· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k3 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $230k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Humane Society of Allen Count | $41,457 |
| Lima Rescue Mission | $41,457 |
| Market Street Presbyterian Ch | $41,457 |
| Salvation Army of Lima | $41,457 |
| The Ohio State University | $21,600 |
| Ohio Northern University | $17,379 |
| Freytag and Associates Inc | $13,038 |
| Rhodes State University | $12,558 |
| Allen County Land Bank | $7,000 |
| Bowling Green State Universit | $6,870 |
| Optimist International Founda | $5,488 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 15%. 8% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
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 -2% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 2 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, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $209k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TOTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY5× · 2020–2024 · $70k
- CCCOLE COLLECTION INC2× · 2020–2022 · $47k
- JAJames A Rhodes State College Foundation3× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue -37%
Funded once
- LCLimaAllen County VMCCC Foundationone grant, 2019 · $632k · revenue -67% · 75% of their budget
- JHJohn H Keller Fundone grant, 2020 · $40k
- VMVeterans Memorial Civic and Cone grant, 2022 · $36k
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.
Allen University is an academic community which provides students an opportunity to obtain baccalaureate and graduate degrees in liberal arts and professional programs in traditional and distance education formats. The University has a…
Alma College's mission is to prepare graduates who think critically, serve generously, lead purposefully and live responsibly as stewards
To promote philanthropy, and provide stewardship and leadership to enhance the use of community resources to meet the needs of Lima's residents.
To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.
The College is a liberal arts institution committed to fostering academic excellence and to provide high educational opportunities for a diverse population with disparate levels of academic preparation.
Oacc is dedicated to the advancement and implementation of sound policy and initiatives that work to ensure the success of the more than 300,000 community college students in ohio. rooted in the belief that every person should have access…
Oberlin College and Conservatory educate students for lives of intellectual, musical and artistic rigor and breadth, sustained inquiry, creativity and innovation, and leadership. Oberlin aims to prepare graduates with the knowledge,…
Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and…
Alfred University's mission is helping students realize their purpose. People living a life of purpose enjoy longer and happier lives. Alfred University promotes its mission through three core strengths - Intersections, Mentorship, and…
The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 26 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 LimaAllen County VMCCC Foundation ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF ALLEN COUNTY ↗
- Who funds LIMA RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds James A Rhodes State College Foundation ↗
- Who funds The University of Findlay ↗
- Who funds Ohio Northern University ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION-LIMA ↗
- Who funds United Way of Greater Lima Inc ↗
- Who funds OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
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: Dayton Foundation Depository · Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc · The Cleveland Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Lima Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Lima Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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