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Fred F Silk Charitable Foundation

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$534k
Granted FY2020
16
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

90% of Fred F Silk Charitable Foundation’s FY2021 grant dollars went to Stark Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2021 names 19 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Fred F Silk Charitable Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $534k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

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

01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2021.

Philanthropy$17MEducation$2.1MHuman Services$533kHousing & Shelter$369kArts & Culture$349kHealth$325kReligion$173kFood & Nutrition$100kOther$0
02FY2020 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k9 grants · $41k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $85k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $407k
$9,800
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Habitat for Humanity East Central O$150,000
Aultman Foundation$101,385
JR Coleman SR Outreach Services$97,500
St John's Villa Inc$58,275
Aultman College$46,700
YMCA of Western Stark County$20,000
Goshen College$18,500
Beech Creek Botanical GardenNature$9,800
St John Villa Inc$5,500
Arts in Stark$5,000
Stark Community Foundation$5,000
Canton Symphony Orchestra Associati$5,000
Pathway Caring for Children$5,000
EN-RICH-Ment$2,500
JR Coleman SR Outreach Services$2,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–21, $354k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%St John's Villa Inc: $58k → 12%ST JOHN'S VILLA: $41k → 12%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $140k → 13%St John's Villa Inc: $37k → 12%St John's Villa Inc: $20k → 12%St John's Villa Inc: $19k → 12%YMCA of Central Stark County: $20k → 13%YMCA of Central Stark County: $19k → 13%YMCA of Central Stark County: $1k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$2.6M · 21 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against -28% for the ones you funded once.

21 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2020, 11 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, 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

21
12

Total granted

$2.6M
$405k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
-28%

Still filing today

71%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $886k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • SS
    STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2021 · $578k · revenue +271% · 42% of their budget
  • WU
    Walsh University Inc
    3× · 2017–2021 · $335k · revenue +3%
  • HF
    HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO
    4× · 2017–2020 · $304k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • AC
    Aultman Cancer Center
    one grant, 2019 · $102k
  • NM
    NEOhio Medical University Foundatio
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • JR
    J R COLEMAN SENIOR OUTREACH
    one grant, 2019 · $51k · revenue -79%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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The College of Wooster

The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…

Education
2
Mount Carmel College of Nursing

We, mount carmel and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mount carmel college of nursing is a member of mount carmel and trinity health.

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3
Otterbein University

Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…

Education
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Mount St Joseph University

Mount st. joseph university is a catholic academic community grounded in the spiritual values and vision of its founders, the sisters of charity. the university educates its students through interdisciplinary liberal arts and professional…

Education
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Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
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Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
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Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
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Ohio Christian University

Ohio christian university (ocu) is committed to offering a complete education that develops students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. (continued on schedule o)ocu offers degree programs designed to equip students to become…

Education
9
Oucu Financial Credit Union Fka Ohio University Credit Union

Provide financial services to its members.

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10
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
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Mount Carmel Health System

We, mount carmel health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mount carmel health system is a member of trinity health.

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Calvin University

The mission of calvin university is to equip students to think deeply, to act justly, and to live wholeheartedly as christ's agents of renewal in the world.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stark Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Canines Helping Independent People. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 48 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr12%7%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr14%11%20–35yr17%19%35–55yr17%44%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr12%0%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr14%1%20–35yr17%89%35–55yr17%9%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/29
the rest of the field
12%
248/2,005

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
23/26
Grantees still filing
18/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

STARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $16,751,918 · PhilanthropySTARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+1 more — $10,000 · PhilanthropySTARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $578,487 · EducationMALONE UNIVERSITY — $350,000 · EducationWalsh University Inc — $335,000 · EducationUniversity of Mount Union — $250,000 · EducationGoshen College Inc — $89,500 · EducationNEOHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $250,000 · OtherMERCY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $117,000 · OtherAULTMAN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $112,850 · OtherAultman Cancer Center — $101,750 · OtherAultman Foundation — $101,385 · OtherNEOhio Medical University Foundatio — $100,000 · OtherJR Coleman SR Outreach Services — $100,000 · OtherYoung Mens Christian Association of Massillon YMCA Of Western Stark County — $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $65,000 · OtherJ R COLEMAN SENIOR OUTREACH — $50,575 · OtherHEARTBEATS TO THE CITY — $50,000 · OtherPATHWAY CARING FOR CHILDREN — $48,000 · Other+16 more — $206,800 · OtherYMCA of Central Stark County — $180,011 · Human ServicesST JOHN'S VILLA INC — $174,275 · Human ServicesHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO — $304,225 · Housing & ShelterSTARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $150,100 · Arts & CultureCanton Symphony Orchestra Association — $80,000 · Arts & CultureARTS IN STARK — $25,000 · Arts & CultureEN-RICH-MENT — $13,500 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $5,000 · Arts & CultureREFUGE OF HOPE MINISTRIES — $171,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$16,761,918Education$1,602,987Other$1,373,360Human Services$354,286Housing & Shelter$304,225Arts & Culture$273,600Religion$171,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSTARK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $16,751,918 over 3y, 24% of budgetSTARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $578,487 over 4y, 42% of budgetMALONE UNIVERSITY — $350,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWalsh University Inc — $335,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO — $304,225 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetUniversity of Mount Union — $250,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYMCA of Central Stark County — $180,011 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetST JOHN'S VILLA INC — $174,275 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetREFUGE OF HOPE MINISTRIES — $171,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetSTARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $150,100 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetMERCY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $117,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetGoshen College Inc — $89,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCanton Symphony Orchestra Association — $80,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Massillon YMCA Of Western Stark County — $70,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetJ R COLEMAN SENIOR OUTREACH — $50,575 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHEARTBEATS TO THE CITY — $50,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetPATHWAY CARING FOR CHILDREN — $48,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMASSILLON MUSEUM — $40,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetARTS IN STARK — $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWhole Latte Love Cafe Inc — $20,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetThe Canton Student Loan Foundation — $15,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEN-RICH-MENT — $13,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetA CHORUS FOR A CAUSE — $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetMAGNOLIA AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetOHIO MENNONITE CAMP ASSOCIATION INC — $3,250 over 4y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Stark Community Found…Hoover Foundation Inc…Timken Foundation of …Timken Co Charitable …Ada C Rank & Helen J …Henry & Louise Timken…Albert W & Edith V Fl…The Belden Brick Char…Sisters of Charity Fo…The Paul and Carol Da…Austin-Bailey Health …Health Foundation of …
Stark Community FoundationOH46.5× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stark Community Foundation · Hoover Foundation Income Account · Timken Foundation of Canton · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · Ada C Rank & Helen J Rank Charitable · Henry & Louise Timken Foundation · Albert W & Edith V Flowers Charitable · The Belden Brick Charitable Trust · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton · The Paul and Carol David Foundation · Austin-Bailey Health & Wellness Foundation · Health Foundation of Greater Massillon

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Fred F Silk Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%your 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
    11report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Fred F Silk Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fred F Silk Charitable 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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