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Thomas Piraino and Barbara McWilliams Family Fndn Inc at a glance

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Thomas Piraino and Barbara McWilliams Family Fndn Inc

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.

$571k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Religion$219kArts & Culture$174kHealth$150kYouth Development$115kInternational$90kRecreation & Sports$80kEnvironment$50kEducation$45kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $325k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $215k
$10,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$978k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAIRMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$80,000
CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILE FESTIV$75,000
STATE YMCA OF MI$60,000
Individual grant recipient$35,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
LEGAL AID SOCIETY$25,000
UCP OF GREATER CLEVELAND$25,000
MAGNOLIA CLUB HOUSE$25,000
LUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY$25,000
ST DOMINIC CHURCH$25,000
OHIO FOUNDATION$20,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$15,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$15,000
ANERA$10,000
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$10,000
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 (FY23–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, 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%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $2k → 14%THEA BOWMAN CENTER: $10k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
MD
DC
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$780k · 27 repeat orgs$242k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
5

Total granted

$780k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+22%

Still filing today

56%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $176k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
InternationalHealthReligionHuman ServicesCrime & LegalEducationOther
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

  • TL
    THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +17%
  • MC
    MAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $45k · revenue +33%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $25k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • YO
    YMCA OF CENTRAL OH
    one grant, 2023 · $55k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $3k · revenue +9%
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
Actionaid Usa

Actionaid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. actionaid usa is the u.s. branch of actionaid international, which works in…

Social Science
2
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
3
International Development Enterprises

See schedule o for a more detailed description of ide's mission statement and achievements.

International
4
Global Communities

Global communities brings together local ingenuity and global insights to save lives and secure strong futures.

International
5
Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

See schedule o.legal aid's mission is to secure justice, equity and access to opportunity for and with people who have low incomes through passionate legal representation and advocacy for systematic change.

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6
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
7
Legal Aid of Western Ohio Inc

Legal aid of western ohio, inc. (lawo) is a non-profit law firm that champions equity and justice through client-centered community collaboration and transformative legal advocacy.

Crime & Legal
8
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
9
International Rescue Committee Inc

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

International
10
Acadia General Hospital Inc

The organization provides medical care to improve, maintain, and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
11
Lebanese American University

Lebanese american university is committed to academic excellence, student-centeredness, civic engagement, the advancement of scholarship, the education of the whole person, and the formation of leaders in a diverse world.

Education
12
Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc

For over 20 years, chai's mission has been to save lives and improve health outcomes in low-and middle-income countries around the world. we do this by enabling the government and private sector to strengthen and sustain quality health…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Legal Aid Society; the most unlike its peers is Western Reserve Historical Society. 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

21 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. 21 of the 39 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
13/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILE FESTIV: $150,000 · OtherCLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILE FESTIVFAIRMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $80,000 · OtherFAIRMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSTATE YMCA OF MI: $60,000 · OtherSTATE YMCA OF MIYMCA OF CENTRAL OH: $55,000 · OtherYMCA OF CENTRAL OHIndividual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientST DOMINIC CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherST DOMINIC CHURCHUCP OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $45,000 · OtherUCP OF GREATER CLEVELANDOHIO FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherOHIO FOUNDATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $30,000 · Other+14 more: $106,500 · Other+14 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 · InternationalMEDECINS …WATER COMPASS INC: $20,000 · InternationalWATER COM…AMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $15,000 · InternationalAMERICAN …ALIGHT: $15,000 · InternationalALIGHTCLEVELAND MAIDAN ASSOCIATION: $4,800 · InternationalCLEVELAND…+1 more: $2,000 · InternationalLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $75,000 · ReligionFUTURECHURCH: $3,500 · ReligionMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $45,000 · HealthPERTHES KIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $8,000 · HealthTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $45,000 · Crime & LegalTHEA BOWMAN CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,800 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC LEGAL IMMIGRATION NETWORK INC: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$736,500International$81,800Religion$78,500Health$63,000Crime & Legal$45,000Human Services$11,800Civil Rights$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLUTHERAN METROPOLITAN MINISTRY: $75,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LEGAL AID SOCIETY: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAGNOLIA CLUBHOUSE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWATER COMPASS INC: $20,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetAMERICAN NEAR EAST REFUGEE AID: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHEA BOWMAN CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPERTHES KIDS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC LEGAL IMMIGRATION NETWORK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLEGHENY COLLEGE: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEVELAND MAIDAN ASSOCIATION: $4,800 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFUTURECHURCH: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOME REPAIR RESOURCE CENTER: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAMNESTY INTERNATIONAL OF THE USA INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIDEASTREAM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetL ARCHE CLEVELAND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Cleveland Foundat…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Cleveland FoundationOH19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Piraino and Barbara McWilliams Family Fndn Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thomas Piraino and Barbara McWilliams Family Fndn Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Thomas Piraino and Barbara McWilliams Family Fndn Inc 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.

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 39 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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