Ohio · Community foundation
The Lima Community Foundation
To promote philanthropy, and provide stewardship and leadership to enhance the use of community resources to meet the needs of Lima's residents.
- $302k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $250k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $17,379
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $41,457
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations The Lima Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $250k | 73% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $98k | 71% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $66k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $125k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $652k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| LimaAllen County VMCCC Foundation | $632,434 | 1 | 75% |
| The Ohio State University | $69,975 | 5 | n/a |
| Cole Collection Inc | $47,265 | 2 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Allen County | $41,457 | 1 | 3% |
| Lima Rescue Mission | $41,457 | 1 | 5% |
| James A Rhodes State College Foundation | $25,128 | 3 | 1% |
| The University of Findlay | $23,358 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Northern University | $17,379 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association-Lima | $11,829 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Lima Inc | $11,829 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| LimaAllen County VMCCC Foundation | $632,434 | 1 | 75% |
| The Ohio State University | $69,975 | 5 | n/a |
| Cole Collection Inc | $47,265 | 2 | n/a |
| Humane Society of Allen County | $41,457 | 1 | 3% |
| Lima Rescue Mission | $41,457 | 1 | 5% |
| James A Rhodes State College Foundation | $25,128 | 3 | 1% |
| The University of Findlay | $23,358 | 2 | 0% |
| Ohio Northern University | $17,379 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Men's Christian Association-Lima | $11,829 | 1 | 0% |
| United Way of Greater Lima Inc | $11,829 | 1 | 1% |
| Optimist International Foundation | $5,488 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($293k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Lima Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 9 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Lima Community Foundation
- How much does The Lima Community Foundation give?
- The Lima Community Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $249,761, out of $302,239 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The Lima Community Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), Education (14%), Human Services (4%).
- Who are The Lima Community Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: LimaAllen County VMCCC Foundation ($632k), The Ohio State University ($70k), Cole Collection Inc ($47k).
- Does The Lima Community Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lima Community Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dayton Foundation Depository, Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc, The Cleveland Foundation.
- Where is The Lima Community Foundation based?
- The Lima Community Foundation is based in OH.
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