Ohio · Public charity
Ohio & Erie Canal Association
To Preserve and support the Historic Ohio & Erie Canal
- $211k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $206k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $11,200
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $56,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $545k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Ohio & Erie Canal Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 17% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $206k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $191k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $270k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $702k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $336k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $421k | 53% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $284k | 60% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $265k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition | $543,212 | 8 | 4% |
| North Cuyahoga Valley Corridor Inc | $417,316 | 8 | 23% |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | $210,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park | $170,085 | 4 | 1% |
| Summit Metro Parks | $136,098 | 4 | n/a |
| Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation | $125,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Summit County Historical Society of Akron Ohio | $85,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Land Studio Inc | $78,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Development Fund of Western Reserve Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 8% |
| City of Akron | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 34 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition | $543,212 | 8 | 4% |
| North Cuyahoga Valley Corridor Inc | $417,316 | 8 | 23% |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | $210,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park | $170,085 | 4 | 1% |
| Summit Metro Parks | $136,098 | 4 | n/a |
| Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation | $125,000 | 6 | 13% |
| Summit County Historical Society of Akron Ohio | $85,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Land Studio Inc | $78,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Development Fund of Western Reserve Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 8% |
| City of Akron | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cuyahoga Valley Preservation and Scenic Railway Association | $71,780 | 4 | 1% |
| City of New Philadelphia | $61,000 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Dover | $57,424 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Massillon | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University Circle Incorporated | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of America | $46,230 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Canal Fulton | $44,408 | 3 | n/a |
| Cleveland Metropolitan Park District | $43,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (Neorsd) | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakeview Cemetery Foundation | $37,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Historic Warehouse District Development Corporation of Cleveland | $37,500 | 2 | 37% |
| Tremont West Development Corp | $30,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Akron History Center | $26,250 | 1 | 2% |
| Ohio History Connection | $25,359 | 1 | n/a |
| Peninsula Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Massillon Area Greenways Inc | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| West Creek Conservancy | $22,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Zoar Community Association | $16,200 | 2 | 1% |
| Lawrence Township | $11,563 | 1 | n/a |
| City of New Franklin | $11,200 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Cleveland | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| springfield Township | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Stark County Park District | $7,007 | 1 | n/a |
| Crown Point Ecology Center | $5,633 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Ohio & Erie Canal Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 19 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The George Gund Foundation · The Kelvin & Eleanor Smith Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · Ohio Humanities Council · The Patricia & J Harvey Graves Family Foundation · Mg O'Neil Foundation · Elizabeth Ring Mather William Gwinn Mather Fund · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial
How this is measured
About Ohio & Erie Canal Association
- How much does Ohio & Erie Canal Association give?
- Ohio & Erie Canal Association reported 10 itemized grants totaling $206,457, out of $210,708 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Ohio & Erie Canal Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Recreation & Sports (23%), Environment (23%).
- Who are Ohio & Erie Canal Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition ($543k), North Cuyahoga Valley Corridor Inc ($417k), Western Reserve Historical Society ($210k).
- Does Ohio & Erie Canal Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ohio & Erie Canal Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, Akron Community Foundation, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return.
- Where is Ohio & Erie Canal Association based?
- Ohio & Erie Canal Association is based in OH.
Play a game based on Ohio & Erie Canal Association’s filings →