· Private foundation
W Stephenson Fnd
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $155k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MEDINA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE | $80,000 |
| MEDINA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $75,000 |
| LEADERSHIP MEDINA COUNTY | $15,000 |
| WADSWORTH AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $8,300 |
| OUR LADY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC | $7,000 |
| SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH | $5,000 |
| ORMACO INC | $3,000 |
| FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH | $1,500 |
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 (FY17–17, $2k) 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.
How this is measured
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 +47% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.
22 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 48% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $102k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LMLeadership Medina County9× · 2017–2025 · $154k · revenue +17% · 26% of their budget
- TCTHE CHILDREN'S CENTER OF MEDINA COUNTY5× · 2018–2024 · $51k · revenue +19%
- MSMAIN STREET MEDINA INC3× · 2019–2024 · $25k · revenue +98%
Funded once
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2022 · $30k
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2021 · $30k
- SPST PAUL EPISCOPAL CHURCHone grant, 2022 · $25k
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.
Provide emergency food for those in need.
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Encourage and promote industrial, economic, commercial and civic development of the city of medina ohio. lessen the burdens of government, combat community deterioration, and rehabilitate existing community deterioration by purchasing and…
Habitat for humanity of medina county, inc. unites volunteers with those in need of affordable housing. habitat for humanity also operates a restore retail store which offers donated building supplies for sale to the general public at…
The organization was established for the sole purpose of beautification, maintenance and preservation of spring grove cemetery and old town cemetery in medina, ohio in accordance with the 2018 master plan.
To promote the health and well-being of seniors in medina county so that none are left isolated or hungry.
The Friends of Medina County District Library support the library and its endeavors by focusing attention on programs and services, fostering public support and fundraising.
To prevent cruelty to, and the neglect of animals, enforce the application of laws, and distribute relative information to the general public.
Mid-Ohio Foodbanks mission is to end hunger one nourishing meal at a time while co-creating communities where everyone thrives.
To facilitate high quality outdoor recreational opportunities for all residents of medina and surrounding communities.
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How this is measured
20 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. 20 of the 60 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 MEDINA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Leadership Medina County ↗
- Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CENTER OF MEDINA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds MAIN STREET MEDINA INC ↗
- Who funds WEST CREEK CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL FOODBANK ↗
- Who funds ORMACO INC ↗
- Who funds FEEDING MEDINA COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Friends of Medina County Parks Inc ↗
- Who funds CUPS CAFE INC ↗
- Who funds HOPE RECOVERY COMMUNITY ↗
- Who funds MEDINA MEOW FIX ↗
- Who funds MEDINA COUNTY ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds REPLAY FOR KIDS ↗
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: Akron Community Foundation · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · Jackie & Bruce Davey Family Foundation · Feckley Charitable Foundation · Foe #2224 Charity Fund Inc · Tom and Jill Lincoln Foundation · The Clara Weiss Fund · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Swagelok Foundation · American Newmedia Educational Fdn · The Wolff Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization W Stephenson Fnd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from W Stephenson Fnd. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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