Foundation · The United Way of the Greater Dayton Area · Levin Family Foundation · The Dayton Power and Light Company Foundation Dba Aes Ohio Foundation · Miami Valley Hospital · Greene County Community Foundation · Virginia W Kettering Foundation Xxxxx3003 · The Berry Family Foundation · Iddings Benevolent Trust Xxxxx5009 · The Troy Foundation

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 Dayton Foundation Depository funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dayton Foundation Depository. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
38report 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.
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How do I get to Dayton Foundation Depository?

Find your warmest path to Dayton Foundation Depository through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 1742 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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