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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 FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$166k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Arts & Culture$4.1MEducation$60kCommunity Improvement$54kEnvironment$18kRecreation & Sports$15kReligion$500
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $596,695, the rows itemized in this filing. The $724,629 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $127,934 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 $10k5 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $216k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $350k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTS IN STARK$166,339
MASSILLON MUSEUM$131,782
CANTON MUSEUM OF ART$52,003
NATIONAL FIRST LADIES' LIBRARY$34,650
CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSO$34,300
NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM$30,000
CANTON BALLET$24,250
BLUECOATS DRUM & BUGLE CORPS$20,000
DRESSLER PUB GROUP$20,000
MCKINLEY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM$14,383
EN-RICH-MENT$14,000
JACKSON TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES$13,000
HARTVILLE KITCHEN$11,912
QUEER IN CANTON$7,750
LYNN A SHIMKO dba THE 720 MARKET LLC$6,050
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DOWDLE STUDIOS LLC: $50k → 8%NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM: $1.0M → 13%PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME MUSEUM: $128k → 13%NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM: $80k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSO: $76k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSO: $38k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSO: $34k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSO: $30k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSO: $30k → 13%NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM: $30k → 13%NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM: $29k → 13%STARK CO HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $17k → 13%DRESSLER PUB GROUP: $20k → 13%ARTS IN STARK: $289k → 13%ARTS IN STARK: $255k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $250k → 13%ARTS IN STARK: $166k → 13%ARTS IN STARK: $127k → 13%Arts in Stark: $95k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $54k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $52k → 13%ARTS IN STARK: $49k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $46k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $37k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOC: $37k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOC: $36k → 13%CANTON MUSUEM OF ART: $36k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOC: $35k → 13%NATIONAL FIRST LADIES' LIBRARY: $35k → 13%PLAYERS GUILD THEATRE: $33k → 13%PLAYERS GUILD THEATRE: $32k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOC: $31k → 13%ARTS IN STARK: $30k → 13%CANTON BALLET: $28k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $25k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOC: $25k → 13%CANTON BALLET: $24k → 13%NATIONAL FIRST LADIES' LIBRARY: $20k → 13%CANTON BALLET: $19k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $132k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $38k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $24k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $21k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $21k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $20k → 13%BLUECOATS DRUM & BUGLE CORPS: $25k → 13%BLUECOATS DRUM & BUGLE CORPS: $20k → 13%BLUECOATS DRUM & BUGLE CORPS: $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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.1M · 27 repeat orgs$163k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
15

Total granted

$4.1M
$129k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+11%
+14%

Still filing today

63%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentCommunity 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

  • NF
    NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +31%
  • MM
    MASSILLON MUSEUM
    6× · 2019–2024 · $256k · revenue +38%
  • CS
    Canton Symphony Orchestra Association
    6× · 2019–2024 · $216k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • DS
    DOWDLE STUDIOS LLC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • DC
    DOWNTOWN CANTON PARTNERSHIP INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +14%
  • SC
    SOS CONTRACT SERVICES LLC
    one grant, 2022 · $14k
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
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc

Economic & community development - restore and maintain healthy economic and social conditions in the city of canton and stark county and to support infrastructure expansion vital to economic growth.

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2
Canton Chamber of Commerce

Business activities, programs and information for the community

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3
Canfield Heritage Foundation

Museum

Arts & Culture
4
The Canton Classic Car Museum
Arts & Culture
5
The Greater Catonsville Chamber of Commerce Inc

Chamber of commerce - to foster and improve the business community.

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6
Canton Preservation Society

Support and advocate preservation and restoration of historically significant buildings, sites, and objects.

Arts & Culture
7
Columbus Area Arts Council Inc

To enhance the quality of life in the community by stimulating community interest in art, fostering creation and inquiry throughout columbus, and leading a vibrant arts culture tied to our unique history.

Arts & Culture
8
Massillon Weststark Chamber

The Massillon WestStark Chamber of Commerce exists to develop, enhance, and represent business, promote economic growth, and improve the quality of life for our community.

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9
Cincinnati Arts Association

The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA), a not-for-profit, was founded in 1990 to serve as a manager, presenter and educator. CAA's mission is to present a broad range of high quality performing and visual arts programs, develop diverse…

Arts & Culture
10
The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo I

To develop and promote arts in the greater toledo community

Arts & Culture
11
Boardman Chamber of Commerce

To promote Boardman by growing Visibility, Voice, and Value, through a network of Business Community, and Tourism partnerships.

Community Improvement
12
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.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce; the most unlike its peers is Stark County Italian American Festival Foundation 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

22 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. 22 of the 45 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
13/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM INC: $1,271,525 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM INCARTS IN STARK: $1,011,037 · Arts & CultureARTS IN STARKCanton Museum of Art: $499,503 · Arts & CultureCanton Museum of ArtCanton Symphony Orchestra Association: $216,335 · Arts & CultureCanton Symphony Orchestra AssociationCANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $164,763 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $347,557 · Arts & Culture+6 moreMASSILLON MUSEUM: $256,127 · OtherMASSILLON MUSEUMDOWDLE STUDIOS LLC: $49,999 · OtherDOWDLE STUDIOS L…LYNN A SHIMKO dba THE 720 MARKET LLC: $49,300 · OtherLYNN A SHIMKO db…HARTVILLE KITCHEN: $28,912 · OtherCANTON REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $28,845 · Other+25 more: $218,039 · Other+25 moreNATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY: $59,900 · EducationBotanical Garden Association Inc: $17,952 · EnvironmentTHE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $16,050 · PhilanthropyDOWNTOWN CANTON PARTNERSHIP INC: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Arts & Culture$3,510,720Other$631,222Education$59,900Environment$17,952Philanthropy$16,050Community Improvement$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM INC: $1,271,525 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetARTS IN STARK: $1,011,037 over 7y, 14% of budgetCanton Museum of Art: $499,503 over 7y, 8.9% of budgetMASSILLON MUSEUM: $256,127 over 6y, 6.2% of budgetCanton Symphony Orchestra Association: $216,335 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetCANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $164,763 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetCANTON BALLET: $99,424 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetPLAYERS GUILD OF CANTON INC: $77,900 over 3y, 4.9% of budgetBluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps Inc: $74,600 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY: $59,900 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetSTARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $38,883 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSING STARK INC: $35,250 over 3y, 12% of budgetCANTON REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $28,845 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCANTON FINE ARTS ASSOCIATES INC: $21,500 over 2y, 76% of budgetBotanical Garden Association Inc: $17,952 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTHE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $16,050 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetSTARK COUNTY ITALIAN AMERICAN FESTIVAL FOUNDATION INC: $16,015 over 2y, 28% of budgetDOWNTOWN CANTON PARTNERSHIP INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetStark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau: $14,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH CANTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $9,450 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetAlliance Area Chamber of Commerce: $700 over 1y, 0.4% 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 NATIONAL FOOTBALL MUSEUM INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTS IN STARK ↗
  • Who funds Canton Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds MASSILLON MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Canton Symphony Orchestra Association ↗
  • Who funds CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CANTON BALLET ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS GUILD OF CANTON INC ↗
  • Who funds Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps Inc ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds STARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SING STARK INC ↗
  • Who funds CANTON REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
  • Who funds CANTON FINE ARTS ASSOCIATES INC ↗
  • Who funds Botanical Garden Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LOUISVILLE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STARK COUNTY ITALIAN AMERICAN FESTIVAL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN CANTON PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau ↗
  • Who funds NORTH CANTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗

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…Arts in StarkHoover Foundation Inc…Timken Foundation of …Economic and Communit…Timken Co Charitable …The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Stark Community FoundationOH29.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 County Convention & Visitors' Bureau funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.

    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 45 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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