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Mark & Elizabeth Hamlin Family Foundation at a glance

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Mark & Elizabeth Hamlin Family Foundation

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.

$107k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$471kHealth$79kHuman Services$62kYouth Development$23kPhilanthropy$17kPublic Benefit$13kEnvironment$10kRecreation & Sports$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $37k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$3,047
Median grant
4
States reached
$120k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY$60,000
BLUECOATS INC$16,500
WOODLANDS ACADEMY$10,000
COLGATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES$3,047
LOVE AKRON$2,500
SAFETY FORCES SUPPORT CENTER$2,500
PORTAGE PATH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$1,000
JR LEAGUE OF AKRON$1,000
VIRGINIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION$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 (FY18–25, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%VIRGINIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%VIRGINIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 17%SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
MI
NY
WY
IN
OH
PA
VA
GA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$559k · 9 repeat orgs$79k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
15

Total granted

$559k
$61k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
0%

Still filing today

100%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • CU
    COLGATE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $318k · revenue +80%
  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $85k · revenue +56%
  • BI
    BLUECOATS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $62k · revenue +234%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -10%
  • CC
    CLEVELAND CLINIC CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
    one grant, 2022 · $12k
  • TA
    THE AKRON GARDEN CLUB
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue -67%
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
The College of Wooster

The college of wooster is a community of independent minds, working together to prepare students to become leaders of character and influence in an interdependent global community. (continued on schedule o)we engage motivated students in a…

Education
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
Summit Academy Charter School

Summit academy charter school bridges the gap between aspirations and reality by preparing sixth through twelfth-grade students to gain acceptance to, excel in, and graduate from college by using three pillars of success: mastery of core…

Education
5
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
6
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
7
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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8
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
9
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
10
Akron Bar Association

To enhance the quality of law and justice through community service and to maintain the integrity of the profession.

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11
The Columbus Academy

The columbus academy aspires to be an inclusive community where all differences consistent with the mission of the school are valued, respected, and integrated into the education process.

Education
12
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Akron Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Stephen a Comunale Jr Charitable 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

22 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. 22 of the 30 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)
22/22
Grantees still filing
14/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLGATE UNIVERSITY: $318,300 · EducationCOLGATE UNIVERSITYWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY: $85,000 · EducationWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMYHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE+3 more: $4,500 · EducationBLUECOATS INC: $62,000 · OtherBLUECOATS INCCLEVELAND CLINIC CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $12,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC C…THE PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE NAS: $10,000 · OtherTHE PRESIDENT'S CI…WOODLANDS ACADEMY: $10,000 · OtherWOODLANDS ACADEMYPORTAGE PATH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $4,500 · Other+10 more: $14,500 · Other+10 moreHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC: $3,047 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesTHE STEPHEN A COMUNALE JR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $15,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,200 · PhilanthropySTAY-FOCUSED INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE AKRON GARDEN CLUB: $10,000 · EnvironmentJunior League of Akron Ohio Inc: $8,000 · Community Improvement
Education$457,800Other$113,000Human Services$44,047Philanthropy$36,200Youth Development$20,000Environment$10,000Community Improvement$8,000

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 budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $318,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY: $85,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBLUECOATS INC: $62,000 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE STEPHEN A COMUNALE JR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSTAY-FOCUSED INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AKRON GARDEN CLUB: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetJunior League of Akron Ohio Inc: $8,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetPORTAGE PATH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE AKRON INC: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTruly Reaching You Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA DENTAL ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEBASTIAN RIDING ASSOCIATES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJackson Hole Community School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAPPA ALPHA THETA FOUNDATION 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.

Akron Community Found…The Patricia & J Harv…Lehner Family Foundat…Sisler McFawn Foundat…Richard M & Yvonne Ha…W Paul Mills & Thora …Lloyd L & Louise K Sm…L R Moffitt & L W Mof…United Way of Summit …Burton D Morgan Found…The Westfield Insuran…The Feth Family Found…
Akron Community FoundationOH29.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · The Patricia & J Harvey Graves Family Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Richard M & Yvonne Hamlin Foundation · W Paul Mills & Thora J Mills Memorial · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · United Way of Summit and Medina · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · The Feth Family 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 Mark & Elizabeth Hamlin Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mark & Elizabeth Hamlin Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s 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 · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Mark & Elizabeth Hamlin Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Mark & Elizabeth Hamlin Family Foundation 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 30 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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