Ohio · Community foundation
The Scioto County Area Foundation
The mission of the Scioto Foundation is to improve, enhance, and enrich the quality of life for all residents of southern Ohio and northern Kentucky, through practicing wise and careful investment of assets, providing a continuous stream of income to benefit community needs and the intent of our donors, promoting philanthropy to all…
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 49
- Grants FY2024
- 47
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $530,909
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $27,893,517
- Organizations funded a year
- 25 to 47
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $65M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations The Scioto County Area Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k 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 | 49 | $91M | 41% |
| FY2023 | 47 | $1.4M | 34% |
| FY2022 | 45 | $1.4M | 29% |
| FY2021 | 42 | $1.4M | 29% |
| FY2020 | 31 | $1.3M | 52% |
| FY2019 | 25 | $756k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 25 | $756k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 25 | $756k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Ohio Museum Corporation | $29,277,652 | 8 | 53% |
| Shawnee State University | $26,052,211 | 8 | n/a |
| Ohio University | $4,480,553 | 8 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Sciotoville | $4,357,801 | 1 | n/a |
| Marshall University | $4,065,894 | 1 | n/a |
| Portsmouth Murals Inc | $2,906,735 | 2 | 21% |
| Notre Dame High School | $2,717,358 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $1,940,109 | 8 | n/a |
| Morehead State University | $1,919,816 | 1 | n/a |
| South Central Ohio ESC | $1,773,792 | 8 | n/a |
Show all 97 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Ohio Museum Corporation | $29,277,652 | 8 | 53% |
| Shawnee State University | $26,052,211 | 8 | n/a |
| Ohio University | $4,480,553 | 8 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church of Sciotoville | $4,357,801 | 1 | n/a |
| Marshall University | $4,065,894 | 1 | n/a |
| Portsmouth Murals Inc | $2,906,735 | 2 | 21% |
| Notre Dame High School | $2,717,358 | 8 | n/a |
| University of Cincinnati | $1,940,109 | 8 | n/a |
| Morehead State University | $1,919,816 | 1 | n/a |
| South Central Ohio ESC | $1,773,792 | 8 | n/a |
| Steven a Hunter Hope Fund Inc | $1,754,765 | 5 | 11% |
| Main Street Portsmouth | $1,609,246 | 5 | 85% |
| University of Rio Grande | $1,594,798 | 5 | 5% |
| Portsmouth City School District | $1,157,886 | 7 | n/a |
| Otterbein University | $1,083,383 | 6 | 1% |
| United States Catholic Conference | $844,827 | 7 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky | $828,832 | 1 | n/a |
| St Albans Episcopal Church | $816,229 | 1 | n/a |
| Hill View Retirement Center | $807,220 | 5 | 5% |
| All Saints Episcopal Church | $748,332 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornerston Church of Portsmouth | $728,175 | 7 | n/a |
| Animal Welfare League of Scioto County | $693,087 | 2 | n/a |
| Shawnee Mental Health Center Inc | $662,522 | 2 | 3% |
| Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery Foundation | $649,195 | 6 | 36% |
| Scioto Christian Ministry Inc | $600,343 | 7 | 2% |
| Ohio Northern University | $523,716 | 1 | 0% |
| Miami University | $508,841 | 8 | n/a |
| Sierra's Haven For New And Used Pets | $343,800 | 8 | 17% |
| Ohio State University | $311,099 | 7 | n/a |
| Sciotoville Christian Church | $283,475 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Portsmouth | $178,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Morehead State University Foundation Inc | $167,551 | 7 | 1% |
| Marshall University Research Corporation | $145,354 | 7 | 0% |
| Portsmouth Area Arts Council Inc | $131,934 | 7 | 43% |
| Sciotoville Christian Church | $129,450 | 3 | n/a |
| The Clyde and Maycel Clark Foundation Inc | $82,500 | 1 | 14% |
| The Ohio State University | $75,732 | 1 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Cleveland Police Scholarship Fund | $70,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Community Mission Outreach Inc | $65,088 | 3 | 36% |
| Market Square Park LLC | $65,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Presbyterian Church USA | $64,825 | 1 | n/a |
| Scioto County Childrens Museum Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Wright State University | $48,281 | 4 | n/a |
| Southern Ohio Community Concert Ass Dba Southern Ohio Performing Arts A | $47,886 | 3 | 13% |
| Potters House Ministries Inc | $47,217 | 4 | 6% |
| Shawnee State University Foundation | $44,394 | 2 | 1% |
| Orvc-American Red Cross | $43,185 | 3 | n/a |
| Baldwin Wallace University | $38,691 | 4 | 0% |
| Portsmouth Community Orchestra | $38,337 | 6 | n/a |
| Catholic Social Services Inc | $33,407 | 2 | 0% |
| Portsmouth Little Theatre Inc | $32,212 | 3 | 40% |
| Watch Me Grow Ohio | $32,006 | 3 | 36% |
| Friends of Adams County 4-H & Extension | $30,000 | 1 | 27% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Portsmouth Public Library | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ohio Wesleyan University | $23,703 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Action Organization of Scioto County Inc | $23,340 | 4 | 0% |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | $21,675 | 1 | 0% |
| Webster University | $21,000 | 2 | 0% |
| 14th Street Community Center | $20,043 | 2 | 5% |
| The Salvation Army | $19,983 | 3 | n/a |
| Otway Community Society for Preservation of Historic Landmarks | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Cedarville University | $17,175 | 2 | 0% |
| The Rarden Daily Bread Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Southern Ohio War Memorial Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Growing Lucasville Opportunities Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Capital University | $14,820 | 2 | 0% |
| Kent State University | $12,485 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Kentucky Research Foundation | $12,083 | 2 | 0% |
| Eastern Kentucky University | $11,452 | 1 | n/a |
| Arc of Appalachia | $11,049 | 1 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $11,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lucasville Area Historical Society | $10,831 | 1 | n/a |
| West Portsmouth Youth Basketball Assoc Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Lily's Place Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hospice of Huntington Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Scioto Brush Creek Inc | $9,500 | 1 | 40% |
| Georgetown College | $8,335 | 1 | 0% |
| Ohio Alliance of YMCA's | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of Scioto Casa | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Southern Ohio | $7,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Crown College | $7,267 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | $7,153 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Pikeville | $6,693 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Ohio Medical Center | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Clinton Massie Local School District | $6,417 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Northwestern Ohio | $6,356 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Partners of Shawnee Mental Health | $6,230 | 1 | n/a |
| Economic and Community Development Institute | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Scioto County Historical Society | $5,760 | 1 | n/a |
| Scioto Ctc | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kentucky Christian University | $5,450 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Erie College | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Alice Lloyd College | $5,250 | 1 | 0% |
| Northern Kentucky University | $5,156 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($229k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Scioto County Area Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 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: Southern Ohio Medical Center · The Glockner Family Foundation Inc · Peoples Bank Foundation · Pallottine Foundation of Huntington West Virginia · Richard D Marting Foundation Inc · Columbus Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Community Foundations Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · The Dayton Foundation · Osco Industries Foundation
How this is measured
About The Scioto County Area Foundation
- How much does The Scioto County Area Foundation give?
- The Scioto County Area Foundation reported 49 grants totaling $1,754,755 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 47 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Scioto County Area Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (47%), Arts & Culture (33%), Religion (10%).
- Who are The Scioto County Area Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Southern Ohio Museum Corporation ($29M), Shawnee State University ($26M), Ohio University ($4.5M).
- Does The Scioto County Area Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Scioto County Area Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Southern Ohio Medical Center, The Glockner Family Foundation Inc, Peoples Bank Foundation.
- Where is The Scioto County Area Foundation based?
- The Scioto County Area Foundation is based in OH.
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