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Richland County Foundation

The mission of the RICHLAND COUNTY FOUNDATION is to improve the quality of life in richland county through strategic philanthropy and community leadership.

$8.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
93
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1.2M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$12MCommunity Improvement$7.4MEducation$6.0MRecreation & Sports$3.2MHuman Services$3.1MHealth$2.8MPublic Safety & Disaster$2.8MFood & Nutrition$2.7MOther$0
02FY2024 · 93 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 93 grants below total $7,109,458, the rows itemized in this filing. The $8,398,810 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,289,352 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $201k
  • $10k–50k36 grants · $729k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.3M
  • $250k+6 grants · $3.9M
$15,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$228M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF MANSFIELD$1,207,462
NECIC INC$926,604
RENAISSANCE PERFORMING ARTS$680,424
YMCA OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO$518,574
MANSFIELD LEASED HOUSING$300,000
BUCKEYE COUNCIL BSA INC$281,910
TAKING ROOT FARMS$246,866
RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS INC$231,835
MANSFIELD ART CENTER$217,823
MANSFIELD CITY SCHOOLS$191,895
RICHLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$126,000
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY - MANSFIE$95,063
UNITED WAY OF RICHLAND COUNTY$89,401
THE SALVATION ARMY$87,049
OHIO DISTRICT 5 AREA AGENCY ON AGIN$86,332
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $3.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $14k → 17%ASHLAND SCHINE'S THEATER: $17k → 11%ASHLAND SCHINE'S THEATER: $17k → 11%ASHLAND SCHINE'S THEATER: $10k → 11%ASHLAND SCHINE'S THEATER: $8k → 11%ASHLAND SCHINE'S THEATER: $7k → 11%TAKING ROOT FARMS: $179k → 15%UPSTATE HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATIO: $15k → 13%UPSTATE HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATIO: $15k → 13%UPSTATE HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATIO: $12k → 13%UPSTATE HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATIO: $12k → 13%UPSTATE HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATIO: $10k → 13%UPSTATE HOME FOR CHILDREN FOUNDATIO: $7k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $7k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $7k → 13%HELIOS CARE: $7k → 13%TAKING ROOT FARMS: $8k → 15%CLEAR FORK VALLEY FOUNDATION: $9k → 15%CLEAR FORK VALLEY FOUNDATION: $8k → 15%CLEAR FORK VALLEY FOUNDATION: $7k → 15%CLEAR FORK VALLEY FOUNDATION: $7k → 15%LUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER: $60k → 15%LUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER: $59k → 15%LUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER: $57k → 15%LUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER: $49k → 15%LUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER: $48k → 15%LUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER: $42k → 15%LUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER: $26k → 15%NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LAND CONSERVANCY: $59k → 15%NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LAND CONSERVANCY: $25k → 15%NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LAND CONSERVANCY: $23k → 15%NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LAND CONSERVANCY: $20k → 15%NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LAND CONSERVANCY: $15k → 15%NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LAND CONSERVANCY: $13k → 15%NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LAND CONSERVANCY: $10k → 15%MARY MCLEOD-BETHUNE INTERVENTION: $7k → 15%MANSFIELD AREA Y: $723k → 15%YMCA OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $519k → 15%YMCA OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $274k → 15%MANSFIELD AREA Y: $256k → 15%TAKING ROOT FARMS: $247k → 15%MANSFIELD AREA Y: $136k → 15%MANSFIELD AREA Y: $101k → 15%MANSFIELD AREA Y: $88k → 15%YMCA OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $81k → 15%YMCA CHILDCARE RESOURCES & REFERRAL: $34k → 15%RICHLAND COUNTY CHILDREN'S AUX: $12k → 15%RICHLAND COUNTY CHILDREN'S AUX: $11k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
VA
TN
DC
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Richland County Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 98% of the giving stays in OH; by stated purpose, 93%.

Richland County Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$49M · 123 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

123 repeat relationships: 75 still active in FY2024, 48 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

123
37

Total granted

$49M
$715k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+21%

Still filing today

68%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $547k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • RP
    RENAISSANCE PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $5.0M · revenue +32% · 45% of their budget
  • BI
    BUCKEYE IMAGINATION MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $3.7M · revenue +208% · 70% of their budget
  • TY
    THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.2M · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • OC
    Ohio County & Independent Richland County
    one grant, 2022 · $118k · revenue +21%
  • CO
    CITY OF SHELBY PARK BOARD
    one grant, 2017 · $117k
  • RC
    RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2017 · $112k
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 Hills Health Services

Ohio hills health services is a non-profit health care operation, organized by communities in eastern ohio to promote healthy lifestyles and to provide preventative and comprehensive medical and dental care for area residents. the primary…

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2
Granville Ohio Historical Society

The Granville Historical Society acquires, preserves, and shares Granvilles past with residents and visitors to inspire curiosity about, instill knowledge of, and foster a commitment to our history.

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3
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
4
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
5
Ohio Life Sciences Association

Align the life sciences ecosystem in the state of ohio, building collaborative partnerships, and advocating for policies and funding that will help to accelerate life science priorities and drive sustainable economic growth.

Community Improvement
6
Ohio Housing Authorities Conference

OHAC's mission is to foster and promote affordable housing in the state of Ohio through:1) education and training of its members and general public; 2) exchange of information; 3) mutual support; 4) collaborate efforts.

Housing & Shelter
7
Muskingum Valley Health Center

To provide affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare.

Health
8
Library Association of Sandusky Ohio

Giving all people opportunities to enrich their lives.

Education
9
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
10
Richland County Foundation

The mission of the richland county foundation is to improve the quality of life in richland county through strategic philanthropy and community leadership. grants are distributed for charitable purposes in the areas of community and…

Philanthropy
11
International Center for the Preservation of Wild Animals Inc

The wilds is a conservation center and safari park operating as a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization on nearly 10,000-acres in southeastern ohio. the wilds specializes in high-quality recreational opportunities that focus on connecting…

Animals
12
Ohio Land Bank Association

Supporting the work of and advocating on behalf of all county land reutilization corporations, commonly known as land banks, across ohio. with 61 of ohios 88 counties having land banks, a clear need has emerged for a statewide association…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mid-Ohio Youth Mentoring; the most unlike its peers is Charles K King No 3 Trust Co Keybank National Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

121 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. 121 of the 179 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.

25
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
38
Early backer (in before they grew)
117/121
Grantees still filing
90/121
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SIMONSON CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC: $2,532,548 · OtherSIMONSON CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INCCHARLES K KING NO 3 TRUST CO KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION: $2,016,475 · OtherCHARLES K KING NO 3 TRUST CO KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOC…CITY OF MANSFIELD: $1,927,694 · OtherCITY OF MANSFIELDMANSFIELD CITY SCHOOLS: $1,232,200 · OtherMANSFIELD CITY SCHOOLSMANSFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $1,067,713 · OtherOHIO BIRD SANCTUARY INC: $1,118,529 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $837,969 · Other+108 more: $12,238,948 · Other+108 moreRENAISSANCE PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,015,970 · Arts & CultureRENAISSANCE PERFORMING ARTS…BUCKEYE IMAGINATION MUSEUM: $3,719,550 · Arts & CultureBUCKEYE IMAGINATION MUSEUMMansfield Fine Arts Guild Inc: $1,987,654 · Arts & CultureMansfield Fine Arts Guild I…RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS: $421,194 · Arts & Culture+14 more: $1,065,574 · Arts & Culture+14 moreNORTH END COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE INC: $6,009,563 · Community ImprovementNORTH END COMMUNI…RICHLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC: $1,098,001 · Community ImprovementRICHLAND COMMUNIT…Idea Works Inc: $411,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN MANSFIELD INC: $361,992 · Community ImprovementTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INC: $2,177,363 · Human ServicesTAKING ROOT FARMS INC: $433,983 · Human ServicesLUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER: $346,972 · Human ServicesNorth Central Ohio Land Conservancy Inc: $164,414 · Human Services+9 more: $275,278 · Human ServicesOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $802,203 · EducationDISCOVERY SCHOOL INC: $607,886 · EducationASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $77,622 · EducationRichland School of Academic Arts: $54,520 · Education+3 more: $27,457 · EducationUNITED WAY OF RICHLAND COUNTY: $910,546 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $371,868 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF OTSEGO COUNTY INC: $83,333 · PhilanthropyCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $55,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMansfield Memorial Homes Inc: $333,593 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $198,144 · HealthTHE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $174,424 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $81,622 · HealthMID OHIO GUARDIANSHIP SERVICES INC: $72,650 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $55,921 · Health+10 more: $224,062 · Health
Other$22,972,076Arts & Culture$12,209,942Community Improvement$7,880,556Human Services$3,398,010Education$1,569,688Philanthropy$1,430,747Health$1,240,416

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 budgetNORTH END COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE INC: $6,009,563 over 8y, 40% of budgetRENAISSANCE PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,015,970 over 8y, 45% of budgetBUCKEYE IMAGINATION MUSEUM: $3,719,550 over 8y, 70% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INC: $2,177,363 over 8y, 16% of budgetCHARLES K KING NO 3 TRUST CO KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION: $2,016,475 over 8y, 13% of budgetMansfield Fine Arts Guild Inc: $1,987,654 over 8y, 44% of budgetOHIO BIRD SANCTUARY INC: $1,118,529 over 8y, 35% of budgetRICHLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC: $1,098,001 over 8y, 62% of budgetMANSFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $1,067,713 over 6y, 16% of budgetUNITED WAY OF RICHLAND COUNTY: $910,546 over 8y, 14% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $837,969 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $802,203 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH CENTRAL STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $673,209 over 7y, 12% of budgetDISCOVERY SCHOOL INC: $607,886 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE: $605,185 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWAYFINDERS OHIO INC: $555,754 over 6y, 17% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE RICHLAND COUNTY PARKS DISTRICT: $521,098 over 8y, 69% of budgetRAEMELTON THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC: $517,321 over 8y, 38% of budgetTHE FRIENDLY HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF MANSFIELD OHIO: $493,593 over 8y, 17% of budgetThird Street Community Clinic: $458,213 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetTAKING ROOT FARMS INC: $433,983 over 3y, 78% of budgetRICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS: $421,194 over 7y, 17% of budgetIdea Works Inc: $411,000 over 5y, 65% of budgetCHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC: $371,868 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetTHE TRAPSHOOTING HALL OF FAME INC: $371,868 over 8y, 36% of budgetTHE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER INC: $363,749 over 8y, 7.9% of budgetDOWNTOWN MANSFIELD INC: $361,992 over 7y, 23% of budgetLUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER: $346,972 over 8y, 72% of budgetMansfield Memorial Homes Inc: $333,593 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetMANSFIELD LEASED HOUSING CORPORATION: $300,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetMANSFIELD RICHLAND INCUBATOR INC: $222,207 over 3y, 31% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF RICHLAND COUNTY: $212,205 over 8y, 16% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $198,144 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO DISTRICT 5 AREA AGENCY ON AGING INC: $197,092 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $174,424 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNorth Central Ohio Land Conservancy Inc: $164,414 over 7y, 25% of budgetRichland County Historical Society: $159,788 over 3y, 35% of budgetMansfield Community Playhouse Inc: $157,689 over 8y, 28% of budgetGLIMMERGLASS OPERA THEATRE INC: $143,785 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SHELBY Y COMMUNITY CENTER: $129,642 over 3y, 15% of budgetOhio County & Independent Richland County: $117,667 over 1y, 11% of budgetMANSFIELD CANCER FOUNDATION: $110,743 over 8y, 43% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF RICHLAND AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES INC: $105,487 over 6y, 47% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFENIMORE ART MUSEUM: $99,167 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetRICHLAND CARROUSEL PARK INC: $92,589 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetMansfield-Richland Area Educational Foundation Inc: $89,755 over 4y, 85% of budgetRICHLAND NEWHOPE INDUSTRIES INC: $88,053 over 3y, 0.4% 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.

  • Who funds NORTH END COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COLLABORATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds RENAISSANCE PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BUCKEYE IMAGINATION MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds CHARLES K KING NO 3 TRUST CO KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Mansfield Fine Arts Guild Inc ↗
  • Who funds OHIO BIRD SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds RICHLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC ↗
  • Who funds MANSFIELD CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF RICHLAND COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CENTRAL STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds DISCOVERY SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY WORLD SERVICE OFFICE ↗
  • Who funds WAYFINDERS OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE RICHLAND COUNTY PARKS DISTRICT ↗
  • Who funds RAEMELTON THERAPEUTIC EQUESTRIAN CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDLY HOUSE ASSOCIATION OF MANSFIELD OHIO ↗
  • Who funds Third Street Community Clinic ↗
  • Who funds TAKING ROOT FARMS INC ↗
  • Who funds RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds Idea Works Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S DYSLEXIA CENTERS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE TRAPSHOOTING HALL OF FAME INC ↗
  • Who funds THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN MANSFIELD INC ↗
  • Who funds LUCAS COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Mansfield Memorial Homes Inc ↗
  • Who funds MANSFIELD LEASED HOUSING CORPORATION ↗

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 Robert and Esther…Ashland County Commun…United Way of Richlan…The Hire Family Found…The Milton R & Beulah…The Milliron Foundati…Edith B & Joseph E Hu…Gorman Family Foundat…Richard & Arline Land…Shelby Ohio Community…Ford S N & Ada Fund P…Park National Corpora…
The Robert and Esther Black Family FoundationPA73.8× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Robert and Esther Black Family Foundation · Ashland County Community Foundation · United Way of Richland County · The Hire Family Foundation · The Milton R & Beulah M Young Foundation · The Milliron Foundation · Edith B & Joseph E Humphrey Family Foundation · Gorman Family Foundation · Richard & Arline Landers Foundation · Shelby Ohio Community Foundation of Richland County · Ford S N & Ada Fund Pfdn · Park National Corporation 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 Richland County Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richland County Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    34report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 179 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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