Ohio · Public charity
The Portage Foundation
THE PORTAGE FOUNDATION inspires, impacts, and engages the portage county community by ensuring pathways of enduring support to meet local needs. We are committed to integrity and accountability in connecting donors with recipients, fostering meaningful giving that strengthens our community.
- $136k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 91%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $20k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 91% of the organizations The Portage Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 84% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $255k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $305k | 91% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $83k | 75% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $126k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $79k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $110k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $93k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Community Relief Program | $110,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Aurora Schools Foundation | $58,591 | 2 | 17% |
| Central Ohio Saddle Club | $57,663 | 1 | n/a |
| Church in Aurora | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| By the Dawn's Early Light a New Day a New Beginning | $40,500 | 1 | 43% |
| Crestwood 4cs | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family & Community Services Inc | $22,731 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio | $22,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Portage Animal Protective League | $21,768 | 1 | 2% |
| Main Street Ravenna Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 27% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Community Relief Program | $110,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Aurora Schools Foundation | $58,591 | 2 | 17% |
| Central Ohio Saddle Club | $57,663 | 1 | n/a |
| Church in Aurora | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| By the Dawn's Early Light a New Day a New Beginning | $40,500 | 1 | 43% |
| Crestwood 4cs | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family & Community Services Inc | $22,731 | 2 | 0% |
| Girls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio | $22,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Portage Animal Protective League | $21,768 | 1 | 2% |
| Main Street Ravenna Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Aurora Community Theatre | $15,000 | 1 | 18% |
| City of Kent | $14,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Kiwanis International Inc | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Robinson Memorial Hospital Foundation | $10,014 | 1 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of North Central Ohio | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tree City Cats | $10,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Saint Joseph Catholic Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northeast Ohio Adoption Services | $9,342 | 1 | 0% |
| Kent State University Foundation | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeast Ohio Medical University Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Haymaker Farmers Market Inc | $5,664 | 1 | 5% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($282k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Portage Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 Cleveland Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Portage Foundation
- How much does The Portage Foundation give?
- The Portage Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $20,000, out of $135,789 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Portage Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (19%), Human Services (14%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%).
- Who are The Portage Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Aurora Community Relief Program ($110k), Aurora Schools Foundation ($59k), Central Ohio Saddle Club ($58k).
- Does The Portage Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 91% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Portage Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Cleveland Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Portage Foundation based?
- The Portage Foundation is based in OH.
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