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Greer Foundation

The GREER FOUNDATION is a supporting organization of the columbus foundation.

$270k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$1.1MYouth Development$330kHousing & Shelter$285kPhilanthropy$236kEducation$201kCivil Rights$155kHuman Services$140kHealth$78kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $248,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $270,210 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $21,710 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $149k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC$50,000
STAR HOUSE$50,000
COLUMBUS FOUNDATION$35,000
THE PAST FOUNDATION$25,000
EQUALITY OHIO EDUCATION FUND$20,000
LIFECARE ALLIANCE$15,000
YWCA COLUMBUS$12,000
STONEWALL COLUMBUS INC$11,500
RECREATION UNLIMITED FOUNDATION$10,000
LEAD WITH HORSES$10,000
EMPOWER COLLECTIVE$10,000
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 (FY17–25, $538k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS SOUTHERN: $11k → 11%YWCA COLUMBUS: $100k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $15k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $12k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $10k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $5k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $5k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $10k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $50k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $50k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $50k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $50k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $50k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $50k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $30k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $20k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $20k → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 19 repeat orgs$247k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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20

Total granted

$2.4M
$196k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+23%

Still filing today

79%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsCivil RightsHealthPhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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

  • MF
    Mid-Ohio Foodbank
    4× · 2018–2021 · $1.0M · revenue +49%
  • HH
    HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $370k · revenue +91%
  • SH
    STAR HOUSE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $325k · revenue +306%

Funded once

  • CITY YEAR INC
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +4%
  • IK
    I KNOW I CANgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +39%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +31%
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 United Way

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

Philanthropy
2
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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3
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

—
4
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
5
Columbus Center for Human Services Inc

Inspiring life journeys

Human Services
6
Central Ohio Youth for Christ Inc

Coyfc reaches young people everywhere, working with the local church and other like minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the word of god and prayer, passion for…

Youth Development
7
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

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

—
8
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
9
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.

—
10
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
11
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
12
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

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

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Ohio Inc; the most unlike its peers is Past 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

38 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. 38 of the 44 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/38
Grantees still filing
28/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mid-Ohio Foodbank: $1,032,000 · OtherMid-Ohio Foodbank+20 more: $255,800 · Other+20 moreSTAR HOUSE: $325,000 · PhilanthropySTAR HOUSECOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $281,000 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS FOUNDATIONColumbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc: $60,000 · PhilanthropyColumbus State Community …+1 more: $4,000 · PhilanthropyHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $370,000 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE IN…YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $122,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRIST…NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $25,000 · Human Services+2 more: $21,000 · Human ServicesLGBTQ Victory Institute Inc: $145,000 · Civil RightsEquality Ohio Education Fund: $20,000 · Civil RightsFRIENDS OF CASA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO: $14,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $500 · Civil RightsRECREATION UNLIMITED FOUNDATION: $67,965 · Recreation & SportsFLYING HORSE FARMS: $17,500 · Recreation & SportsTHE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsGREATER COLUMBUS SPORTS FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN CLUB: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsPAST FOUNDATION: $77,000 · Arts & CultureLESBIANS BENEFITTING THE ARTS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureZORA'S HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $70,000 · Food & NutritionCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $20,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,287,800Philanthropy$670,000Human Services$538,000Civil Rights$179,500Recreation & Sports$106,465Arts & Culture$97,000Food & Nutrition$90,000

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 budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $1,032,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $370,000 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetSTAR HOUSE: $325,000 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $281,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLGBTQ Victory Institute Inc: $145,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $122,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPAST FOUNDATION: $77,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $70,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetRECREATION UNLIMITED FOUNDATION: $67,965 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetColumbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF OHIO: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $25,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetI KNOW I CAN: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFLYING HORSE FARMS: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEquitas Health Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CASA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO: $14,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKaleidoscope Youth Center Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF NORTHERN NEVADA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGreater Common Good: $10,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMARYHAVEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetZORA'S HOUSE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER COLUMBUS SPORTS FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetUNITED SCHOOLS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMON CAUSE EDUCATION FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BNAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $500 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.

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 FoundationL Brands FoundationIngram-White Castle F…American Electric Pow…United Way of Central…Encova Foundation of …Siemer Family Foundat…Nisource Charitable F…Harry C Moores Founda…Cardinal Health Found…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The William H Davis D…
Columbus FoundationOH47.5× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Siemer Family Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The William H Davis Dorothy M Davis and William C Davis 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 Greer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of 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 · 0–30%
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.

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 44 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 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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