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The Olin Corporation Charitable Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$189k
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your fieldRead
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01What you fund
0197% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2022.

Philanthropy$148kScience & Tech$104kEducation$91kCommunity Improvement$54kInternational$44kHuman Services$43kHealth$31kPublic Safety & Disaster$30kOther$0
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 3 grants below total $64,480 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $189,480 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $125,000 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$19,790
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
World Central Kitchen$25,000
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary Int$19,790
Charities Aid Foundation America$19,690
02Your 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
Missouri Western State University Foundation Inc

The missouri western state university foundation is a not-for-profit charitable organization that functions solely to support the mission of missouri western state university, as stated in the university's mission statement. the foundation…

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2
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
3
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
4
Tulsa Area United Way

The tulsa area united way unites people and resources to improve lives and strengthen our communities.

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5
American Water Works Association

To promote public health, safety, and welfare through the improvement of the quality and quantity of drinking water and the development and furtherance of understanding of the problems relating thereto.

Public Benefit
6
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc

United way of central oklahoma is committed to connecting people and resources to improve the well being of those in our community.

Philanthropy
7
Tulsa Regional Chamber (Fka Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce)

The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.

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8
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas Inc

Uwmd is a community-based social change organization that unites the community to create lasting change. for 100 years, we've brought together passionate change-makers, alongside corporate, civic and nonprofit partners, to strengthen…

Philanthropy
9
University of Southern Mississippi Foundation

To build relationships with alumni and friends in order to secure private funds and other resources for the benefit of the university of southern mississippi (usm). the foundation receives, invests and distributes private gifts in support…

Education
10
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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11
Washburn University Foundation

The Foundation was created to assist in the promotion, development and enhancement of the financial resources for Washburn University of Topeka, as well as to receive and hold in trust any assets given in benefit of the University.

Education
12
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of the Csra Inc and the most unlike its peers is Military Moms and Wives of Brazoria County. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFood Pantries and AssistanceRotary Club FoundationsClassical Music OrchestrasChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…School Parent-Teacher Organ…Domestic Violence and Sexua…Youth Development CentersCommunity Literacy TutoringChildhood Cancer SupportFaith-Based Homeless Servic…Youth Sports ProgramsWomen's Empowerment Organiz…Charter and Independent Sch…Local History MuseumsPublic School District Foun…College Foundation SupportFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Developmental Disabilities …Environmental Advocacy and …Veteran Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsUnited Way Affiliates
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr16%23%20–35yr13%26%35–55yr16%35%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%20%10–20yr16%15%20–35yr13%22%35–55yr16%41%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1%1/83
the rest of the field
13%
240,395/1,819,482

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.

03the grantee network

75 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. 75 of the 121 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
71/75
Grantees still filing
42/75
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CLEVELANDBRADLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $40,000 · OtherCLEVELANDBRADLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCECLEVELANDBRADLEY CHAMBER FOUNDATION — $20,000 · OtherCLEVELANDBRADLEY CHAMBER FOUNDATION+81 more — $212,456 · Other+81 moreUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $68,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS I…UNITED WAY OF GREATER NIAGARA INC — $21,570 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER NIAGARA IN…United Way of Brazoria County — $20,000 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Brazoria CountyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $19,690 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICAUNITED WAY OF OXFORD & LAFAYETTE COUNTY — $12,620 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF OXFORD & LAFAYETTE…UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC — $8,000 · Philanthropy+5 more — $11,100 · Philanthropy+5 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $25,000 · InternationalWORLD CEN…THE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL — $19,790 · InternationalTHE ROTAR…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $1,550 · InternationalBRAZOSPORT COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $7,500 · EducationCRAWFORD AUSABLE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $5,000 · EducationUniversity of New Haven — $5,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $2,500 · EducationMCCAW SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION — $2,500 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK COMM COLLEGE FOUND — $1,950 · EducationBRADLEY CLEVELAND PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $1,600 · EducationFAMILY CRISIS SERVICES OF NW MS — $1,500 · Education+5 more — $3,740 · EducationVOW 22 INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Services League of Jackson County — $5,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION BBQ RELIEF — $5,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $4,837 · Human ServicesKIDS' MEALS INC — $2,000 · Human ServicesSTARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE — $15,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $2,100 · HealthMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES — $7,500 · EnvironmentForest Park Forever Inc — $2,500 · EnvironmentPHINIZY CENTER FOR WATER SCIENCES — $2,340 · EnvironmentGalveston Bay Foundation Inc — $1,865 · Environment
Other$272,456Philanthropy$160,980International$46,340Education$31,290Human Services$21,837Health$17,100Environment$14,205

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ST LOUIS INC — $68,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLEVELANDBRADLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $40,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER NIAGARA INC — $21,570 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCLEVELANDBRADLEY CHAMBER FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetUnited Way of Brazoria County — $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL — $19,790 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA — $19,690 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTARKLOFF DISABILITY INSTITUTE — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF OXFORD & LAFAYETTE COUNTY — $12,620 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetUNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRAZOSPORT COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi Society for Disabilities Incorporated — $6,775 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetChemical Educational Foundation — $5,838 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetST LOUIS ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOW 22 INC — $5,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Kansas City Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Services League of Jackson County — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRAWFORD AUSABLE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetOPERATION BBQ RELIEF — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of New Haven — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Awty International School — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISIANA ART & SCIENCE MUSEUMINC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $4,837 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPELINK OF SOUTHERN NEVADA — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGLETON ISD EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $2,633 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FORTE FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF GREATER SAINT LOUIS — $2,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMCCAW SCHOOL OF MINES FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN ST LOUIS — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetForest Park Forever Inc — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHINIZY CENTER FOR WATER SCIENCES — $2,340 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE OCOEE REGION — $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MISSOURI INC — $2,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS' MEALS INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRiver Valley United Way Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE MISSION CONTINUES — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEWIS & CLARK COMM COLLEGE FOUND — $1,950 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGalveston Bay Foundation Inc — $1,865 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION — $1,850 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Centene FoundationWashington UniversityCommerce Bancshares F…St Louis Community Fo…World Wide Technology…Shell USA Company Fou…Employees Community F…AT&T FoundationUnited Way of Greater…United Way WorldwideCenterpoint Energy Fo…Olin Corporation Char…
Centene FoundationMO21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Centene Foundation · Washington University · Commerce Bancshares Foundation · St Louis Community Foundation Inc · World Wide Technology Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation · Employees Community Fund of the Boeing Company · AT&T Foundation · United Way of Greater St Louis Inc · United Way Worldwide · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Olin Corporation Charitable Trust

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.

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How do I get to The Olin Corporation Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Olin Corporation 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.

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 121 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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