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Ohio Boys Town Inc

Organization's Mission Carry on charitable and educational purposes by providing funds and contributions to individuals, entities and programs that provide services, support and educational opportunities for the benefit and advancement of neglected, abused and at-risk boys, girls, adolescents and young adults in the greater Northeast…

$65k
Granted FY2023
4
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0191% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2023.

Education$108kYouth Development$80kHuman Services$60kFood & Nutrition$30kEmployment$20kHealth$13kReligion$10kCivil Rights$8kOther$0
02FY2023 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 4 grants below total $32,500 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $65,000 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $32,500 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k3 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$7,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Ben Curtis Family Foundation$10,000
Urban Community Schools$7,500
St Martin de Porres High School$7,500
Effective Leadership Academy$7,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–22, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 46% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 13%BLESSING HOUSE: $10k → 13%Blessing House: $8k → 13%BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE NORTHEAST OHIO: $15k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$253k · 9 repeat orgs$105k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against +28% for the ones you funded once.

9 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$253k
$105k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+28%

Still filing today

89%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • BC
    BEN CURTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $30k · revenue +23%
  • BH
    BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE ACADEMY PROGRAM
    2× · 2021–2022 · $30k · revenue ×23
  • EL
    EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
    3× · 2021–2023 · $25k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • RA
    REACHING ABOVE HOPELESSNESS & BROKENNESS MINISTRIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +26%
  • HI
    HOPE IGNITESgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $15k · revenue +327%
  • HF
    HUGS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $13k · revenue 0%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Hope Ignites Cincinnati

Hope Ignites Cincinnati nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others through its holistic, long-term residential and academy programming. The organization provides direct…

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2
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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3
Hope Ignites Baltimore Inc

Boys Hope Girls Hope nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others through its holistic, long-term residential and academy programming. The organization provides direct…

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4
Hope Ignites Northeastern Ohio Inc

To nurture and guide motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others.

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5
Hope Ignites New Orleans

Boys Hope Girls Hope nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others through its holistic, long-term residential and academy programming. The organization provides direct…

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6
Hope Ignites Chicago

Boys Hope Girls Hope nurtures and guides motivated young people in need to become well-educated, career-ready men and women for others through its holistic, long-term residential and academy programming. The organization provides direct…

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7
Covenant House Michigan

Covenant house michigan is a sanctuary for homeless and at-risk young people, ages 18-24 who have nowhere to go. it is our mission to serve these children with respect and love.covenant house michigan builds bridges to hope for young…

Human Services
8
Emmanuel Christian Academy

Emmanuel's mission is to provide instruction in god's word and conventional instruction that meets or exceeds state standards for all who desire a biblical foundation. to serve children who historically have been defined as at-risk of not…

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9
Under 21

Since 1972, under 21, d.b.a. covenant house new york (chny) has been working with one of new york city's most vulnerable populations - youth experiencing homelessness, age 16-24, and their dependent children. chny provides young people…

Human Services
10
The Homeless Families Foundation

The homeless families foundation educates and nurtures children while empowering families to achieve stable housing and self-sufficiency.

Human Services
11
House of Hope

We assist young mothers with housing and wrap around services.

Human Services
12
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21

Our mission is to serve children and youth facing homelessness and human trafficking, and to protect and safeguard all children. we provide trauma-informed interventions for youth who are in need.covenant house pennsylvania (chpa) remains…

Housing & Shelter

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Blessing House and the most unlike its peers is Bessies Angels. 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

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BEN CURTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION — $30,000 · OtherBEN CURTIS FAMILY FOUNDATIONBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE ACADEMY PROGRAM — $30,000 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE ACADEMY PROGRAMIndividual grant recipient — $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $20,000 · OtherYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITEDHUGS FOUNDATION — $12,500 · OtherHUGS FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient — $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST MARTIN DE PORRES — $10,000 · OtherST MARTIN DE PORRESEND SLAVERY NOW — $7,500 · OtherEND SLAVERY NOWTHE URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROPERTY FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationTHE URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL PRO…Saint Martin de Porres High School — $37,500 · EducationSaint Martin de Porres High Sc…HOUSE OF CHAMPIONS — $10,000 · EducationHOUSE OF CHAMPIONSEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentEFFECTIVE LEADERSH…Bessies Angels — $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentBessies AngelsOPEN DOORS INC — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentOPEN DOORS INCBLESSING HOUSE — $17,500 · Human ServicesBLESSING H…HOPE IGNITES — $15,000 · Human ServicesHOPE IGNIT…REACHING ABOVE HOPELESSNESS & BROKENNESS MINISTRIES INC — $20,000 · ReligionPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS — $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$140,000Education$97,500Youth Development$57,500Human Services$32,500Religion$20,000Philanthropy$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE URBAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROPERTY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetSaint Martin de Porres High School — $37,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBEN CURTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE ACADEMY PROGRAM — $30,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetEFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY — $25,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBessies Angels — $22,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREACHING ABOVE HOPELESSNESS & BROKENNESS MINISTRIES INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBLESSING HOUSE — $17,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHOPE IGNITES — $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHUGS FOUNDATION — $12,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetOPEN DOORS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR INNER CITY EDUCATION DBA PARTNERSHIP SCHOOLS — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cleveland Foundat…Akron Community Found…Catholic Community Fo…The Nord Family Found…American Endowment Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Cleveland FoundationOH19.1× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation · The Nord Family Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Ohio Boys Town Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Ohio Boys Town Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Ohio Boys Town Inc 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 18 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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