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Wayne County Community Foundation

The mission of the WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is to provide philanthropic leadership to the community of wayne county, ohio.

$9.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
137
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$8.8MEducation$6.2MArts & Culture$5.8MHealth$5.5MReligion$5.2MHuman Services$4.8MPublic Safety & Disaster$3.5MYouth Development$2.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 137 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 137 grants below total $7,766,090, the rows itemized in this filing. The $9,094,405 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,328,315 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k31 grants · $216k
  • $10k–50k67 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k30 grants · $2.6M
  • $250k+9 grants · $3.6M
$20,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$156M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DOWNTOWN ARTS THEATER INC$1,056,391
WOOSTER CITY SCHOOLS$459,838
PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES$386,452
WAYNE COUNTY REGIONAL TRAINING FACILITY$300,000
GRACE CHURCH$290,915
HEALTHCARE 2000 DBA THE VIOLA STARTZMAN CLINIC$289,016
WAYNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS$271,700
THE SALVATION ARMY$254,240
YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY$250,000
ORRVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB$196,256
WAYNE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$194,492
WOOSTER YOUTH BASEBALL LITTLE LEAGUE INC$148,548
SHREVE COMMUNITY CHURCH$135,000
UNITED WAY OF WAYNE & HOLMES COUNTIES INC$113,040
WOOSTER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$106,550
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 (FY17–25, $3.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN LIFE POINTS: $115k → 9%BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $35k → 15%APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN LIFEPOINTS: $50k → 9%APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN LIFEPOINTS: $25k → 9%APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN LIFEPOINTS: $25k → 9%APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN LIFE POINTS: $25k → 9%HISPANIC MINISTRIES OF TUSCARAWAS COUNTY INC: $26k → 13%VANTAGE AGING: $16k → 13%ONEEIGHTY INC: $533k → 10%PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES: $386k → 10%ONEEIGHTY INC: $309k → 10%ONEEIGHTY INC: $276k → 10%YMCA OF WAYNE COUNTY: $112k → 10%YMCA OF WAYNE COUNTY: $104k → 10%ONEEIGHTY INC: $100k → 10%PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES: $81k → 10%YMCA OF WAYNE COUNTY: $74k → 10%ONEEIGHTY INC: $71k → 10%YMCA OF WOOSTER: $61k → 10%PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES: $60k → 10%PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES: $60k → 10%ONEEIGHTY INC: $59k → 10%PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES: $56k → 10%ONEEIGHTY INC: $55k → 10%PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES: $51k → 10%PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES: $40k → 10%YMCA OF WAYNE COUNTY: $37k → 10%INCLUDEABILITY: $36k → 10%OneEighty Inc Every Woman's House: $36k → 10%INCLUDEABILITY: $34k → 10%PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES: $34k → 10%People to People Ministries: $33k → 10%INCLUDEABILITY: $28k → 10%Christian Children's Home of Ohio: $28k → 10%CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME OF OHIO: $27k → 10%YMCA OF WOOSTER: $27k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION WAYNE MEDINA: $25k → 10%YMCA of Wooster: $25k → 10%YMCA OF WOOSTER: $24k → 10%YMCA OF WAYNE COUNTY: $21k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS-WAYNE COUNTY: $21k → 10%CHRISTIAN CHILDREN'S HOME OF OHIO: $20k → 10%WAYNE COUNTY CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER INC: $20k → 10%WAYNE CNTY COM FOR CRIPPLED CHILDRE: $20k → 10%CARING CLOSET OF WOOSTER: $20k → 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS-WAYNE COUNTY: $18k → 10%JOYFUL ENTERPRISES INC: $17k → 10%COMMUNITY ACTION WAYNEHOLMES: $15k → 10%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

MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
TN
NC
SC
DC
AL
TX
FL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$43M · 187 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

187 repeat relationships: 103 still active in FY2025, 84 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

187
118

Total granted

$43M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+10%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $520k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • OA
    ORRVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
    9× · 2017–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +37% · 45% of their budget
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF WAYNE COUNTY FAIR
    7× · 2017–2023 · $2.0M · revenue +117% · 59% of their budget
  • TD
    THE DOWNTOWN ARTS THEATER INC
    3× · 2021–2025 · $1.8M · revenue +317% · 50% of their budget

Funded once

  • F
    FOODSPHERE
    one grant, 2024 · $309k
  • BI
    BEACHLABSORG INC
    one grant, 2019 · $155k
  • MA
    MANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue +90%
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
United Way of Central Ohio Inc

United way of central ohio is the local organization that harnesses the power of communities working together - people, nonprofits, businesses and government - to create a stronger, more equitable central ohio. see schedule o.we do this…

Philanthropy
2
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
3
The Five Colleges of Ohio

The purpose for which the corporation is formed shall be: - to promote the broad educational and cultural objectives of the members of the corporation by fostering closer cooperation and understanding. - to operate as an alliance for the…

Education
4
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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5
Van Wert County Hospital Association

Our mission is to improve the health of those we serve.

Health
6
Wayne County Community Foundation

The mission of the wayne county community foundation is to provide philanthropic leadership to the community of wayne county, ohio. the three goals of the foundation are 1. to encourage individuals, organizations and businesses to share…

Philanthropy
7
Ohio Hills Health Services

Ohio hills health services is a non-profit health care operation, organized by communities in eastern ohio to promote healthy lifestyles and to provide preventative and comprehensive medical and dental care for area residents. the primary…

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8
Hospice of Medina County

Hospice of medina county provides palliative end-of-life care, caregiver support, and bereavement services throughout northern ohio. in celebration of the individual worth of each life, we strive to relieve suffering, enhance comfort,…

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9
Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio

The hospital council of northwest ohio is a member-driven organization that represents and advocates on behalf of its member hospitals and health systems, and provides collaborative opportunities to enhance the health status of the…

Health
10
Wayne County Hospital Inc

To provide the patient and the community a system for the delivery of high quality health care with the same standard of care regardless of economic status, age, sex, race, or religion.

Health
11
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
12
Hospice of the Western Reserve Inc

Hospice of the western reserve provides palliative end-of-life care, caregiver support, and bereavement services throughout northern ohio. in celebration of the individual worth of each life, we strive to relieve suffering, enhance…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Fund for Our Economic Future of Northeast Ohio; the most unlike its peers is Aac Institute Fka International. 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

226 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 226 of the 340 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.

30
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
44
Early backer (in before they grew)
216/226
Grantees still filing
143/226
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ORRVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $2,204,159 · OtherORRVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUBWOOSTER CITY SCHOOLS: $1,171,628 · OtherLIFECARE HOSPICE: $1,144,286 · OtherSTATE OF OHIO: $844,203 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN WAYNE COUNTY OHIO: $1,170,443 · Other+119 more: $16,134,679 · Other+119 moreStifel Charitable Inc: $5,300,813 · PhilanthropyStifel Charitable IncFRIENDS OF WAYNE COUNTY FAIR: $1,970,255 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF WAYNE COUN…UNITED WAY OF WAYNE AND HOLMES CO: $1,665,008 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF WAYNE A…+3 more: $399,135 · PhilanthropyTHE DOWNTOWN ARTS THEATER INC: $1,840,636 · Arts & CultureTHE DOWNT…WAYNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $1,261,439 · Arts & CultureWAYNE CEN…NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC: $168,000 · Arts & Culture+12 more: $809,108 · Arts & Culture+12 moreHEALTHCARE 2000 COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $1,344,683 · HealthTHE COUNSELING CENTER OF WAYNE & HOLMES COUNTIES: $388,508 · HealthWEST VIEW MANOR INC: $345,733 · HealthAPOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN HOME INC: $286,515 · HealthWOOSTER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $281,568 · HealthNAMI WAYNE & HOLMES COUNTIES: $247,058 · HealthAAC INSTITUTE FKA INTERNATIONAL: $216,998 · HealthTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $160,750 · Health+11 more: $571,204 · HealthONEEIGHTY INC: $1,451,093 · Human ServicesPEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES INC % JOSEPH SZEKER: $801,365 · Human ServicesYoung Men's Christian Association of Wayne County: $485,685 · Human ServicesAPOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN LIFEPOINTS INC: $245,000 · Human Services+15 more: $760,385 · Human ServicesWAYNE COUNTY FIRE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION (WCFRA): $3,292,030 · Public Safety & DisasterTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $782,851 · EducationCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $751,417 · EducationASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $170,596 · EducationMONTESSORI SCHOOL OF WOOSTER INC: $117,856 · EducationUniversity of Mount Union: $110,000 · EducationTRIWAY ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB: $101,514 · EducationOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $98,443 · EducationSCHANTZ MAKERSPACE INC: $96,939 · EducationCORNERSTONE ELEMENTARY PTO: $92,056 · Education+7 more: $346,115 · Education
Other$22,669,398Philanthropy$9,335,211Arts & Culture$4,079,183Health$3,843,017Human Services$3,743,528Public Safety & Disaster$3,292,030Education$2,667,787

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 budgetStifel Charitable Inc: $5,300,813 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY FIRE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION (WCFRA): $3,292,030 over 8y, 53% of budgetORRVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $2,204,159 over 9y, 45% of budgetFRIENDS OF WAYNE COUNTY FAIR: $1,970,255 over 7y, 59% of budgetTHE DOWNTOWN ARTS THEATER INC: $1,840,636 over 3y, 50% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WAYNE AND HOLMES CO: $1,665,008 over 9y, 16% of budgetONEEIGHTY INC: $1,451,093 over 9y, 7.6% of budgetHEALTHCARE 2000 COMMUNITY CLINIC INC: $1,344,683 over 9y, 19% of budgetWAYNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $1,261,439 over 9y, 26% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN WAYNE COUNTY OHIO: $1,170,443 over 7y, 49% of budgetLIFECARE HOSPICE: $1,144,286 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetPEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES INC % JOSEPH SZEKER: $801,365 over 9y, 31% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $782,851 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $751,417 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWOOSTER YOUTH BASEBALL: $551,527 over 5y, 88% of budgetTHE VILLAGE NETWORK: $549,336 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Wayne County: $485,685 over 9y, 3.2% of budgetHeritage Private School Inc: $443,000 over 7y, 53% of budgetHOLMES COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $395,427 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetTHE COUNSELING CENTER OF WAYNE & HOLMES COUNTIES: $388,508 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $382,671 over 9y, 15% of budgetWEST VIEW MANOR INC: $345,733 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetYOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER: $319,815 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetANIA ICE INC: $304,115 over 2y, 18% of budgetAPOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN HOME INC: $286,515 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWOOSTER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $281,568 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO: $266,874 over 9y, 30% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $249,946 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF WAYNE & HOLMES COUNTIES INC: $249,634 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNAMI WAYNE & HOLMES COUNTIES: $247,058 over 8y, 23% of budgetAPOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN LIFEPOINTS INC: $245,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetAAC INSTITUTE FKA INTERNATIONAL: $216,998 over 4y, 78% of budgetOHUDDLE INCORPORATED: $192,842 over 7y, 8.4% of budgetOrrville YMCA Inc: $182,761 over 3y, 11% of budgetASHLAND UNIVERSITY: $170,596 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM AT STOCKBRIDGE INC: $168,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Wooster Inc: $167,768 over 7y, 13% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $160,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS CENTER INC: $157,700 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetMANUFACTURING ADVOCACY & GROWTH NETWORK INC: $150,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNUHOP CENTER FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: $146,057 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $135,682 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSMITHVILLE COMMUNITY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $135,014 over 8y, 87% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $134,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWAYNE GROWTH PARTNERSHIP: $127,216 over 7y, 73% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS OF WAYNE COUNTY: $121,325 over 6y, 17% of budgetMONTESSORI SCHOOL OF WOOSTER INC: $117,856 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM OF OHIO: $117,205 over 7y, 4.0% 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 Stifel Charitable Inc ↗
  • Who funds WAYNE COUNTY FIRE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION (WCFRA) ↗
  • Who funds ORRVILLE AREA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WAYNE COUNTY FAIR ↗
  • Who funds THE DOWNTOWN ARTS THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF WAYNE AND HOLMES CO ↗
  • Who funds ONEEIGHTY INC ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHCARE 2000 COMMUNITY CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds WAYNE CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IN WAYNE COUNTY OHIO ↗
  • Who funds LIFECARE HOSPICE ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE TO PEOPLE MINISTRIES INC % JOSEPH SZEKER ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WOOSTER YOUTH BASEBALL ↗
  • Who funds THE VILLAGE NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds Young Men's Christian Association of Wayne County ↗
  • Who funds Heritage Private School Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOLMES COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE COUNSELING CENTER OF WAYNE & HOLMES COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds WAYNE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIEW MANOR INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SAILING FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER ↗
  • Who funds FOODSPHERE ↗
  • Who funds ANIA ICE INC ↗
  • Who funds APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN HOME INC ↗
  • Who funds WOOSTER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OHIO ↗

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.

Charles W & Laura B F…Donald & Alice Noble …Ralph R and Grace B J…United Way of Wayne a…Seaman Family Foundat…Romich FoundationBurton D Morgan Found…Orrville United Way I…The Westfield Insuran…Wooster Elks Lodge No…Akron Community Found…Austin-Bailey Health …
Charles W & Laura B Frick IrrPA77.5× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles W & Laura B Frick Irr · Donald & Alice Noble Foundation Inc · Ralph R and Grace B Jones Foundation · United Way of Wayne and Holmes Co · Seaman Family Foundation Trust · Romich Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · Orrville United Way Inc · The Westfield Insurance Foundation · Wooster Elks Lodge No 1346 Charitable Fund · Akron Community Foundation · Austin-Bailey Health & Wellness 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 Wayne County Community Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wayne County Community Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Boston Lyric Opera Company: 3% of income from government
  • Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
40report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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

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How do I get to Wayne County Community Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wayne County Community Foundation 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 340 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 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home