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Pope Family Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$67k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2023.

Science & Tech$500kHuman Services$83kArts & Culture$62kRecreation & Sports$44kAnimals$43kEmployment$35kEnvironment$33kHealth$33kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $45k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELAWARE AREA CAREER CENTER$34,921
Individual grant recipient$10,000
WOSU PUBLIC MEDIA$6,000
ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION$5,000
STOCKHANDS HORSES FOR HEAL$5,000
CENTRAL OH GIRLS HOCKEY$5,000
OHIO SLED HOCKEY$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $44k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION: $5k → 5%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $1k → 15%YWCA COLUMBUS: $5k → 15%LSS CHOICES: $8k → 15%LSS CHOICES: $5k → 15%LSS CHOICES: $5k → 15%LSS CHOICES: $5k → 15%LSS CHOICES: $5k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE: $5k → 15%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.

23%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$201k · 16 repeat orgs$681k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 15 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
30

Total granted

$201k
$619k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+27%

Still filing today

56%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesAnimalsYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • VR
    VOICECORPS READING SERVICES INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $20k · revenue +83%
  • GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $11k · revenue +86%
  • CH
    COPPER HORSE CRUSADE
    5× · 2017–2021 · $9k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • CO
    C-TECHNOLOGY OF LICKING COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $500k
  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • FA
    FREEDOM A LA CARTgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +58%
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
Save Ohio Pets

SAVE Ohio Pets is a non-profit whose mission is to reduce the homeless pet population in Central Ohio through community outreach and promoting spay/neuter, adoption, volunteering, and education. We operate a free, monthly vet care and…

Animals
2
Animal Charity of Ohio Inc

The society is dedicated to promoting care for all animals. we strive to never turn away sick or injured. our goal is to bring about a world where humane societies are no longer necessary.

Animals
3
Ohio Alleycat Resource & SpayNeuter Clinic Inc

Enrich the lives of cats and communities in Greater Cincinnati by providing low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter services for ferals, strays and pets; offering trap-neuter-return and other outreach programs; and operating a no-kill adoption…

Animals
4
Helping Our Pets Everywhere

Animal protection and welfare.

Animals
5
Paws and Prayers Inc

None

Animals
6
Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary
Animals
7
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
8
Cincinnati Animal Care Humane Society

We meet the immediate needs of animals in our community through individualized care, life saving solutions, and temporary shelter en-route to a safe, compatible home. we envision a community where all animals are valued, protected and have…

Animals
9
Columbus Cares for Cats
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10
Pets Without Parents Columbus

To be a resource as a no-kill pet rescue service

Animals
11
Rescuedohio

The organization's mission is to serve dogs in need by assisting partner shelters and providing comprehensive care until a compatible home is found. our efforts are fueled entirely by volunteers. we share a passion to transform lives…

Animals
12
Friendship Animal Protective League

Friendship apl receives companion animals through cruelty investigations, rescue from high volume shelters and direct owner surrender. the staff and volunteers care for the animals until they are adopted into a new home.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence; the most unlike its peers is Megans Mission. 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

28 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. 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
21/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

C-TECHNOLOGY OF LICKING COUNTY: $500,000 · OtherC-TECHNOLOGY OF LICKING COUNTYDELAWARE AREA CAREER CENTER: $34,921 · OtherTHE DAWES ARBORETUM: $33,000 · OtherCENTER FOR FAMILY SAFETY & HEALING: $27,000 · Other+27 more: $134,500 · Other+27 moreCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $28,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION CORDER: $5,000 · Human ServicesCONCERNED CITIZENS AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAI DBA TURNING POINT: $2,500 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesCOPPER HORSE CRUSADE: $8,500 · AnimalsNEW VOCATIONS RACEHORSE ADOPTION: $6,500 · AnimalsFORGOTTEN 4-PAWS: $5,000 · AnimalsSTOP THE SUFFERING RESCUE: $5,000 · AnimalsSTOCKHANDS HORSES FOR HEALING: $5,000 · AnimalsPET PROMISE: $5,000 · AnimalsVOICECORPS READING SERVICES INC: $20,000 · Arts & CulturePBJ CONNECTIONS JEDLICKA: $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentFREEDOM A LA CART: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentMY PROJECT USA: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentTURNING POINT: $9,000 · HealthHEALTHY WORTHINGTON RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,000 · HealthFINAL THIRD FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsCOLUMBUS ICE HOCKEY CLUB INC: $4,500 · Recreation & Sports
Other$729,421Human Services$57,000Animals$35,000Arts & Culture$20,000Youth Development$17,000Health$14,000Recreation & Sports$9,500

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 budgetTHE DAWES ARBORETUM: $33,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $28,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetVOICECORPS READING SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $10,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCOPPER HORSE CRUSADE: $8,500 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetPBJ CONNECTIONS JEDLICKA: $7,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNEW VOCATIONS RACEHORSE ADOPTION: $6,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFREEDOM A LA CART: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFORGOTTEN 4-PAWS: $5,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSTOP THE SUFFERING RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMY PROJECT USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OPEN SHELTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFINAL THIRD FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSTOCKHANDS HORSES FOR HEALING: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPET PROMISE: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION CORDER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHope Meadows Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetHEALTHY WORTHINGTON RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONCERNED CITIZENS AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAI DBA TURNING POINT: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOHIO SLED HOCKEY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $500 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 THE DAWES ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ↗
  • Who funds VOICECORPS READING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC ↗
  • Who funds COPPER HORSE CRUSADE ↗
  • Who funds PBJ CONNECTIONS JEDLICKA ↗
  • Who funds NEW VOCATIONS RACEHORSE ADOPTION ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM A LA CART ↗
  • Who funds FORGOTTEN 4-PAWS ↗
  • Who funds HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds STOP THE SUFFERING RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds MY PROJECT USA ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LIFECARE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE OPEN SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FINAL THIRD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STOCKHANDS HORSES FOR HEALING ↗
  • Who funds PET PROMISE ↗
  • Who funds ADAPTIVE SPORTS CONNECTION CORDER ↗
  • Who funds Megans Mission ↗
  • Who funds Hope Meadows Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHY WORTHINGTON RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS ICE HOCKEY CLUB INC ↗

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.

Columbus FoundationAmerican Electric Pow…United Way of Central…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Harry C Moores Founda…Siemer Family Foundat…Ingram-White Castle F…L Brands FoundationColumbus Jewish Found…Cardinal Health Found…Ohio Capital Impact C…Nisource Charitable F…
Columbus FoundationOH34.5× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Ohio Capital Impact Corporation · Nisource Charitable Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Pope Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Pope Family Foundation 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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