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The Rc Musson and Katharine Musson Charitable Foundation at a glance

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The Rc Musson and Katharine Musson Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$146k
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Science & Tech$202kHuman Services$77kHealth$66kRecreation & Sports$65kArts & Culture$58kYouth Development$51kHousing & Shelter$40kFood & Nutrition$38kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k50 grants · $96k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$2,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON$50,000
HAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES$5,000
OPEN M$3,500
KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL$3,000
MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY$3,000
Individual grant recipient$3,000
UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES$3,000
AKRON PUBLIC SCHOOLS$3,000
STEWART'S CARING PLACE$2,500
SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES$2,500
AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOOD BANK$2,500
HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
THE SALVATION ARMY$2,500
DR BOB'S HOME$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3k → 12%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3k → 12%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $3k → 12%FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $2k → 12%FREEDOM HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $2k → 13%FREEDOM HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $2k → 13%FREEDOM HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $2k → 13%FREEDOM HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $2k → 13%FREEDOM HOUSE FOR WOMEN: $2k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $3k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $3k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $3k → 13%VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $3k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS INC: $3k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS INC: $2k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS INC: $2k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS INC: $2k → 13%CARING FOR KIDS INC: $1k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON: $2k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON: $2k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON: $2k → 13%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON: $1k → 13%OPEN M: $4k → 13%OPEN M: $4k → 13%OPEN M: $4k → 13%OPEN M: $4k → 13%SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES: $3k → 13%SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES: $3k → 13%OPEN M: $2k → 13%SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES: $2k → 13%SOUTH STREET MINISTRIES: $2k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $3k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $3k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $2k → 13%FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $2k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $2k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $1k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $1k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $1k → 13%BATTERED WOMEN'S SHELTER: $1k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$725k · 62 repeat orgs$57k to everyone else

62 repeat relationships: 41 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

62
16

Total granted

$725k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+26%

Still filing today

50%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • KA
    KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $19k · revenue +24%
  • MT
    MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $15k · revenue +41%
  • SH
    STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $14k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • IS
    INTERNATIONAL SOAP BOX DERBY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue -47%
  • GA
    GREATER AKRON AMENITIES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +115%
  • AP
    AKRON PUBLIC SCHOOLS INNES COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Akron Parks Collaborative

To engage the akron, ohio community around the creation and sustainability of vibrant public spaces within the city of akron. we foster and support neighborhood park advocates by enabling them to meet their goals, partner with the city and…

Recreation & Sports
2
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
3
Akron Community Foundation

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…

Philanthropy
4
Emerge Ministries Inc

To help people discover a lifestyle of meaning joy and fulfillment through treatment and training. emerge ministries inc. is devoted to serving our clients. this service encompasses a biblically based mental health center with…

Human Services
5
Autism Society of Greater Akron

We create connections, empowering everyone in the autism community with the resources needed to live fully.

Health
6
Akron Soul Train

Akron soul train (ast) is a multidisciplinary residency program that provides 12-15 artists each year with paid residencies. our mission is to offer ohio-based visual, performing, and literary artists the space, time, and financial…

Arts & Culture
7
Akron Zoological Park

We connect your life to wildlife while inspiring lifelong learning and conservation action.

Animals
8
The Goodwill Industries of Akron Ohio Inc

Goodwill industries of akron, ohio, inc is a not-for-profit corporation that helps individuals prepare for, find, and retain employment. goodwill serves the five-county region of summit, portage, medina, ashland, and richland. goodwill…

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9
Akron Community Service Center & Urban League Inc

To improve the quality of life for the citizens of summit county, particularly african americans, by advocating and facilitating programs that are economically and educationally transformational, impacting their lives and the lives of…

Human Services
10
Leadership Akron

The mission of leadership akron is to inspire, strengthen, and empower leaders. our purpose is to unlock the potential of leaders and serve as a catalyst that drives them to create a greater akron.

Education
11
Akron Roundtable

Akron roundtable brings speakers to akron who inform, educate and stimulate listeners on topics of importance to the region, the country and the world.

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12
Akron History Center

The mission of the Akron History Center is to create an enduring long-lasting free museum-quality exhibit about Akrons history that inspires residents educates young people and welcomes visitors to our community.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Support Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Akron Art Museum. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

47 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. 47 of the 88 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/47
Grantees still filing
37/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON: $250,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF AKRONHAVEN OF REST MINISTRIES INCORPORATED: $24,000 · Other+55 more: $282,550 · Other+55 moreOPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $16,000 · Human ServicesOPPORTUNITY…FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10,500 · Human ServicesFAMILY & CO…VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesVICTIM ASSI…CARING FOR KIDS INC: $9,945 · Human ServicesCARING FOR …SOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC: $9,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH STREE…FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $8,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROM…FREEDOM HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesFREEDOM HOU…HOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $6,000 · Human ServicesHOPE AND HE…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $5,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMI…MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $14,000 · Arts & CultureAKRON ART MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureWEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE INC: $3,000 · Arts & CultureArt Sparks: $1,500 · Arts & CultureSUMMIT ARTSPACE: $1,500 · Arts & CultureSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $12,500 · HealthDR BOB'S HOME: $11,500 · HealthRAPE CRISIS CENTER: $4,500 · HealthVICTORY GALLOP INC: $4,500 · HealthEmpowering Epilepsy: $2,000 · HealthREPLAY FOR KIDS: $1,500 · HealthLOVE AN ANGEL FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $250 · HealthINTERNATIONAL SOAP BOX DERBY INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio: $6,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $4,000 · Youth DevelopmentTOMTOD IDEAS INC: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentIDEASTREAM: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentKEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL: $19,000 · EnvironmentAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $12,500 · Food & NutritionAKRON DREAM CENTER: $1,500 · Food & Nutrition
Other$556,550Human Services$82,445Arts & Culture$45,000Health$38,250Youth Development$27,500Environment$19,000Food & Nutrition$14,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL: $19,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetUNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC: $17,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY: $16,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SOAP BOX DERBY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY: $15,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSTAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSTEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY: $12,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetDR BOB'S HOME: $11,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetCASA BOARD VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION IN: $11,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetFAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetACCESS INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY: $10,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCARING FOR KIDS INC: $9,945 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC: $9,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHERE'S HOPE HORSE FARM: $9,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC: $8,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GRIEFCARE PLACE INC: $8,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetAKRON INNER CITY SOCCER CLUB: $7,500 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetFREEDOM HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC: $7,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetGirls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio: $6,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF AKRON OHIO: $5,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER AKRON AMENITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetRAPE CRISIS CENTER: $4,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVICTORY GALLOP INC: $4,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAKRON DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSAFETY FORCES SUPPORT CENTER: $2,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEmpowering Epilepsy: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAkron Fossils and Science Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAKRON DREAM CENTER: $1,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetArt Sparks: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREPLAY FOR KIDS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSUMMIT ARTSPACE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLOVE AN ANGEL FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Summit Medina and Stark Counties Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTOMTOD IDEAS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBEN CURTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetIDEASTREAM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAYL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 KEEP AKRON BEAUTIFUL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED DISABILITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY PARISH ECUMENICAL NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL SOAP BOX DERBY INC ↗
  • Who funds MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds STAN HYWET HALL & GARDENS INC ↗
  • Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗
  • Who funds STEWART'S CARING PLACE INC AND SUBSIDIARY ↗
  • Who funds DR BOB'S HOME ↗
  • Who funds CASA BOARD VOLUNTEER ASSOCIATION IN ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds VICTIM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM INC ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS INC ↗
  • Who funds AKRON ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF SUMMIT COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CARING FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds HERE'S HOPE HORSE FARM ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF SUMMIT COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GRIEFCARE PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds AKRON INNER CITY SOCCER CLUB ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOM HOUSE FOR WOMEN INC ↗
  • Who funds Girls on the Run of Greater Summit Girls on the Run of Northeast Ohio ↗
  • Who funds HOPE AND HEALING SURVIVOR RESOURCE CENTER ↗

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.

Akron Community Found…Sisler McFawn Foundat…The Welty Family Foun…Lloyd L & Louise K Sm…L R Moffitt & L W Mof…Charles E and Mabel M…Mary S & David C Corb…Glenn R & Alice V Bog…Lehner Family Foundat…W Paul Mills & Thora …Gar FoundationKenneth L Calhoun Cha…
Akron Community FoundationOH69.9× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · The Welty Family Foundation · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · L R Moffitt & L W Moffitt Foundation · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · Glenn R & Alice V Boggess Memorial · Lehner Family Foundation · W Paul Mills & Thora J Mills Memorial · Gar Foundation · Kenneth L Calhoun Char Tr

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Rc Musson and Katharine Musson Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Rc Musson and Katharine Musson Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 88 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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