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The Barberton Community Foundation

The mission of THE BARBERTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to strengthen the barberton community for current and future generations by providing leadership, fostering collaboration, and creating a legacy of giving to do good.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$271k
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.

Education$12MCommunity Improvement$1.7MHealth$439kRecreation & Sports$297kArts & Culture$264kFood & Nutrition$215kHuman Services$119kCrime & Legal$105kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 23 grants below total $812,191, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,154,002 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $341,811 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $267k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $246k
  • $250k+1 grant · $271k
$17,711
Median grant
1
States reached
$115M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BARBERTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$271,220
BARBERTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT$69,506
EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER$61,000
AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK$58,726
MAIN STREET BARBERTON INC$56,287
MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY$37,484
CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS$35,000
VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC$25,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF ST AUGUSTINE CHURCH$21,841
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO$20,000
LIMITLESS AMBITION INC$20,000
THE SALVATION ARMY SUMMIT COUNTY AREA SRVS$17,711
ARTSNOW$15,000
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC$15,000
PORTAGE PATH COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $530k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER: $61k → 13%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF SUMMIT PORTAGE & MEDINA COUNTIES: $5k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $35k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $15k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE AND FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $10k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE AND FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $10k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $10k → 13%CHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $8k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $27k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $25k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $25k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $21k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $17k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $15k → 13%VANTAGE AGING: $13k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $8k → 13%BARBERTON AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $45k → 13%BARBERTON AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $23k → 13%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF ST AUGUSTINE CHURCH: $22k → 13%LAKE ANNA YMCA: $19k → 13%LAKE ANNA YMCA: $16k → 13%BARBERTON AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $13k → 13%BARBERTON AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $12k → 13%BARBERTON AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $11k → 13%ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY OF ST AUGUSTINE CHURCH: $11k → 13%BARBERTON AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES: $10k → 13%LAKE ANNA YMCA: $9k → 13%LAKE ANNA YMCA: $8k → 13%LAKE ANNA YMCA: $7k → 13%LAKE ANNA YMCA: $7k → 13%LAKE ANNA YMCA: $6k → 13%LAKE ANNA YMCA: $6k → 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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$16M · 34 repeat orgs$464k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
20

Total granted

$16M
$340k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
0%

Still filing today

82%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • MT
    MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $225k · revenue +41%
  • BI
    BOUNCE INNOVATION HUB
    4× · 2022–2025 · $211k · revenue +26%
  • VA
    VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $130k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • GA
    GREATER AKRON CHAMBER
    one grant, 2024 · $125k · revenue 0%
  • TC
    TRI COUNTY JOBS FOR OHIO'S GRADUATESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $27k · revenue +58%
  • AM
    AKRON METROPOLITAN HOUSING AUTHORITY
    one grant, 2021 · $18k
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
Summit Community Care Clinic Inc

Provide exceptional, integrated, patient-centered health care services designed to meet the needs of all patients, particularly those who experience barriers to accessing care, regardless of their ability to pay.

Health
2
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.

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3
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
4
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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5
Ohio Business Roundtable

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

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6
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
7
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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8
Maumee Valley Guidance Center Inc

To provide behavioral healthcare services for the continual enhancement of the quality of life across the life span, emphasizing treatment, community involvement, and innovative programs.

Health
9
Akron Summit Community Action Inc

The mission of akron summit community action, inc. is to reduce poverty and promote self-sufficiency. the broad objectives of the agency are: to provide quality services to low-income individuals and families; to advocate for a…

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10
Community Support Services Inc

Serves as a safety net for those summit county residents who are most in need of behavioral health services as a result of severe and persistent mental illness the agency proveides comprehensive, high quality, cost-effective treatment,…

Health
11
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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12
Mount Carmel Health System

We, mount carmel health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mount carmel health system is a member of trinity health.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is OhioGuidestone; the most unlike its peers is Magical Theatre Company. 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

50 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. 50 of the 59 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/50
Grantees still filing
32/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BARBERTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $12,356,249 · OtherBARBERTON PUBLIC SCHOOLSCITY OF BARBERTON: $782,778 · OtherCITY OF BARBERTON+25 more: $734,438 · OtherBARBERTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,082,368 · Community ImprovementBOUNCE INNOVATION HUB: $211,287 · Community Improvement+1 more: $10,000 · Community ImprovementVICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $129,800 · Human ServicesBARBERTON AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $114,357 · Human ServicesCHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $87,700 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AKRON INC: $78,426 · Human ServicesEARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCE CENTER: $61,000 · Human ServicesDIOCESAN COUNCIL SOCIETY OF SVDP CLEVELAND DIOCESE: $32,841 · Human Services+3 more: $26,192 · Human ServicesAXESS FAMILY SERVICES INC: $96,500 · HealthSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $71,000 · HealthSumma Health: $70,500 · HealthEMBRACING FUTURES INC: $62,147 · HealthCARESTAR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $43,744 · HealthCOLEMAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC: $40,000 · HealthPORTAGE PATH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $15,000 · Health+2 more: $13,500 · HealthMAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY: $225,403 · Arts & CultureARTSNOW: $25,000 · Arts & CultureWHITE RABBIT GALLERIES: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSUMMIT ARTSPACE: $15,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $12,000 · Arts & CultureCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $90,000 · EducationLIMITLESS AMBITION INC: $40,000 · EducationSUMMIT EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $10,000 · EducationAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $111,226 · Food & Nutrition
Other$13,873,465Community Improvement$1,303,655Human Services$530,316Health$412,391Arts & Culture$304,903Education$140,000Food & Nutrition$111,226

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 budgetBARBERTON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $1,082,368 over 4y, 23% of budgetMAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY: $225,403 over 9y, 6.6% of budgetBOUNCE INNOVATION HUB: $211,287 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetVICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $129,800 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetGREATER AKRON CHAMBER: $125,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBARBERTON AREA COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $114,357 over 6y, 11% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $111,226 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAXESS FAMILY SERVICES INC: $96,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $90,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $90,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCHILD GUIDANCE & FAMILY SOLUTIONS: $87,700 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SUMMIT AND MEDINA: $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF AKRON INC: $78,426 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $71,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetSumma Health: $70,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEMBRACING FUTURES INC: $62,147 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetPASTORAL COUNSELING SERVICE OF SUMMIT CO: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCARESTAR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $43,744 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetCOLEMAN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIMITLESS AMBITION INC: $40,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $33,455 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL SOCIETY OF SVDP CLEVELAND DIOCESE: $32,841 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBARBERTON SUMMIT COUNTY FREE CLINIC BARBERTON COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC: $28,207 over 5y, 92% of budgetTRI COUNTY JOBS FOR OHIO'S GRADUATES: $26,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetARTSNOW: $25,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetGREENLEAF FAMILY CENTER: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVANCY: $19,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetBEN CURTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetPORTAGE PATH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT ARTSPACE: $15,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO: $13,400 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVANTAGE AGING: $13,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION SERVICES OF BARBERTON INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSUMMIT EDUCATION INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGREAT TRAIL COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGirls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $8,192 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERVAL BROTHERHOOD HOMES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Akron Musical Association Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOhioGuidestone: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 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.

Akron Community Found…The Welty Family Foun…Sisler McFawn Foundat…Tuscora Park Health &…Lehner Family Foundat…Charles E and Mabel M…Northern Ohio Golf Ch…United Way of Summit …Burton D Morgan Found…W Paul Mills & Thora …L R Moffitt & L W Mof…Gar Foundation
Akron Community FoundationOH59.7× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · The Welty Family Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · Tuscora Park Health & Wellness Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation Inc · United Way of Summit and Medina · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · W Paul Mills & Thora J Mills Memorial · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · Gar 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 The Barberton Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barberton Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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 59 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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