Ohio · Public charity
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership
The mission of GREAT LAKES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP is to create partnerships and opportunites to help individuals, families and communities thrive.
- $7.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $633,679
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,159,370
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $35M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Great Lakes Community Action Partnership funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $2.8M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $2.7M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $3.7M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $2.7M | 8% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $3.0M | 10% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $2.6M | 30% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $2.6M | 0% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $3.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas County | $9,407,542 | 8 | n/a |
| West Virginia Community Action Partnersh | $3,896,918 | 8 | 17% |
| Indiana Community Action Association Inc | $3,860,759 | 8 | 13% |
| Community Action Kentucky Inc | $3,030,016 | 7 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo Inc | $558,173 | 8 | n/a |
| Wayfinders Ohio Inc | $479,710 | 7 | 13% |
| Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies | $377,594 | 2 | 6% |
| Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana | $301,026 | 6 | n/a |
| Community Improvement Corporation of Ottawa County | $227,558 | 3 | 4% |
| Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated | $222,137 | 1 | 25% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas County | $9,407,542 | 8 | n/a |
| West Virginia Community Action Partnersh | $3,896,918 | 8 | 17% |
| Indiana Community Action Association Inc | $3,860,759 | 8 | 13% |
| Community Action Kentucky Inc | $3,030,016 | 7 | 1% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Toledo Inc | $558,173 | 8 | n/a |
| Wayfinders Ohio Inc | $479,710 | 7 | 13% |
| Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies | $377,594 | 2 | 6% |
| Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana | $301,026 | 6 | n/a |
| Community Improvement Corporation of Ottawa County | $227,558 | 3 | 4% |
| Wisconsin Community Action Program Association Incorporated | $222,137 | 1 | 25% |
| Center of Hope Family Services | $140,808 | 1 | 23% |
| Midwest Assistance Program Inc | $140,389 | 2 | 1% |
| Vanguard Sentenel Career & Technology Center | $132,675 | 1 | n/a |
| Ottawa County Transitional Housing | $121,633 | 2 | 23% |
| County of Seneca Ohio County | $117,857 | 3 | n/a |
| Sandusky County Department of Job | $58,928 | 3 | n/a |
| Johnny Appleseed Metro Park | $56,212 | 2 | n/a |
| New Housing Ohio Inc | $35,072 | 2 | 0% |
| Commons at Little Bark Creek | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hancock-Hardin-Wyandot-Putnam Community Action Commission | $27,212 | 1 | n/a |
| Vantage Career Center | $25,506 | 2 | n/a |
| Area 8 Workforce Development Board | $19,665 | 2 | n/a |
| Liberty Center of Sandusky County | $16,320 | 1 | 3% |
| Four County Young at Heart | $15,825 | 2 | 49% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Oneohio Recovery Foundation Inc · Toledo Community Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Great Lakes Community Action Partnership with peer funders
About Great Lakes Community Action Partnership
- How much does Great Lakes Community Action Partnership give?
- Great Lakes Community Action Partnership reported 6 itemized grants totaling $2,819,948, out of $7,825,363 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Great Lakes Community Action Partnership fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (48%), Human Services (43%), Housing & Shelter (3%).
- Who are Great Lakes Community Action Partnership's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lucas County ($9.4M), West Virginia Community Action Partnersh ($3.9M), Indiana Community Action Association Inc ($3.9M).
- Does Great Lakes Community Action Partnership fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Great Lakes Community Action Partnership?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Oneohio Recovery Foundation Inc, Toledo Community Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Great Lakes Community Action Partnership based?
- Great Lakes Community Action Partnership is based in OH.
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