· Private foundation
Luke Manufacturing Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF WADSWORTH | $9,200 |
| WADSWORTH HIGH SCHOOL | $5,966 |
| SALVATION ARMY CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $5,000 |
| RITTMAN EXENOTED VILLAGE SCHOOLS | $3,000 |
| BELLEFONTAINE CITY SCHOOLS | $1,500 |
| WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS | $1,295 |
| WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FUND | $1,100 |
| GIRL SCOUT TROOP 91108 | $726 |
| Individual grant recipient | $450 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $250 |
| WADSWORTH ALL SPORT BOOSTERS | $225 |
| WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT | $200 |
| RITTMAN HIGH SCHOOL | $200 |
| GREAT TRAIL BOY SCOUT COUNCIL | $200 |
| NATIONAL FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL | $125 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those 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.
15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SFSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF WADSWORTH4× · 2021–2024 · $28k · revenue -88%
- SASALVATION ARMY CAPITAL CAMPAIGN4× · 2021–2024 · $20k
- WCWADSWORTH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT4× · 2021–2024 · $2k
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $3k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $3k
- WHWADSWORTH HS FRESHMAN ACADEMY GRANTone grant, 2023 · $2k
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.
Promote/improve business and stimulate growth
Founded for the sole purpose of promoting economic growth in the eastern lakes region
The Wadsworth Public Library Foundation was established to seek, receive and administer gifts, bequests and donations for the support and preservation of the Wadsworth Public Library, beyond the level of taxpayer responsibility and in a…
Promote business and economic development
To develop and maintain a downtown identity that will continually advance the quality of the community's social, cultural and commercial environment.
The foundation invests in the community by growing its endowment, encouraging philanthropy & innovation, supporting charitable activities, and assessing & addressing community needs.
The Massillon WestStark Chamber of Commerce exists to develop, enhance, and represent business, promote economic growth, and improve the quality of life for our community.
To maximize the development and utilization of the human and economic resources of the wayne county georgraphical area in order to create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities and improve the welfare of people of the area.
Establish Westfield as a preferred destination for people to want to live, work and visit.
Promote, lead, unite, and serve members, businesses, and the community in order for wayne county to be a great place to live, learn, and do business.
The foundation is designed to enhance the educational opportunities within wethersfield community unit school district no 230.
Advance the economic and community development of the winfield area through leadership, education, and advocacy.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 40 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.
- Who funds SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF WADSWORTH ↗
- Who funds WADSWORTH YOUTH FOOTBALL BOOSTER CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE WADSWORTH OLDER ADULTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RITTMAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds Leadership Medina County ↗
- Who funds MEDINA CREATIVE HOUSING INC ↗
- Who funds INSPIRE AVIATION ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Luke Manufacturing Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Luke Manufacturing Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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