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Thomas J & Marjorie S Gray Foundation Inc C/O Jon Gray at a glance

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Thomas J & Marjorie S Gray Foundation Inc C/O Jon Gray

Its FY2022 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$293k
Granted FY2022
3
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$163k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Youth Development$863kCommunity Improvement$464kPhilanthropy$135kMembership Benefit$119kHuman Services$50kPublic Benefit$50kCrime & Legal$30kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0
02FY2022 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $30k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $263k
$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAKE ERIE COUNCIL - BSA$162,981
SIMON KENTON COUNCIL - BSA$100,000
TECUMSEH COUNCIL - BSA$30,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $74k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%OHIO ALLIANCE OF YMCAS FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%OHIO-WEST VIRGINIA YOUTH LEADERSHIP ASSOC: $24k → 19%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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 9 repeat orgs$671k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +119% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
19

Total granted

$1.3M
$671k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+119%
+34%

Still filing today

11%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
Youth DevelopmentPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic BenefitRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalOther
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

  • LE
    LAKE ERIE COUNCIL - BSA
    4× · 2019–2022 · $383k
  • PC
    PROACT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $225k · revenue +119%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    3× · 2019–2021 · $180k

Funded once

  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIOgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $105k · revenue +34%
  • LE
    LAKE ERIE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2018 · $95k · revenue -10%
  • BS
    BOY SCOUTS - GREATER CLEVELAND COUNCIL
    one grant, 2017 · $75k
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
Girl Scouts of Western Ohio

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
2
Bay-Lakes Council #635 Boy Scouts of America

To instill in young people; values, develop leadership skills, and ethical character as expressed in the scout oath and law.

Youth Development
3
Boy Scouts of America 96 Central Ga Council

The boy scouts provide a program for community organizations that offers effective character, citizenship and personal fitness training for youth. the organization endeavors to develop american citizens who are physically, mentally and…

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4
Boy Scouts of America 624 Gateway Area Council

To prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law.

Youth Development
5
Boy Scouts of America 571 Circle Ten Council

The purpose of circle ten council is to promote and extend scouting in northeast texas and southeast oklahoma. our goal is to provide all youth and adults with programs, training, and awards that build character, teach participatory…

Youth Development
6
Boy Scouts of America 388 Greater Hudson Valley Council

It is the mission of scouting america, greater hudson valley council, inc. to deliver the highest-quality, values-based youth program of character development and leadership training, based upon the precepts embodied in the scout oath and…

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7
Indian Waters Council Boy Scouts of America Inc

It is the mission of the boy scouts of america to prepare young people to make ethical choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath law.

Youth Development
8
Boy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard

To develop young adults who are exceptionally prepared to lead, in their own way, to make a positive impact in their personal lives, professions and communities throughout their lifetime.

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9
Grand Canyon Council Inc Boy Scouts of America

The mission of scouting america is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and law. (continued on schedule o)programs of scouting america and grand…

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10
Girl Scouts of Utah

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
11
Girl Scouts of Northern Indiana Michiana Inc

Girl scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

Youth Development
12
Suffolk County Council Boy Scouts of America

The mission is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the scout oath and scout law.

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ohio-West Virginia Youth Leadership Association; the most unlike its peers is Powered Foods. 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

14 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. 14 of the 28 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAKE ERIE COUNCIL - BSA: $383,231 · OtherLAKE ERIE COUNCIL - BSAPROACT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS INC: $225,000 · OtherPROACT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS INCIndividual grant recipient: $180,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSIMON KENTON COUNCIL - BSA: $135,000 · OtherSIMON KENTON COUNCIL - BSATECUMSEH COUNCIL - BSA: $118,880 · OtherTECUMSEH COUNCIL - BSABOY SCOUTS - SIMON KENTON COUNCIL: $90,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS - SIMON KENTON COUNCILBOY SCOUTS - GREATER CLEVELAND COUNCIL: $75,350 · OtherERIE SHORES COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $50,000 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA - ERIE SHORES COUNCIL: $50,000 · Other+9 more: $157,850 · Other+9 moreGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO: $105,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS …LAKE ERIE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $95,000 · Youth DevelopmentLAKE ERIE CO…ALLIANCE FOR GIRLS INC LOUISVILLE GIRLS LEADERSHIP: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentMULTIPLYING GOOD INC: $115,000 · PhilanthropyTHE LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyOhio Alliance of YMCA's Foundation: $50,000 · Human ServicesOHIO-WEST VIRGINIA YOUTH LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION: $24,155 · Human ServicesBECAUSE I SAID I WOULD: $45,000 · Public BenefitPEACE LEARNING CENTER INC: $30,000 · Crime & LegalCAMPTOWN INC: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,465,311Youth Development$210,000Philanthropy$135,000Human Services$74,155Public Benefit$45,000Crime & Legal$30,000Recreation & Sports$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPROACT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS INC: $225,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetMULTIPLYING GOOD INC: $115,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO: $105,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLAKE ERIE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC: $95,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetERIE SHORES COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOhio Alliance of YMCA's Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetBECAUSE I SAID I WOULD: $45,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetPEACE LEARNING CENTER INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOHIO-WEST VIRGINIA YOUTH LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION: $24,155 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetTHE LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCAMPTOWN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTECUMSEH COUNCIL 439 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $3,280 over 1y, 0.3% 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 PROACT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS INC ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLYING GOOD INC ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF NORTH EAST OHIO ↗
  • Who funds LAKE ERIE COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds ERIE SHORES COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds Ohio Alliance of YMCA's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BECAUSE I SAID I WOULD ↗
  • Who funds PEACE LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds OHIO-WEST VIRGINIA YOUTH LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LAKEWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALLIANCE FOR GIRLS INC LOUISVILLE GIRLS LEADERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds CAMPTOWN INC ↗
  • Who funds TECUMSEH COUNCIL 439 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds POWERED FOODS ↗

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.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY10.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Thomas J & Marjorie S Gray Foundation Inc C/O Jon Gray funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas J & Marjorie S Gray Foundation Inc C/O Jon Gray. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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 28 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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