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Sandusky County Communities Foundation Inc

The mission of the sandusky county communities foundation is to enhance the well-being of the people and communities of sandusky county by managing permanent investments for philanthropic goals.

$704k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Religion$652kRecreation & Sports$510kEducation$323kArts & Culture$114kScience & Tech$100kHousing & Shelter$73kPhilanthropy$51kPublic Safety & Disaster$44kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $579,657, the rows itemized in this filing. The $703,982 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $124,325 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 $10k8 grants · $63k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $166k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$14,022
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH$250,000
IMENTOR CHICAGO$50,000
FIRELANDS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$50,000
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH$30,000
CITY OF FREMONT$28,505
NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN CHURCH$26,200
Individual grant recipient$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
FELLOWSHIP OF CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY S$15,000
SANDUSKY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIET$14,022
BISHOP HOFFMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS$12,300
CAMP FIRE SANDUSKY COUNTY$10,300
LINDSEY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT$9,530
SANDUSKY TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT$9,512
LIBERTY CENTER OF SANDUSKY COUNTY$9,150
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $433k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GREAT LAKES COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: $428k → 12%GREAT LAKES COMMUNITY ACTION PART: $5k → 12%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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 13 repeat orgs$994k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
19

Total granted

$1.0M
$502k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+51%

Still filing today

62%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $492k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther
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

  • GL
    GREAT LAKES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP
    2× · 2021–2023 · $433k · revenue +17%
  • RB
    RUTHERFORD B HAYES PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMS
    3× · 2020–2022 · $81k · revenue +19%
  • SC
    Sandusky County Agricultural Society
    2× · 2021–2024 · $21k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF TOLEDO INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • SB
    SARA BARBOUR MEM SCHOLAR FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • NC
    NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $16k
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
Scioto County Habitat for Humanity

Seeking to put God's love into action,

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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
Stark County District Library Foundation

Support of the Stark County District Library

Education
4
Library Association of Sandusky Ohio

Giving all people opportunities to enrich their lives.

Education
5
Sandusky State Theatre Inc

The sandusky state theatre was originally created in 1928 and was reinvented several times since its inception. the arts, particularly the performing arts, are a reflection and a documentation of our culture and society. therefore, in…

Arts & Culture
6
Five Rivers MetroParks Foundation

To serve the charitable and scientific purposes of Five Rivers MetroParks.

Recreation & Sports
7
Greater Sandusky Partnership

To improve the region's quality of life and economic competitiveness in order to position it as the greatest destination on the great lakes to live, work, and invest.

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8
Wyandot County Community Foundation

To enrich the quality of life for individuals and families of wyandot county, ohio.

Philanthropy
9
Sandlick Volunteer Fire Department

Operation of a volunteer fire dept

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10
Peninsula Library & Historical Society

All funds are expended for the purpose of operating a free public library under the laws of the State of Ohio.

Education
11
Sandycreek Volunteer Fire Dept

To provide fire & rescue services to those in need.

Public Safety & Disaster
12
Sand Lake Volunteer Fire Department

To serve the residents of franklin township and surroundings in any capacity we are trained and have equipment to provide, including protection against loss of life and property.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sandusky County Communities Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rutherford B Hayes Presidential Library and Museums. 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

20 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. 20 of the 47 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BISHOP HOFFMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $295,300 · OtherBISHOP HOFFMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF TOLEDO INC: $250,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES DIOCESE OF TOLEDO INCST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH: $250,000 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCHSARA BARBOUR MEM SCHOLAR FUND: $100,000 · OtherSARA BARBOUR MEM SCHOLAR FUNDCITY OF FREMONT: $64,500 · OtherFIRELANDS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $50,000 · OtherIMENTOR CHICAGO: $50,000 · Other+31 more: $385,096 · Other+31 moreGREAT LAKES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $433,026 · Human ServicesGREAT LAKES COMMUNITY A…RUTHERFORD B HAYES PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMS: $81,100 · Arts & CultureThe Stemtown Historical Society: $8,555 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $25,501 · PhilanthropySANDUSKY COUNTY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC: $21,800 · PhilanthropyLiberty Center of Sandusky County: $14,250 · Housing & ShelterSANDUSKY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL: $8,690 · Housing & ShelterSandusky County Agricultural Society: $21,022 · Food & NutritionPONTIFEX INC: $20,570 · Health
Other$1,444,896Human Services$433,026Arts & Culture$89,655Philanthropy$47,301Housing & Shelter$22,940Food & Nutrition$21,022Health$20,570

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 budgetGREAT LAKES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $433,026 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetRUTHERFORD B HAYES PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMS: $81,100 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetFIRELANDS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $25,501 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANDUSKY COUNTY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC: $21,800 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSandusky County Agricultural Society: $21,022 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetPONTIFEX INC: $20,570 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetCamp Fire Sandusky County: $17,300 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSandco Industries: $15,647 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLiberty Center of Sandusky County: $14,250 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetBALLVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetPROMEDICA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREAD TO THEM INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSANDUSKY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL: $8,690 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SANDUSKY COUNTY: $7,760 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFremont Community Theatre and Literary Society: $7,700 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetHumane Society of Sandusky County: $5,616 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTERRA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,040 over 1y, 1.8% 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 GREAT LAKES COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds RUTHERFORD B HAYES PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUMS ↗
  • Who funds FIRELANDS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANDUSKY COUNTY COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Sandusky County Agricultural Society ↗
  • Who funds PONTIFEX INC ↗
  • Who funds Camp Fire Sandusky County ↗
  • Who funds Sandco Industries ↗
  • Who funds Fremont Rotary Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Liberty Center of Sandusky County ↗
  • Who funds BALLVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds PROMEDICA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds READ TO THEM INC ↗
  • Who funds SANDUSKY COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds The Stemtown Historical Society ↗

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.

Toledo Community Foun…Knight-Baldwin Charit…Sandusky County Share…John Henry Eldred Jr …Ohio Child Care Resou…American Endowment Fo…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile FoundationFidelity Investments …
Toledo Community Foundation IncOH22.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · Knight-Baldwin Charitable Fund Inc · Sandusky County Share and Care Center · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Sandusky County Communities Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sandusky County Communities Foundation Inc. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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

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    How do I get to Sandusky County Communities Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Sandusky County Communities Foundation Inc 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 47 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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