Ohio · Public charity
Paulding County Area Foundation
The PAULDING COUNTY AREA FOUNDATION is dedicated to receiving, growing, and distributing gifts for the benefit of the people of paulding county, ohio. This is accomplished by grants provided to charitable and educational organizations located in or providing benefits to paulding county, ohio.
- $268k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $204k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,950
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $46,484
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Paulding County Area Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 85% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $339k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $204k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $400k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $70k | 83% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $47k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $227k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $112k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $18k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $30k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caring and Sharing Food Pantry Inc | $175,380 | 2 | 48% |
| Bargain Bin of Paulding County Inc | $171,975 | 3 | 88% |
| 4-H Camp Palmer Inc | $112,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Friends of the Grover Hill Branch Library Inc | $73,700 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Paulding County | $62,500 | 8 | 18% |
| Paulding County Agricultural Society | $61,379 | 1 | 17% |
| Paulding County Economic Development Inc | $55,095 | 4 | 7% |
| Reclaimed Living Inc | $46,484 | 1 | n/a |
| Paulding Soccer Club Inc | $36,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Paulding High School of the Paulding Exempted Vill | $29,865 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caring and Sharing Food Pantry Inc | $175,380 | 2 | 48% |
| Bargain Bin of Paulding County Inc | $171,975 | 3 | 88% |
| 4-H Camp Palmer Inc | $112,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Friends of the Grover Hill Branch Library Inc | $73,700 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Paulding County | $62,500 | 8 | 18% |
| Paulding County Agricultural Society | $61,379 | 1 | 17% |
| Paulding County Economic Development Inc | $55,095 | 4 | 7% |
| Reclaimed Living Inc | $46,484 | 1 | n/a |
| Paulding Soccer Club Inc | $36,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Paulding High School of the Paulding Exempted Vill | $29,865 | 1 | n/a |
| Paulding Jb Antwerp Radio Inc | $23,522 | 3 | 15% |
| Kentucky Farm Bureau Education Foundation Inc | $10,606 | 1 | 1% |
| Payne Fire Association | $10,000 | 1 | 29% |
| Friends of the Paulding Chamberinc | $8,000 | 1 | 8% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($434k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Paulding County Area Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 10 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About Paulding County Area Foundation
- How much does Paulding County Area Foundation give?
- Paulding County Area Foundation reported 10 itemized grants totaling $203,984, out of $268,270 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Paulding County Area Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (22%), Food & Nutrition (18%), Health (13%).
- Who are Paulding County Area Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Caring and Sharing Food Pantry Inc ($175k), Bargain Bin of Paulding County Inc ($172k), 4-H Camp Palmer Inc ($112k).
- Does Paulding County Area Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Paulding County Area Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund.
- Where is Paulding County Area Foundation based?
- Paulding County Area Foundation is based in OH.
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