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Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation

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.

$39k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$876kReligion$146kHealth$69kHuman Services$20kArts & Culture$17kPhilanthropy$13kEnvironment$6kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $26k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$496k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION$13,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH$8,000
REGINA HEALTH CENTER$7,000
AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$3,850
ST SEBASTIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH$3,000
Individual grant recipient$2,100
Individual grant recipient$1,250
FAIRLAWN CC FOUNDATION$1,000
HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL$250
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 (FY20–23, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HELP FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%WESTSIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $5k → 17%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE: $3k → 17%OPEN M: $500 → 13%OPEN M: $400 → 13%OPEN M: $100 → 13%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 15 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
36

Total granted

$1.1M
$49k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+13%

Still filing today

47%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $78k · revenue +136%
  • RH
    REGINA HEALTH CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $49k · revenue +16%
  • AA
    AKRON ART MUSEUM
    5× · 2020–2024 · $15k · revenue +166%

Funded once

  • HF
    HELP FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +31%
  • WS
    WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • UC
    URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +140%
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
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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2
Catholic Charities Corporation

Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.

Human Services
3
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

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

Human Services
4
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
5
Christian Care Retirement Apartments Inc

Through christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to those we serve

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6
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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7
Ohio Living Quaker Heights

To provide older adults with caring and quality services toward the enhancement of physical, mental and spiritual well being consistent with the christian gospel.

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8
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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9
Ohio Living Holdings

See schedule oto provide older adults with caring and quality services toward enhancement of physical, mental and spiritual well-being consistent with the christian gospel. the organization is dedicated to living our mission and keeping…

Human Services
10
Capital University

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

Education
11
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
12
La Roche University

La roche university advances learning informed by ethical and service-oriented values, reflecting its catholic heritage and the charism of the sisters of divine providence.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Help Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Akron Art Museum. 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

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 56 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL OF CLEVELAND: $780,000 · OtherST IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL OF CLEVELANDST BERNADETTE CHURCH: $95,000 · OtherST BERNADETTE CHURCHST VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH: $43,300 · Other+33 more: $63,280 · Other+33 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $77,550 · Education+4 more: $6,000 · EducationREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $48,800 · HealthJENNINGS CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS: $3,170 · Health+4 more: $2,600 · HealthAKRON ART MUSEUM: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureHELP FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $1,000 · Human ServicesAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,550 · PhilanthropySANYUKA CHILDRENS MINISTRIES: $500 · InternationalFRIENDS OF METRO PARKS: $100 · Community Improvement
Other$981,580Education$83,550Health$54,570Arts & Culture$15,100Human Services$14,000Philanthropy$9,550International$500Community Improvement$100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $77,550 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $48,800 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM: $15,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,550 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHELP FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMALACHI HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJENNINGS CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS: $3,170 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJohn Carroll University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR RESPITE CARE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSANYUKA CHILDRENS MINISTRIES: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetINMOTION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF METRO PARKS: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDRAGON DREAM TEAM: $100 over 1y, 0.1% 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 THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REGINA HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AKRON ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HELP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE CATHOLIC CENTER ↗
  • Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MALACHI HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds JENNINGS CENTER FOR OLDER ADULTS ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds John Carroll University ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds STEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY ↗
  • Who funds CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR RESPITE CARE INC ↗
  • Who funds SANYUKA CHILDRENS MINISTRIES ↗

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.

Akron Community Found…Lehner Family Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Fw Albrecht Family Fo…Emma R Fox Char Trust…The Sam J Frankino Fo…Gar FoundationSisler McFawn Foundat…Betty V and John M Ja…The Feth Family Found…The Huntington-Akron …Mg O'Neil Foundation
Akron Community FoundationOH25.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Fw Albrecht Family Foundation · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · The Sam J Frankino Foundation · Gar Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Betty V and John M Jacobson Foundation · The Feth Family Foundation · The Huntington-Akron Foundation · Mg O'Neil 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 Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold & Catherine Folk Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 56 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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