· Private foundation
The Paul D Sergi Foundation
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Paul D Sergi Foundation’s FY2020 grant dollars went to American Endowment Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2020 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year The Paul D Sergi Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 17 organizations, $699k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2018
- Under $10k18 grants · $38k
- $10k–50k6 grants · $136k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
- $250k+1 grant · $325k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE CLEVELAND CLINIC | $325,000 |
| CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $200,000 |
| AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE INC | $30,000 |
| CONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $24,000 |
| ASSOCIATION OF THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL | $20,925 |
| ST MARY PARISH | $20,000 |
| SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $16,000 |
| BOSTON TOWNSHIP HALL COMMITTEE INC | $7,200 |
| MOTHER OF SORROWS CHURCH | $4,800 |
| HAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES | $4,460 |
| AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION | $4,400 |
| BISHOP EUSTACE PREPARATORY SCHOOL | $4,000 |
| CHRIST THE KING REGIONAL SCHOOL | $2,400 |
| OUR LADY OF THE ELMS | $2,200 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 93% of its 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 90% of The Paul D Sergi Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in OH; by stated purpose, 44%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
25 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down. Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2018, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BTBOSTON TWP HALL COMMITTEE INC2× · 2017–2018 · $16k · revenue +8%
- ACAKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION2× · 2017–2018 · $10k · revenue +66%
- CHCHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +34%
Funded once
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.
To identify, activate, and support informed and passionate philanthropists who strive to improve the quality of life in our community. we accomplish this by:- building a permanent source of charitable funding- cultivating strategic…
To improve the health of children, teenagers and young adults through excellence in patient care, education, research, advocacy and community partnerships.
To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.
To develop charitable gifts and resources dedicated to building healthier communities in southwest ohio.
As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.
The mission of the christ hospital foundation ('tch fdn') is to support the mission of the christ hospital ('tch'). tch's mission is to improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the…
To provide for education, scholarships and other charitable purposes related to the culinary profession
To provide investment management and support for the mission and growth of cleveland university-kansas city.
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.
Cincinnati children's hospital medical center will be the leader in improving child health. cincinnati children's will provide child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education,…
Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.
The purpose of the foundation is to support the charitable and educational work of the acs.
How this is measured
13 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. 13 of the 27 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 AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE INC ↗
- Who funds CONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK ↗
- Who funds BOSTON TWP HALL COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHAPEL HILL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
- Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗
- Who funds HIRAM COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds OHIO RIGHT TO LIFE SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL FUND ↗
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: Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Paul D Sergi Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Paul D Sergi Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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