· Private foundation
The Pat and Alan Spitzer Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
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.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k7 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $60k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $80k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OBERLIN-WELLINGTON RESCUE THEATER | $80,000 |
| IAHP | $10,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| SALVATION ARMY | $10,000 |
| IAHP | $10,000 |
| PLAYHOUSE SQUARE | $10,000 |
| PEOPLES CHURCH NETWORK - AVON | $10,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| LORAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| FRIENDSHIP APL | $5,000 |
| HELP FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| BIG BROTHERSBIG SISTERS ORG | $5,000 |
| HISTORIC GRAFTON SCHOOL | $500 |
| PATCHEN AND MURPHY CARLILE | $80 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-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 +39% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.
9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 6 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, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $46k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- OROBERLIN-WELLINGTON RESCUE THEATER2× · 2023–2024 · $100k
- TOTHE OBERLIN-WELLINGTON RESCUE THEATER PROJECT2× · 2021–2022 · $64k · revenue +471% · 100% of their budget
- SASALVATION ARMY2× · 2023–2024 · $30k
Funded once
- OROCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue +30%
- SASALMONE ASSOCIATESone grant, 2021 · $20k
- LCLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $15k
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.
The orthocarolina research institute (ocri) is an independent, non-profit 501(c)3 that exists to facilitate relevant orthopedic research which advances orthopedic treatments, improves quality of life for patients, and educates the medical…
Animal care sanctuary's lifesaving mission as a no kill organization envisions a community that promotes turning compassion into action for companion animals by: 1.) adopting healthy pet companions into loving homes. 2.) promoting the…
Animal shelter operations and related pet adoption activities.
To save the lives of homeless, sick and injured cats and to work with our community to provide feline expertise and quality programs and services for people and cats.
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,…
The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.
In addition to rescue and adoption, pet orphans provides a wide range of services including education, medical/financial, spay/neuter, and training assistance.
True to our christian heritage, we prepare students from diverse religious, cultural, educational and economic backgrounds to live life fully.
Enrich the lives of cats and communities in Greater Cincinnati by providing low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter services for ferals, strays and pets; offering trap-neuter-return and other outreach programs; and operating a no-kill adoption…
Through operating an animal shelter, we advocate for the welfare of animals in need by providing community support and compassionate care.
Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…
Ordway center for the performing arts (the ordway) mission is to be a cornerstone of exceptional artistic, educational, and cultural experiences.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 44 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 THE OBERLIN-WELLINGTON RESCUE THEATER PROJECT ↗
- Who funds CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ↗
- Who funds OCEAN REEF CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDSHIP ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds LORAIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Culver Educational Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE INSTITUTES FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF HUMAN POTENTIAL ↗
- Who funds HELP FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds BIRTHCARE OF MEDINA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds ORCAT INC ↗
- Who funds OBERLIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
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: The Nord Family Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Pat and Alan Spitzer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Pat and Alan Spitzer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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