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The Daniel C Manges Foundation at a glance

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The Daniel C Manges 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.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$3k
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, FY2023 to 2025.

Philanthropy$22kArts & Culture$17kHealth$11kAnimals$7kFood & Nutrition$4kCivil Rights$3kEducation$2kEmployment$1k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$251k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$2,620
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND$2,300
COLUMBUS SYMPHONY FOUNDATION$2,000
CAPA$2,000
AUTISM SPEAKS$2,000
MID-OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE$2,000
ACTORS' THEATRE OF COLUMBUS$2,000
GERMAN VILLAGE SOCIETY$2,000
RESCUED OHIO$2,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,000
COLUMBUS FOUNDATION$2,000
MOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE$2,000
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LIBERAPAY: $3k → 11%DTCARE: $250 → 11%GOODNATION FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%RESCUEDOHIO: $3k → 15%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: $1k → 14%RESCUED OHIO: $2k → 15%RESCUEDOHIO: $2k → 15%CAPA: $2k → 15%COLUMBUS SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%COLUMBUS SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%GERMAN VILLAGE SOCIETY: $2k → 15%MOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE: $2k → 15%COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $2k → 15%FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1k → 15%ACTORS' THEATRE OF COLUMBUS: $2k → 15%GOODWILL COLUMBUS: $1k → 15%THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $5k → 15%THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $3k → 15%COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $2k → 15%THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $1k → 15%THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND: $2k → 15%WOSU PUBLIC MEDIA: $1k → 15%MID-OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE: $2k → 15%WOSU PUBLIC MEDIA: $1k → 15%MID-OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE: $2k → 15%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

NY
IA
OH
PA
MD
DE
DC
TX
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.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23k · 6 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
6

Total granted

$23k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
0%

Still filing today

50%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • R
    RESCUEDOHIO
    3× · 2023–2025 · $7k · revenue -1%
  • CS
    COLUMBUS SYMPHONY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    2× · 2024–2025 · $4k

Funded once

  • L
    LIBERAPAY
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • CM
    COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART
    one grant, 2024 · $2k · revenue -31%
  • GC
    GOODWILL COLUMBUS
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
Greater Columbus Arts Council

Mission: to champion and elevate the arts and cultural expression of greater columbus.vision: power of art realized. people engaged. city energized.

Arts & Culture
2
Cleveland Museum of Art

The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…

Arts & Culture
3
Columbus Cares for Cats
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4
Cincinnati Museum Center

Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.

Arts & Culture
5
The Ohio Environmental Council

To protect the environment and health of all ohio communities through legal and policy advocacy, decision-maker accountability, and civic engagement.

Environment
6
Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program

Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…

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7
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland

Moca's mission- art now, in progress - embodies our nature as a living, adaptive platform for artistic experimentation, public exchange, and civic connection. our vision - artists & art lead us to the unfamiliar, where we open and connect…

Arts & Culture
8
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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9
Council of International Programs Usa

Promotes international understanding through professional development and cross-cultural exchange. cipusa is an international exchange organization based in cleveland, ohio with a network of affiliate offices nationwide and an alumni…

International
10
The Opera Association of Central Ohio

Opera columbus enriches central ohio by educating, enlightening, and entertaining people of all ages and backgrounds through the live music theatre experience by employing a diverse and far-flung supply of creative talent, ideas and…

Arts & Culture
11
Columbus Association of Realtors

The columbus association of realtors is a local level, not-for-profit trade association. founded in 1908, columbus association of realtors is comprised of more than 9,100 real estate professionals engaged in residential sales and leasing,…

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12
Columbus Symphony Orchestra

The mission of the columbus symphony orchestra is to provide symphonic music and educational programs of the highest quality, to engender passion and excitement in our diverse audiences. this is paired with our educational mission: to…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Columbus Foundation; the most unlike its peers is DTCare. 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

14 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. 14 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
3/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COLUMBUS SYMPHONY FOUNDATION: $4,000 · OtherCOLUMBUS SYMPHONY FOUNDATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $4,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODMid-Ohio Foodbank: $4,000 · OtherMid-Ohio FoodbankLIBERAPAY: $3,000 · OtherLIBERAPAYTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND: $2,300 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,000 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYACTORS THEATRE OF COLUMBUS: $2,000 · OtherACTORS THEATRE OF COLUMBUSGOODWILL COLUMBUS: $1,000 · OtherCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $21,000 · PhilanthropyCOLUMBUS FOUNDATIONGoodnation Foundation Inc: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureMOMENTUM-EXCELL…GERMAN VILLAGE SOCIETY: $2,000 · Arts & CultureGERMAN VILLAGE …COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS ASSOCI…COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $1,950 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS MUSEUM…FRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureFRANKLIN COUNTY…RESCUEDOHIO: $7,000 · AnimalsRESCUEDOHIOAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,620 · HealthAMERICAN CA…AUTISM SPEAKS INC: $2,000 · HealthAUTISM SPEA…American Heart Association Inc: $2,000 · HealthAmerican He…DTCare: $250 · Employment
Other$22,300Philanthropy$22,000Arts & Culture$8,950Animals$7,000Health$6,620Employment$250

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 budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRESCUEDOHIO: $7,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $2,620 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACTORS THEATRE OF COLUMBUS: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $1,950 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoodnation Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDTCare: $250 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.

L Brands FoundationTom E Dailey Foundati…Encova Foundation of …Columbus FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
L Brands FoundationOH15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: L Brands Foundation · Tom E Dailey Foundation Inc · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Columbus Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · 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 The Daniel C Manges Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Daniel C Manges 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%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 20 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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