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Stark Community Foundation

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

$17M
Granted FY2024still arriving
260
Grants FY2024still arriving
26
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$21MArts & Culture$14MReligion$9.3MYouth Development$8.9MHealth$7.4MHuman Services$7.0MPhilanthropy$3.9MCommunity Improvement$3.6MOther$0
02FY2024 · 260 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 260 grants below total $14,634,762, the rows itemized in this filing. The $16,549,468 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,914,706 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 $10k67 grants · $486k
  • $10k–50k128 grants · $2.6M
  • $50k–250k54 grants · $6.1M
  • $250k+11 grants · $5.5M
$17,606
Median grant
26
States reached
$406M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTSINSTARK$1,076,993
NEOMED FOUNDATION$620,984
BUCKEYE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA$586,282
UNITED WAY OF GREATER STARK COUNTY$508,381
HALL OF FAME RESORT & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY$500,000
JOHN H AND EVELYN L ASHTON PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC$430,000
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF$410,500
WALSH UNIVERSITY$388,776
STARK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD$342,000
STARK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$322,839
STARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$285,944
STARK EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC$238,920
CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION$228,804
CANTON STUDENT LOAN FOUNDATION$221,561
THE WILDERNESS CENTER$213,344
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 (FY17–24, $5.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPE FOR HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMAS: $25k → 8%ECHOING HILLS VILLAGE INC: $73k → 15%ECHOING HILLS VILLAGE INC: $68k → 15%HOSPICE OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY INC: $34k → 12%MINERVA AREA YMCA: $30k → 12%MINERVA AREA YMCA: $20k → 12%MINERVA AREA YMCA: $20k → 12%MINERVA AREA YMCA: $20k → 12%VANTAGE AGING: $18k → 13%ST JOHN'S VILLA: $68k → 12%ST JOHN'S VILLA: $59k → 12%ST JOHN'S VILLA: $59k → 12%ST JOHN'S VILLA: $40k → 12%ST JOHN'S VILLA: $36k → 12%ST JOHN'S VILLA: $35k → 12%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $325k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $195k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $91k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $75k → 13%YMCA - CAMP TIPPECANOE: $45k → 13%YMCA OF CENTRAL STARK COUNTY: $42k → 13%SIFFRIN INC: $37k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $509k → 13%YWCA - CANTON: $391k → 13%CANTON FOR ALL PEOPLE INC: $354k → 13%CANTON FOR ALL PEOPLE INC: $265k → 13%YWCA - CANTON: $125k → 13%YWCA - CANTON: $111k → 13%YWCA - CANTON: $104k → 13%CANTON FOR ALL PEOPLE INC: $101k → 13%YWCA - CANTON: $88k → 13%YWCA - CANTON: $82k → 13%YWCA CANTON: $74k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $21k → 13%COMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $19k → 13%GREATER STARK COUNTY URBAN LEAGUE INC: $78k → 13%STARK HOUSING NETWORK: $50k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HEARTLAND STARK AND MUSKINGUM LAKES: $32k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF STARK AND MUSKINGUM LAKES: $25k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HEARTLAND STARK AND MUSKINGUM LAKES: $23k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF STARK AND MUSKINGUM LAKES: $22k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HEARTLAND STARK AND MUSKINGUM LAKES: $18k → 13%EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER: $211k → 13%EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER: $54k → 13%THE GOLDEN KEY CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC: $137k → 13%THE GOLDEN KEY CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC: $135k → 13%GOLDEN KEY CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN: $125k → 13%COMPASSION DELIVERED: $20k → 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

VT
NH
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
MS
AL
TX
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$85M · 282 repeat orgs$4.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

282 repeat relationships: 190 still active in FY2024, 92 since wound down; 50 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

282
127

Total granted

$85M
$3.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+14%

Still filing today

71%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • BG
    BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF MASSILLON INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6.1M · revenue +149% · 46% of their budget
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 436 BUCKEYE COUNCIL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +29%
  • SC
    STARK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +57% · 42% of their budget

Funded once

  • KM
    KEEP MEMORY ALIVE
    one grant, 2018 · $700k
  • LC
    LAKE CENTER CHRISTIAN BLUE & GOLD BOOSTER CLUB
    one grant, 2022 · $250k · revenue -91% · 82% of their budget
  • HF
    HEALTH FOUNDATION OF GREATER MASSILLON
    one grant, 2022 · $183k · revenue +17% · 43% of their budget
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
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
2
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

—
3
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
4
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
5
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
6
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

—
7
The University of Toledo Foundation

The mission of the university of toledo foundation is to secure the future for the university of toledo, through prudent asset management and philanthropy. we build strong linkages between alumni and the university, fostering a spirit of…

Education
8
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce

The chamber is a member association designed to be the leading advocate for the business community of the greater dayton region. its mission is to work shoulder to shoulder with businesses to help them succeed.

—
9
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
10
Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio

The hospital council of northwest ohio is a member-driven organization that represents and advocates on behalf of its member hospitals and health systems, and provides collaborative opportunities to enhance the health status of the…

Health
11
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
12
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio; the most unlike its peers is Hope Whispers Community Organization Inc. 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

357 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. 357 of the 468 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.

37
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
79
Early backer (in before they grew)
343/357
Grantees still filing
234/357
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: $2,003,512 · OtherOSNABURG LOCAL SCHOOLS: $1,970,020 · OtherThe Canton Student Loan Foundation: $1,503,653 · OtherSTARK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC: $1,675,400 · OtherSTARK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,252,171 · OtherSTARK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETYLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $1,801,750 · OtherTHE WILDERNESS CENTER INC: $1,716,176 · OtherAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $1,533,163 · Other+108 more: $24,286,766 · Other+108 moreJOHN H & EVELYN L ASHTON PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC: $3,774,502 · EducationJOHN H & EVELYN L…STARK EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC: $2,200,073 · EducationSTARK EDUCATION P…Walsh University Inc: $1,364,548 · EducationWalsh University …NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $886,282 · EducationNORTHEAST OHIO ME…University of Mount Union: $760,248 · EducationUniversity of Mou…MALONE UNIVERSITY: $550,758 · EducationSTARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $522,323 · EducationNATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY: $474,878 · Education+17 more: $2,865,067 · Education+17 moreARTS IN STARK: $7,082,415 · Arts & CultureARTS IN STARKThe Canton Classic Car Museum: $1,791,033 · Arts & CultureThe Canton Classi…STARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,713,951 · Arts & CultureSTARK COUNTY HIST…Canton Museum of Art: $663,012 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM INC: $556,360 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $1,382,366 · Arts & Culture+9 moreBOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF MASSILLON INC: $6,113,371 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS' & GIR…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 436 BUCKEYE COUNCIL: $2,350,962 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUTS …+1 more: $150,979 · Youth DevelopmentYMCA of Central Stark County: $984,318 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CANTON OHIO: $975,966 · Human ServicesCANTON FOR ALL PEOPLE INC: $725,875 · Human ServicesCOMMQUEST SERVICES INC: $589,491 · Human ServicesTHE GOLDEN KEY CENTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN INC: $407,000 · Human ServicesEARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER: $314,762 · Human ServicesST JOHN'S VILLA INC: $303,284 · Human Services+8 more: $684,276 · Human ServicesUnited Way of Greater Stark County: $2,965,851 · PhilanthropyHEALTH FOUNDATION OF GREATER MASSILLON: $183,477 · PhilanthropyKEVIN COLEMAN FOUNDATION INC: $168,990 · Philanthropy+5 more: $413,851 · PhilanthropyCANTON CHRISTIAN HOME INC: $614,999 · HealthACCESS HEALTH STARK COUNTY INC: $546,009 · HealthCLEVELAND CLINIC MERCY HOSPITAL: $260,345 · HealthBeacon Charitable Pharmacy Inc: $256,450 · HealthPATHWAY CARING FOR CHILDREN: $230,232 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $159,667 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $151,412 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $135,228 · HealthMARGARET B SHIPLEY CHILD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $121,079 · Health+10 more: $779,027 · Health
Other$38,742,611Education$13,398,679Arts & Culture$13,189,137Youth Development$8,615,312Human Services$4,984,972Philanthropy$3,732,169Health$3,254,448

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 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 budgetCanton Jewish Community Federation: $339,961 over 8y, 12% 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 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 ARTS IN STARK ↗
  • Who funds BOYS' & GIRLS' CLUB OF MASSILLON INC ↗
  • Who funds JOHN H & EVELYN L ASHTON PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Stark County ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 436 BUCKEYE COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds STARK COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds STARK EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds The Canton Classic Car Museum ↗
  • Who funds THE WILDERNESS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds STARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds STARK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds The Canton Student Loan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Walsh University Inc ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CANTON MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YMCA of Central Stark County ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CANTON OHIO ↗
  • Who funds NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Mount Union ↗
  • Who funds REFUGE OF HOPE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds CANTON FOR ALL PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY EAST CENTRAL OHIO ↗
  • Who funds Canton Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds CANTON CHRISTIAN HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMQUEST SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds MALONE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS HEALTH STARK COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds STARK STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NORTHEAST OHIO ↗

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 Inc…Sisters of Charity Fo…United Way of Greater…Timken Foundation of …The Paul and Carol Da…Austin-Bailey Health …Timken Co Charitable …The Belden Brick Char…Health Foundation of …Albert W & Edith V Fl…Henry & Louise Timken…Christ Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Stark Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stark Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 47%
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
46report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Stark Community Foundation?

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.

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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