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The Mlm Charitable 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.

$514k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
35
Grants FY2025
37
Organizations funded FY2024
5%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$8,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 48
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$5.9M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 5% of the organizations The Mlm Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
EducationReligionHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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 arriving34$509k3%
FY202437$458k5%
FY202338$463k13%
FY202245$467k16%
FY202139$315k36%
FY202048$321k8%
FY201947$334k19%
FY201846$316k17%
98% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$812kReligion$629kEducation$609kYouth Development$367kFood & Nutrition$362kEmployment$186kInternational$152kHealth$130kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CT
CA
VA
MD
AR
TN
DC
FL

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Grace Community Center$311,000918%
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio$276,00041%
Cleary University$186,00090%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$170,00090%
Salvation Army$107,0007n/a
United Church Homes Inc$96,00090%
University of Redlands$95,50080%
Defiance College$90,00090%
Feed More Inc$81,00070%
Toledo Day Nursery$66,00091%
Show all 41 grantees
All grantees of The Mlm Charitable Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Grace Community Center$311,000918%
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio$276,00041%
Cleary University$186,00090%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$170,00090%
Salvation Army$107,0007n/a
United Church Homes Inc$96,00090%
University of Redlands$95,50080%
Defiance College$90,00090%
Feed More Inc$81,00070%
Toledo Day Nursery$66,00091%
Jesus Church$60,00061%
Indiana University Foundation$47,50050%
Black Swamp Conservancy$35,00080%
Lacasa$33,50090%
Rivendell School$31,00070%
Indiana University School of Medicine$30,0004n/a
Echo Inc$25,00050%
Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo$24,00040%
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank$24,00060%
ECHO Inc$22,00040%
Phillips Exeter Academy$20,00020%
Child's Play$18,50070%
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan$16,00040%
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation$15,00060%
United States Fund for Unicef$15,00010%
Foundation for Lake Anna Emergency Services$14,00052%
Tyndale Christian School$12,0001n/a
St Paul's Community Center$10,00040%
Gonzaga College High School$9,0003n/a
Toledo Campus Ministry$8,0004n/a
Cherry Street Mission Ministries$8,00040%
First Presbyterian Church$7,0003n/a
Association for the Preservation of Va Antiquities$6,00060%
Oakcrest School$6,00020%
Monroe Street Neighborhood Center$4,00040%
Amazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East$4,00010%
Washington and Lee University$4,00010%
Society for the Preservation of New Engl$3,00030%
Country Day School$1,00010%
Muddy Brook Fire Department$1,0002n/a
University of Michigan$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 55 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.5M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Mlm Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGrace Community Center: $311,000 over 9y, 18% of budgetGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $276,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetCleary University: $186,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: $170,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Church Homes Inc: $96,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Redlands: $95,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDefiance College: $90,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFeed More Inc: $81,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetToledo Day Nursery: $66,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetJesus Church: $60,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $47,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBlack Swamp Conservancy: $35,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLacasa: $33,500 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetRivendell School: $31,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetEcho Inc: $25,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetToledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank: $24,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetECHO Inc: $22,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPhillips Exeter Academy: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChild's Play: $18,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan: $16,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for Lake Anna Emergency Services: $14,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetSt Paul's Community Center: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCherry Street Mission Ministries: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAssociation for the Preservation of Va Antiquities: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOakcrest School: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMonroe Street Neighborhood Center: $4,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAmazima Ministries International Education and Empowerment for East: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashington and Lee University: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSociety for the Preservation of New Engl: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCountry Day School: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Michigan: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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 34.

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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.

Toledo Community Foundation IncOH23.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · United Way of Greater Toledo · The Stranahan Supporting Organization · Andersons Foundation · Promedica Health System Inc · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · Zenith Foundation Inc · Waite M B-Brand Foundation Tw · Toledo Community Foundation Inc Seneca Fund · Walter E Terhune Memorial Fund · The Oswald Supporting Organization

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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How do I get to The Mlm Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Mlm Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Mlm Charitable Foundation

How much does The Mlm Charitable Foundation give?
The Mlm Charitable Foundation reported 35 grants totaling $514,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Mlm Charitable Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Religion (18%), Education (17%).
Who are The Mlm Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Grace Community Center ($311k), Girl Scouts of Western Ohio ($276k), Cleary University ($186k).
Does The Mlm Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Mlm Charitable 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 Mlm Charitable Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Toledo Community Foundation Inc, The O-I Charities Foundation, United Way of Greater Toledo.
Where is The Mlm Charitable Foundation based?
The Mlm Charitable 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 99 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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