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The Goodyear 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$1.9MArts & Culture$1.7MHealth$1.4MCommunity Improvement$1.1MEmployment$500kFood & Nutrition$250kEnvironment$100kHuman Services$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $50k–250k2 grants · $348k
  • $250k+2 grants · $850k
$350,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Greater Akron Chamber Foundation - Greater Akron Polymer Innovation Hub$500,000
Individual grant recipient$350,000
Cleveland Orchestra$175,000
The University of Akron - Driving Opportunity$172,500
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 (FY24–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%Catholic Charities: $50k → 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.

59%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 4 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
11

Total granted

$4.4M
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+6%

Still filing today

50%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.0M went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TU
    The University of Akron
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.4M
  • AC
    Akron Childrens Hospital
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.3M
  • TM
    The Musical Arts Association
    6× · 2020–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $500k · revenue +8%
  • John Carroll University
    one grant, 2023 · $320k · revenue +16%
  • AR
    AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +1%
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 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
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
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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4
Ohio Bankers League

Provide comprehensive services that benefit the financial institution industry in ohio.

Community Improvement
5
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.

—
6
The Contemporary Arts Center

The CAC is a lab for understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us through the experience and creation of all contemporary art forms.

Arts & Culture
7
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.

—
8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
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
10
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
11
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The lancaster chamber of commerce & industry's mission is to create the environment, facilitate partnerships, and lead on issues that elevate business success. the chamber has 5 strategic priorities: public policy, workforce, business…

—
12
The Cleveland Institute of Art

The mission statement of the cleveland institute of art is as follows: to cultivate creative leaders who inspire people, strengthen communities, and contribute to a thriving and sustainable economy through an innovative education in art…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Akron Art 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

11 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. 11 of the 18 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The University of Akron: $1,390,500 · OtherThe University of AkronAkron Childrens Hospital: $1,348,274 · OtherAkron Childrens HospitalGreater Akron Chamber Foundation - Greater Akron Polymer Innovation Hub: $500,000 · OtherGreater Akron Chamber Foundation - Greater Akron Polymer Innovation HubTHE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE: $500,000 · OtherTHE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTEIndividual grant recipient: $350,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $200,000 · OtherThe University of Akron - Driving Opportunity: $172,500 · Other+2 more: $250,000 · OtherThe Musical Arts Association: $1,225,000 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts Associat…Akron History Center: $150,000 · Arts & CultureAkron History CenterAKRON ART MUSEUM: $150,000 · Arts & CultureAKRON ART MUSEUMOHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureOHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COAL…+1 more: $50,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $425,000 · Community ImprovementJohn Carroll University: $320,000 · EducationAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $250,000 · Food & NutritionCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $50,000 · Human Services
Other$4,711,274Arts & Culture$1,675,000Community Improvement$425,000Education$320,000Food & Nutrition$250,000Human Services$50,000

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 Musical Arts Association: $1,225,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTHE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE: $500,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetTHE WELL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $425,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetJohn Carroll University: $320,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $250,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: $200,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM: $150,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetOHIO & ERIE CANALWAY COALITION: $100,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFRONT EXHIBITION COMPANY: $50,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Gar FoundationJohn S and James L Kn…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Gar FoundationPA13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gar Foundation · John S and James L Knight Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Goodyear Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Goodyear Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%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 · 0–40%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Goodyear Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Goodyear 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 18 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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