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Franklin Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$104k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$32k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.0MHealth$113kArts & Culture$105kEducation$51kFood & Nutrition$43kHousing & Shelter$34kPublic Safety & Disaster$32kReligion$27kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $81k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN RED CROSS$32,000
MID OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE$25,000
PRINCE OF PEACE LUTHERAN CHURCH$14,000
DELAWARE ARTS$10,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
GIGI'S SHELTER FOR DOGS$5,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL$4,500
Individual grant recipient$3,000
PLEASANT VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS$2,000
FRANKLIN HOUSE$1,200
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–21, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%HARDIN COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING: $250 → 15%SENIOR DREAM CENTER: $1k → 15%SENIOR DREAM CENTER: $1k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 15%AREA AGENCY ON AGING: $1k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $1k → 15%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.

15%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$223k · 28 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

28 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 24 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
25

Total granted

$223k
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+43%

Still filing today

32%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterArts & CultureRecreation & 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

  • GS
    GIGI'S SHELTER FOR DOGS
    5× · 2021–2025 · $22k · revenue +2%
  • BF
    BIRDIES FOR BUDDIES
    2× · 2021–2022 · $5k · revenue +45%
  • EU
    ELDERLY UNITED OF SPRINGFIELD & CLARK COUNTY OHIO INC
    3× · 2018–2021 · $3k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • TK
    THE KISKI FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $1.0M
  • EH
    Equitas Health Incgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $61k · revenue +137%
  • TO
    THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $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
Ohio District 5 Area Agency On Aging Inc

The ohio district 5 area agency on aging, inc. provides leadership, collaboration, coordination and services to older adults, people with disabilities, their caregivers and resource networks that support individual choice, independence and…

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2
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

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

Human Services
3
Psa 3 Agency On Aging

To promote the highest quality of life, area agency on aging 3 will provide access to a network of services, education, and advocacy as the region's aging and disability resource expert.

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4
Clermont Senior Services Inc

To offer a broad range of community based and Home-Care Services designed to enable older adults to remain independent and active by living healthy lives.

Human Services
5
Area Agency On Aging District 7 Inc

Assisting individuals to maintain independence and personal choice by providing resource options and services

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6
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
7
Council On the Aging of Cleveland County Nc Inc

Aging services to senior citizens, senior center operations, senior trips, senior health promotions, nutritional programs, emergency assistance, and numerous senior activities.

Human Services
8
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

To serve the central ohio community with affordable, easy to access healthcare services.

Health
9
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
10
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.

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11
Clinton Area Care Center Inc

To help the elderly maintain their health and independence as long as possible.

Human Services
12
Friendship Village of Columbus Ohio Inc

To promote independence, wellness and community for older adults in an active and friendly continuing-care environment.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family Services; the most unlike its peers is Evans Foundation. 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

20 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. 20 of the 60 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE KISKI FUND: $1,000,000 · OtherTHE KISKI FUND+50 more: $366,638 · Other+50 moreEquitas Health Inc: $60,500 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 · HealthBIRDIES FOR BUDDIES: $4,500 · HealthColumbus School for Girls: $25,000 · Education+1 more: $520 · EducationCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · Arts & CultureGIGI'S SHELTER FOR DOGS: $22,000 · AnimalsUNITED WAY OF DELAWARE COUNTY: $20,000 · PhilanthropyFranklinton Rising: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,366,638Health$70,000Education$25,520Arts & Culture$25,000Animals$22,000Philanthropy$20,000Housing & Shelter$10,000

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 budgetEquitas Health Inc: $60,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetColumbus School for Girls: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIGI'S SHELTER FOR DOGS: $22,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DELAWARE COUNTY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFranklinton Rising: $10,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetEvans Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetGeorge & Raymond Frank Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRDIES FOR BUDDIES: $4,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetELDERLY UNITED OF SPRINGFIELD & CLARK COUNTY OHIO INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHARED HARVEST FOODBANK INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWe Care Arts Inc: $2,910 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPLAIN CITY SENIOR CENTER INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR DREAM CENTER: $2,000 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetAREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION 9 INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDHOOD LEAGUE INC: $520 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHardin County Council on Aging Inc: $250 over 1y, 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 Equitas Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗
  • Who funds Columbus School for Girls ↗
  • Who funds GIGI'S SHELTER FOR DOGS ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Franklinton Rising ↗
  • Who funds Evans Foundation ↗
  • Who funds George & Raymond Frank Foundation ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds BIRDIES FOR BUDDIES ↗
  • Who funds ELDERLY UNITED OF SPRINGFIELD & CLARK COUNTY OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARED HARVEST FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds We Care Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLAIN CITY SENIOR CENTER INC ↗

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.

Columbus FoundationUnited Way of Central…L Brands FoundationIngram-White Castle F…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Verizon FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Columbus FoundationOH21.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · L Brands Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Verizon Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving 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 Franklin Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Franklin Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 Franklin Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Franklin Foundation Inc 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 60 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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