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The Oswald Supporting Organization

To offer grant support for charitable programs that enrich the quality of life for citizens of northwest ohio and southeast michigan.

$167k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Education$280kHuman Services$214kArts & Culture$198kFood & Nutrition$120kCrime & Legal$74kHousing & Shelter$70kHealth$67kYouth Development$49kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $162k
$20,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S THEATRE WORKSHOP OF TOLEDO$25,000
TOLEDO ZOO$25,000
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION$23,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO$20,529
TOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS - TAPA$20,000
IMAGINATION STATION$13,200
GRACE COMMUNITY CENTER$13,125
THE VICTORY CENTER$12,000
MOM'S HOUSE OF TOLEDO$10,000
DOVE FUND$5,100
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 (FY17–24, $185k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%THE COCOON: $20k → 12%THE ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO: $20k → 18%ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO: $20k → 18%MOM'S HOUSE OF TOLEDO: $10k → 18%ADOPT AMERICA NETWORK: $25k → 18%WATER FOR ISHMAEL: $12k → 18%MONROE STREET NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $10k → 18%CENTER OF HOPE FAMILY SERVICES INC: $20k → 18%YWCA OF NORTHWEST OHIO: $24k → 18%ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY INC: $19k → 18%TOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $5k → 18%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.

43%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$489k · 6 repeat orgs$644k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +41% for the ones you funded once.

6 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
30

Total granted

$489k
$520k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+41%

Still filing today

100%
87%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $124k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther

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

  • TA
    TOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $138k · revenue +34%
  • CK
    CONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS INC
    5× · 2017–2022 · $120k · revenue +32%
  • T
    TUTORSMART
    5× · 2018–2022 · $110k · revenue +146%

Funded once

  • WA
    WESTERN AVENUE FAMILY CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $35k
  • LC
    LUCAS COUNTY CASA ADVISORY BOARD INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -80%
  • AA
    ADOPT AMERICA NETWORKgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +554%

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
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
2
The Toledo Legal Aid Society

Toledo Legal Aid Society provides legal representation for indigent clients that are charged with criminal, traffic, or juvenile offenses for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty.

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3
Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank

To enable other community organizations to end hunger. we strive to maximize community resources by effectively obtaining and distributing food through a food collection and distribution system.

Food & Nutrition
4
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
5
Leadership Toledo

Through a spectrum of programming for adults and high school students, lt offers individuals the opportunity to become more confident leaders, connect with the community, grow stronger in self-awareness, and serve in ways that are…

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6
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce

To solve critical business challenges in order to create vibrant economic opportunities for all in our region.

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7
School Choice Ohio Inc

The mission of school choice ohio is to protect and expand children's educational options through ensuring choice in quality schools and other places of learning, thereby supporting systemic reform of k-12 education across the state.

Education
8
Toledo Early Learning Coalition Incorporated

To ensure that all youth ages 0-5 have access to quality early learning programs and services regardless of race sex economic status or geographical location and the ability and the support necessary to enter kindergarten ready to learn…

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9
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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10
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
11
Ohio Justice and Policy Center

To create fair, intelligent, redemptive criminal justice systems through zealous client-centered advocacy, innovative policy reform and cross-sector community education.

Civil Rights
12
Ohio District 5 Area Agency On Aging Inc

The ohio district 5 area agency on aging, inc. provides leadership, collaboration, coordination and services to older adults, people with disabilities, their caregivers and resource networks that support individual choice, independence and…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Toledo Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Jumpstart Inc. 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 39 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr12%5%5–10yr17%21%10–20yr16%21%20–35yr14%29%35–55yr20%24%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr12%15%5–10yr17%16%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr14%23%35–55yr20%26%55yr+

The field is 21% 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 — 2% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/46
the rest of the field
13%
294/2,318

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

44 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. 44 of the 46 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/44
Grantees still filing
31/44
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

TUTORSMART — $109,565 · EducationTUTORSMARTPARTNERS IN EDUCATION OF TOLEDO — $48,000 · EducationPARTNERS IN EDUCATION…LOURDES UNIVERSITY — $33,500 · EducationLOURDES UNIVERSITYOHIO FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION — $12,500 · EducationOHIO FOREIGN LANGUAGE…READ FOR LITERACY INC — $10,000 · EducationTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationTOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $138,000 · Arts & CultureTOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR …SOFIA QUINTERO ART AND CULTURAL CENTER — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSOFIA QUINTERO ART A…CHILDREN'S THEATRE WORKSHOP OF TOLEDO — $25,000 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S THEATRE W…TOLEDO SCIENCE CENTER — $13,200 · Arts & CultureTOLEDO SCIENCE CENTE…THE ARTS COMMISSION OF GREATER TOLEDO I — $10,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN AVENUE FAMILY CENTER — $35,000 · OtherWESTERN AVENUE FAMILY CENTERLUCAS COUNTY CASA ADVISORY BOARD INC — $30,000 · OtherLUCAS COUNTY CASA ADVISORY BOARD …FRANCISCAN SHELTERS — $24,000 · OtherFRANCISCAN SHELTERSBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO — $20,529 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTH…MAUMEE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $18,992 · OtherMAUMEE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANIT…DENTAL CENTER OF NORTHWEST OHIO — $15,000 · OtherFAMILY AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER — $15,000 · OtherGRACE COMMUNITY CENTER — $13,125 · OtherTHE VICTORY CENTER — $12,000 · OtherAVENUES FOR AUTISM — $20,000 · OtherAVENUES FOR AUTISMJUMPSTART INC — $25,000 · OtherJUMPSTART INCTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 · OtherTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYGOOD GRIEF OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC — $20,000 · OtherGOOD GRIEF OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC+7 more — $64,764 · Other+7 moreTHE ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO — $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE ABILITY CENTER…ADOPT AMERICA NETWORK — $25,000 · Human ServicesADOPT AMERICA NETW…YWCA OF NORTHWEST OHIO — $23,867 · Human ServicesYWCA OF NORTHWEST …THE COCOON SHELTER — $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE COCOON SHELTERCENTER OF HOPE FAMILY SERVICES — $19,958 · Human ServicesCENTER OF HOPE FAM…AO ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY INC — $19,452 · Human ServicesAO ADVOCATING OPPO…WATER FOR ISHMAEL — $11,841 · Human ServicesWATER FOR ISHMAELMONROE STREET NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER — $10,000 · Human ServicesMONROE STREET NEIG…MOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO — $10,000 · Human ServicesMOM'S HOUSE INC OF…+1 more — $5,000 · Human ServicesCONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS INC — $120,000 · Food & NutritionCONNECTING …LUCAS HOUSING SERVICES CORPORATION — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterGRACEHAVEN INC — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterTHE FIRST TEE OF LAKE ERIE — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsGIRLS ON THE RUN OF NORTHWEST OHIO — $9,900 · Recreation & Sports
Education$223,565Arts & Culture$211,200Other$338,410Human Services$185,118Food & Nutrition$120,000Housing & Shelter$40,000Recreation & Sports$34,900

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTOLEDO ALLIANCE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS — $138,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCONNECTING KIDS TO MEALS INC — $120,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTUTORSMART — $109,565 over 5y, 17% of budgetPARTNERS IN EDUCATION OF TOLEDO — $48,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetTHE ABILITY CENTER OF GREATER TOLEDO — $40,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLOURDES UNIVERSITY — $33,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLUCAS COUNTY CASA ADVISORY BOARD INC — $30,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetADOPT AMERICA NETWORK — $25,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetJUMPSTART INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIRST TEE OF LAKE ERIE — $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSOFIA QUINTERO ART AND CULTURAL CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S THEATRE WORKSHOP OF TOLEDO — $25,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetFRANCISCAN SHELTERS — $24,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetYWCA OF NORTHWEST OHIO — $23,867 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO — $20,529 over 1y, 5.5% of budgetLUCAS HOUSING SERVICES CORPORATION — $20,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGRACEHAVEN INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE COCOON SHELTER — $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGOOD GRIEF OF NORTHWEST OHIO INC — $20,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetAVENUES FOR AUTISM — $20,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetCENTER OF HOPE FAMILY SERVICES — $19,958 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAO ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY INC — $19,452 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMAUMEE VALLEY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $18,992 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDENTAL CENTER OF NORTHWEST OHIO — $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTOLEDO SCIENCE CENTER — $13,200 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGRACE COMMUNITY CENTER — $13,125 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetOHIO FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION — $12,500 over 1y, 33% of budgetTHE VICTORY CENTER — $12,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWATER FOR ISHMAEL — $11,841 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF TOLEDO INC — $11,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMONROE STREET NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetREAD FOR LITERACY INC — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMOM'S HOUSE INC OF TOLEDO — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTOLEDO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARTS COMMISSION OF GREATER TOLEDO I — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF NORTHWEST OHIO — $9,900 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS OHIO — $9,664 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE RIDGE PROJECT INC — $9,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE DOVE FUND — $5,100 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTOLEDO DAY NURSERY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Toledo Community Foun…The O-I Charities Fou…United Way of Greater…John Henry Eldred Jr …The Stranahan Support…Toledo Classic IncToledo Community Foun…The Andersons Fund Su…Robert C and Susan M …Andersons FoundationFirstenergy FoundationPromedica Health Syst…
Toledo Community Foundation IncOH86.2× affinity41 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 · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · The Stranahan Supporting Organization · Toledo Classic Inc · Toledo Community Foundation Inc Seneca Fund · The Andersons Fund Supporting Organization · Robert C and Susan M Savage Family Foundation · Andersons Foundation · Firstenergy Foundation · Promedica Health System Inc

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 Oswald Supporting Organization 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%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Oswald Supporting Organization?

    Find your warmest path to The Oswald Supporting Organization 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 46 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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