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Lillian Schermer Charitable Trust 41-46497004

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.

$11k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$12kHealth$11kHuman Services$9kInternational$5kReligion$4kEducation$4kCrime & Legal$3kFood & Nutrition$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$146k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE EL EMETH$2,000
CONGREGATION OHEV BETH SHOLOM$2,000
MAHONING VALLEY SOJOURN TO THE PAST$1,500
SACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES$1,000
LEADERSHIP MAHONING VALLEY$1,000
WYSU 885 FM$1,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$500
JEWISH CHILDRENS ADOPTION NETWORK$500
GREENVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY$500
YOUNGSTOWN AREA GOODWILL INDUSTRIES$500
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 (FY21–22, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, 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%CADENCE CARE NETWORK: $1k → 16%OUR COMMUNITY KITCHEN: $750 → 19%YOUNGSTOWN BLUE COATS: $750 → 16%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

NY
MA
OR
OH
PA
CA
MD
SC
DC
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.

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$25k · 15 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +58% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
29

Total granted

$25k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+58%
+34%

Still filing today

47%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesInternationalCivil RightsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CL
    COMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES
    3× · 2021–2023 · $3k · revenue +42%
  • YB
    YELLOW BRICK PLACE
    3× · 2021–2024 · $3k · revenue +432%
  • JI
    JBI INTERNATIONAL INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $3k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • HN
    HELP NETWORK OF NE OHIO
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
  • SL
    SILVER LINING CANCER FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +30%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Youngstown Area Jewish Federation

The mission of the youngstown area jewish federation is to sustain and enrich the quality of life for the jewish people regionally, in israel and worldwide. we are guided by the values of tzedkah (righteousness), klal yisrael (the…

Philanthropy
2
Reuben Mcmillan Free Library Association

The public library of youngstown and mahoning county connects people and communities to reliable resources that inspire learning and foster enrichment. this mission is accomplished through providing print resources, media resources,…

Education
3
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
4
Youngstown Community Center Inc

Helping underserved communities in Youngstown ohio

Youth Development
5
Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation

To advance, promote and support the charitable purposes of the youngstown area jewish community board and the youngstown area jewish federation

Religion
6
Ohio Business Leadership Network
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7
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati
Philanthropy
8
Youngstown Shrine Club Wheels of Mercy
—
9
Ohio Local Informational Intiative Inc

To provide public service journalism to people in ohio.

Arts & Culture
10
Jewish Community Center of Cincinnati

The Mayerson JCC provides cultural, social, educational and recreational programs to the Jewish Community and general community of Greater Cincinnati.

Recreation & Sports
11
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area

A social service agency, JFS strengthens lives and our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services. Services include: Counseling, Case Management, Financial and Food Support, Home Care, Senior Services,…

Human Services
12
Council On the Aging of Cleveland County Nc Inc

Aging services to senior citizens, senior center operations, senior trips, senior health promotions, nutritional programs, emergency assistance, and numerous senior activities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Legal Aid Services; the most unlike its peers is Middle East Media and Research Institute Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 53 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
21/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AKRON CHILDREN'S HSPTL MAHONING VLY: $2,000 · OtherAKRON CHILDREN'S HSPTL MAHONING VLYTEMPLE EL EMETH: $2,000 · OtherTEMPLE EL EMETHCONGREGATION OHEV BETH SHOLOM: $2,000 · OtherCONGREGATION OHEV BETH SHOLOMWYSU 885 FM: $2,000 · OtherWYSU 885 FMJEWISH CHILDRENS ADOPTION NETWORK: $1,500 · OtherWARREN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION: $1,500 · OtherHELP NETWORK OF NE OHIO: $1,500 · OtherAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $1,500 · OtherASSOCIATED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS: $1,500 · Other+28 more: $20,950 · Other+28 moreYELLOW BRICK PLACE: $2,750 · HealthYELLOW BRIC…JBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 · HealthJBI INTERNA…Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $500 · HealthChildren's …NATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL …STUDENTS MOTIVATED BY THE ARTS INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureSTUDENTS …OPERA Western Reserve Inc: $1,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA Wes…GREENVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $750 · Arts & CultureGREENVILL…HAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $1,500 · InternationalMIDDLE EAST MEDIA AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC: $1,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $500 · InternationalCOMMUNITY LEGAL AID SERVICES: $2,800 · Crime & LegalMAHONING VALLEY SOJOURN TO THE PAST: $1,500 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · Civil RightsCADENCE CARE NETWORK: $1,000 · Human ServicesOUR COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC: $750 · Human ServicesYOUNGSTOWN BLUE COATS: $750 · Human Services
Other$36,450Health$5,750Arts & Culture$4,750International$3,500Crime & Legal$2,800Civil Rights$2,500Human Services$2,500

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 LEGAL AID SERVICES: $2,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOW BRICK PLACE: $2,750 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetJBI INTERNATIONAL INC: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL YIDDISH BOOK CENTER INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetASSOCIATED NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS: $1,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMAHONING VALLEY SOJOURN TO THE PAST: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHAND IN HAND AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE CENTER FOR JEWISH-ARAB EDUCATION IN ISRA: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSILVER LINING CANCER FUND INC: $1,200 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE ENGLISH CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCADENCE CARE NETWORK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY INTERNATIONAL - YOUNGSTOWN ROTARY CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetSTUDENTS MOTIVATED BY THE ARTS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP MAHONING VALLEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPERA Western Reserve Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSACRAMENTO FOOD BANK & FAMILY SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOUR COMMUNITY KITCHEN INC: $750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNGSTOWN BLUE COATS: $750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGREENVILLE SYMPHONY SOCIETY INC: $750 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Way Station: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD WAREHOUSE OF MERCER COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC: $500 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.

Community Foundation …Frances Schermer Char…Youngstown Fdn GeneralPremier Bank Foundati…Zita M and Joseph Diy…Youngstown Area Jewis…Senator Maurice & Flo…Youngstown Area Jewis…The Raymond John Wean…Ruth Beecher H XI Cha…Trumbull Memorial Hea…The United Way of You…
Community Foundation of the Mahoning ValleyOH30.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley · Frances Schermer Charitable Trust 41-46496008 · Youngstown Fdn General · Premier Bank Foundation · Zita M and Joseph Diyorio Foundation · Youngstown Area Jewish Federation · Senator Maurice & Florence Lipscher Char · Youngstown Area Jewish Foundation · The Raymond John Wean Foundation · Ruth Beecher H XI Char Tw · Trumbull Memorial Health Foundation · The United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley

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 Lillian Schermer Charitable Trust 41-46497004 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lillian Schermer Charitable Trust 41-46497004. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • National Yiddish Book Center Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Lillian Schermer Charitable Trust 41-46497004 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.

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 53 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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