· Private foundation
John and Dorothy Masternick 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k11 grants · $47k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $180k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MERCY HEALTH FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| YSU FOUNDATION | $40,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| HOLY FAMILY | $20,000 |
| ST ROSE SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| GIRARD SCHOOLS | $20,000 |
| AKRON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL | $15,000 |
| DYLANS HOUSE | $7,000 |
| KENT STATE UNIVERSITY | $5,000 |
| BEATITUDE HOUSE | $5,000 |
| HANNAH MULLINS SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL NURSING | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| COLUMBIANA COUNTY CAREER & TECH | $5,000 |
| HELP NETWORK OF NE OHIO | $5,000 |
| ETI | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $135k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MHMercy Health5× · 2018–2024 · $180k · revenue +54%
- BHBEATITUDE HOUSE INC8× · 2017–2025 · $160k · revenue +34%
Rochester Institute of Technology4× · 2019–2024 · $160k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- KSKENT STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSINGone grant, 2017 · $25k
- SNSTEWARD NORTHSIDE MEDICAL CENTER LLCone grant, 2017 · $20k
- BABOYS AND GIRLS CLUBone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
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.
Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…
Rooted in our Mercy Catholic liberal arts identity, we educate and inspire diverse learners in an environment where faith and reason flourish together for meaningful lives, dignified work, and leadership in service toward a just and loving…
We, mercy college of health sciences and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mercy college of health sciences is a member of trinity health.
Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…
Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…
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Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The mission of Taylor University is to develop servant-leaders marked with a passion to minister Christ's redemptive love, grace, and truth to a world in need.
Lourdes university, rooted in catholic and franciscan traditions, provides a values-centered education that enriches lives and advances academic excellence through the integration of the liberal arts and professional studies.
SMC Delivers an exceptional education that fuses the empowerment of the liberal arts with crucial career skills. Our mission is to equip our students with the knowledge, skills, virtues, and mindset needed to thrive personally, create…
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 43 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John and Dorothy Masternick Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Dorothy Masternick Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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