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Giving Well Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$32k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
6
Organizations funded FY2023
33%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2023
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2023
$15,000
Organizations funded a year
6 to 25
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Giving Well Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20236$32k33%
FY202217$109k47%
FY202118$80k56%
FY202019$116k53%
FY201923$71k65%
FY201825$56k40%
FY201725$55kn/a
90% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Philanthropy$150kEducation$110kHuman Services$70kFood & Nutrition$51kHealth$43kEnvironment$27kRecreation & Sports$23kYouth Development$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Mount Union$45,00030%
Kent State University$27,5823n/a
United Way of Portage County Inc$20,80921%
Stewards of Kleinstuck$10,00014%
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$9,50050%
Ohio Public Health Association$9,00016%
Kalamazoo College$8,99920%
Carroll County Animal Protection League$7,27023%
Kids Weekend Meals$6,0702n/a
Hiram College$5,25050%
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All grantees of Giving Well Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Mount Union$45,00030%
Kent State University$27,5823n/a
United Way of Portage County Inc$20,80921%
Stewards of Kleinstuck$10,00014%
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$9,50050%
Ohio Public Health Association$9,00016%
Kalamazoo College$8,99920%
Carroll County Animal Protection League$7,27023%
Kids Weekend Meals$6,0702n/a
Hiram College$5,25050%
Mantua Restoration Society Inc$5,000216%
Kalamazoo Nature Center$4,90910%
West Creek Conservancy$3,00020%
Shepherds House of Portage County$2,50011%
Dunedin Cares Inc$1,50010%
Western Michigan University Foundation$1,4732n/a
Fair Food Matters$1,20013%
Open Roads Bike Program$1,00011%
Sunflower of Peace Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Carrollton Board of Education$7501n/a
Crestwood 4cs$1002n/a

Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($348k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Giving Well Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Mount Union: $45,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Portage County Inc: $20,809 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetStewards of Kleinstuck: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetWestern Reserve Land Conservancy: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Public Health Association: $9,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetKalamazoo College: $8,999 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarroll County Animal Protection League: $7,270 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetHiram College: $5,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMantua Restoration Society Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetKalamazoo Nature Center: $4,909 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWest Creek Conservancy: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShepherds House of Portage County: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDunedin Cares Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFair Food Matters: $1,200 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetOpen Roads Bike Program: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSunflower of Peace Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 16.

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.

The Pfizer Foundation IncNY8.1× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

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About Giving Well Family Foundation

How much does Giving Well Family Foundation give?
Giving Well Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $32,268 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Giving Well Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (27%), Education (20%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Giving Well Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: University of Mount Union ($45k), Kent State University ($28k), United Way of Portage County Inc ($21k).
Does Giving Well Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Giving Well Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Giving Well Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Pfizer Foundation Inc, American Endowment Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Where is Giving Well Family Foundation based?
Giving Well Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 82 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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