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Lakeland Community Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$182k
Granted FY2017
41
Grants FY2017
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

72% of Lakeland Community Foundation’s FY2018 grant dollars went to Community Foundation Of Lorain County, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2018 names 15 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2017, the last year Lakeland Community Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 22 organizations, $182k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

22
’17
15
’18

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Philanthropy$1.1MHealth$156kEducation$144kArts & Culture$16kHuman Services$3kReligion$2kRecreation & Sports$2kEnvironment$700Other$0
02FY2017 · 41 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k39 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$250
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCY HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC$150,000
LORAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY$13,540
MERCY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY$5,900
LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$2,050
LORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC$750
VALOR HOME$750
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY OF LORAIN COUNTY$700
Individual grant recipient$500
Individual grant recipient$500
LEADERSHIP LORAIN COUNTY$500
EL CENTRO LORAIN$500
COLLABORATIVE TO END HUMAN TRAFFICING$500
LORAIN COUNTY HEALTH & DENTISTRY$500
SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO$500
THE SALVATION ARMY$450
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 (FY17–18, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $100 → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $200 → 14%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $200 → 17%LORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $250 → 13%COALITION FOR HISPANICLATINO ISSUES AND PROGRESS: $100 → 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$378k · 15 repeat orgs$161k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2017, 0 since wound down; 39 grantees were first funded in FY2017 (too recent to call). Read against FY2017, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
39

Total granted

$378k
$161k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+20%

Still filing today

47%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationFood & 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

  • LC
    LORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $143k · revenue +154%
  • LC
    LORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +7%
  • LC
    LORAIN COUNTY HEALTH & DENTISTRY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $1k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • MH
    MERCY HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC
    one grant, 2017 · $150k
  • BP
    BAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
  • CS
    CAMP SUNSHINE OF AURORA
    one grant, 2018 · $1k
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
Lorain County Safe Harbor Corp

The organization provides a comprehensive range of family focused services for lorain county, ohio victims of domestic violence. we endeavor to be a part of collaborative community

Human Services
2
Lorain County Office On Aging

To preserve and enhance the well being of lorain countys older adults and adults with special needs by promoting their independence and community awareness and by utilizing

—
3
Lorain County Historical Society Inc

The lorain county historical society collects, preserves, and shares the history of lorain county, ohio to educate and inspire present and future generations.

—
4
Nami Lorain County

The organization provides mental illness support and advocacy

Health
5
Lorain County Community Development

Our mission is to serve lorain county residents and businesses through community development initiatives by striving to, improve quality of life, foster smart growth, promote economic vitality, encourage development and redevelopment, and…

Community Improvement
6
Lorain County Chamber of Commerce Inc

To enhance the quality of life in lorain county through a unified and coordinated regional economic development program that provides leadership, maximizes resources, and emphasizes cooperation.

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7
Lorain County Bar Association

Support of law profession

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8
Oberlin Community Services Council

Oberlin community services council is a responsive community organization that provides direct assistance, referrals, outreach and educational support to lorain county residents who struggle to meet basic needs.

Human Services
9
Lorain County Habitat for Humanity Inc

Habitat for humanity engages in activities that promote and support community development in lorain county by serving lower-income residents and struggling neighborhoods

—
10
Lorain County Agricultural Society

Operation of the lorain county fair.

Recreation & Sports
11
Lorain County Communiy Action Agency Inc

To serve and empower lorain county residents in need

Human Services
12
Lorain Urban Minority Alcoholism & Drug Abuse

Programs for providing assistance to families, general education development and assistance to foster children and families, major programs for community services for alcohol and drug prevention services, including services to drug…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Lorain County; the most unlike its peers is Coalition for Hispanic Issues and Progress. 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

27 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. 27 of the 55 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY: $898,303 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY+1 more: $200 · PhilanthropyMERCY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY: $209,100 · OtherMERCY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COU…MERCY HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LLC: $150,000 · OtherMERCY HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL …LORAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $13,740 · Other+32 more: $14,550 · OtherLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $143,150 · EducationLORAIN COUN…LORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC: $2,750 · HealthLORAIN COUNTY HEALTH & DENTISTRY: $1,000 · Health+3 more: $300 · HealthFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $750 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $700 · Human ServicesLORAIN COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $250 · Human ServicesHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $200 · Human ServicesCOALITION FOR HISPANIC ISSUES AND PROGRESS: $100 · Human ServicesBLESSING HOUSE: $100 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $100 · Human ServicesLorain Civic Center Committee Inc: $400 · Arts & CultureLORAIN SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $250 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ON A MISSION: $150 · Arts & CultureFIREFISH ARTS INC: $100 · Arts & CultureSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $650 · Food & Nutrition
Philanthropy$898,503Other$387,390Education$143,150Health$4,050Human Services$2,200Arts & Culture$900Food & Nutrition$650

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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF LORAIN COUNTY: $898,303 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $143,150 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetLORAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $13,740 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY FREE CLINIC INC: $2,750 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY HEALTH & DENTISTRY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLorain Civic Center Committee Inc: $400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE SERVICES INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLORAIN SPORTS HALL OF FAME INC: $250 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER LORAIN COUNTY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAIN STREET LORAIN DEVELOPMENT CORP: $200 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUL TO SOLE INC: $200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC ON A MISSION: $150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPRIMARY PURPOSE CENTER INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE PREGNANCY SERVICES: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR HISPANIC ISSUES AND PROGRESS: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLETS GET REAL INC: $100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLESSING HOUSE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $100 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.

The Nord Family Found…Community Foundation …Northwest Charitable …Patsie & Jenee Campan…Miraldi Family Pvt FdnThe Stocker FoundationThe Nordson Corporati…Norton Family Foundat…Community West Founda…United Way of Greater…The Cleveland Clinic …The Lorain Foundation
The Nord Family FoundationOH42.5× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Nord Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Lorain County · Northwest Charitable Foundation · Patsie & Jenee Campana Foundation Charitable Trust · Miraldi Family Pvt Fdn · The Stocker Foundation · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Norton Family Foundation · Community West Foundation · United Way of Greater Lorain County Inc · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Lorain 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 Lakeland Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lakeland Community 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%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 55 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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