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The Logsdon Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$118k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$449kArts & Culture$202kEducation$181kEnvironment$115kPhilanthropy$88kFood & Nutrition$63kHuman Services$35kAnimals$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Cleveland Museum of Natural History$100,000
Andrews Osborne Academy$10,000
Good Samaritan Hunger Center$5,000
Burbank Parent Education Council$3,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–23, $212k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%4 Paws for Ability: $2k → 9%Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program: $10k → 9%Grace House Akron Inc: $200k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$422k · 10 repeat orgs$754k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
52

Total granted

$422k
$744k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+23%

Still filing today

40%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureFood & NutritionEducationEnvironmentHuman ServicesHealthOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CM
    CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
    2× · 2024–2025 · $155k · revenue +35%
  • CC
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    2× · 2018–2019 · $150k
  • CC
    Catholic Charities Disability Service
    3× · 2017–2019 · $30k

Funded once

  • GH
    GRACE HOUSE AKRON INC
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue -42%
  • HF
    Holden Forests & Gardens
    one grant, 2020 · $75k
  • EC
    Emmanuel Christian Academy ACF Legacy Fund
    one grant, 2019 · $53k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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3
Akron Zoological Park

We connect your life to wildlife while inspiring lifelong learning and conservation action.

Animals
4
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
5
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
6
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission

The mission of the greater cleveland sports commission is to measurably improve the economy of greater cleveland and enrich the community by attracting, creating, managing and enhancing significant sporting and competitive events.

Unclassified
7
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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8
Ohio Life Sciences Association

Align the life sciences ecosystem in the state of ohio, building collaborative partnerships, and advocating for policies and funding that will help to accelerate life science priorities and drive sustainable economic growth.

Community Improvement
9
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
10
Cleveland Botanical Garden

The cleveland botanical garden connects people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities.

Environment
11
The Cleveland Foundation

Enhance the lives of all residents of greater cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.

Philanthropy
12
Digitalc

Empower the people of greater cleveland to achieve success through technology, innovation and connected community.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cleveland Rape Crisis Center and the most unlike its peers is Burbank Parent Education Council. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr12%6%5–10yr21%12%10–20yr14%32%20–35yr16%18%35–55yr20%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%1%<5yr12%30%5–10yr21%4%10–20yr14%13%20–35yr16%9%35–55yr20%42%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
11%
8,037/74,269

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 64 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/36
Grantees still filing
23/36
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Cleveland Clinic Foundation — $150,000 · OtherCleveland Clinic FoundationHolden Forests & Gardens — $75,000 · OtherHolden Forests & GardensEmmanuel Christian Academy ACF Legacy Fund — $53,000 · OtherEmmanuel Christian Academy ACF Legacy FundCatholic Charities Disability Service — $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient — $25,000 · OtherGrace House — $25,000 · OtherDavid & Janice Logsdon Donor Advised Fund CO Akron Community Foundation — $25,000 · Other+34 more — $189,350 · Other+34 moreGRACE HOUSE AKRON INC — $200,000 · Human ServicesGRACE HOUSE AKRON I…ISLE OF WIGHT CHRISTIAN OUTREACH PROGRAM INC — $10,000 · Human Services+1 more — $1,750 · Human ServicesCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $155,000 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM…Akron Creative Inc — $10,000 · Arts & CultureAkron Creative I…BALLET IN THE CITY INC — $7,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $7,500 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationCLEVELAND…EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $25,000 · EducationEMMANUEL …BURBANK PARENT EDUCATION COUNCIL — $13,000 · EducationBURBANK P…ANDREWS OSBORNE ACADEMY — $10,000 · EducationANDREWS O…AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 · Philanthropy143 COLLECTIVE — $10,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION — $5,000 · PhilanthropyGOOD SAMARITAN HUNGER CENTER — $25,000 · Food & NutritionAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK — $15,000 · Food & NutritionKISS THE GROUND — $10,000 · Food & NutritionALMA BACKYARD FARM — $10,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $1,000 · Food & NutritionCLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER — $22,500 · HealthSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY — $10,000 · HealthBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS — $5,000 · Health
Other$572,350Human Services$211,750Arts & Culture$180,000Education$98,000Philanthropy$65,000Food & Nutrition$61,000Health$37,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetGRACE HOUSE AKRON INC — $200,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY — $155,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetAKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HUNGER CENTER — $25,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetCLEVELAND RAPE CRISIS CENTER — $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetVOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SERVICES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANDREWS OSBORNE ACADEMY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKISS THE GROUND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEMMANUEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetALMA BACKYARD FARM — $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetISLE OF WIGHT CHRISTIAN OUTREACH PROGRAM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budget143 COLLECTIVE — $10,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetAkron Creative Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALLET IN THE CITY INC — $7,500 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEART FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFive Acres The Boys and Girls' Aid Society of Los Angeles County — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Musical Arts Association — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLACK WOMEN FOR WELLNESS — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget4 PAWS FOR ABILITY INC — $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSC GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING MEDINA COUNTY — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJUMPSTART INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY COUNTRYSIDE CONSERVANCY — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Akron Community Found…Burton D Morgan Found…Dominion Energy Chari…Firstenergy FoundationHudson Community Foun…The Swagelok Foundati…The Westfield Insuran…The Richard S and Ali…Emma R Fox Char Trust…Mary S & David C Corb…Lehner Family Foundat…Gar Foundation
Akron Community FoundationOH23.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Hudson Community Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · The Richard S and Alita Rogers Family Foundation · Emma R Fox Char Trust Mut Fds · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Lehner Family Foundation · Gar Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Logsdon Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your 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
    12report 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 64 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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