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Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau
The Mission of the Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau is to attract and engage visitors, serve and educate regional tourisim partners, and generate economic growth for the community through travel and tourism development.
- $725k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $597k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $166,339
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $597k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $459k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $665k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1.4M | 13% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $481k | 32% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $402k | 86% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $95k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $164k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Football Museum Inc | $1,271,525 | 6 | 2% |
| Arts in Stark | $1,011,037 | 7 | 14% |
| Canton Museum of Art | $499,503 | 7 | 9% |
| Massillon Museum | $256,127 | 6 | 6% |
| Canton Symphony Orchestra Association | $216,335 | 6 | 6% |
| Canton Palace Theatre Association | $164,763 | 5 | 5% |
| Canton Ballet | $99,424 | 5 | 4% |
| Players Guild of Canton Inc | $77,900 | 3 | 5% |
| Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps Inc | $74,600 | 4 | 1% |
| National First Ladies Library | $59,900 | 3 | 4% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Football Museum Inc | $1,271,525 | 6 | 2% |
| Arts in Stark | $1,011,037 | 7 | 14% |
| Canton Museum of Art | $499,503 | 7 | 9% |
| Massillon Museum | $256,127 | 6 | 6% |
| Canton Symphony Orchestra Association | $216,335 | 6 | 6% |
| Canton Palace Theatre Association | $164,763 | 5 | 5% |
| Canton Ballet | $99,424 | 5 | 4% |
| Players Guild of Canton Inc | $77,900 | 3 | 5% |
| Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps Inc | $74,600 | 4 | 1% |
| National First Ladies Library | $59,900 | 3 | 4% |
| Dowdle Studios LLC | $49,999 | 1 | n/a |
| LYNN A SHIMKO dba THE 720 MARKET LLC | $49,300 | 5 | n/a |
| Stark County Historical Society | $38,883 | 3 | 1% |
| Sing Stark Inc | $35,250 | 3 | 12% |
| Hartville Kitchen | $28,912 | 2 | n/a |
| Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce | $28,845 | 3 | 0% |
| Canton Fine Arts Associates Inc | $21,500 | 2 | 76% |
| Dressler Pub Group | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson Township Board of Trustees | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Botanical Garden Association Inc | $17,952 | 2 | 2% |
| Stark County Italian American Festival Foundation Inc | $16,015 | 2 | 28% |
| Queer in Canton | $15,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Stark County Park District | $15,474 | 2 | n/a |
| Downtown Canton Partnership Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau | $14,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sos Contract Services LLC | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| GARY STACKHOUSE dba XTREME MARKETING | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Bender's Tavern | $12,750 | 2 | n/a |
| Downtown Massilon Association | $11,050 | 1 | n/a |
| ARROWHEAD CANTON LLC dba DOWNTOWN CANTON FLEA | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Canton Chamber of Commerce | $9,450 | 2 | 4% |
| Stark Si Se Puede Inc | $8,150 | 1 | n/a |
| St Haralambos Greek Orthodox Church | $7,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Royal Docks Brewing Co | $6,575 | 2 | n/a |
| Warehouse on the Canal LLC | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hartville Marketplace & Flea Market | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| GROOM FAMILY INVESTMENTS INC dba TROLL HOLE MUSEUM | $3,075 | 2 | n/a |
| 4th Street Group | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| JEALOUS ENTERTAINMENT LLC dba NOBLE STEED MUSIC | $1,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Minerva Area Chamber of Commerce | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grapes in a Glass LLC | $1,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Corey Shofrothmoonshine Q LLC | $1,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Alliance Area Chamber of Commerce | $700 | 1 | 0% |
| THE CROSSING ALLIANCE dba WISECRACKS | $350 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 20 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Stark Community Foundation · Arts in Stark · Hoover Foundation Income Account · Timken Foundation of Canton · Economic and Community Development Institute · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau with peer funders
About Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau
- How much does Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau give?
- Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau reported 18 itemized grants totaling $596,695, out of $724,629 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (97%), Education (1%), Community Improvement (1%).
- Who are Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Football Museum Inc ($1.3M), Arts in Stark ($1.0M), Canton Museum of Art ($500k).
- Does Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Stark Community Foundation, Arts in Stark, Hoover Foundation Income Account.
- Where is Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau based?
- Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau is based in OH.
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