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Firstenergy Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9.3M
Granted FY2022
1,181
Grants FY2022
16
States reached
$268k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

76% of Firstenergy Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to American Online Giving Foundation Inc, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 132 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Firstenergy Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 816 organizations, $9M. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

144
’20
0
’21
816
’22
143
’23
132
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$15MHealth$3.6MEducation$1.9MCommunity Improvement$1.4MHuman Services$1.3MFood & Nutrition$957kYouth Development$896kArts & Culture$877kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1181 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k926 grants · $2.3M
  • $10k–50k219 grants · $3.8M
  • $50k–250k34 grants · $2.7M
  • $250k+2 grants · $518k
$2,500
Median grant
16
States reached
$125M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA$267,684
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC$250,000
THE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA$193,809
AKRON CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK$150,000
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH FOUNDATION INC$125,000
ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY$125,000
METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC$125,000
UNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY$100,309
AKRON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$100,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC$100,000
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI$100,000
TECH CORPS$100,000
WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY$100,000
NORTHERN OHIO GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC$100,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND FUND$85,678
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 (FY22–24, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50k → 12%MONROE STREET NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10k → 18%MORGAN COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION INC: $10k → 16%MORGAN COUNTY HOMELESS COALITION INC: $10k → 16%POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM: $10k → 19%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA: $5k → 18%MONONGALIA COUNTY SOCIETY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN AND ADULTS: $5k → 19%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WEST VIRGINIA: $5k → 19%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10k → 12%LUCY IDOL CENTER INC: $7k → 11%NORTHEAST OHIO FOUNDATION FOR PATRIOTISM: $8k → 17%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $85k → 13%MOMS HOUSE INC: $50k → 18%DISABILITY ACTION CENTER INC: $10k → 15%COMMUNITY AIDS NETWORK: $10k → 13%SERVING AREA MILITARY AND VETERANS: $6k → 13%LOTT INDUSTRIES INC: $20k → 18%FLYING HIGH INC: $40k → 19%GOLDEN STRING INC: $8k → 19%GOLDEN STRING INC: $8k → 19%SUNSHINE FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 18%GLOBAL CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%AKRON COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER AND URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 13%MERRICK HOUSE: $25k → 17%KOINONIA HOMES INC: $20k → 17%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WESTMORLAND COUNTY: $25k → 10%WASHINGTON CITY MISSION INC: $18k → 12%CORNERSTONE FAMILY PROGRAMS: $20k → 4%THE CENTER FOR GREAT EXPECTATIONS INC: $10k → 5%ST MARTIN CENTER: $15k → 15%KONSCIOUS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT & SERVICE: $10k → 6%PROJECT OF EASTON INC: $15k → 11%PROJECT SELF SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $8k → 6%HOSPICE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY INC: $10k → 12%CENTRE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: $10k → 16%HOFFMAN HOMES INC: $30k → 9%AMERICAS GROW A ROW INC: $10k → 4%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE OF YORK PENNSYLVANIA: $7k → 9%CENTRO HISPANO DE FREDERICK INC: $10k → 6%FAMILY SERVICES OF NW PA: $15k → 15%STUDENT HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP OF FREDERICK COUNTY IN: $31k → 6%CHILDREN IN NEED INC: $8k → 12%CHILTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC: $50k → 4%YMCA: $7k → 9%EMPOWER THE VILLAGE INC: $25k → 4%EMPOWER THE VILLAGE INC: $25k → 4%MERCY CENTER CORPORATION: $10k → 6%DRESS FOR SUCCESS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY 10 COUNTIES INC: $15k → 4%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

ME
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
UT
CO
WV
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
SC
DC
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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.0M · 231 repeat orgs$9.5M to everyone else

231 repeat relationships: 223 still active in FY2022, 8 since wound down; 728 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

231
365

Total granted

$9.0M
$4.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+46%

Still filing today

93%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $148k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesPhilanthropyEducationHealthArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AH
    American Heart Association Inc
    4× · 2020–2024 · $589k · revenue +53%
  • NO
    NORTHERN OHIO GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $500k · revenue +118% · 33% of their budget
  • TM
    THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $272k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • AH
    AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION GRANT
    one grant, 2021 · $309k
  • UW
    UNITED WAY - SUMMIT AND FOUNDATION GRANT
    one grant, 2021 · $307k
  • SH
    SUMMA HEALTH
    one grant, 2020 · $295k
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
Butler County United Way

Connect resources to important community needs. the organization focuses on the most important human service needs facing the community and uses a variety of methods to communicate with community members in order to priortize the issues…

—
2
United Way of Cumberland County Inc

Organization is dedicated to raising funds for programs that meet the human care needs of the people of cumberland county.

Philanthropy
3
Wayne Economic Development Council Inc

To maximize the development and utilization of the human and economic resources of the wayne county georgraphical area in order to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities and improve the welfare of people of the area.

—
4
United Way of Wilkes County Inc

United way of wilkes county is dedicated to improving the lives of our citizens by underwriting identified programs that enhance their well-being through our 21 partner agencies. the united way of wilkes county annually impacts over 32,000…

Philanthropy
5
Cedar Valley United Way

Uniting our community to empower individuals and families to thrive.

Philanthropy
6
United Way of Clinton County Iowa

To provide leadership in our communities to 1) identify our most pressing human care needs, 2) to work together to direct the time, energy and resources towards addressing those needs to improve our quality of life.

—
7
The County Chamber of Commerce

The business council of westchester's mission is to work hard to grow the economy, create jobs and build a strong business community in westchester county.

—
8
United Way Manitowoc County Inc

United way's mission is to improve lives.

Philanthropy
9
United Way of Lackawanna Wayne and Pike Counties

To improve the quality of life of the people of lackawanna, wayne and pike counties and surrounding communities by serving as a catalyst for community problem solving and by conducting an efficient, encompassing volunteer fundraising…

—
10
United Way of Westchester and Putnam

United way of westchester and putnam mobilizes strategic partnerships and leverages resources to create a more equitable community by advancing education, financial stability, and health initiatives.

Human Services
11
Conference of Western Wayne

All of the expenses of the cww are for the purpose of improving local government and administration through cooperative efforts. all services are provided to various communities in western wayne county, michigan.

Community Improvement
12
Wayne County Action Program Inc

The specific mission of the organization is to coordinate resources to inspire and empower people to acheive their full potential.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Monmouth and Ocean Counties; the most unlike its peers is Longwood Gardens 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

924 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 924 of the 1,345 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.

15
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
194
Early backer (in before they grew)
910/924
Grantees still filing
605/924
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $9,759,640 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INCUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $871,665 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINATHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $540,923 · PhilanthropyNORTHERN OHIO GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 · Philanthropy+20 more: $1,766,826 · Philanthropy+20 moreAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION GRANT: $309,200 · OtherAMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION…UNITED WAY - SUMMIT AND FOUNDATION GRANT: $307,005 · OtherUNITED WAY - SUMMIT AND FO…SUMMA HEALTH: $295,000 · OtherSUMMA HEALTHCUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION AND SCENIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION: $202,500 · Other+95 more: $4,383,975 · Other+95 moreAmerican Heart Association Inc: $589,442 · HealthTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $271,753 · HealthAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $229,900 · HealthREADING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $90,000 · Health+17 more: $535,540 · HealthTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $259,200 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $101,000 · EducationTECH CORPS OHIO: $100,000 · EducationBaldwin Wallace University: $100,000 · EducationBLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $61,696 · EducationCUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $50,025 · EducationWASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationBERKS LATINO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $50,000 · EducationPROJECT GRAD AKRON: $50,000 · EducationFranklin County Coalition for Progress Inc: $44,700 · EducationWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $40,811 · Education+4 more: $91,485 · EducationAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $181,050 · Human ServicesEMPOWER THE VILLAGE INC: $100,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO: $54,000 · Human ServicesChilton Medical Center Foundation Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesFLYING HIGH INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesHOFFMAN HOMES INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesSTUDENT HOMELESSNESS INITIATIVE PARTNERSHIP OF FREDERICK COUNTYINC: $31,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT SELF-SUFFICIENCY OF SUSSEX COUNTY INC: $28,000 · Human ServicesKEYSTONE KIDSPACE: $27,000 · Human Services+8 more: $175,000 · Human ServicesLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $320,000 · Community ImprovementCHOOSE NEW JERSEY INC: $125,000 · Community ImprovementPROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75,500 · Community ImprovementERIE REGIONAL CHAMBER AND GROWTH PARTNERSHIP: $43,000 · Community ImprovementALLEGANY COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION INC: $31,600 · Community ImprovementTHE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE: $30,000 · Community Improvement+7 more: $145,000 · Community ImprovementAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $226,041 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $148,325 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $70,000 · Food & NutritionLUNCH BREAK INC: $50,550 · Food & NutritionINTERFAITH FOOD PANTRY INC: $22,600 · Food & NutritionWESTMORELAND COUNTY FOOD BANK INC: $20,717 · Food & NutritionStark County Hunger Task Force Inc: $20,000 · Food & NutritionWestern Maryland Food Bank: $20,000 · Food & NutritionSEVEN LOAVES SOUP KITCHEN INC: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$13,439,054Other$5,497,680Health$1,716,635Education$1,148,917Human Services$778,550Community Improvement$770,100Food & Nutrition$598,233

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%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $9,759,640 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $871,665 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $589,442 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA: $540,923 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHERN OHIO GOLF CHARITIES FOUNDATION INC: $500,000 over 4y, 33% of budgetUNITED WAY OF BERKS COUNTY INC: $378,650 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $320,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $309,221 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $271,753 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $259,200 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $229,900 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $226,041 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY PRESERVATION AND SCENIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION: $202,500 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $181,050 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTYGART VALLEY UNITED WAY INC: $164,725 over 3y, 35% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $148,325 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MONONGALIA AND PRESTON COUNITES INC: $140,382 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetALVERNIA UNIVERSITY: $135,060 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHOOSE NEW JERSEY INC: $125,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Stark County: $124,936 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $101,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetEMPOWER THE VILLAGE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetTECH CORPS OHIO: $100,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetAKRON CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $100,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Erie County: $90,965 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetREADING HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $90,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetGirls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio: $89,500 over 2y, 16% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE EASTERN PANHANDLE: $87,317 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetPROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $75,500 over 2y, 47% of budgetBITTERSWEET INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $70,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $70,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNAMC NORTHERN OHIO CHAPTER INC: $70,000 over 2y, 91% of budgetTHE UNITED WAY OF YOUNGSTOWN AND THE MAHONING VALLEY: $67,911 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION: $65,394 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $64,388 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHOMELESS SOLUTIONS INC: $61,850 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $61,696 over 2y, 12% of budgetEconomic Growth Foundation: $60,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO: $54,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetPaper Mill Playhouse: $52,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSUSAN P BYRNES HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $52,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MEDINA COUNTY: $51,787 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetLUNCH BREAK INC: $50,550 over 2y, 1.0% 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.

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.

United Way of Summit …The Westfield Insuran…The Welty Family Foun…Akron Community Found…Burton D Morgan Found…Synthomer Foundation …Northern Ohio Golf Ch…The United Way of Sou…Charles E and Mabel M…Sisler McFawn Foundat…Northwest Charitable …Premier Bank Foundati…
United Way of Summit and MedinaOH83.6× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Summit and Medina · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Synthomer Foundation Inc · Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation Inc · The United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Premier Bank 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 Firstenergy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Firstenergy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Life and Discovery Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Allegany County Human Resources Development Commission Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Mercy Center Corporation: 21% of income from government
  • Family Promise of Morris County Inc: 17% of income from government
  • Paper Mill Playhouse: 9% of income from government
  • Shore Clubhouse Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Homeless Solutions Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Lunch Break Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Cornerstone Family Programs: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Northern New Jersey Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
82report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Firstenergy Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Firstenergy Foundation 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 1345 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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