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Romich Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$244k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
70
Grants FY2024
41
Organizations funded FY2023
34%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$600
Largest grant, FY2024
$48,726
Organizations funded a year
18 to 42
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$906k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 34% of the organizations Romich Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
EducationArts & CultureInternationalHuman ServicesHealthRecreation & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving68$241k40%
FY202341$175k34%
FY202224$192k42%
FY202142$152k55%
FY202039$90k51%
FY201941$55k61%
FY201820$67k70%
FY201718$132kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$496kFood & Nutrition$161kPhilanthropy$119kHuman Services$91kHealth$66kArts & Culture$53kReligion$42kCrime & Legal$27kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
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IL
MI
NY
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

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
Schantz Makerspace Inc$116,226522%
Case Western Reserve University$100,98040%
Includeability$34,060133%
United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co$30,55141%
Guardian Group$26,60124%
Daybreak Community Church$26,0003n/a
Apple Creek Historical Society$19,805516%
Wayne Center for the Arts$16,20021%
Aac Institute Fka International$15,809415%
Ohio Crippled Childrens Fund$13,30080%
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All grantees of Romich Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Schantz Makerspace Inc$116,226522%
Case Western Reserve University$100,98040%
Includeability$34,060133%
United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co$30,55141%
Guardian Group$26,60124%
Daybreak Community Church$26,0003n/a
Apple Creek Historical Society$19,805516%
Wayne Center for the Arts$16,20021%
Aac Institute Fka International$15,809415%
Ohio Crippled Childrens Fund$13,30080%
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$11,64030%
Central American Medical Outreach Inc$8,76810%
Ghana Beyond Subsistence$7,531312%
Ohuddle Incorporated$6,00011%
Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio$5,69930%
Forget Me Not Baskets Inc$5,00024%
Friends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge$5,00013%
Creston Community Service Club$4,87144%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$3,59570%
Cornerstone Community Church$3,5002n/a
Wayne County Sustainable Energynetwork Inc$3,4994n/a
Wooster Community Gardens$3,0001n/a
American Heart Association Inc$2,21580%
Really Recovered$2,0001n/a
Rolling Rascals$2,00023%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$1,90460%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,85070%
A C Gilbert Heritage Society$1,6202n/a
Berean Baptist Church$1,5001n/a
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn$1,50030%
Green Energy Ohio$1,50011%
Bobcat Community Closet$1,5001n/a
Operation Smile Inc$1,48020%
Girls With Sole$1,10011%
Healthcare 2000 Community Clinic Inc$1,00010%
Paramount Center for the Arts$1,00010%
Westminster Presbyterian Church$1,0001n/a
Bethel Agricultural Association Inc$1,00011%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$80360%
Rails to Trails of Wayne County$68720%
The College of Wooster$66920%
Fractured Atlas Inc$53810%
Harvey Mudd College$53610%
DTCare$50010%
Hilltop Artists in Residence$50010%
Central Christian Church$5001n/a
Boone Community Theatre$5001n/a
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition$50010%
Malone University$40020%
Sierra Club$26540%
The James Beard Foundation Inc$25010%
Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio$25010%
Running2bwell$25010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$20320%
Imagine Leadership Academy$20010%
Field of Dreams Inc$20010%
Dalton Local Education Association$2001n/a
Alleycats & Aristocats Inc$20010%
Wooster Community Hospital$1591n/a
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention$12010%
Hyde Park Art Center$10520%
Solar United Neighbors Inc$10410%
Earthjustice$10010%
The Ohio Environmental Council$10010%
Oneeighty Inc$10010%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$10010%
Ideastream$10010%
Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio$9110%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$8830%
United Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$7510%
Women's Network Inc$401n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 80 recipients with no EIN on record ($602k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Romich Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSchantz Makerspace Inc: $116,226 over 5y, 22% of budgetCase Western Reserve University: $100,980 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetIncludeability: $34,060 over 1y, 33% of budgetUnited Way of Wayne and Holmes Co: $30,551 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGuardian Group: $26,601 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetApple Creek Historical Society: $19,805 over 5y, 16% of budgetWayne Center for the Arts: $16,200 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAac Institute Fka International: $15,809 over 4y, 15% of budgetOhio Crippled Childrens Fund: $13,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNational Inventors Hall of Fame Inc: $11,640 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCentral American Medical Outreach Inc: $8,768 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGhana Beyond Subsistence: $7,531 over 3y, 12% of budgetOhuddle Incorporated: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAdaptive Sports Program of Ohio: $5,699 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetForget Me Not Baskets Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetFriends of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCreston Community Service Club: $4,871 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $3,595 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,215 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRolling Rascals: $2,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $1,904 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,850 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Assn: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Energy Ohio: $1,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $1,480 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirls With Sole: $1,100 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHealthcare 2000 Community Clinic Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetParamount Center for the Arts: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBethel Agricultural Association Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $803 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRails to Trails of Wayne County: $687 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe College of Wooster: $669 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFractured Atlas Inc: $538 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHarvey Mudd College: $536 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDTCare: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHilltop Artists in Residence: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOhio & Erie Canalway Coalition: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMalone University: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSierra Club: $265 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe James Beard Foundation Inc: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRunning2bwell: $250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $203 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImagine Leadership Academy: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetField of Dreams Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlleycats & Aristocats Inc: $200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention: $120 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHyde Park Art Center: $105 over 2y, 0.0% 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 57.

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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 FoundationOH46.1× affinity20 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 · Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr · Seaman Family Foundation Trust · Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346 Charitable Fund · Akron Community Foundation · United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co · Christ Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Stark Community 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.

Compare Romich Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Romich Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Romich 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.

About Romich Foundation

How much does Romich Foundation give?
Romich Foundation reported 70 grants totaling $243,579 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 42 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Romich Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (41%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Philanthropy (10%).
Who are Romich Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Schantz Makerspace Inc ($116k), Case Western Reserve University ($101k), Includeability ($34k).
Does Romich Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Romich Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Romich Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Wayne County Community Foundation, Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc, Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation.
Where is Romich Foundation based?
Romich 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 156 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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