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Defiance Area Foundation Inc

Fund projects to better the defiance county area

$1.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$327k
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$1.3MHuman Services$732kYouth Development$322kReligion$307kPhilanthropy$295kPublic Benefit$257kFood & Nutrition$245kCommunity Improvement$209kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 34 grants below total $1,200,431, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,481,165 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $280,734 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 $10k10 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $407k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $396k
  • $250k+1 grant · $327k
$15,578
Median grant
1
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DEFIANCE AREA YMCA$326,957
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO$132,250
DEFIANCE DEVELOPMENT AND VISITOR'S$111,456
LILY CREEK FARMS$101,300
NORTHEASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT$51,000
JOHNSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY FRIENDS$43,500
BLACK SWAMP AREA COUNCIL 449$39,040
DEFIANCE COMMUNITY CULTURAL COUNCIL$39,000
DEFIANCE CITY SCHOOLS$38,088
DEFIANCE DREAM CENTER$26,388
DIOCESE OF TOLEDO$25,000
UNITED WAY OF DEFIANCE COUNTY$24,232
NORTHEASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL FUND DEFI$22,459
CITY OF DEFIANCE$20,000
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$16,317
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 (FY19–25, $239k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 14%THE FOUNDATION FUND: $100k → 15%DEFIANCE DREAM CENTER: $30k → 11%DEFIANCE DREAM CENTER: $26k → 11%DEFIANCE DREAM CENTER: $17k → 11%DEFIANCE DREAM CENTER: $13k → 11%DEFIANCE DREAM CENTER: $11k → 11%DEFIANCE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES: $9k → 11%DEFIANCE DREAM CENTER: $8k → 11%RAVENS CARE INC: $8k → 11%CONQUER CHILDHOOD CANCER NOW: $6k → 11%CONQUER CHILDHOOD CANCER NOW: $6k → 11%CONQUER CHILDHOOD CANCER NOW: $5k → 11%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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 38 repeat orgs$624k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +11% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
17

Total granted

$3.6M
$408k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
-4%

Still filing today

55%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $215k 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 ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • LC
    LILY CREEK FARMS
    6× · 2020–2025 · $217k · revenue +350%
  • DD
    DEFIANCE DEVELOPMENT AND VISITORS BUREAU INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $209k · revenue +79%
  • DC
    DEFIANCE COLLEGE
    6× · 2019–2025 · $133k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • FF
    FOUNDATION FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue 0%
  • CM
    COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDAT
    one grant, 2022 · $63k · revenue -75%
  • AL
    AYERSVILLE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
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
Defiance College Purple & Gold Athletic Club Inc

To promote the advancement and excellence of the defiance college's athletic programs.

Education
2
Ohio County & Independent Agricultural Societies
Food & Nutrition
3
Defiance County Drug Free Coalition

The mission of the coalition is defiance county promoting substance use awareness. the purpose of the defiance county drug free coalition is to document and inform the defiance community about the extent of the alcohol and drug abuse in…

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4
Demolay Scholarship Foundation

Provide assistance for college expenses for students who have shown outstanding community service, good citizenship, and good grades

Membership Benefit
5
Dekalb County Fair Association Inc

Conduct annual county fair

Recreation & Sports
6
Diberville Girls Youth Softball League
Recreation & Sports
7
Ohio County & Independent Fairs Highland County

The goal is to promote all types of agriculture in the county and surrounding areas during the year and finalizing with the seven day fair.

Food & Nutrition
8
Ohio County Youth Development Inc

To conduct the ohio county 4-h fair and auction.

Youth Development
9
Dekalb County Youth Shooting Sports
Recreation & Sports
10
Lacy a Hickson Memorial Scholarship

College scholarships

Education
11
Firecracker 5 K At Deerfield Inc

Scholarships to qualified cchs seniors

Education
12
Deaconess Health Associations Fund Inc

Deaconess Health Associations Fund Inc. is organized to raise and distribute funds to financially support the tax-exempt affiliates of Deaconess Associations, Inc., in terms of community health care needs, as well as provide grant monies…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Defiance County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pharaohz Rc. 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

33 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. 33 of the 61 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/33
Grantees still filing
16/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Young Mens Christian Association of Defiance County Ohio: $559,871 · OtherYoung Mens Christian Association of Defiance County OhioNORTHEASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $430,403 · OtherNORTHEASTERN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTVILLAGE OF HICKSVILLE: $204,186 · OtherVILLAGE OF HICKSVILLEDEFIANCE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $196,748 · OtherDEFIANCE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INCUNITED WAY OF DEFIANCE COUNTY INC: $178,688 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DEFIANCE COUNTY INCJOHNSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY FRIENDS: $134,500 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO: $132,250 · OtherFORT DEFIANCE HUMANE SOCIETY: $119,378 · Other+36 more: $1,052,314 · Other+36 moreLILY CREEK FARMS: $216,650 · EducationLILY CREEK …DEFIANCE COLLEGE: $133,072 · EducationDEFIANCE CO…AYERSVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $34,435 · EducationAYERSVILLE …DEFIANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO: $27,000 · EducationDEFIANCE EL…AYERSVILLE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS: $23,800 · EducationAYERSVILLE …Girl Scouts of Western Ohio: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIFEWISE INC: $63,113 · Youth DevelopmentDEFIANCE AREA YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC: $54,228 · Youth DevelopmentIgnite Academy: $105,138 · Human ServicesFOUNDATION FUND: $100,000 · Human ServicesCONQUER CHILDHOOD CANCER NOW INC: $17,321 · Human ServicesDEFIANCE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES AUX: $8,764 · Human ServicesRAVENS CARE INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesDEFIANCE DEVELOPMENT AND VISITORS BUREAU INC: $208,556 · Community ImprovementPHARAOHZ RC: $9,800 · Community ImprovementTHE DEFIANCE COMMUNITY CULTURAL COUNCIL INC: $80,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDAT: $62,509 · Philanthropy
Other$3,008,338Education$434,957Youth Development$242,341Human Services$239,223Community Improvement$218,356Arts & Culture$80,000Philanthropy$62,509

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 budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Defiance County Ohio: $559,871 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetLILY CREEK FARMS: $216,650 over 6y, 15% of budgetDEFIANCE DEVELOPMENT AND VISITORS BUREAU INC: $208,556 over 7y, 20% of budgetDEFIANCE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC: $196,748 over 7y, 98% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DEFIANCE COUNTY INC: $178,688 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetDEFIANCE COLLEGE: $133,072 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $125,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetIgnite Academy: $105,138 over 6y, 15% of budgetFOUNDATION FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBLACK SWAMP AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $80,040 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetTHE DEFIANCE COMMUNITY CULTURAL COUNCIL INC: $80,000 over 4y, 12% of budgetLIFEWISE INC: $63,113 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDEFIANCE AREA YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC: $54,228 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetDEFIANCE AREA FOUNDATION INC: $38,959 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetAYERSVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $34,435 over 4y, 86% of budgetOHIO COUNTY AND INDEPENDENT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES: $28,101 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE VICTORY CENTER: $27,800 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetDEFIANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO: $27,000 over 5y, 63% of budgetPROMEDICA FOUNDATION: $26,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAYERSVILLE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS: $23,800 over 2y, 13% of budgetKAITLYN'S COTTAGE INC: $22,500 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS INC: $18,530 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEFIANCE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $16,817 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetDefiance Baseball Association: $16,234 over 1y, 13% of budgetDEFIANCE HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD & FAMILY ADVOCACY INC: $9,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDEFIANCE COUNTY SENIOR SERVICES AUX: $8,764 over 1y, 14% of budgetRAVENS CARE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 4.8% 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 Young Mens Christian Association of Defiance County Ohio ↗
  • Who funds LILY CREEK FARMS ↗
  • Who funds DEFIANCE DEVELOPMENT AND VISITORS BUREAU INC ↗
  • Who funds DEFIANCE CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DEFIANCE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds DEFIANCE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Girl Scouts of Western Ohio ↗
  • Who funds Ignite Academy ↗
  • Who funds FOUNDATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds BLACK SWAMP AREA COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds THE DEFIANCE COMMUNITY CULTURAL COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFEWISE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds DEFIANCE AREA YOUTH FOR CHRIST INC ↗
  • Who funds DEFIANCE AREA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds AYERSVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Defiance Softball Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds OHIO COUNTY AND INDEPENDENT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES ↗
  • Who funds THE VICTORY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds DEFIANCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO ↗
  • Who funds PROMEDICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AYERSVILLE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ↗

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.

Premier Bank Foundati…Justin F Coressel Cha…United Way of Defianc…Toledo Community Foun…Keller Family Foundat…Firstenergy FoundationDefiance Rotary Found…Bryan Area Foundation…Raymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Natl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…
Premier Bank FoundationOH28.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Premier Bank Foundation · Justin F Coressel Charitable Trust · United Way of Defiance County Inc · Toledo Community Foundation Inc · Keller Family Foundation Inc · Firstenergy Foundation · Defiance Rotary Foundation · Bryan Area Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Defiance Area Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Defiance Area Foundation Inc. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 61 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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