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John Q Shunk Association

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$115k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2024
34
Organizations funded FY2023
6%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$13,750
Organizations funded a year
24 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$927k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 6% of the organizations John Q Shunk Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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
EducationEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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
FY2024still arriving34$114k21%
FY202334$110k6%
FY202238$124k21%
FY202140$101k30%
FY202032$97k31%
FY201925$74k20%
FY201826$91k27%
FY201724$91kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$523kPhilanthropy$48kArts & Culture$36kHuman Services$29kRecreation & Sports$20kEmployment$20kYouth Development$10kReligion$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MI
NY
IN
OH
PA
KY
WV
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Projects Inc$33,50049%
Kent State University$28,2507n/a
The University of Findlay$26,25080%
Ohio Northern University$25,25080%
Crawford Works$18,50043%
Mount Vernon Nazarene University$16,00070%
Miami University$16,0008n/a
Bucyrus Preservation Society$15,0002n/a
Tiffin University$10,25070%
Bucyrus Historical Society Inc$10,0001n/a
Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of John Q Shunk Association by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Projects Inc$33,50049%
Kent State University$28,2507n/a
The University of Findlay$26,25080%
Ohio Northern University$25,25080%
Crawford Works$18,50043%
Mount Vernon Nazarene University$16,00070%
Miami University$16,0008n/a
Bucyrus Preservation Society$15,0002n/a
Tiffin University$10,25070%
Bucyrus Historical Society Inc$10,0001n/a
Acres of Adventure Inc$9,0002n/a
Bluffton University$9,00040%
Lifewise Inc$8,20020%
Heidelberg University$7,75050%
Bucyrus Public Library$7,5942n/a
Walsh University Inc$6,50060%
Crawford County Arts Council$6,0573n/a
Friends of Crawford Park District Inc$6,00022%
Wilmington College$5,50020%
Ashland University$5,50040%
Ronald McDonald House Global$5,00050%
University of Northwestern Ohio$5,00020%
Bucyrus Little League$5,00012%
Hiram College$4,25040%
Capital University$4,00040%
Michigan State University$3,2503n/a
University of Dayton$3,00030%
Grace Schools$2,00020%
Lourdes University$2,00020%
Indiana Wesleyan University$2,00010%
Adrian College$2,00020%
Syracuse University$1,25010%
University of Evansville$1,25010%
Kentucky Welding Institute$1,2501n/a
Oakwood Cemetery Association$1,12510%
University of Cincinnati$1,0001n/a
University of Mount Union$1,00010%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($486k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John Q Shunk Association supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetProjects Inc: $33,500 over 4y, 9.1% of budgetThe University of Findlay: $26,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOhio Northern University: $25,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCrawford Works: $18,500 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetMount Vernon Nazarene University: $16,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTiffin University: $10,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBluffton University: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLifewise Inc: $8,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHeidelberg University: $7,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWalsh University Inc: $6,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Crawford Park District Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetWilmington College: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAshland University: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Northwestern Ohio: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBucyrus Little League: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHiram College: $4,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCapital University: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGrace Schools: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLourdes University: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana Wesleyan University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdrian College: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSyracuse University: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Evansville: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakwood Cemetery Association: $1,125 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Mount Union: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRose-Hulman Institute of Technology: $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 28.

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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 Community Foundation for Crawford CountyOH22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 2 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for Crawford County · Premier Bank Foundation · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Jp Crain Family Scholarship Pfdn Paulding County Area Foundation · The Paul and Carol David Foundation · Columbus Foundation · A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr Agy · Berry Marie D Fd H Pfdn · Council of Independent Colleges · Ibm International Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · Bernard-Wentz Scholarship Fund

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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How do I get to John Q Shunk Association?

Find your warmest path to John Q Shunk Association through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About John Q Shunk Association

How much does John Q Shunk Association give?
John Q Shunk Association reported 35 grants totaling $114,994 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John Q Shunk Association fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (65%), Philanthropy (6%), Arts & Culture (4%).
Who are John Q Shunk Association's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Projects Inc ($34k), Kent State University ($28k), The University of Findlay ($26k).
Does John Q Shunk Association fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John Q Shunk Association accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John Q Shunk Association?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation for Crawford County, Premier Bank Foundation, The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges.
Where is John Q Shunk Association based?
John Q Shunk Association 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 76 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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