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The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell 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.

$204k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
51
Grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
11%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$18,500
Organizations funded a year
36 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$2.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 11% of the organizations The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving49$184k22%
FY202445$158k11%
FY202345$168k4%
FY202244$174k16%
FY202139$178k10%
FY202036$178k3%
FY201940$371k15%
FY201840$157k20%
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$378kEnvironment$302kFood & Nutrition$236kHuman Services$198kPhilanthropy$186kHealth$129kReligion$122kArts & Culture$64kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IA
OH
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
TN
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Miami University Foundation$360,00090%
Cincinnati Nature Center$167,00091%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$84,00080%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$81,00090%
Civic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati$78,00092%
Wesley Chapel Mission Center$51,00091%
The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio$38,00090%
Reach Out Lakota Inc$38,00090%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc$31,00090%
The Ohio Environmental Council$30,00090%
Rocky Mountain Conservancy$30,00080%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$24,50090%
Denver Rescue Mission$24,50090%
Crossroads Ministry of Estes Park$22,00080%
Food Bank of the Rockies$19,40060%
Three Valley Conservation Trust$18,00090%
La Soupe Inc$16,00050%
March of Dimes Inc$15,00080%
Crayons and Beyond Inc$14,50090%
Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly$13,00090%
Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc$12,00070%
Parkinson's Support & Wellness Inc$11,50071%
The Planetary Society$11,00090%
Cincinnati Museum Center$9,00090%
Little Miami Conservancy$9,00090%
Cincinnati Observatory Center$9,00090%
Denver Zoological Foundation$7,00040%
Parkinson's Foundation Inc$6,00040%
The Dragonfly Foundation$5,00030%
Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation$5,00050%
The 24 in 24$4,50040%
Denver Children's Home$4,50030%
Denver Dumb Friends League$4,50040%
Colorado Pet Pantry$2,50040%
Wave Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Green Umbrella$2,0001n/a
Denver Children's Advocacy Center$2,00020%
Girls on the Run of Greater Cincinn$2,00020%
Wedontwaste Inc$2,0001n/a
Colorado Animal Care Foundation$2,0001n/a
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc$1,00010%
Ashlies Embrace$1,00011%
Coverd Greater Cincinnati$1,00010%
Animal Rescue of the Rockies$1,00010%
Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research$1,00010%
Changinggears Inc$1,00010%
Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue Inc$1,0001n/a
Frankie's Friends Inc$1,0001n/a
Turning Point USA Inc$1,00010%
Denver Food Rescue$1,0001n/a
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation$1,00010%
The Hamilton County Spca Inc Dba Spca Cincinnati$1,00010%
Estes Park Quota Club Foundation$1,00012%
Fernside Inc a Center for Grieving Children$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($393k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMiami University Foundation: $360,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Nature Center: $167,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $84,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $81,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCivic Garden Center of Greater Cincinnati: $78,000 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetWesley Chapel Mission Center: $51,000 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $38,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetReach Out Lakota Inc: $38,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc: $31,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetThe Ohio Environmental Council: $30,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetRocky Mountain Conservancy: $30,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $24,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Rescue Mission: $24,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCrossroads Ministry of Estes Park: $22,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $19,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThree Valley Conservation Trust: $18,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLa Soupe Inc: $16,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $15,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCrayons and Beyond Inc: $14,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Brothers Friends of the Elderly: $13,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc: $12,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetParkinson's Support & Wellness Inc: $11,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetThe Planetary Society: $11,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Museum Center: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Miami Conservancy: $9,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Observatory Center: $9,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetDenver Zoological Foundation: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetParkinson's Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dragonfly Foundation: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe 24 in 24: $4,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetDenver Children's Home: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDenver Dumb Friends League: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColorado Pet Pantry: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWave Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDenver Children's Advocacy Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGirls on the Run of Greater Cincinn: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNational Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAshlies Embrace: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCoverd Greater Cincinnati: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Rescue of the Rockies: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFoundation for Sarcoidosis Research: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChanginggears Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBenevolent Healthcare Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hamilton County Spca Inc Dba Spca Cincinnati: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEstes Park Quota Club Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFernside Inc a Center for Grieving Children: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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 Cincinnati FoundationOH31.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Colorado Gives Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Millstone Fund · The Northern Cincinnai Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Miramar Charitable Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Colorado Health 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.

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About The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation

How much does The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation give?
The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation reported 51 grants totaling $203,650 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 36 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (22%), Environment (18%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
Who are The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Miami University Foundation ($360k), Cincinnati Nature Center ($167k), United Way of Greater Cincinnati ($84k).
Does The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Ge Aerospace Foundation, Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005.
Where is The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation based?
The Graham Edwin and Sharon Janosik Mitchell Foundation is based in OH.

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 82 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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