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The Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn Charitable Trust at a glance

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The Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn Charitable Trust

Its FY2017 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.2M
Granted FY2017
23
Grants FY2017
4
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

95% of The Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn Charitable Trust’s FY2017 grant dollars went to The Cleveland Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2017 names 16 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.

01What it funds
01FY2017 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k17 grants · $109k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
  • $250k+1 grant · $3.0M
$7,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLEVELAND FOUNDATION$3,009,181
RAINEY INSTITUTE$10,000
FAMILY CONNECTIONS$10,000
STONEBROOK MONTESSORI SCHOOL$10,000
CARE ALLIANCE HEALTH$10,000
CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE$10,000
CLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER$9,000
MEDWORKS$9,000
CORNERSTONE$8,300
TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT$7,500
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE$7,500
TEACH FOR AMERICA$7,500
GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER$7,500
SALVATION ARMY OF GREATER CLEVELAND$7,500
COMMUNITY HEALTH$7,500
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SEEDS OF LITERACY: $5k → 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.
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
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
2
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
3
Community Learning Center Institute

Clci facilitates the ongoing engagement of the greater cincinnati community to promote the development of all schools as community learning centers, each with a set of financially self-sustaining, co-located community partners.

Education
4
Cleveland Leadership Center

The mission of cleveland leadership center (the organization) is to build a continuum of civic leaders committed to our community's excellence by serving as a catalyst for civic engagement. the organization achieves its mission by…

Education
5
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
6
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland

Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.

Youth Development
7
Hope for Cleveland's Children
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8
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ("CYC") empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.

Education
9
Cleveland Municipal School District Transformation

The cleveland transformation alliance (cta) is a trusted community partner working to ensure every student is engaged in a high-quality, equitable education. the cta gives families and students the information they need to commit to their…

Education
10
Cleveland Mediation Center

Our mission is to promote a just and peaceful community by honoring all people, building their capacity to act, and facilitating opportunities for them to engage in conflict constructively. We continue to fulfill our mission by…

Crime & Legal
11
Minds Matter of Cleveland Ohio Inc

Minds matter of cleveland helps high school students from low income families prepare for and gain admission to four year college and universities by providing classes and act prep.

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12
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Cleveland Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cornerstone. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 23 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
11/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $3,009,181 · PhilanthropyTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION+1 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropySTONEBROOK MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $10,000 · OtherFAMILY CONNECTIONS: $10,000 · OtherCARE ALLIANCE HEALTH: $10,000 · OtherELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE: $10,000 · OtherMOBILEMED1 INC DBA MEDWORKS: $9,000 · OtherGREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER: $7,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $7,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY HEALTH: $7,500 · OtherHOPE IGNITES CINCINNATI: $7,500 · OtherBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $5,000 · OtherPREVENT BLINDNESS (OHIO): $5,000 · OtherCleveland Christian Home Inc: $5,000 · OtherSEEDS OF LITERACY: $5,000 · OtherTeach for America Inc: $7,500 · EducationHATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationCENTER FOR ARTS-INSPIRED LEARNING: $5,000 · EducationCLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $9,000 · HealthMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $5,000 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCORNERSTONE: $8,300 · Youth DevelopmentTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC: $7,500 · Employment
Philanthropy$3,012,181Other$99,000Education$17,500Health$14,000Arts & Culture$10,000Youth Development$8,300Employment$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetELEANOR B RAINEY MEMORIAL INSTITUTE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMOBILEMED1 INC DBA MEDWORKS: $9,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTOWARDS EMPLOYMENT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCleveland Christian Home Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSEEDS OF LITERACY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTER FOR ARTS-INSPIRED LEARNING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND VOLUNTEERS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

The Char and Chuck Fo…The Abington Foundati…The Reinberger Founda…The Cleveland Foundat…Dominion Energy Chari…Thomas H White Fdn TaThe George Gund Found…Treu Mart FundThe Sk Wellman Founda…United Way of Greater…Higley Fund of the Cl…Third Federal Foundat…
The Char and Chuck Fowler Family FoundationOH24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The Abington Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Thomas H White Fdn Ta · The George Gund Foundation · Treu Mart Fund · The Sk Wellman Foundation · United Way of Greater Cleveland · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · Third Federal 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 Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 23 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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