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The Twenty First Century Foundation at a glance

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The Twenty First Century 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.

$2.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
105
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$384k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$2.7MEducation$2.5MFood & Nutrition$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.1MPublic Benefit$827kRecreation & Sports$433kAnimals$364kPhilanthropy$305kOther$0
02FY2025 · 105 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k50 grants · $162k
  • $10k–50k49 grants · $879k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $500k
  • $250k+2 grants · $664k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MEIJER$384,010
THE SALVATION ARMY - NORWALK$280,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA$210,000
NORWALK ARTS CENTER$100,000
MONROEVILLE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS$100,000
ST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL$90,000
OH-GO$35,000
MONROEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL$31,250
NORWALK AREA UNITED FUND$30,000
NORWALK CATHOLIC SCHOOL$30,000
EHOVE CAREER CENTER$28,000
SENECA EAST LOCAL SCHOOLS$27,000
ERIE COUNTY JOB FAMILY SERVICES$25,000
HURON COUNTY JOB AND FAMILY SERVICE$25,000
SANDUSKY CO JOB AND FAMILY$25,000
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 (FY17–25, $169k) 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%GRACE BAGS 626: $1k → 12%GRACE BAGS 626: $1k → 12%GRACE BAGS 626: $1k → 12%GRACE BAGS 626: $1k → 12%THE PIGGY BACK FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $15k → 13%PIGGY BACK FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $15k → 13%PIGGY BACK FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%PIGGY BACK FOUNDATION: $15k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $10k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $10k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $10k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $10k → 13%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $10k → 13%PIGGY BACK FOUNDATION: $10k → 13%THE PIGGYBACK FOUNDATION: $6k → 13%THE PIGGYBACK FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%ANSWERING THE CALL TOGETHER ACT: $3k → 13%PROJECT LEADERSHIP OF HURON COUNTY: $500 → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 131 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

131 repeat relationships: 85 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

131
106

Total granted

$10M
$855k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
0%

Still filing today

21%
8%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $476k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsHuman ServicesHealthArts & CulturePublic BenefitPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MA
    MONROEVILLE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS
    3× · 2021–2025 · $201k · revenue +178%
  • NA
    NORWALK AREA UNITED FUND
    8× · 2017–2025 · $180k · revenue +46%
  • SH
    SENECA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    6× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $300k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • JF
    JOB FAMILY SERVICES - SANDUSKY CO
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
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
Huron County Growth Partnership

Promote huron county, ohio business

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2
Huron County Development Council

Strengthen industrial operations in huron county, ohio

Community Improvement
3
Humane Society of Genesee County

To provide services to homeless animals

Animals
4
Ashtabula County Humane Society

To enforce laws preventing cruelty to animals and to provide affective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals.

Animals
5
Wayne County Humane Society
Animals
6
Huron County Community Foundation

The mission of the huron county community foundation is to provide for the enrichment of the quality life in huron county by developing a permanent endowment to assess and respond to changing community needs and by serving as a charitable…

Philanthropy
7
Holmes County Humane Society Inc

The prevention of cruelty to animals in holmes county, ohio through education and awareness.

Animals
8
Granville Ohio Historical Society

The Granville Historical Society acquires, preserves, and shares Granvilles past with residents and visitors to inspire curiosity about, instill knowledge of, and foster a commitment to our history.

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9
Huron Humane Society Inc

Caring for the health and well-being of various animals - mainly dogs and cats.

Animals
10
Missaukee Humane Society

Humane treatement of animals

Animals
11
United Way of Henry County

To receive and accept property to be administered exclusively for charitable purposes for the benefit of the people in the henry county, ohio area

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12
Humane Society Foundation of Hancock County

The sole purpose of the humane society foundation is to provide funds and an operating facility for the humane society & spca of hancock county, findlay ohio.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Christophers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Grace Bags. 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

41 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. 41 of the 257 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/41
Grantees still filing
25/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: $1,070,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICATHE SALVATION ARMY - NORWALK: $1,062,938 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY - NORWALKIndividual grant recipient: $833,030 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $565,680 · OtherST JOSEPH CATHOLIC SCHOOLIMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOLS: $460,000 · OtherMEIJER: $384,010 · Other+178 more: $5,355,982 · Other+178 moreOH-GO: $823,030 · Public BenefitOH-GOGOOD KNIGHTS INC: $50,000 · Public BenefitGOOD KNIG…STARTING POINT OUTREACH CENTER: $47,000 · Public BenefitHURON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $84,000 · AnimalsTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SENECA COUNTY: $79,000 · AnimalsBACK TO THE WILD INC: $32,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIETY OF ERIE COUNTY: $12,000 · AnimalsHumane Society of Sandusky County: $12,000 · AnimalsNORWALK AREA UNITED FUND: $180,000 · PhilanthropyMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $21,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PIGGYBACK FOUNDATION: $81,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $80,000 · Human Services+2 more: $7,000 · Human ServicesARTISTS OPEN STUDIO INC: $62,000 · Arts & CultureATTICA FAIR ASSOCIATION: $29,250 · Food & Nutrition
Other$9,731,640Public Benefit$920,030Animals$219,000Philanthropy$201,000Human Services$168,000Arts & Culture$62,000Food & Nutrition$29,250

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOH-GO: $823,030 over 6y, 28% of budgetMONROEVILLE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS: $200,500 over 3y, 21% of budgetNORWALK AREA UNITED FUND: $180,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetSENECA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $140,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetFIRELANDS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $120,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetNORWALK ARTS CENTER LLC: $103,500 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetNORWALK AREA FOOD BANK: $95,000 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetHURON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $84,000 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetTHE PIGGYBACK FOUNDATION: $81,000 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION: $80,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTIFFIN SENECA UNITED WAY INC: $80,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetTHE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SENECA COUNTY: $79,000 over 7y, 4.3% of budgetCARE & SHARE INC OF ERIE COUNTY: $70,000 over 7y, 6.7% of budgetARTISTS OPEN STUDIO INC: $62,000 over 5y, 7.1% of budgetGOOD KNIGHTS INC: $50,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetSTARTING POINT OUTREACH CENTER: $47,000 over 3y, 27% of budgetBACK TO THE WILD INC: $32,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetATTICA FAIR ASSOCIATION: $29,250 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetHURON COUNTY GROWTH PARTNERHIP CHARITIES: $27,000 over 2y, 9.4% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBELLEVUE RECREATION CLUB INC: $20,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetTEEN LEADERSHIP CORPS: $20,000 over 4y, 7.4% of budgetFIRELANDS RAILS TO TRAILS INC: $19,000 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY YOUTH MENTORING: $18,000 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF ERIE COUNTY: $12,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHumane Society of Sandusky County: $12,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetWHITNEY FIELD IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetANSWERING THE CALL TOGETHER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFOOT SOLDIER MINISTRY: $2,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CHRISTOPHERS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% 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 OH-GO ↗
  • Who funds MONROEVILLE ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ↗
  • Who funds NORWALK AREA UNITED FUND ↗
  • Who funds SENECA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds FIRELANDS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds NORWALK ARTS CENTER LLC ↗
  • Who funds NORWALK AREA FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds HURON COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PIGGYBACK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds TIFFIN SENECA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF SENECA COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds CARE & SHARE INC OF ERIE COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ARTISTS OPEN STUDIO INC ↗

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.

Geotrac Charitable Fo…The Albert G & Olive …The Gerard and Patric…Price-Downey-Buckland…John F & Doris E Erns…The Michelle Wightman…Erie County Community…The Mylander Fdn-2001Sidney Frohman Founda…Huron County Communit…Infinity TrustThe Cleveland Foundat…
Geotrac Charitable FoundationOH30.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Geotrac Charitable Foundation · The Albert G & Olive H Schlink Foundation · The Gerard and Patricia Hipp Family Foundation · Price-Downey-Buckland Foundation · John F & Doris E Ernsthausen Foundation · The Michelle Wightman-Karrie Wieber Charitable Foundation · Erie County Community Foundation · The Mylander Fdn-2001 · Sidney Frohman Foundation · Huron County Community Foundation · Infinity Trust · The Cleveland 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Twenty First Century Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Twenty First Century Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 257 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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