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Economic and Community Development Institute

The mission of ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (ecdi) is to invest in people to create measurable and enduring social and economic change.

$267k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$180k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Human Services$988kCommunity Improvement$556kInternational$45kArts & Culture$30kFood & Nutrition$15kEducation$10kYouth Development$8k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $21k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $237k
$56,814
Median grant
2
States reached
$78M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION OF BELMONT COUNTY$180,122
SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY$56,814
OHIO CDC$20,555
OUR JOBS OUR CHILDREN'S OUR FUTURE INC$9,476
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 (FY22–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 22%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF SCIOTO COUNTY INC: $6k → 22%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.

53%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$853k · 24 repeat orgs$753k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 22 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
85

Total granted

$853k
$687k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+6%
+10%

Still filing today

8%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Community ImprovementEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • DO
    DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $239k · revenue +60% · 43% of their budget
  • OC
    OHIO CDC ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $194k · revenue +6%
  • TS
    THE SAND ROCK MINERAL WATER COMPANY
    2× · 2021–2022 · $35k

Funded once

  • JR
    J R COLEMAN FAMILY SERVICES CORPgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +34%
  • PT
    PROFER TURF CARE LLC DBA THE GROUNDS GUYS OF CANTON OH
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • CO
    CLEVELAND OAK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
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
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Economic & community development - restore and maintain healthy economic and social conditions in the city of canton and stark county and to support infrastructure expansion vital to economic growth.

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2
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce

Advancement of the economic, industrial, professional, cultural and civic welfare of stark county and its surrounding region and the promotion and preservation of the competitive free enterprise system.

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3
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce

Various programs promoting business and economic well being of the community.

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4
Clermont County Chamber of Commerce

To provide outstanding member service and business advocacy to make the clermont county area the best place to locate, operate, and grow business.

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5
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce

Industrial and tourism development in cleveland - bolivar county, ms.

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6
Ohio Business Leadership Network
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7
North Canton Chamber of Commerce

To develop, enhance, and represent business, stimulate community leadership and promote economic growth.

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8
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

The purpose of the greater columbus chamber of commerce is to promote and develop civic, educational, commercial and industrial interests in columbus, georgia and certain surrounding areas.

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9
European-American Chamber of Commerce

To stimulate business and networking relations between europe and the cincinnati tri-state region through education, exchanges, trade missions, increasing awareness, enhancing the region and europe's image, providing information &…

Community Improvement
10
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce

The chamber is a member association designed to be the leading advocate for the business community of the greater dayton region. its mission is to work shoulder to shoulder with businesses to help them succeed.

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11
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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12
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Action Organization of Scioto County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Amvets Post #555. 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

22 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. 22 of the 112 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION: $238,756 · OtherDEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION+95 more: $1,019,003 · Other+95 moreOHIO CDC ASSOCIATION INC: $193,875 · Community ImprovementOHIO CDC ASSOCI…OUR JOBS OUR CHILDREN OUR FUTURE INC: $9,476 · Community ImprovementCOLUMBUS COMPACT CORPORATION: $8,000 · Community Improvement+3 more: $18,250 · Community Improvement+3 moreShawnee State University Foundation: $56,814 · EducationWOMENS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: $8,000 · EducationSTARK COUNTY MBA: $5,000 · EducationCANTON COMMUNITY KIDSUMMIT AGA DRUGS: $5,000 · EducationKIVA MICROFUNDS: $45,000 · InternationalCanton Museum of Art: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureARTS IN STARK: $5,000 · Arts & CultureShe Elevates Inc: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF SCIOTO COUNTY INC: $6,300 · Human Services
Other$1,257,759Community Improvement$229,601Education$74,814International$45,000Arts & Culture$30,000Youth Development$7,500Human Services$6,300

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION: $238,756 over 3y, 43% of budgetOHIO CDC ASSOCIATION INC: $193,875 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetShawnee State University Foundation: $56,814 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetKIVA MICROFUNDS: $45,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJ R COLEMAN FAMILY SERVICES CORP: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCanton Museum of Art: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSTARKFRESH: $11,300 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCOLUMBUS COMPACT CORPORATION: $8,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetWOMENS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: $8,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetShe Elevates Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetTHE NORTHEAST OHIO HISPANIC CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: $6,300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF SCIOTO COUNTY INC: $6,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH END COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE INC: $6,300 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGALLIA COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $5,865 over 1y, 4.7% of budget1159 SOUTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5,650 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAMVETS POST #555: $5,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetARTS IN STARK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSTARK COUNTY MBA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCANTON COMMUNITY KIDSUMMIT AGA DRUGS: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% 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 DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds OHIO CDC ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Shawnee State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds KIVA MICROFUNDS ↗
  • Who funds Lenzy Family Institute ↗
  • Who funds J R COLEMAN FAMILY SERVICES CORP ↗
  • Who funds Canton Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds STARKFRESH ↗
  • Who funds CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION ↗

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.

Stark Community Found…Stark County Conventi…Diebold Employees Cha…Ohio Community Develo…Sisters of Charity Fo…Timken Foundation of …Timken Co Charitable …Dominion Energy Chari…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Stark Community FoundationOH16.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stark Community Foundation · Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau · Diebold Employees Charitable Fd Ta · Ohio Community Development Finance Fund · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton · Timken Foundation of Canton · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Economic and Community Development Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Economic and Community Development Institute. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report 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.

    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 112 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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