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Shearers Snacks Charity Foundation at a glance

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Shearers Snacks Charity Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$8k
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$4k
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, FY2017 to 2022.

Recreation & Sports$374kFood & Nutrition$238kArts & Culture$79kYouth Development$71kHousing & Shelter$44kHuman Services$39kPhilanthropy$20kCommunity Improvement$17kOther$0
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MASSILLON INC$4,309
BOYS CLUB OF DETROIT LAKES INCORPORATED CROVISIER PARK$2,500
PEGASUS FARMS$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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%PERHAM ROTARY FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%THE PACK SHACK: $11k → 8%SAFE JOURNEY: $3k → 15%SAFE JOURNEY: $1k → 15%VANTAGE AGING: $3k → 13%LIFE IS GOOD NO MATTER WHAT: $5k → 13%CHAIR-I-TY: $3k → 13%ASHLIE'S EMBRACE: $3k → 13%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

ND
MN
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
AR
TN
DC
OK
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$760k · 17 repeat orgs$169k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
44

Total granted

$760k
$169k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+63%

Still filing today

71%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Human ServicesFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AR
    AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK
    5× · 2017–2021 · $180k · revenue +43%
  • MM
    MASSILLON MUSEUM
    3× · 2017–2019 · $60k · revenue +78%
  • BG
    BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF MASSILLON INC
    6× · 2017–2022 · $46k · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • HW
    HEALTHY WEIGHT
    one grant, 2017 · $38k
  • ML
    MARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMMISSION OF GREATER CANTON INC
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue -32%
  • TP
    THE PACK SHACK
    one grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue +13%
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 United Way

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

Philanthropy
2
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.

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3
United Way of Bucks County

United way of bucks county creates opportunities for quality education, financial stability, and good health to ensure real, lasting change for individuals and our communities.

Philanthropy
4
United Way of North Central Ohio Inc

At united way of north central ohio, we bring people, organizations, and resources together to create solutions that improve the lives of every person in every community in our region.

—
5
Butler County United Way

Connect resources to important community needs. the organization focuses on the most important human service needs facing the community and uses a variety of methods to communicate with community members in order to priortize the issues…

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6
United Way of Cleveland County Inc

The United Way of Cleveland County helps people by uniting resources and programs to responsibly meet the needs of our community.

Philanthropy
7
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

—
8
Food Bank of Iowa

The organization receives, warehouses, and distributes salvageable food items to non-profit tax exempt member agencies to feed the ill, needy, and infants.

Food & Nutrition
9
Kishwaukee United Way

To improve lives by sharing community resources

Philanthropy
10
Columbus Area United Way Inc

The columbus area united way focuses resources to improve individual lives and help build a stronger community by providing leadership, creating coalitions, and helping to develop resources to change community conditions.

Philanthropy
11
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
12
Akron Community Foundation

To identify, activate, and support informed and passionate philanthropists who strive to improve the quality of life in our community. we accomplish this by:- building a permanent source of charitable funding- cultivating strategic…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Greater Cincinnati Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Life Is Good No Matter What. 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

39 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. 39 of the 62 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PEGASUS FARM: $371,898 · Recreation & SportsPEGASUS FARM+1 more: $1,500 · Recreation & SportsAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $180,000 · Food & NutritionAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL F…SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF NW PA INC: $7,500 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $2,925 · Food & NutritionMASSILLON MUSEUM: $60,000 · OtherMASSILLON MUSEUMHEALTHY WEIGHT: $37,500 · OtherHEALTHY WEIGHTMASSILLON SALVATION ARMY: $10,000 · OtherTHE PACK SHACK: $8,000 · OtherMARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMMISSION OF GREATER CANTON INC: $15,000 · OtherMARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMM…DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION & IMPROVEME: $7,500 · Other+35 more: $82,115 · Other+35 moreBOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF MASSILLON INC: $46,169 · Youth DevelopmentBIO Girls Inc: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentKINSHIP OF THE PERHAM AREA: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PACK SHACK: $10,500 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesLife Is Good No Matter What: $5,000 · Human ServicesSafe Journey: $3,750 · Human ServicesCHAIR-ITY: $3,000 · Human ServicesASHLIES EMBRACE: $2,850 · Human ServicesVANTAGE AGING: $2,500 · Human ServicesPerham Rotary Foundation: $2,000 · Human Services+1 more: $500 · Human ServicesHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterUnited Way of Greater Stark County: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyLUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY INC: $1,500 · Philanthropy
Recreation & Sports$373,398Food & Nutrition$190,425Other$220,115Youth Development$53,169Human Services$40,100Housing & Shelter$40,000Philanthropy$16,500

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 budgetPEGASUS FARM: $371,898 over 6y, 8.4% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $180,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMASSILLON MUSEUM: $60,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF MASSILLON INC: $46,169 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMARTIN LUTHER KING JR COMMISSION OF GREATER CANTON INC: $15,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTHE PACK SHACK: $10,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Stark County: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION & IMPROVEME: $7,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBIRTHPLACE OF COUNTRY MUSIC INC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLife Is Good No Matter What: $5,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIO Girls Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetErie United Methodist Alliance: $3,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Journey: $3,750 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF OTTER TAIL & WADENA COUNTIES INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKINSHIP OF THE PERHAM AREA: $3,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetASHLIES EMBRACE: $2,850 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetVANTAGE AGING: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO: $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetEN-RICH-MENT: $2,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFore Stark County Youth Development Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOMEPLACE SAFE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF THE SOUTH PLAINS INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMASSILLON ROTARY FOUNDATION TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetThe Ohio University Foundation: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave the Ta-tas Foundation: $500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMID-ATLANTIC CONNECTION FOR PKU ALLIED DISORDER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $300 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.

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.

Stark Community Found…Hoover Foundation Inc…Sisters of Charity Fo…Timken Co Charitable …The Paul and Carol Da…Akron Community Found…The Belden Brick Char…Austin-Bailey Health …Dominion Energy Chari…Timken Foundation of …West Central Initiati…Firstenergy Foundation
Stark Community FoundationOH23.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stark Community Foundation · Hoover Foundation Income Account · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · The Paul and Carol David Foundation · Akron Community Foundation · The Belden Brick Charitable Trust · Austin-Bailey Health & Wellness Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Timken Foundation of Canton · West Central Initiative · Firstenergy 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 Shearers Snacks Charity Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Shearers Snacks Charity Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 Shearers Snacks Charity Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Shearers Snacks Charity 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 62 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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