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Waite M B-Brand Foundation Tw at a glance

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Waite M B-Brand Foundation Tw

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$248kArts & Culture$186kEnvironment$145kYouth Development$126kAnimals$63kHuman Services$28kEducation$26kReligion$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS$10,000
IMAGINATION STATION$5,000
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 (FY20–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%LUTHER HOME OF MERCY: $5k → 10%Diabetes Youth Services: $7k → 18%Diabetes Youth Services: $4k → 18%Diabetes Youth Services: $2k → 18%Diabetes Youth Services: $2k → 18%Diabetes Youth Services: $2k → 18%TOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $5k → 18%TOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $2k → 18%TOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $2k → 18%TOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $2k → 18%TOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $2k → 18%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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$681k · 21 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
9

Total granted

$681k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+14%

Still filing today

48%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • TT
    THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +18%
  • LT
    LEADERSHIP TOLEDO
    5× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +76%
  • TC
    TOLEDO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $28k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • ON
    OTTAWA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • Culver Educational Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue -22%
  • LH
    LUTHER HOME OF MERCY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +20%
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
The Ability Center of Greater Toledo

To assist people with disabilities to live, work and socialize within a fully accessible community.

Human Services
2
Toledo Science Center

Empower everyone to explore the sciences through interactive exhibits and educational programming.

Arts & Culture
3
The Toledo Museum of Art

For 124 years, the toledo museum of art has offered free admission to one of the world's great art collections housed in its greek revival main building and the glass pavilion. the museum has an extensive education program, offering…

Arts & Culture
4
Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce

To solve critical business challenges in order to create vibrant economic opportunities for all in our region.

—
5
The Toledo Legal Aid Society

Toledo Legal Aid Society provides legal representation for indigent clients that are charged with criminal, traffic, or juvenile offenses for which the penalty or any possible adjudication includes the potential loss of liberty.

—
6
The University of Toledo Foundation

The mission of the university of toledo foundation is to secure the future for the university of toledo, through prudent asset management and philanthropy. we build strong linkages between alumni and the university, fostering a spirit of…

Education
7
Maumee Valley Country Day School

Maumee valley country day school cultivates an inclusive community of intellectual excellence where learners creatively explore their passions and boldly inspire positive change in the world.

Education
8
Toledo Humane Society

Prevention/treatment of cruelty to animals

Animals
9
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
10
Toledo Animal Shelter Association

See schedule oto care for and to provide temporary and indefinite shelter and care for homeless and abandoned dogs and cats by promoting and sponsoring animal welfare education programs, adoptions, preventive veterinary care, and a…

Animals
11
Thomas University

Thomas university is an independent, not for profit, institution of higher education with undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students for successful careers and responsible citizenship in a rapidly changing and complex world.

Education
12
Tiffin University

Educate students by linking knowledge to professional practice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Diabetes Youth Services; the most unlike its peers is Culver Educational Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 31 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $140,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYSIGHT CENTER: $125,000 · OtherSIGHT CENTERBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS: $71,500 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBSABILITY CENTER: $65,000 · OtherABILITY CENTERTOLEDO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: $52,500 · OtherTOLEDO SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSTOLEDO SYMPHONY: $50,000 · OtherTOLEDO SYMPHONYKIDNEY FOUNDATION: $40,000 · OtherKIDNEY FOUNDATIONLEADERSHIP TOLEDO: $35,000 · OtherIMAGINATION STATION: $29,300 · Other+11 more: $86,633 · Other+11 moreTOLEDO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER INC: $28,000 · Arts & CultureTOLEDO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $16,000 · Arts & CultureDIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $16,500 · Human ServicesTOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $13,000 · Human ServicesST PAUL'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $9,000 · Human ServicesLUTHER HOME OF MERCY: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $40,000 · AnimalsHUMANE OHIO: $2,500 · AnimalsLOURDES UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationCulver Educational Foundation: $5,000 · EducationAUTISM MODEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $3,000 · Education
Other$694,933Arts & Culture$44,000Human Services$43,500Animals$42,500Education$23,000

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 budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $140,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLEADERSHIP TOLEDO: $35,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetTOLEDO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER INC: $28,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetDIABETES YOUTH SERVICES: $16,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetTOLEDO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $16,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLOURDES UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOLEDO DAY NURSERY: $13,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE VICTORY CENTER: $11,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetST PAUL'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $9,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHER HOME OF MERCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM MODEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE OHIO: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRACE COMMUNITY CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds THE TOLEDO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LEADERSHIP TOLEDO ↗
  • Who funds TOLEDO CULTURAL ARTS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DIABETES YOUTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds TOLEDO OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds LOURDES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TOLEDO DAY NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds THE VICTORY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ST PAUL'S COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Culver Educational Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LUTHER HOME OF MERCY ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Toledo ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM MODEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE OHIO ↗
  • Who funds GRACE COMMUNITY CENTER ↗

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.

Toledo Community Foun…The O-I Charities Fou…Elsie and Harry Baumk…United Way of Greater…John Henry Eldred Jr …The LaValley Foundati…Promedica Health Syst…The Stranahan Support…Toledo Classic IncHylant Family Foundat…France Stone Foundati…Edward Lamb Foundatio…
Toledo Community Foundation IncOH36.1× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Toledo Community Foundation Inc · The O-I Charities Foundation · Elsie and Harry Baumker Charitable Foundation Inc · United Way of Greater Toledo · John Henry Eldred Jr Foundation · The LaValley Foundation · Promedica Health System Inc · The Stranahan Supporting Organization · Toledo Classic Inc · Hylant Family Foundation Inc · France Stone Foundation · Edward Lamb Foundation Inc

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 Waite M B-Brand Foundation Tw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Waite M B-Brand Foundation Tw. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Waite M B-Brand Foundation Tw?

    Find your warmest path to Waite M B-Brand Foundation Tw 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 31 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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