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Stark Community Foundation

We partner with individuals, families, businesses and nonprofits to help them achieve their charitable goals.

$17M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
260
Itemized grants FY2024
235
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$15M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$17,606
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,076,993
Organizations funded a year
166 to 235
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
26
Total assets, FY2024
$406M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Stark Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $801k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther
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 arriving240$15M21%
FY2023235$19M18%
FY2022217$17M19%
FY2021197$10M27%
FY2019180$11M26%
FY2018174$9.8M34%
FY2017166$7.9Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$21MArts & Culture$14MReligion$9.3MYouth Development$8.9MHealth$7.4MHuman Services$7.0MPhilanthropy$3.9MCommunity Improvement$3.6MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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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
Arts in Stark$7,082,415851%
Boys' & Girls' Club of Massillon Inc$6,113,371846%
John H & Evelyn L Ashton Preservation Association Inc$3,774,502889%
United Way of Greater Stark County$2,965,851810%
Boy Scouts of America 436 Buckeye Council$2,350,962824%
Stark County Humane Society$2,252,171842%
Stark Education Partnership Inc$2,200,073881%
Trinity United Church of Christ$2,003,5128n/a
Osnaburg Local Schools$1,970,0208n/a
Lutheran World Relief Inc$1,801,75071%
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All grantees of Stark Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Arts in Stark$7,082,415851%
Boys' & Girls' Club of Massillon Inc$6,113,371846%
John H & Evelyn L Ashton Preservation Association Inc$3,774,502889%
United Way of Greater Stark County$2,965,851810%
Boy Scouts of America 436 Buckeye Council$2,350,962824%
Stark County Humane Society$2,252,171842%
Stark Education Partnership Inc$2,200,073881%
Trinity United Church of Christ$2,003,5128n/a
Osnaburg Local Schools$1,970,0208n/a
Lutheran World Relief Inc$1,801,75071%
The Canton Classic Car Museum$1,791,0338100%
The Wilderness Center Inc$1,716,176824%
Stark County Historical Society$1,713,951829%
Stark Economic Development Board Inc$1,675,400747%
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank$1,533,16382%
The Canton Student Loan Foundation$1,503,653857%
Walsh University Inc$1,364,54881%
The Salvation Army$1,218,8828n/a
North Canton Medical Foundation$1,142,464349%
YMCA of Central Stark County$984,31881%
Young Women's Christian Association of Canton Ohio$975,96686%
Northeast Ohio Medical University Foundation$886,282612%
First Baptist Church$781,2248n/a
University of Mount Union$760,24880%
Refuge of Hope Ministries$740,04185%
Canton for All People Inc$725,875421%
Christ Presbyterian Church$723,7098n/a
Keep Memory Alive$700,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio$698,74483%
Canton Museum of Art$663,012815%
Carroll County Parks Commission$636,5968n/a
Aultman Health Foundation$624,6638n/a
Canton Christian Home Inc$614,99981%
Commquest Services Inc$589,49172%
National Football Museum Inc$556,36080%
Malone University$550,75880%
Access Health Stark County Inc$546,009528%
Stark State College Foundation$522,323817%
Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio$519,00045%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$505,0003n/a
Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company$500,0001n/a
National First Ladies Library$474,878537%
Ican Inc$426,50064%
St James Roman Catholic Church$421,3725n/a
Stark County Catholic Schools$414,9368n/a
Massillon Public Library$412,0893n/a
The Golden Key Center for Exceptional Children Inc$407,00038%
Mercy Development Foundation$398,803713%
Brookside Scholarship Fund Inc$391,087893%
Lifecare Family Health and Dental Center Inc$386,73843%
Canton Palace Theatre Association$359,20469%
Minerva Education Foundation & Alumni Association$347,069796%
St Timothy's Episcopal Church$346,5318n/a
Stark County Educational Service Center$341,3136n/a
Carrollton First Umc$340,0002n/a
Fore Stark County Youth Development Inc$335,910827%
Canton Symphony Orchestra Association$331,70686%
Diocese of Youngstown$328,3548n/a
St Michael the Archangel Church$326,5288n/a
Lake Local School District$318,6425n/a
Early Childhood Resource Center$314,76285%
Faith Family Church$313,0005n/a
St John's Villa Inc$303,28481%
Pegasus Farm$286,85887%
Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio$279,70646%
Kent State University$271,3718n/a
Canton Preservation Society$260,450858%
Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital$260,34550%
Canton City Schools$260,1898n/a
Beacon Charitable Pharmacy Inc$256,45072%
New Philadelphia City Schools Quaker Foundation Inc$251,900616%
Lake Center Christian Blue & Gold Booster Club$250,000182%
Greater East Canton Community Development Association$242,366827%
Pathway Caring for Children$230,23282%
Aultman Health Foundation$230,1607n/a
Culver Educational Foundation$229,50030%
Massillon Museum$228,12783%
Buckeye Career Center Adult Education$225,5324n/a
Cuyahoga Falls Schools Alumni Fndn$218,080738%
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health$203,91481%
Plain Local Schools Foundation$202,081865%
Kent State University Foundation$197,81531%
Friends of Stark Parks$191,021229%
Association for Better Community Development Inc$190,319214%
Stark County Hunger Task Force Inc$189,05173%
Canton Country Day School$186,94682%
Zoar Community Association$186,100513%
Health Foundation of Greater Massillon$183,477143%
Community Legal Aid Services$176,30071%
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church$172,0928n/a
Oesterlen - Services for Youth Foundation Inc$171,13081%
Kevin Coleman Foundation Inc$168,99043%
Community Building Partnership of Stark County Inc$163,750451%
Rivertree Christian Church$163,6004n/a
Domestic Violence Project Inc$160,13982%
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio$159,66780%
J R Coleman Family Services Corp$157,27082%
American Heart Association Inc$151,41280%
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$151,001855%
Girl Scouts of North East Ohio$150,97980%
Jumpstart Inc$150,50011%
St Francis Xavier Catholic Church$150,0002n/a
Randolph College Inc$150,00070%
St John Lutheran Church$143,4005n/a
Massillon Tiger Football Booster Club Inc$142,000320%
Echoing Hills Village Inc$141,02820%
House of Loreto for Senior Citizens$138,56083%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$137,59380%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$135,22830%
Carrollton Board of Education$134,3038n/a
Westark Family Services Inc$129,910119%
Louisville City School District$129,1007n/a
Crossroads United Methodist Church$127,0467n/a
Zion United Church of Christ$124,5438n/a
Margaret B Shipley Child Health Clinic Inc$121,07983%
J R Coleman Senior Outreach$120,36452%
The Arc of Ohio Inc$119,86118%
Historic Onesto Lld$118,2341n/a
Lake Academic Booster Club$117,4406n/a
Hammer & Nails Inc$116,950511%
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Greater Canton$116,1038n/a
Whispering Grace Horses$114,929610%
Tri County Jobs for Ohio's Graduates$114,19032%
Seacrest School Inc$112,66151%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$110,00020%
Young Life Foundation$109,4981n/a
Children's Network of Stark County$107,5144n/a
J Babe Stearn Community Center$107,350211%
Church of the Lakes$104,5885n/a
American Diabetes Association$102,45280%
Pregnancy Support Network$101,91981%
Aultman Health Foundation$101,43620%
North Canton City Schools$101,1534n/a
Castle Crusaders$101,000123%
American Cancer Society Inc$100,84380%
Young America's Foundation$100,70080%
Young Mens Christian Association of Massillon YMCA Of Western Stark County$100,49272%
Louisville Public Library$100,0001n/a
The Lakeside Chautauqua Foundation$94,55076%
SCORE Association$93,57560%
Ohio State University Foundation$93,55680%
Akron Zoological Park$91,79250%
Canton Montessori Association Dba Canton Montessori School$90,85982%
Disabled American Veterans National Service Foundation$85,93270%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$82,87480%
Archbishop Hoban High School Inc$82,0005n/a
Hope Outreach Ministry of Stark Co$81,5754n/a
Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio Inc$80,55630%
Toussaint River Watershed Conservancy$80,00028%
The Chapel in North Canton$79,9125n/a
Wishes Can Happen Inc$79,61056%
Greater Stark County Urban League Inc$78,100110%
Canton Local Schools$77,4898n/a
Carroll County Animal Protection League$76,383813%
First Christian Church$76,3644n/a
North Canton Playhouse$76,000213%
My Community Health Center$76,00021%
University Hospitals Health System Inc$75,00020%
Minerva Area Community Charitable Trust Association$74,521362%
Tuscarawas County Univ Foundation$73,00023%
San Diego Womens Chorus$72,833811%
Magic Horse Therapeutic Riding Center$72,511828%
Basilica of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Peter Parish$72,1325n/a
Guardian Angels Parish$71,1004n/a
Ohio History Connection$70,75040%
Vantage Aging$68,98260%
St Joseph Catholic Church$68,6515n/a
The Wr Bell-Herron Scholarship Foundation Inc$68,444723%
Team NEO Foundation$66,80030%
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Foundation Inc$65,423341%
Faith United Methodist Church$65,0204n/a
Canton Rotary Charitable Fund$64,200334%
Junior League of Stark County Ohio Inc$63,807828%
Hospice of Tuscarawas County Inc$63,07261%
Stark Housing Network Inc$62,500312%
Lepidopterists Society$62,230614%
The Kansas University Endowment Association$62,18370%
St Mark's Episcopal Church$61,9505n/a
St Gabriel Church$61,8831n/a
Ahead Inc$60,490322%
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron$59,50020%
Massillon Heritage Foundation Inc$58,992326%
Sandy Valley Local School District$58,6954n/a
Downtown Canton Special Improvement District Inc$57,676214%
Stark County District Library$56,96950%
En-Rich-Ment$56,92045%
Spay Neuter Assistance Program - SNAP of NE Ohio$55,295236%
Washington High School Alumni Association of Massi$54,600420%
Ohio & Erie Canalway Coalition$53,50361%
Southbend United Methodist Church$51,5004n/a
Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma$51,31260%
United Service Organizations Inc$50,42480%
Hartville Lake Community Development Association$50,0001100%
Axess Family Services Inc$50,0001n/a
Bridge City Church$50,0001n/a
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc$50,00010%
Earthjustice$50,00010%
Kenosha Symphony Association Inc$50,0001n/a
Italian American Mens Society$50,000197%
FisherNightingale Houses Inc$48,78981%
Hartville Volunteer Fire Dept Inc$47,55513%
The Claymont Foundation Inc$47,45557%
Temple Israel$47,4266n/a
The College of Wooster$47,10030%
Hiram College$45,00040%
University of Cincinnati$45,0003n/a
Malvern United Methodist Church Co Hilltop Learning Center$45,0001n/a
Meyers Lake Preserve Inc$45,000224%
St Louis Parish$45,0002n/a
Compassion Delivered Inc$43,72537%
Cleveland Rovers R F C Inc$43,000237%
St Thomas Aquinas$42,5532n/a
Project Angel Heart$42,50020%
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges$41,50060%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$40,8503n/a
Tomtod Ideas Inc$40,83256%
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church$40,7554n/a
Botanical Garden Association Inc$40,06218%
Nebraska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$40,0002n/a
The Legacy Project of Stark$38,94554%
Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps Inc$38,79511%
Claymont City Schools$38,6753n/a
Military Aviation Preservation Society$38,50051%
Stark County Retired Teachers Assoc Iation Inc$37,8218n/a
Siffrin Inc$37,26920%
Serving Area Military Veterans & Widows$36,50033%
Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio$36,35023%
Akron Children's Hospital Foundation$35,50020%
St Mary Star of the Sea Church$35,0003n/a
Perry Local School District$34,6105n/a
Greentown Athletic Club Inc$34,0001n/a
Guardian Support Services Inc$34,00076%
St Josephs Church$33,9365n/a
Buckeye Career Center Foundation Inc$33,925516%
Young Women's Christian Association of Alliance Ohio$33,84243%
Canton Ballet$33,50042%
Hartville Migrant Council Inc$33,300115%
The Community Hall Foundation Inc Dba Akron Civic Theatre$32,34770%
Golden Age Improvement Committee Fund$31,5007n/a
Blessings in a Backpack Inc$30,30020%
Thanksgiving Baskets Downtown Inc$30,1004n/a
Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts$30,000417%
GoFarm$30,00032%
Stark County District Library Foundation$28,875212%
Minerva United Methodist Church$28,7201n/a
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$28,50010%
Total Living Center$28,40011%
Tiqvah Hands of Hope$27,80046%
Stark State College$27,7483n/a
A Community Christmas of Stark County Inc$26,550325%
The Buckeye Institute$26,50031%
Stark County Diaper Bank Inc$25,25028%
High Point University$25,00010%
The Ohio State University$25,0001n/a
Military Heritage Foundation$25,00012%
Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions-P I M E Inc$25,0002n/a
Hope for Hypothalamic Hamartomas$24,764155%
Stark County Agricultural Society Inc$24,00011%
Young Life$23,25030%
Carroll County Caring Hands Inc$23,000310%
Miami University Foundation$23,00030%
Career Apprenticeship & Mentorship Program Inc$22,50015%
Cobalt Foundation$22,50030%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$22,50010%
Dennison Railroad Depot Museum Inc$22,20014%
Minerva Area Historical Society$22,0002n/a
SCORE Foundation$22,00021%
Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc$21,50020%
Holy Family Parish$21,3882n/a
Eisenhower Medical Center$21,00010%
Friends of the Parks Inc$20,833312%
Project Rebuild Inc$20,62431%
Sing Stark Inc$20,500123%
Canton City Public Health$20,5003n/a
Alliance Area Preservation Society Inc$20,0001n/a
The Independence Fund Inc$20,00010%
Tuslaw Turf Project$20,00013%
Treasure Restored Inc$20,0002n/a
Tuscarawas County Economic Development Corporation Inc$20,00023%
Divine Mercy Parish$20,0001n/a
Regina Coeli School$20,0001n/a
Camp Tuscazoar Foundation Inc$20,00019%
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Incorporated$20,00020%
Special Olympics Inc$19,56110%
Patriot Project$19,50027%
World Central Kitchen Inc$19,50020%
Perry Local School District$19,1851n/a
Rmh of Akroninc$19,10011%
International Justice Mission$18,75020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$17,53040%
West Park Neighborhood Association Inc$17,3993n/a
Indian Run Christian Church$17,1001n/a
Canton Calvary Mission$17,10021%
International Soap Box Derby Inc$17,02911%
Mercy Service League$17,00033%
SHAOHANNAHS HOPE INC dba SHOW HOPE$17,00020%
Community Christian Church$17,0003n/a
Ohio Society of Military History In$16,975163%
Mount Vernon Neighborhood Association$16,7053n/a
Every Orphans Hope$16,50021%
Zoe's House Adoption Agency Inc$16,50021%
Hope Whispers Community Organization Inc$16,1862n/a
National Society to Prevent Blindness$16,10020%
Ben Curtis Family Foundation$16,00021%
Hills and Dales Recreation Fund$16,0001n/a
Canton South Baseball Association of Stark County Inc$16,0002n/a
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame$15,42520%
Stark County Italian American Festival Foundation Inc$15,398214%
Clearview Legacy Foundation for Education Preservation & Research$15,25021%
St Mary & St Benedict Parish$15,2003n/a
The Walking Horse Trainers Auxiliary Inc$15,000322%
The Voyager Program Inc$15,000114%
Louisville Athletic Booster Club$15,000122%
Cleveland Zoological Society$15,00010%
Trinity University$15,00010%
Stark County Community Action Agency$15,00010%
Whole Latte Love Cafe Inc$14,60017%
United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co$14,50011%
Meals on Wheels of Stark & Wayne Counties$14,45022%
Jackson Local Schools$14,3612n/a
Starkfresh$14,15024%
Spring Hill Historic Home Inc$14,10027%
Ohio FFA Camps Inc$14,00020%
National Center for Urban Solutions Tec$14,00021%
Eight Days of Hope Inc$14,00020%
Peace for DC$13,41721%
St Luke Lutheran Community$13,3921n/a
Samaritan's Purse$13,25010%
Hannah's House 119$13,0002n/a
North Canton Cares Pantry$13,00028%
Girls Garage$12,75021%
American Guild of Organists$12,65020%
Bradley Free Clinic of Roanoke Valley Inc$12,50010%
Agape International Missions$12,50010%
Canton Abbey$12,5001n/a
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc$12,50010%
Jackson Bear Hugs Inc$12,50015%
Project Hope - the People-To-People Health Foundation Inc$12,50020%
Aunt Susie's Cancer Wellness Center$12,50018%
Food Bank of the Rockies$12,50010%
Central American Medical Outreach Inc$12,20020%
Canton Garden Center$12,113211%
Diocese of Venice in Florida$12,0002n/a
St Paul Parish$12,0001n/a
Independent Bapt Mission for Asians$12,00010%
Family & Community Services Inc$12,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$11,89220%
Friends of the Summit$11,70028%
Friends of the Homeless$11,50011%
Carroll County Ministerial Association Inc$11,500114%
United States Catholic Conference$11,4812n/a
Embracing Futures Inc$11,39321%
Cantons Harrison Hills Neighborhood Association Inc$11,3682n/a
Chill Foundation$11,32520%
Girls on the Run of Stark County$11,27823%
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens Inc$11,25010%
Westminster Community Church$11,0622n/a
American Friends of Magen David Adom$11,00010%
Cast It Forward$11,000112%
Regents of the University of Michigan$10,8451n/a
Stark County Regional Planning Commission Services Inc$10,76016%
Blood Cancer United Inc$10,75020%
Progressive Housing Solutions Corporation$10,75012%
Best Friends Animal Society$10,38520%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc$10,10010%
Ohio Wesleyan University$10,10030%
Carrollton Village Fire Department$10,0001n/a
Pilot Dogs Alloway$10,00011%
Stark Athletic Enhancement Corp$10,00014%
Porchlight a Family Justice Center$10,00011%
Unique Club$10,0002n/a
Urban Mission Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Diocese of Owensboro$10,0001n/a
Humanitarian Hands Charities$10,00017%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$10,00010%
Little League International$10,00010%
St John Neumann Parish$10,0001n/a
Gigis Playhouse Inc$10,0001n/a
Stark County Courthouse Bicentennial Committee$10,0001n/a
Kenyon College$10,00020%
Tipping Point Ministries$10,0001n/a
Northern Ohio PGA Section Foundation$10,00013%
Catholic Charities Hawaii$10,00010%
Canines Helping Independent People$10,000131%
St James School$10,0001n/a
Christ Fellowship Church Inc$10,0001n/a
Caring and Serving Together - CAST$9,600110%
Triad Deaf Services Inc$9,40014%
St Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church$9,0001n/a
Massillon City Board of Education$8,6062n/a
Room to Grow National Inc$8,50010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of North Central Florida Inc$8,50010%
Boy Scouts of America$8,50010%
Team Focus Inc$8,25012%
Joni and Friends$8,25010%
Pegasus Freedom Reins Ohio$8,2001n/a
Diocese of Youngstown Catholic Charities Corporation$8,1001n/a
Canton Ex-Newsboys Association$8,05716%
Main Street Louisville Inc$8,0001n/a
Miami University$8,0001n/a
Stark Community Support Network$8,00026%
El Hogar Ministries Inc$8,00011%
Kaitlyn Eckelberry Memorial Fund$7,85015%
Reaching Above Hopelessness & Brokenness Ministries Inc$7,66010%
Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration Canton Ohio Foundation Inc$7,50016%
Leila Green Educators Council School Educators Canton City Schoo$7,5001n/a
Stark County Mba$7,50011%
Ideastream$7,40210%
Aultman Health Foundation$7,3701n/a
For the Love of Dogs Vermont Ltd$7,32512%
Phoenix Rising Behav Healthcare$7,20020%
The Protestant Congregation of Ocean Reef Inc$7,1002n/a
Star Academy Foundation$7,0001n/a
Plain Local School District$6,9961n/a
The American Youth Foundation$6,80010%
Lighthouse Ministries of Canton$6,75011%
The Battle Buddy Foundation$6,5001n/a
New Baltimore Community Church$6,5001n/a
Heritage Christian Schools of Ohio Inc$6,4351n/a
Central Historical Area Residents of Massillon$6,2501n/a
International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention$6,2501n/a
International Rescue Committee INC$6,25010%
The Malala Fund$6,25010%
Alliance High School Foundation of Alliance Ohio$6,25012%
City Dogs Rescue Inc$6,25011%
Calvary Women's Services Inc$6,25010%
Christ the Servant Parish$6,1001n/a
William & Mary$6,0001n/a
Carrollton Schools Alumni Foundation Inc$6,0001n/a
Sandy Valley Alumni Association$6,0001n/a
Westside Cares Inc$6,00010%
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation$6,00010%
Beyond the Game$6,00013%
Fisher House Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Engineers Without Borders-Usainc$6,00010%
Market Heights Neighborhood Association$5,8911n/a
One Byte at a Time Educational Technology Services$5,7351n/a
Bridge Point Community Services$5,7001n/a
Power of the Pen$5,50013%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & In$5,50010%
Operation Flags of Freedom$5,5001n/a
Juneites Club$5,4991n/a
Westbrook Park Umc$5,3251n/a
Citizens Akron Church$5,2501n/a
USA Cares Inc$5,25010%
Operation Smile Inc$5,20010%
Alliance Community Pantry Inc$5,2001n/a
American Kidney Fund Inc$5,20010%
Northwest Firefighters Association Inc$5,1531n/a
The Tuscarawas Valley Schools Trojan Foundation In$5,10011%
Martin Luther King Jr Commission of Greater Canton Inc$5,01814%
Ram Ministries$5,0001n/a
Friends of Breakthrough Schools$5,00010%
DePauw University$5,00020%
Players Guild of Canton Inc$5,00021%
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Foundation$5,00010%
Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Foundation$5,0002n/a
Roman Catholic Bishop of San Bernardino$5,0001n/a
Dover City Schools$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Stark Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 37 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetArts in Stark: $7,082,415 over 8y, 51% of budgetBoys' & Girls' Club of Massillon Inc: $6,113,371 over 8y, 46% of budgetJohn H & Evelyn L Ashton Preservation Association Inc: $3,774,502 over 8y, 89% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Stark County: $2,965,851 over 8y, 10% of budgetBoy Scouts of America 436 Buckeye Council: $2,350,962 over 8y, 24% of budgetStark County Humane Society: $2,252,171 over 8y, 42% of budgetStark Education Partnership Inc: $2,200,073 over 8y, 81% of budgetLutheran World Relief Inc: $1,801,750 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetThe Canton Classic Car Museum: $1,791,033 over 8y, 100% of budgetThe Wilderness Center Inc: $1,716,176 over 8y, 24% of budgetStark County Historical Society: $1,713,951 over 8y, 29% of budgetStark Economic Development Board Inc: $1,675,400 over 7y, 47% of budgetAkron-Canton Regional Foodbank: $1,533,163 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetThe Canton Student Loan Foundation: $1,503,653 over 8y, 57% of budgetWalsh University Inc: $1,364,548 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetNorth Canton Medical Foundation: $1,142,464 over 3y, 49% of budgetYMCA of Central Stark County: $984,318 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Canton Ohio: $975,966 over 8y, 6.1% of budgetNortheast Ohio Medical University Foundation: $886,282 over 6y, 12% of budgetUniversity of Mount Union: $760,248 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetRefuge of Hope Ministries: $740,041 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetCanton for All People Inc: $725,875 over 4y, 21% of budgetHabitat for Humanity East Central Ohio: $698,744 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetCanton Museum of Art: $663,012 over 8y, 15% of budgetCanton Christian Home Inc: $614,999 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCommquest Services Inc: $589,491 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetNational Football Museum Inc: $556,360 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetMalone University: $550,758 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetAccess Health Stark County Inc: $546,009 over 5y, 28% of budgetStark State College Foundation: $522,323 over 8y, 17% of budgetFund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio: $519,000 over 4y, 4.9% of budgetNational First Ladies Library: $474,878 over 5y, 37% of budgetIcan Inc: $426,500 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetThe Golden Key Center for Exceptional Children Inc: $407,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetMercy Development Foundation: $398,803 over 7y, 13% of budgetBrookside Scholarship Fund Inc: $391,087 over 8y, 93% of budgetLifecare Family Health and Dental Center Inc: $386,738 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetCanton Palace Theatre Association: $359,204 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetMinerva Education Foundation & Alumni Association: $347,069 over 7y, 96% of budgetFore Stark County Youth Development Inc: $335,910 over 8y, 27% of budgetCanton Symphony Orchestra Association: $331,706 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetEarly Childhood Resource Center: $314,762 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetSt John's Villa Inc: $303,284 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetPegasus Farm: $286,858 over 8y, 6.5% of budgetJunior Achievement of North Central Ohio: $279,706 over 4y, 6.5% of budgetCanton Preservation Society: $260,450 over 8y, 58% of budgetCleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital: $260,345 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBeacon Charitable Pharmacy Inc: $256,450 over 7y, 1.8% 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 200.

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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.

Hoover Foundation Income AccountOH131.4× affinity64 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hoover Foundation Income Account · Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton · United Way of Greater Stark County · Timken Foundation of Canton · The Paul and Carol David Foundation · Austin-Bailey Health & Wellness Foundation · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · The Belden Brick Charitable Trust · Health Foundation of Greater Massillon · Albert W & Edith V Flowers Charitable · Henry & Louise Timken Foundation · Christ 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.

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Find your warmest path to Stark Community 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 Stark Community Foundation

How much does Stark Community Foundation give?
Stark Community Foundation reported 260 itemized grants totaling $14,634,762, out of $16,549,468 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 166 and 235 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Stark Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (23%), Arts & Culture (16%), Religion (10%).
Who are Stark Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Arts in Stark ($7.1M), Boys' & Girls' Club of Massillon Inc ($6.1M), John H & Evelyn L Ashton Preservation Association Inc ($3.8M).
Does Stark Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Stark Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hoover Foundation Income Account, Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton, United Way of Greater Stark County.
Where is Stark Community Foundation based?
Stark Community 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 468 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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