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Joseph M Scaminace Foundation at a glance

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Joseph M Scaminace Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$65k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.3MHealth$471kPhilanthropy$211kFood & Nutrition$60kArts & Culture$53kHuman Services$32kReligion$21kCivil Rights$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $43k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$80k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VILLA ANGELA ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL$23,268
HOPEWELL$19,645
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$9,146
NOIA FOUNDATION$5,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$2,500
ST CHRISTOPHER BY THE RIVER EPISCOPAL CHURCH$2,000
GEAUGA BLUECOATS INC$1,375
Individual grant recipient$1,000
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS$513
FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION$203
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $79k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WOMANKIND INC: $5k → 13%WEASCEND CORPORATION: $1k → 8%THE AMERICAN RED CROSS: $513 → 14%GEAUGA BLUECOATS: $2k → 6%GEAUGA BLUECOATS INC: $1k → 6%GEAUGA BLUECOATS INC: $1k → 6%GEAUGA BLUECOATS: $500 → 6%GEAUGA BLUECOATS: $375 → 6%GEAUGA BLUECOATS: $375 → 6%GEAUGA BLUECOATS: $375 → 6%GEAUGA BLUECOATS: $375 → 6%MISSION 4 MAUREEN: $4k → 17%NOIA FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%MISSION 4 MAUREEN: $3k → 17%NOIA FOUNDATION: $8k → 17%MISSION 4 MAUREEN: $3k → 17%NOIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%MISSION 4 MAUREEN: $2k → 17%NOIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%MISSION 4 MAUREEN: $1k → 17%NOIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%NOIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%NOIA FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%NOIA FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
OH
VA
NC
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 17 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
25

Total granted

$1.8M
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+34%

Still filing today

41%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationHealthFood & NutritionPublic 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

  • UO
    University of Dayton
    2× · 2020–2021 · $103k · revenue +27%
  • H
    HOPEWELL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $89k · revenue +85%
  • NF
    NOIA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $53k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • GC
    GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC
    one grant, 2020 · $60k · revenue -6%
  • CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +34%
  • YC
    YOUR CAUSE
    one grant, 2019 · $15k
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
University of New Haven

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…

Education
2
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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3
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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4
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
5
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
6
Saint Xavier University

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…

Education
7
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
8
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
9
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.

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10
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
11
College of Saint Benedict

To provide for women the best undergraduate residential liberal arts education along with select graduate programs, in the catholic and benedictine traditions. the college fosters integrated learning, exceptional leadership for change and…

Education
12
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Judicial Watch Inc; the most unlike its peers is Parker-Hannifin 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

24 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. 24 of the 46 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/24
Grantees still filing
19/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VILLA ANGELA ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL: $1,115,244 · OtherVILLA ANGELA ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOLCLEVELAND CLINIC: $303,453 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINICCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $201,091 · OtherCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+29 more: $149,383 · Other+29 moreUniversity of Dayton: $103,179 · EducationUniversity…NOTRE DAME COLLEGE: $63,500 · EducationNOTRE DAME…CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationCASE WESTE…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationHOPEWELL: $88,569 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthNOIA FOUNDATION: $53,100 · Human ServicesMISSION4MAUREEN: $13,000 · Human ServicesGEAUGA BLUECOATSINC: $6,250 · Human ServicesWOMANKIND INC: $5,000 · Human Services+2 more: $1,513 · Human ServicesGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $60,150 · Food & NutritionJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,225 · Public Benefit
Other$1,769,171Education$196,679Health$89,069Human Services$78,863Food & Nutrition$60,150Public Benefit$2,225

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 budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $201,091 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetUniversity of Dayton: $103,179 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEWELL: $88,569 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNOTRE DAME COLLEGE: $63,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $60,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNOIA FOUNDATION: $53,100 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetVillage at Marymount: $41,400 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMISSION4MAUREEN: $13,000 over 5y, 9.3% of budgetPARKER-HANNIFIN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGEAUGA BLUECOATSINC: $6,250 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetWOMANKIND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJULIE BILLIART NETWORK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURSULINE COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $2,225 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS BRIDGE HOME INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,277 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEASCEND CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $513 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Breast Cancer Charities of America: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $200 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.

  • Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Dayton ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL ↗
  • Who funds NOTRE DAME COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds NOIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Village at Marymount ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MISSION4MAUREEN ↗
  • Who funds PARKER-HANNIFIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEAUGA BLUECOATSINC ↗
  • Who funds WOMANKIND INC ↗
  • Who funds JULIE BILLIART NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds URSULINE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS BRIDGE HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WEASCEND CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS ↗
  • Who funds The Breast Cancer Charities of America ↗

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.

Samuel H & Maria Mill…The O'Neill Brothers …Fred a Lennon Charita…The Fedeli Family Cha…The Helen F & Louis S…The Sam J Frankino Fo…The Lozick Family Fou…The Swagelok Foundati…The Cleveland Foundat…Baird Foundation IncCharities Aid Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …
Samuel H & Maria Miller FoundationOH15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Samuel H & Maria Miller Foundation · The O'Neill Brothers Foundation · Fred a Lennon Charitable Trust · The Fedeli Family Charitable Foundation · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation · The Sam J Frankino Foundation · The Lozick Family Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Joseph M Scaminace Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph M Scaminace Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 46 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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