· Private foundation
The Turtle Plastics Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k16 grants · $64k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $34k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund | $50,000 |
| National Fallen Firefighters Foundation | $12,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $11,300 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| National Clean Water Collective Inc | $7,500 |
| Military Firefighter Heritage Foundation | $7,500 |
| Cleveland Blind Bowling League | $7,005 |
| Cleveland Buckeye Blind Bowling League | $5,500 |
| League of Womens Voters | $5,000 |
| Nalinikids Inc | $5,000 |
| Thrive for Change | $5,000 |
| HCCEF | $5,000 |
| IL Fire Service Institute Univ of Illinois | $5,000 |
| Literary Cleveland | $5,000 |
| Mama Moses the Underground Railroad | $2,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 89% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +95% since the first grant, against +86% for those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CLCOMMUNITY LIFE CENTERS OF HAITI3× · 2020–2022 · $173k · revenue +151%
- GMGLEAN MINISTRIES2× · 2020–2021 · $40k · revenue +194%
- NFNATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION4× · 2019–2024 · $24k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- TDTHE DALTON FAMILY FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $15k · revenue +86%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2019 · $12k
- MFMinnesota Farm Bureauone grant, 2018 · $5k
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.
San francisco firefighters cancer prevention foundation (sffcpf) is committed to the prevention and early detection of cancer and providing access to cutting edge care for active and retired members of the san francisco fire department and…
The mission of firefighters for healing is to support burn and trauma survivors through direct emotional and financial support at the time they most need it. firefighters for healing provides innovative and holistic solutions to support…
Provide volunteer first responder service
To lead california communities in wildfire risk reduction and resiliency.
The preservation of materials related to Cincinnati firefighting history and promoting fire safety education.
We are committed to identifying the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of amniotic fluid embolism and bring our information and resources to healthcare providers and impacted families through our education and support programs.We…
Fusee engages in public education and policy advocacy promoting safe, ethical, ecological wildland fire management.
The mission of the professional fire fighters of wisconsin charitable foundation is to champion community risk reduction initiatives; promote fire safety and prevention; and deliver meaningful support to burn survivors, fire fighters and…
Assist Firefighters - Labor Union
To educate the public on rail safety around highway-rail grade crossings and pedestrian safety around tracks and trains.
The minnesota firefighter initiative (mnfire) is dedicated to providing minnesota's firefighters with the tools they need to prioritize and protect their health by focusing on the three health problems most commonly experienced by those in…
To resource, train, and mobilize volunteers, churches,& other organizations to respond to disasters in the united states & world-wide
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 54 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 COMMUNITY LIFE CENTERS OF HAITI ↗
- Who funds Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund ↗
- Who funds GLEAN MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE DALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NALINIKIDS INC ↗
- Who funds Literary Cleveland ↗
- Who funds THRIVE FOR CHANGE ↗
- Who funds Crashcourse Village Inc ↗
- Who funds CLEVELAND SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND ↗
- Who funds PIANO INTERNATIONAL ASSOC OF NORTHERN OH ↗
- Who funds MAMA MOSES THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD ↗
- Who funds PIPERS ANGELS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CONGRESSIONAL FIRE SERVICES ↗
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 · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Turtle Plastics Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Turtle Plastics Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- National Fallen Firefighters Foundation: 24% of income from government
How this is measured
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