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Esther N Simmons Charitable Trust at a glance

· Private foundation

Esther N Simmons Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$152k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$270kHealth$250kYouth Development$162kHuman Services$151kArts & Culture$137kEducation$99kPhilanthropy$66kPublic Safety & Disaster$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $123k
$12,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OHIO VALLEY YOUTH NETWORK$30,000
PRIME TIME OFFICE ON AGING$20,000
UNITED WAY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY$17,200
Ohio Valley Health Center$15,756
The Steubenville Cultural Trust$15,000
The Harmonium Project$12,500
VALLEY HOSPICE$12,378
VAGABOND MISSION$8,000
HILLTOP CHILDRENS HOUSE$7,500
CAPITAL UNIV FBO ETHAN SHADDINGER$6,627
WEST LIBERTY UNIV FBO MASON STOLL$6,627
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%COLEMAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC: $13k → 12%REFUGE FOR WOMEN: $20k → 25%PRIME TIME OFFICE ON AGING: $25k → 19%American Red Cross: $16k → 17%PRIME TIME OFFICE ON AGING: $20k → 19%TRI-STATE HEALTH SERVICES INC: $20k → 19%Women In The Word Ministries: $16k → 19%JEFFERSON COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $12k → 19%Charity Hospice Inc: $11k → 19%SMITHFIELD EVANGELICA FRIEND CHURCH: $20k → 19%SMITHFIELD EVANGELICA FRIEND CHURCH: $12k → 19%HOUNDS HAVEN INC: $11k → 19%BRIGHTWAY CENTER: $12k → 19%OHIO VALLEY YOUTH NETWORK: $35k → 19%OHIO VALLEY YOUTH NETWORK: $32k → 19%OHIO VALLEY YOUTH NETWORK: $30k → 19%Old Fort Steuben Project Inc: $30k → 19%Ohio Valley Health Center: $28k → 19%URBAN MISSION MINISTRIES: $25k → 19%EASTERN GATEWAY COMMUNITY: $25k → 19%OHIO VALLEY YOUTH NETWORK: $22k → 19%URBAN MISSION MINISTRIES: $20k → 19%URBAN MISSION MINISTRIES: $20k → 19%UNITED WAY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $17k → 19%UNITED WAY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $17k → 19%Ohio Valley Health Center: $17k → 19%Ohio Valley Health Center: $16k → 19%VALLEY HOSPICE: $15k → 19%Ohio Valley Health Center: $15k → 19%DAUGHTERS OF THE HOLY MARY: $15k → 19%Young Women's Christian Association: $15k → 19%The Salvation Army: $15k → 19%THE SALVATION ARMY: $15k → 19%THE SALVATION ARMY: $15k → 19%The Steubenville Cultural Trust: $15k → 19%Old Fort Steuben Project Inc: $14k → 19%URBAN MISSION MINISTRIES: $13k → 19%Steubenville Catholic Central High: $13k → 19%Friendship Room: $13k → 19%DIRTY VAGABOND MINISTRIES: $13k → 19%UNITED WAY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $13k → 19%The Steubenville Cultural Trust: $13k → 19%Ohio Valley Youth Network: $13k → 19%The Harmonium Project: $13k → 19%Public Library of Steubenville and Jeffe: $13k → 19%VALLEY HOSPICE: $12k → 19%Young Women's Christian Association: $12k → 19%UNITED WAY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $12k → 19%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 36 repeat orgs$157k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
17

Total granted

$1.1M
$144k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
0%

Still filing today

47%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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

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HealthYouth DevelopmentEducationAnimalsReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • OV
    Ohio Valley Youth Network
    5× · 2020–2025 · $132k · revenue +247%
  • OV
    OHIO VALLEY HEALTH CENTER
    6× · 2017–2025 · $93k · revenue +218%
  • UM
    URBAN MISSION MINISTRIES INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $78k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • TS
    TRI STATE HEALTH SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +9%
  • WI
    WOMEN IN THE WORD MINISTRIES
    one grant, 2018 · $16k · revenue -96%
  • SC
    Steubenville Catholic Central High
    one grant, 2018 · $13k
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
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
2
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio

Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio serves and empowers people through God's love in their times of vulnerability. We do so through a full range of local services that engage the community in building solidarity.

Human Services
3
St Augustine Manor

St. Augustine Health Ministries continues the healing ministry of Christ by promoting the quality of life and independence of each person entrusted to our care through a continuum of health care and related services to the chronically ill…

Human Services
4
Ohio Hills Health Services

Ohio hills health services is a non-profit health care operation, organized by communities in eastern ohio to promote healthy lifestyles and to provide preventative and comprehensive medical and dental care for area residents. the primary…

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5
The Women's Clinic of Columbus

Women's health clinic focusing on helping at-risk parents deal with issues related to prenancy and parenting.

Health
6
Hospice of Northwest Ohio

Hospice of northwest ohio provides specialized medical emotional and spiritual care to people of all ages - and their families - living with any end-stage illness in northwest ohio and southeast michigan

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7
Hospice of Central Ohio

Patients of hospice of central ohio receive compassionate, individualized end-of-life care. their desires guide the physical, emotional, and spiritual care support we provide. members of our community, patient's families, children, and…

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8
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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9
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
10
Judson Care Center Inc

Judson care center's mission, as a charitable, christian organization, is to use its resources to meet the housing, health care, social, physical and spiritual needs of its constituents without regards to race, color, creed, national…

Health
11
Lifecare Hospice

The mission of hospice is to provide medical care, nursing care, pain relief, and emotional and spiritual support services to terminally ill patients and their families.

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12
Muskingum Valley Health Center

To provide affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Jefferson County; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association 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

26 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. 26 of the 55 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/26
Grantees still filing
15/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

URBAN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $78,405 · OtherURBAN MISSION MINISTRIES INCThe Salvation Army: $60,882 · OtherThe Salvation ArmyOLD FORT STEUBEN PROJECT INC: $50,469 · OtherOLD FORT STEUBEN PROJECT INCPRIME TIME OFFICE ON AGING: $45,000 · OtherPRIME TIME OFFICE ON AGINGIndividual grant recipient: $39,826 · OtherVALLEY HOSPICE INC: $38,378 · OtherYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $33,015 · OtherSMITHFIELD EVANGELICA FRIEND CHURCH: $32,119 · OtherDAUGHTERS OF THE HOLY MARY: $28,400 · OtherREFUGE FOR WOMEN: $27,467 · Other+31 more: $340,950 · Other+31 moreOhio Valley Youth Network: $132,141 · Youth DevelopmentOhio Valley You…VAGABOND MISSIONS: $26,563 · Youth DevelopmentVAGABOND MISSIO…BLUE STREAM FARMS CORPORATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentBLUE STREAM FAR…OHIO VALLEY HEALTH CENTER: $92,756 · HealthOHIO VALLEY HE…COLEMAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC: $41,510 · HealthCOLEMAN PROFES…TRI STATE HEALTH SERVICES INC: $20,000 · HealthTRI STATE HEAL…YOUNGSTOWN HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER: $7,010 · Health+1 more: $4,979 · HealthUNITED WAY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $65,700 · PhilanthropyHILLTOP CHILDREN'S HOUSE: $17,500 · ReligionWOMEN IN THE WORD MINISTRIES: $15,700 · ReligionSTEUBENVILLE CULTURAL TRUST: $27,500 · Arts & CultureHOUNDS HAVEN INC: $13,763 · AnimalsJEFFERSON COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $11,988 · Animals
Other$774,911Youth Development$168,704Health$166,255Philanthropy$65,700Religion$33,200Arts & Culture$27,500Animals$25,751

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 budgetOhio Valley Youth Network: $132,141 over 5y, 13% of budgetOHIO VALLEY HEALTH CENTER: $92,756 over 6y, 24% of budgetURBAN MISSION MINISTRIES INC: $78,405 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY: $65,700 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetOLD FORT STEUBEN PROJECT INC: $50,469 over 3y, 7.4% of budgetCOLEMAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC: $41,510 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY HOSPICE INC: $38,378 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSTEUBENVILLE CULTURAL TRUST: $27,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetVAGABOND MISSIONS: $26,563 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTRI STATE HEALTH SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetA CHILDS PLACE CASA LTD: $17,900 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetHILLTOP CHILDREN'S HOUSE: $17,500 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetBrightway Center Inc: $16,300 over 2y, 12% of budgetWOMEN IN THE WORD MINISTRIES: $15,700 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetMALONE UNIVERSITY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITY HOSPICE INC: $11,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAIM WOMEN'S CENTER: $10,472 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetNational Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate: $10,085 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLUE STREAM FARMS CORPORATION: $10,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN HEARING AND SPEECH CENTER: $7,010 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $4,979 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSKINGUM UNIVERSITY: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 Ohio Valley Youth Network ↗
  • Who funds OHIO VALLEY HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds URBAN MISSION MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds OLD FORT STEUBEN PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds COLEMAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds VALLEY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds STEUBENVILLE CULTURAL TRUST ↗
  • Who funds VAGABOND MISSIONS ↗
  • Who funds TRI STATE HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds A CHILDS PLACE CASA LTD ↗
  • Who funds HILLTOP CHILDREN'S HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Brightway Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN IN THE WORD MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds HOUNDS HAVEN INC ↗
  • Who funds MALONE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JEFFERSON COUNTY ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds CHARITY HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds AIM WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
  • Who funds National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate ↗
  • Who funds BLUE STREAM FARMS CORPORATION ↗

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.

John C Williams Chari…Community Foundation …Mary Jane Brooks Char…Charles M Pugliese an…Steel Valley CharitiesHancock County Saving…Robert H Reakirt Fdn …United Way of Jeffers…Silver Trumpets IncStarvaggi Charities I…Foundation for Appala…The Wm M & a Cafaro F…
John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024PA36.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: John C Williams Charitable Tr 8024 · Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley Inc · Mary Jane Brooks Charitable Trust · Charles M Pugliese and Thelma M Pugliese Charitable Foundation · Steel Valley Charities · Hancock County Savings Charitable Foundation · Robert H Reakirt Fdn Equities · United Way of Jefferson County · Silver Trumpets Inc · Starvaggi Charities Inc · Foundation for Appalachian Ohio · The Wm M & a Cafaro Family 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 Esther N Simmons Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Esther N Simmons Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%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
    9report 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 55 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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