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The Charles M Grant Foundation at a glance

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The Charles M Grant Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$54k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Religion$108kEducation$87kHuman Services$79kHealth$70kFood & Nutrition$31kArts & Culture$23kAnimals$21kRecreation & Sports$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$672k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION$10,000
YOUNG SHAKESPEARE PLAYERS$8,000
GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION$5,250
DIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION EAST VALLEY$5,000
CLERMONT COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY$3,500
LIBRARY FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI & HAMILTON COUNTY$3,500
TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY FOUNDATION$2,000
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$2,000
LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED$2,000
FREESTORE FOODBANK$2,000
FRIENDS OF SAGUARO NATIONAL PARK$2,000
STEPPING STONES$2,000
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM$2,000
CHRIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$1,000
CINCINNATI PARKS FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $1k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1k → 10%4 PAWS FOR ABILITY: $1k → 9%PIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $2k → 6%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1k → 10%LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%PIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $1k → 6%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%PIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $1k → 6%GREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $500 → 16%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1k → 10%PIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $1k → 6%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1k → 10%PIONEER CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES: $1k → 6%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1k → 10%THE CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1k → 10%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $2k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $2k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $2k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $2k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $2k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $2k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $2k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $2k → 16%LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $2k → 16%STEPPING STONES: $2k → 16%LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%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

IL
WI
MI
NY
OH
PA
CO
MO
DE
AZ
SC
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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$279k · 25 repeat orgs$177k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +49% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
20

Total granted

$279k
$156k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+49%
+16%

Still filing today

68%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 & CultureAnimalsEducationEnvironmentOther
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

  • FF
    FREESTORE FOODBANK INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +61%
  • LE
    LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $30k · revenue +49%
  • LA
    Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +99%

Funded once

  • TI
    THE INDIAN HILL CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $100k
  • SC
    SYCAMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • HF
    HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM
    one grant, 2023 · $7k · revenue +18%
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
Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Inc

Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.

Animals
2
Lafayette General Foundation Inc

The lafayette general foundation was created to support lafayette general health (lgh), acadiana's only community-owned, nonprofit health system. we exist to help fulfill lgh's mission, to restore, maintain, and improve health. our role is…

Health
3
The Land Trust for Tennessee Inc

To conserve the unique character of tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites for future generations.

Environment
4
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
5
Lancaster General Health Foundation

The lancaster general health foundation is organized and operated to benefit, perform the functions of, or carry out the purposes of members of the healthcare system of lancaster general health, a non-profit corporation described in…

Philanthropy
6
Cincinnati Preservation Association

To empower and educate people to value, preserve and save greater cincinnati's historic buildings, communities, landscapes and stories.

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley

To provide effective and rewarding ways for donors to fulfill their philanthropic objectives by administering charitable funds that distribute grants and scholarships to benefit the citizens of kane and kendall counties of illinois…

Philanthropy
9
Commonspirit Health Foundation

Commonspirit health foundation serves to operate in conformity with the mission, vision, and values of commonspirit health and to participate in collaborative efforts to enhance and improve the fundraising and grant-making efforts of all…

Religion
10
Conservation Farms & Ranches

Preserving and enhancing the habitat of wildlife, such as sandhill cranes, waterfowl, raptors, which habitat expenses are supported by agricultural activities.

Housing & Shelter
11
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
12
Atrium Medical Center Foundation

To develop charitable gifts and resources dedicated to building healthier communities in southwest ohio.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Green Beret Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 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

32 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. 32 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
21/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE INDIAN HILL CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherTHE INDIAN HILL CHURCHEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $18,000 · OtherEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONLINDNER CENTER OF HOPE: $14,000 · OtherLINDNER CENTER OF HOPEJohnsburg School District 12: $13,500 · OtherJohnsburg School District 12Northwest Community Hospital Foundation: $12,900 · OtherJOHNSBURG JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL: $11,000 · OtherSYCAMORE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $10,000 · OtherCincinnati Parks Foundation: $9,000 · Other+21 more: $54,250 · Other+21 moreLIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesLIFE ENRICHING COMMU…Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $18,000 · Human ServicesLiving Arrangements …STEPPING STONES INC: $18,000 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONES INCTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesTHE CHILDREN'S CENTE…Pioneer Center for Human Services: $6,000 · Human ServicesPioneer Center for H…+2 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $9,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $8,000 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $7,000 · HealthGOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION: $5,250 · HealthDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION EAST VALLEY: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $30,500 · Food & NutritionTHE EXMOOR FOUNDATION: $14,000 · EducationTECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · EducationThe Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Foundation Inc: $3,500 · EducationYOUNG SHAKESPEARE PLAYERS INC: $12,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $9,000 · Arts & CultureARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $5,000 · AnimalsThe AKC Humane Fund Inc: $4,000 · Animals
Other$242,650Human Services$81,500Health$34,350Food & Nutrition$30,500Education$29,500Arts & Culture$23,000Animals$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $30,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPPING STONES INC: $18,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EXMOOR FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetNorthwest Community Hospital Foundation: $12,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG SHAKESPEARE PLAYERS INC: $12,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetTECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $9,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAND CONSERVANCY OF MCHENRY COUNTY: $6,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPioneer Center for Human Services: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION: $5,250 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION EAST VALLEY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe AKC Humane Fund Inc: $4,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThe Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVES: $2,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA CHAPTER PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE MIAMI CONSERVANCY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Foundation of the Lowcountry: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL DEGENERATION: $100 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.

  • Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFE ENRICHING COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE EXMOOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Northwest Community Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG SHAKESPEARE PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF THE LOWCOUNTRY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Parks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The Christ Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LAND CONSERVANCY OF MCHENRY COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds Pioneer Center for Human Services ↗
  • Who funds HERITAGE CLASSIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GOLDEN RETRIEVER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds DIGNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION EAST VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds The AKC Humane Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds PRESERVATION FOUNDATION OF THE LAKE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVES ↗
  • Who funds GREEN BERET FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Saguaro National Park ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM ↗

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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Robert H & Susan F Ca…Johnson Charitable Gi…Ge Aerospace Foundati…Morgan Stanley Global…AbbVie FoundationNational Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH19.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · AbbVie Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Charles M Grant Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Charles M Grant Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 52 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-PF 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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