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Palko Family Foundation at a glance

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Palko Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$36k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$100kEmployment$30kHealth$26kEnvironment$12kHuman Services$6kReligion$6kRecreation & Sports$5kYouth Development$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k38 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$250
Median grant
7
States reached
$617k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY$13,650
HOLY NAME HIGH SCHOOL$7,600
CROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER$1,750
TURNER SYNDROME SOCIETY$1,500
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON$1,000
AKRON CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK$750
REGINA HEALTH CENTER$750
ST FRANCIS XAVIER$650
CORNERSTONE OF HOPE$500
PARKINSONS FOUNDATION$500
UNITED WAY$500
FIRST TEE OF CLE$500
CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$500
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$325
THE SALVATION ARMY OF MEDINA$300
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $30 → 14%HOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE: $50 → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $325 → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $325 → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $300 → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $300 → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $275 → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $275 → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $275 → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $275 → 17%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $275 → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $500 → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $500 → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $500 → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $500 → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $150 → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $100 → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $100 → 17%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $100 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $350 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $100 → 17%NORTHEAST OHIO SPCA: $100 → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
AZ
DC
MS
TX
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$197k · 53 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
26

Total granted

$197k
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+22%

Still filing today

40%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CP
    CROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER
    9× · 2017–2025 · $12k · revenue +2%
  • RH
    REGINA HEALTH CENTER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $4k · revenue +28%
  • TF
    THE FIRST TEE OF CLEVELAND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +114%

Funded once

  • CP
    CLEVELAND PLATFORM TENNIS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -28%
  • CL
    COUNTRY LIFE KIDS CAMP INC BILDSTEIN
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +23%
  • MD
    MISC DONATIONS 100 AND UNDER
    one grant, 2022 · $900
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 Bankers League

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

Community Improvement
2
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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3
Atrium Medical Center Foundation

To develop charitable gifts and resources dedicated to building healthier communities in southwest ohio.

Health
4
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.

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5
Columbus Medical Association Foundation

The columbus medical association foundation, through the governance and oversight of its board of physicians and other experts, effects change within specific priority areas to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents and…

Health
6
Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland

Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.

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7
Genfed Financial Credit Union Inc

To provide lending, savings, and other financial services to its members at terms generally better than available in the marketplace and with a service-based emphasis that recognizes the members' status as owners.

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8
Union Hospital Inc

We exist to serve our patients with compassionate health care of the highest quality.

Health
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
University Hospital & Clinics Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
11
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
12
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Corporation; the most unlike its peers is North Royalton Stadium Foundation. 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

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

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 86 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
28/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY: $66,450 · OtherCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITYHOLY NAME HIGH SCHOOL: $53,100 · OtherHOLY NAME HIGH SCHOOL+60 more: $49,705 · Other+60 moreCROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER: $12,352 · EnvironmentREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $4,050 · HealthTURNER SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · HealthJOHN OWENS ADVENTURE INC: $1,650 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $600 · HealthNAMI National: $600 · Health+2 more: $450 · HealthCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $2,625 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $2,450 · Human ServicesNORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $550 · Human Services+2 more: $80 · Human ServicesTHE FIRST TEE OF CLEVELAND: $2,650 · Recreation & SportsCLEVELAND PLATFORM TENNIS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Recreation & SportsTHE EHRBAR ANGELS FOUNDATION: $1,300 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500 · EducationNorth Royalton Stadium Foundation: $300 · EducationOHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $150 · Education+1 more: $100 · EducationAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $1,500 · Food & NutritionGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $675 · Food & Nutrition
Other$169,255Environment$12,352Health$10,350Human Services$5,705Recreation & Sports$5,150Education$3,350Food & Nutrition$2,175

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER: $12,352 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetREGINA HEALTH CENTER: $4,050 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF CLEVELAND: $2,650 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $2,625 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND PLATFORM TENNIS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $2,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTURNER SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetJOHN OWENS ADVENTURE INC: $1,650 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN: $1,525 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EHRBAR ANGELS FOUNDATION: $1,300 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $1,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNTRY LIFE KIDS CAMP INC BILDSTEIN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $675 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAGC OF WASHINGTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI National: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEAST OHIO SPCA INC: $550 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Royalton Stadium Foundation: $300 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO CITY BICYCLE COOP INC: $250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMagic Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF THE WESTERN RESERVE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $30 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds CROWN POINT ECOLOGY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds REGINA HEALTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds THE FIRST TEE OF CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds CLEVELAND PLATFORM TENNIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds TURNER SYNDROME FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN OWENS ADVENTURE INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVEMENT CENTERS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds THE EHRBAR ANGELS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds American Brain Tumor Association ↗
  • Who funds COUNTRY LIFE KIDS CAMP INC BILDSTEIN ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds AGC OF WASHINGTON EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗

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.

The Swagelok Foundati…Alberty Family Founda…The Helen F & Louis S…Akron Community Found…The Cleveland Foundat…McKesson Foundation I…Raymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Enterprise Holdings F…The Bank of America C…
The Swagelok FoundationOH15.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Swagelok Foundation · Alberty Family Foundation · The Helen F & Louis Stolier Family Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc

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 Palko Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Palko Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.

    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 86 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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