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Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc

Provide financial support to initiate programs that address the changing needs of ottawa county, ohio.

$127k
Granted FY2022
2
Grants FY2022
2
Organizations funded FY2022
50%
First-time grantees FY2022
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Median grant, FY2022
$118,404
Largest grant, FY2022
$118,404
Organizations funded a year
2 to 25
FY2017 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022
1
Total assets, FY2022
$78k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 50% of the organizations Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22
HealthEducationEnvironmentOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY20222$127k50%
FY20214$149k100%
FY202010$193k60%
FY201911$207k36%
FY201817$400k41%
FY201725$652kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Environment$425kCommunity Improvement$424kReligion$176kEducation$155kArts & Culture$147kPhilanthropy$110kHousing & Shelter$86kFood & Nutrition$85kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge$186,400343%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$100,0001n/a
Ohio State University Foundation$90,00030%
Public Broadcasting Foundation of Northwest Ohio$85,0003n/a
United Way of Greater Toledo$80,00030%
The Ohio Environmental Council$65,00031%
Lake Erie Islands Historical Society$61,654138%
Black Swamp Bird Observatory$51,00034%
Erie Shores Council Boy Scouts of America$50,00011%
Liberty Center of Sandusky County$46,000215%
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank$45,00020%
Black Swamp Conservancy$40,00031%
Sandusky County Food Pantry$40,000122%
Lighthouse Assembly of God Church$35,0001n/a
Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc$35,00020%
Rotary Club of Port Clinton Foundation Inc$27,5003n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & In$26,20010%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$25,00010%
Benevolent & Protective Order Elks 169$24,0001n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$20,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Ottawa County Inc$20,00017%
Episcopal Diocese of Ohio$20,0002n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$20,00010%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$15,00010%
Malawi Children's Village Foundation Inc$15,00017%
Friends of the Marblehead Peninsula Branch Library$12,000254%
Ottawa County Family Advocacy Center Inc$10,83011%
Community Church of Strause Lane$10,3761n/a
Cancer Tees Me Off$10,0001n/a
Sandusky County Share and Care Center$10,0001n/a
Back to the Wild Inc$10,00012%
Cherry Street Mission Ministries$10,00010%
Cornell University$10,00010%
Folds of Honor of Central Ohio Inc$10,00018%
Peruvian American Medical Society$10,0001n/a
St John Lutheran Church$5,0691n/a

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($396k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFriends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge: $186,400 over 3y, 43% of budgetOhio State University Foundation: $90,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Toledo: $80,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Ohio Environmental Council: $65,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLake Erie Islands Historical Society: $61,654 over 1y, 38% of budgetBlack Swamp Bird Observatory: $51,000 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetErie Shores Council Boy Scouts of America: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLiberty Center of Sandusky County: $46,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetToledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBlack Swamp Conservancy: $40,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetSandusky County Food Pantry: $40,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & In: $26,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Ottawa County Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMalawi Children's Village Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetFriends of the Marblehead Peninsula Branch Library: $12,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetOttawa County Family Advocacy Center Inc: $10,830 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBack to the Wild Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCherry Street Mission Ministries: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornell University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFolds of Honor of Central Ohio Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budget

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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 25.

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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.

Toledo Community Foundation IncOH60× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · United Way of Sandusky County Inc · The Stranahan Supporting Organization · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Tr Ua Toledo Community Foundation- Donor · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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.

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How do I get to Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc

How much does Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc give?
Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc reported 2 grants totaling $126,904 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 25 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
What does Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Environment (23%), Community Improvement (23%), Religion (9%).
Who are Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge ($186k), Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ($100k), Ohio State University Foundation ($90k).
Does Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Toledo Community Foundation Inc, The O-I Charities Foundation, Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund.
Where is Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc based?
Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc is based in OH.

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 52 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $50k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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