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Marion Community Foundation
The mission of MARION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to continually improve the marion area community through philanthropy, leadership, and civic engagement.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 55
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 60
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,976
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $322,881
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 60
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $75M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Marion Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $309k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
HealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsReligionEmploymentOther
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 year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 53 | $1.8M | 17% |
| FY2024 | 60 | $1.8M | 20% |
| FY2023 | 55 | $1.9M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 51 | $1.8M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 38 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $1.1M | 21% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $1.2M | 45% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $999k | 35% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Human Services$2.8MReligion$2.3MArts & Culture$2.3MEducation$1.7MHealth$1.3MYouth Development$467kHousing & Shelter$374kCommunity Improvement$351kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Mens Christian Association of Marion County Ohio (5107) | $1,938,896 | 8 | 10% |
| Palace Cultural Arts Association | $880,905 | 7 | 12% |
| Epworth Methodist Church | $835,996 | 9 | n/a |
| Emanuel Lutheran Church | $761,822 | 7 | n/a |
| Marion Technical College | $565,256 | 7 | n/a |
| Center Street Community Clinic Inc | $403,776 | 9 | 2% |
| Marion Catholic School | $346,460 | 3 | n/a |
| Marion Union Station Association | $331,725 | 6 | 62% |
| Marion County Historical Assoc Stengel True Museum Inc | $325,108 | 8 | 30% |
| Marion Matters Inc | $315,388 | 9 | 39% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young Mens Christian Association of Marion County Ohio (5107) | $1,938,896 | 8 | 10% |
| Palace Cultural Arts Association | $880,905 | 7 | 12% |
| Epworth Methodist Church | $835,996 | 9 | n/a |
| Emanuel Lutheran Church | $761,822 | 7 | n/a |
| Marion Technical College | $565,256 | 7 | n/a |
| Center Street Community Clinic Inc | $403,776 | 9 | 2% |
| Marion Catholic School | $346,460 | 3 | n/a |
| Marion Union Station Association | $331,725 | 6 | 62% |
| Marion County Historical Assoc Stengel True Museum Inc | $325,108 | 8 | 30% |
| Marion Matters Inc | $315,388 | 9 | 39% |
| Boys and Girls Club of Marion County | $309,395 | 6 | 58% |
| Community Counseling and Wellness Centers Inc | $271,842 | 6 | 1% |
| Marion County Historical Society | $267,064 | 9 | 41% |
| Marion County Job & Family Services | $237,355 | 6 | n/a |
| Marion Family YMCA | $211,747 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohio History Connection | $204,531 | 7 | 0% |
| Buckeye Ridge Habitat for Humanity Inc | $197,813 | 7 | 5% |
| Marion Shelter Program Inc | $176,176 | 9 | 9% |
| The Ohio State University | $172,273 | 4 | n/a |
| Downtown Marion Inc | $148,195 | 6 | 42% |
| Marion Area Humane Society | $145,574 | 6 | 18% |
| 1967-2017 Inc dba Marion Speech & Hearing Center Inc | $144,998 | 1 | n/a |
| St Mary Church | $144,994 | 7 | n/a |
| Federation of Womens Clubs Inc of Marion County | $134,617 | 6 | 16% |
| Marion Pep Club | $133,817 | 2 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Columbus Inc | $133,408 | 3 | 1% |
| Central Christian Church | $130,040 | 9 | n/a |
| Marion Palace Theatre Endowment Fund Inc | $126,852 | 2 | n/a |
| Peace and Freedom Committee | $121,430 | 6 | 42% |
| Worthington Christian Church | $120,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Prairie Parks Foundation Inc | $92,383 | 5 | 92% |
| Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | $87,805 | 3 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $81,588 | 6 | n/a |
| Knowlege Academy Educational Services | $81,090 | 2 | 42% |
| Black Heritage Council of Marion | $79,258 | 6 | n/a |
| Tri-Rivers Education Association | $78,947 | 6 | n/a |
| Larue Community Alliance Inc | $78,700 | 3 | 26% |
| Centenary Methodist Church | $76,976 | 4 | n/a |
| Greater Marion Community Area New Development-Can Do | $72,500 | 2 | 27% |
| United Way of North Central Ohio Inc | $71,691 | 4 | 3% |
| Mobile Meals of Marion County Inc | $69,025 | 6 | 47% |
| Marion Public Library | $66,997 | 5 | n/a |
| Lifecare Alliance | $66,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Marion Public Library | $64,960 | 4 | n/a |
| Society of St Vincent de Paul Diocesan Council of Columbus | $63,180 | 5 | 2% |
| Marion Adolescent Pregnancy Program Inc | $55,781 | 6 | 2% |
| Trinity Baptist Church | $55,317 | 7 | n/a |
| Marion General Hospital Inc | $55,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Marion Area Chamber Foundation | $51,500 | 3 | 23% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $48,256 | 4 | 0% |
| Marion Voices Folklife & Oral History | $47,250 | 2 | 34% |
| Jain Center of South Florida Inc | $44,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Marion Technical College Foundation Inc | $42,676 | 1 | n/a |
| Marca Industries Inc | $40,869 | 3 | 1% |
| Marion Rotary Foundation | $40,809 | 1 | 17% |
| Anita Pitman Recovert Center | $37,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rushmore Academy | $36,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Wings of an Angel | $35,144 | 5 | 1% |
| Logos Christian Ministries | $34,220 | 3 | n/a |
| Marion First Church of the Nazarene | $33,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ohio Heartland Community Action | $32,875 | 5 | 0% |
| Marion City Schools | $29,066 | 4 | n/a |
| Luke 3 11 Ministries | $27,028 | 4 | 12% |
| Hope for Health Clinic | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Leapin Outreach Center | $24,709 | 3 | 13% |
| Cents for Shoes | $23,786 | 4 | n/a |
| Edward Huber Memorial Assoc | $23,596 | 2 | n/a |
| Marion Cemetery Association | $23,000 | 2 | 2% |
| City of Marietta | $20,806 | 2 | n/a |
| Marion-Crawford Prevention Programs | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Marion Senior Citizens Association Inc | $19,420 | 3 | 29% |
| Explore-it-torium | $19,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Design Outreach Inc | $19,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pleasant Local School | $18,023 | 3 | n/a |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn | $17,201 | 2 | 0% |
| Cancer Coalition of North Central Ohio | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Nami Natl Alliance for Mental Illness | $15,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Ohio History Connection | $14,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children With Disabilities | $14,384 | 2 | 0% |
| Jain Center of Central Ohio Inc | $13,820 | 1 | n/a |
| Marion Goodwill Industries Inc | $13,580 | 1 | 0% |
| Terradise Nature Center | $13,500 | 2 | 12% |
| River Valley Schools | $11,649 | 1 | n/a |
| Federation of Jain Associations in North America | $11,001 | 1 | 0% |
| For the Children | $10,253 | 1 | 1% |
| Marion County Council on Aging Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Foundation for Small Charities India Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| National Society to Prevent BlindnessOhio Affiliate | $9,112 | 1 | 0% |
| Tri-Rivers Career Center or Center for Adult Educa | $8,928 | 1 | n/a |
| Bowling Green State University | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Marion Childrens Home Endowment Fund | $8,000 | 1 | 19% |
| River Valley Local Schools | $7,656 | 1 | n/a |
| Cedarville University | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Clinics of Ohio Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Als United Ohio Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bethel Pro-Life Ministries of Wyandot Co | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Trinity Baptist | $5,589 | 1 | n/a |
| The Legal Aid Society of Columbus | $5,355 | 1 | n/a |
| Mental Health and Recovery Board Of | $5,072 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($213k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Marion Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 55.
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.
United Way of North Central Ohio IncOH43× affinity18 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: United Way of North Central Ohio Inc · OhioHealth Corporation Group Return · OhioHealth Corporation · Columbus Foundation · Henry a True Trust · Ohio History Connection · Waddell Foundation · Warren Brown Family Foundation · United Way of Delaware County · The Dayton Foundation · Ohio Humanities Council · Harry C Moores 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.
About Marion Community Foundation
- How much does Marion Community Foundation give?
- Marion Community Foundation reported 55 itemized grants totaling $1,816,630, out of $2,465,006 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 60 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Marion Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (22%), Religion (18%), Arts & Culture (18%).
- Who are Marion Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Young Mens Christian Association of Marion County Ohio (5107) ($1.9M), Palace Cultural Arts Association ($881k), Epworth Methodist Church ($836k).
- Does Marion Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Marion Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of North Central Ohio Inc, OhioHealth Corporation Group Return, OhioHealth Corporation.
- Where is Marion Community Foundation based?
- Marion Community Foundation is based in OH.
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