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The Erwin & Katherine Geis Charitable Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$200
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$200
Largest
01What it fundsRead
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01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2022.

Philanthropy$650Human Services$515Housing & Shelter$400Health$300Religion$300Food & Nutrition$165International$150Recreation & Sports$100Other$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200
Median grant
1
States reached
$252k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GEIS FOUNDATION$200
02The need
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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 (FY19–19, $390) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GIRLS WITH SOLE: $100 → 17%ONE SIMPLE WISH: $100 → 11%REFUGE RESPONSE: $190 → 17%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

MI
NY
OH
NJ
MO
TN
DC
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 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
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
2
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater cincinnati offers a community of compassion, support and the comforts of home to families with critically ill children, steps away from the medical care they need.

Human Services
3
The Shriners' Hospital for Children

Shriners children's is committed to compassionate, high-quality care that improves children's lives, in a family-centered and collaborative environment. (continued on schedule o)

Health
4
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc

RMHC of Central Ohio creates, finds and supports programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children.

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5
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Washongton Dc Inc

Ronald mcdonald house charities of greater washington, dc (rmhcdc) provides essential services that remove barriers, strengthen families, and promote healing when children need healthcare.

Health
6
Safe Kids Worldwide

Safe kids worldwide is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing childhood injuries.

Health
7
Shriners Hospital for Children
Philanthropy
8
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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9
Nationwide Children's Hospital Inc

Nationwide children's hospital (nationwide children's) is committed to best outcomes and health equity for all children, ensuring every child has access to the best care regardless of their ability to pay. upon this fundamental belief,…

Health
10
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
11
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
12
Child Houses Usa
Public Safety & Disaster
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio Inc; the most unlike its peers is Geis Foundation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY MISSION OF CLEVELAND: $650 · OtherCITY MISSION OF CLEVELANDHABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTAGE COUNTY: $200 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTAGE COUNTYGEIS FOUNDATION: $200 · OtherGEIS FOUNDATIONSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $165 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHSTONY GLEN CAMP: $150 · OtherSTONY GLEN CAMPGREAT TRAIL COUNCIL: $100 · OtherHAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES INCORPORATED: $100 · OtherAKRON CHILDRENS HOSPITAL: $100 · OtherBOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE: $100 · Other+4 more: $200 · Other+4 moreRESOURCE CLEVELAND: $190 · Human ServicesRESOURCE CLEVELA…Girls With Sole: $100 · Human ServicesGirls With SoleONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $100 · Human ServicesONE SIMPLE WISH …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $150 · HealthST JUDE C…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $50 · HealthSHRINERS …RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC: $25 · HealthRONALD MC…UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 · InternationalWOMEN AT RISK INTERNATIONAL INC: $50 · International
Other$1,965Human Services$390Health$225International$150

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 budgetRESOURCE CLEVELAND: $190 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $165 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTONY GLEN CAMP: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE SIMPLE WISH INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN AT RISK INTERNATIONAL INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO INC: $25 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.

Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO7.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Erwin & Katherine Geis Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Erwin & Katherine Geis Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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.
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How do I get to The Erwin & Katherine Geis Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Erwin & Katherine Geis Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 21 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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