· Private foundation
The Kerscher Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k10 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $58k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LET THEM LIVE | $18,000 |
| VILLA ANGELA-ST JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| SANIBEL SEA SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| THE CELIAC AND ALLERGY FRIENDLY FOOD INITIATIVE | $10,000 |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC PHILANTHROPY | $10,000 |
| THE EDGE SPORTS & ARTS ACADEMY | $7,000 |
| CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| OPEN M | $5,000 |
| CRU | $5,000 |
| CHARM- CHILDREN ARE MAGICAL | $5,000 |
| CHRIST COMMUNITY CHAPEL | $5,000 |
| PIONEER BIBLE TRANSLATORS | $2,500 |
| YWAM TYLER | $2,500 |
| TRANS WORLD RADIO | $2,500 |
| ISAIAH 117 HOUSE | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $133k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
21 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ONOhio Northern University5× · 2017–2022 · $178k · revenue +27%
- LTLET THEM LIVE ACTION CORPORATION4× · 2020–2024 · $63k · revenue +306%
FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC4× · 2018–2023 · $43k · revenue +111%
Funded once
- FOFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLSone grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue -30%
- HHHELPING HANDS MINISTRY INCone grant, 2019 · $15k
- FPFUSION POINTE INCone grant, 2017 · $10k
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.
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.
Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…
As a school dedicated to excellence for his kingdom, the mission is equipping disciples through exemplary education.
Adoption network cleveland's mission is to connect and empower individuals, organizations, and communities impacted by adoption, kinship, and foster care, and we provide a source of healing for those in need.
Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Emmanuel's mission is to provide instruction in god's word and conventional instruction that meets or exceeds state standards for all who desire a biblical foundation. to serve children who historically have been defined as at-risk of not…
Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.
Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
Better together helps at-risk families by empowering parents and surrounding them with community, meaningful work opportunities, and practical support. our volunteer-driven, professionally supported model provides direct services so that…
See schedule o.carlow university, rooted in its catholic identity and embodying the heritage and values of the sisters of mercy, offers transformational educational opportunities for a diverse community of learners and empowers them to…
The mission of fuchs mizrachi school is to educate each child in the orthodox jewish religious zionist tradition, imbued with the love of g-d, torah, people and the land of israel.
Annie wright's strong community cultivates individual learners to become well-educated, creative and responsible citizens for a global society.
How this is measured
27 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. 27 of the 50 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Ohio Northern University ↗
- Who funds LET THEM LIVE ACTION CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds FISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC ↗
- Who funds SANIBEL SEA SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds MAIN STAGE COMMUNITY THEATRE ↗
- Who funds BLUFFTON SELF HELP INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds BULLDOG BAGS INC ↗
- Who funds FOSTERING FAITHFULLY ↗
- Who funds BLUE LINE BEARS INC ↗
- Who funds Pioneer Bible Translators ↗
- Who funds DROP IN THE BUCKET ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RAYL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION ↗
- Who funds OUR RESCUE ↗
- Who funds NORTHEAST OHIO FOUNDATION FOR PATRIOTISM ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds DING DARLING WILDLIFE SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds RUN 2 RESCUE ↗
- Who funds Saint Martin de Porres High School ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · Fw Albrecht Family Foundation · Hudson Community Foundation · United Way of Summit and Medina · The Cleveland Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Kerscher Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Kerscher Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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