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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2022 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

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 (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. Its 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
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.
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.

56%of every dollar goes to organizations it has 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
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

  • 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 -6% · 38% of their budget
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
Ohio Business Roundtable

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

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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & in; 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.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS: $176,642 · OtherVARIOUS GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPSEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA: $100,000 · OtherEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICATHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYOTTAWA 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 · PhilanthropyGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $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 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 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 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 budgetCOLLIER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER HOUSTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBACK TO THE WILD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCHERRY STREET MISSION MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
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.

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

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 Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ottawa County Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's 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
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.
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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 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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