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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
1
States reached
$118k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Environment$425kCommunity Improvement$424kReligion$176kEducation$155kArts & Culture$147kPhilanthropy$110kHousing & Shelter$86kFood & Nutrition$85kOther$0
02FY2022 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $118k
$118,404
Median grant
1
States reached
$78k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VARIOUS GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS$118,404
LAKE ERIE ISLAND NATURE & WILDLIFE$8,500
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 (FY17–18, $45k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 22% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $25k → 10%SOUTHEASTERN GUIDE DOGS INC: $10k → 10%SANDUSKY COUNTY SHARE & CARE CTR: $10k → 12%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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$960k · 14 repeat orgs$768k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2022, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
32

Total granted

$960k
$759k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+85%

Still filing today

79%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

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

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
EducationEnvironmentHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $186k · revenue +177% · 43% of their budget
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2020 · $90k · revenue +36%
  • TO
    THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $65k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • EL
    EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
    one grant, 2017 · $100k
  • OC
    OTTAWA COUNTY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATI
    one grant, 2021 · $68k
  • LE
    LAKE ERIE ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2020 · $62k · revenue -38% · 38% of their budget

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.

1
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

—
2
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

—
3
Western Reserve Land Conservancy

Land conservation and restoration for public benefit

Environment
4
The University of Toledo Foundation

The mission of the university of toledo foundation is to secure the future for the university of toledo, through prudent asset management and philanthropy. we build strong linkages between alumni and the university, fostering a spirit of…

Education
5
Ohio Bankers League

Provide comprehensive services that benefit the financial institution industry in ohio.

Community Improvement
6
Cardinal Land Conservancy

To benefit the general public by preserving natural lands and significant habitats, lands suitable for the production of food, timber, or other cultivated or natural products, lands creating scenic vistas for public enjoyment, lands with…

Environment
7
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
8
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
9
Ohio Association of Community Colleges

Oacc is dedicated to the advancement and implementation of sound policy and initiatives that work to ensure the success of the more than 300,000 community college students in ohio. rooted in the belief that every person should have access…

Education
10
The Toledo Zoological Society

We inspire our guests to join us in being advocates for wildlife and conserving the natural world by providing fun, awe-inspiring, and educational experiences. by joining us, others help build a movement that cares for animals and creates…

Animals
11
Cleveland Zoological Society

Cleveland zoological society is the nonprofit partner of cleveland metroparks zoo, committed to raising awareness of the zoo as a community priority; securing private donations; and running a membership program that provides operating and…

Animals
12
Owensboro Health Foundation Inc

To raise, steward, and distribute philanthropic funds in support of owensboro health's mission to heal the sick and improve health in western kentucky and southern indiana.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & in and the most unlike its peers is Friends of the Marblehead Peninsula Branch Library. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr13%5%5–10yr20%11%10–20yr19%22%20–35yr14%32%35–55yr16%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr13%1%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr19%26%20–35yr14%34%35–55yr16%33%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/41
the rest of the field
11%
3,933/35,363

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

34 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. 34 of the 52 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
27/34
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

VARIOUS GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS — $176,642 · OtherVARIOUS GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPSTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $100,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA — $100,000 · OtherEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICAOTTAWA COUNTY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATI — $67,747 · OtherOTTAWA COUNTY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATIERIE SHORES COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $50,000 · OtherSANDUSKY COUNTY FOOD PANTRY — $40,000 · OtherMISCELLANEOUS — $39,000 · OtherLIGHTHOUSE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH — $35,000 · OtherSoutheastern Guide Dogs Inc — $35,000 · OtherLiberty Center of Sandusky County — $46,000 · OtherTOLEDO NORTHWESTERN OHIO FOOD BANK — $45,000 · Other+21 more — $309,876 · Other+21 moreFRIENDS OF OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE — $186,400 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF OTT…BLACK SWAMP BIRD OBSERVATORY — $51,000 · AnimalsBLACK SWAMP BI…BACK TO THE WILD INC — $10,000 · AnimalsTHE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL — $65,000 · EnvironmentTHE OHIO EN…LAKE ERIE ISLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $61,654 · EnvironmentLAKE ERIE I…BLACK SWAMP CONSERVANCY — $40,000 · EnvironmentBLACK SWAMP…ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $25,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENT…UNITED WAY OF GREATER TOLEDO — $80,000 · PhilanthropyOTTAWA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $23,086 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · PhilanthropyOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $90,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE MARBLEHEAD PENINSULA BRANCH LIBRARY — $12,000 · EducationCornell University — $10,000 · EducationFolds of Honor of Central Ohio Inc — $10,000 · EducationPUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDATION OF NORTHWEST OHIO — $85,000 · Arts & CultureMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & IN — $26,200 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $20,000 · HealthOTTAWA COUNTY FAMILY ADVOCACY CENTER INC — $10,830 · HealthCANCER TEES ME OFF — $10,000 · Health
Other$1,044,265Animals$247,400Environment$191,654Philanthropy$123,086Education$122,000Arts & Culture$85,000Health$67,030

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFRIENDS OF OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE — $186,400 over 3y, 43% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 budgetOTTAWA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $23,086 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OTTAWA COUNTY INC — $20,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $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 budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFolds of Honor of Central Ohio Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 8.4% 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.

Toledo Community Foun…The O-I Charities Fou…Walter E Terhune Memo…The Andersons Fund Su…United Way of Sandusk…The Stranahan Support…Robert C and Susan M …Tr Ua Toledo Communit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Enterprise Holdings F…The Blackbaud Giving …
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

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 Ottawa County Community Foundation 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 · 10%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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

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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.

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 52 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 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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