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Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$460k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
22%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$125,000
Organizations funded a year
23 to 31
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$7.8M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving28$360k21%
FY202323$338k22%
FY202223$225k30%
FY202126$182k27%
FY202031$297k16%
FY201931$301k19%
FY201831$269k55%
FY201725$258kn/a
98% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$840kArts & Culture$648kEducation$470kReligion$175kFood & Nutrition$115kCrime & Legal$112kHousing & Shelter$106kHealth$94kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wayne Center for the Arts$275,000710%
The Downtown Arts Theater Inc$250,000314%
The College of Wooster$220,00080%
Central Christian Church$175,0007n/a
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank$115,00050%
The Village Network$107,50070%
Kent State University Foundation$80,0004n/a
Montessori School of Wooster Inc$65,00061%
Wayne County Humane Society$61,500610%
Serving Women in Ghana$45,50078%
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All grantees of Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wayne Center for the Arts$275,000710%
The Downtown Arts Theater Inc$250,000314%
The College of Wooster$220,00080%
Central Christian Church$175,0007n/a
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank$115,00050%
The Village Network$107,50070%
Kent State University Foundation$80,0004n/a
Montessori School of Wooster Inc$65,00061%
Wayne County Humane Society$61,500610%
Serving Women in Ghana$45,50078%
Lifecare Hospice$42,33430%
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$40,00020%
Wooster Community Hospital Foundation$27,50010%
Wooster Masonic Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Oneeighty Inc$24,00080%
Boys and Girls Club of Wooster Inc$22,50061%
Community Action Waynemedina$22,00030%
Great Decisions of Wayne County$21,000327%
Parkview PTO$15,0001n/a
Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio$15,00022%
Main Street Wooster Inc$11,59052%
Learn N Play of Wooster$11,00051%
United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co$10,00011%
Schantz Makerspace Inc$10,00019%
Transformational Housing$10,00014%
People to People Ministries Inc % Joseph Szeker$8,50050%
Healthcare 2000 Community Clinic Inc$5,50050%
Wooster City Schools$4,8002n/a
Wooster Community Hospital$3,5003n/a
Wooster Rotary Foundation$3,50024%
Triway Athletic Booster Club$2,50014%
Monday Night Mile Inc$1,5002n/a
Wooster All-Sports Booster Club$1,50011%
Wayne County Children's Advocacy Center Inc$1,00010%
Killbuck Watershed Land Trust$1,00010%
St Paul United Church of Christ$1001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($495k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWayne Center for the Arts: $275,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetThe Downtown Arts Theater Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetThe College of Wooster: $220,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAkron-Canton Regional Foodbank: $115,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Village Network: $107,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMontessori School of Wooster Inc: $65,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetWayne County Humane Society: $61,500 over 6y, 9.8% of budgetServing Women in Ghana: $45,500 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetLifecare Hospice: $42,334 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWestern Reserve Land Conservancy: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWooster Community Hospital Foundation: $27,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOneeighty Inc: $24,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Wooster Inc: $22,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetCommunity Action Waynemedina: $22,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Decisions of Wayne County: $21,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetAdaptive Sports Program of Ohio: $15,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetMain Street Wooster Inc: $11,590 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetLearn N Play of Wooster: $11,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Wayne and Holmes Co: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSchantz Makerspace Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetTransformational Housing: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetPeople to People Ministries Inc % Joseph Szeker: $8,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHealthcare 2000 Community Clinic Inc: $5,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetWooster Rotary Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetTriway Athletic Booster Club: $2,500 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetWooster All-Sports Booster Club: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWayne County Children's Advocacy Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKillbuck Watershed Land Trust: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

Wayne County Community FoundationOH61.2× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wayne County Community Foundation · Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc · Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr · Seaman Family Foundation Trust · United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co · Romich Foundation · Charles Loehr Charitable Trust · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346 Charitable Fund · The College of Wooster · Robert H Reakirt Fdn Equities

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.

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About Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation

How much does Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation give?
Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $460,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (28%), Arts & Culture (22%), Education (16%).
Who are Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wayne Center for the Arts ($275k), The Downtown Arts Theater Inc ($250k), The College of Wooster ($220k).
Does Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wayne County Community Foundation, Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc, Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr.
Where is Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation based?
Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation is based in OH.

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 79 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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