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The Silver Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$72k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
29
Grants FY2025
29
Organizations funded FY2024
28%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$6,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 30
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$284k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 28% of the organizations The Silver Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentCivil RightsHealthAnimalsFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving29$72k21%
FY202429$74k28%
FY202329$72k24%
FY202230$84k27%
FY202127$71k15%
FY202028$68k46%
FY201925$59k44%
FY201824$64k88%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$93kHuman Services$71kHealth$68kAnimals$67kEducation$49kYouth Development$29kFood & Nutrition$25kCrime & Legal$20kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
MD
AR
DC
OK
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Christophers Episcopal Church$63,5006n/a
Zoological Society of Cincinnati$25,40050%
Equal Justice Initiative$22,90060%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$22,32280%
Hoag Hospital Foundation$18,00050%
Marburn Academy$16,50070%
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center Inc$10,82940%
Orange County Youth Baseball Inc$10,0002n/a
Girls on the Run of Central Ohio$9,75050%
Metavivor Research and Support Inc$9,50050%
Show all 54 grantees
All grantees of The Silver Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Christophers Episcopal Church$63,5006n/a
Zoological Society of Cincinnati$25,40050%
Equal Justice Initiative$22,90060%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$22,32280%
Hoag Hospital Foundation$18,00050%
Marburn Academy$16,50070%
Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center Inc$10,82940%
Orange County Youth Baseball Inc$10,0002n/a
Girls on the Run of Central Ohio$9,75050%
Metavivor Research and Support Inc$9,50050%
The Arbor Learning Community$9,50021%
Homeless Boxer Care Denver Metro$9,00061%
Transgender Law Center$8,50030%
Neighborhood Bridges$8,40050%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council$7,75040%
Rainforest Action Network$7,50030%
Heifer International Foundation$7,32530%
East Africa Partnership Inc$7,20031%
Greater Indianapolis Literacy League Inc$7,00030%
Greater Chicago Food Depository$6,00010%
Jessie Rees Foundation$6,00010%
All-Options$6,00020%
Autism Partnership Foundation$5,0001n/a
Mariners Church$5,0001n/a
Folds of Honor Foundation$5,00010%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$4,60450%
Susie's Senior Dogs Inc$4,42051%
St Baldrick's Foundation Inc$4,00020%
Patriots 4 Pendleton$4,000219%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$4,00020%
Mt Healthy City School District$3,8754n/a
Semper Fi & America's Fund$3,84010%
Healthy Worthington Resource Center and Food Pantry Inc$3,50020%
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc$3,50020%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$3,25030%
The Canine Collective$3,10421%
America's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc$3,00010%
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation$3,00010%
K9s for Warriors Inc$3,0001n/a
Oceanic Preservation Society$2,50010%
Center for Healing and Justice Through Sport$2,50010%
Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc$2,00010%
Girls Inc$2,00010%
Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank$2,0001n/a
National Immigration Law Center$2,00010%
Wildlife Conservation Society$1,91510%
Central Caribbean Marine Institute Inc$1,50010%
Padi Aware Foundation$1,50010%
Food Bank of the Rockies$1,47210%
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church$1,3401n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$1,00010%
Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc$1,00010%
Friends of the Earth$1,00010%
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc$9201n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 43 recipients with no EIN on record ($228k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Silver Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetZoological Society of Cincinnati: $25,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $22,900 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $22,322 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHoag Hospital Foundation: $18,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMarburn Academy: $16,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMary Rigg Neighborhood Center Inc: $10,829 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGirls on the Run of Central Ohio: $9,750 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMetavivor Research and Support Inc: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arbor Learning Community: $9,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHomeless Boxer Care Denver Metro: $9,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTransgender Law Center: $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Bridges: $8,400 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul Council: $7,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHeifer International Foundation: $7,325 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEast Africa Partnership Inc: $7,200 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGreater Indianapolis Literacy League Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Chicago Food Depository: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJessie Rees Foundation: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAll-Options: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc: $4,604 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSusie's Senior Dogs Inc: $4,420 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSt Baldrick's Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPatriots 4 Pendleton: $4,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSemper Fi & America's Fund: $3,840 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthy Worthington Resource Center and Food Pantry Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFirehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Alliance for Climate Protection: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Canine Collective: $3,104 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAmerica's Vetdogs the Veterans K-9 Corps Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSandy Hook Promise Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOceanic Preservation Society: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Healing and Justice Through Sport: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEverytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Immigration Law Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $1,915 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Caribbean Marine Institute Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPadi Aware Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFood Bank of the Rockies: $1,472 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIndianapolis Zoological Society Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Earth: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 45.

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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.

Columbus FoundationOH16.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · American Endowment Foundation

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.

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How do I get to The Silver Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Silver Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About The Silver Family Foundation

How much does The Silver Family Foundation give?
The Silver Family Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $72,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Silver Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (17%), Human Services (13%), Health (12%).
Who are The Silver Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Christophers Episcopal Church ($64k), Zoological Society of Cincinnati ($25k), Equal Justice Initiative ($23k).
Does The Silver Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Silver Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Silver Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Columbus Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation, Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc.
Where is The Silver Family Foundation based?
The Silver Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 98 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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