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AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION

AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,200 to it, the largest being ROTARY CAMP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$51k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$531k
Net assets
$2.5M
3/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 67%
01What it does

What Akron Rotary Foundation does

Mission

Funding the endless impact of the rotary club of akron in our community and beyond.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Akron Rotary Foundation was formed to further charitable activities funded or sponsored by members of the rotary club of akron. Grants were made primarily to the akron rotary camp for children with special needs inc. And other charitable organizations.

    $277,053 spentof which $276,923 as grants
    96% of program spending

  2. The foundation provides educational and vocational scholarships are awarded on a non-discriminatory basis to students selected by educators in the school system.

    $13,000 spentof which $13,000 as grants
    4% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $290,053.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($211k) Expenses 100 ($252k) Net assets 100 ($1.7M)2018 Revenue 71 ($151k) Expenses 26 ($65k) Net assets 90 ($1.5M)2019 Revenue 24 ($50k) Expenses 31 ($78k) Net assets 104 ($1.8M)2020 Revenue 46 ($98k) Expenses 27 ($67k) Net assets 121 ($2.1M)2021 Revenue 96 ($202k) Expenses 22 ($54k) Net assets 134 ($2.3M)2022 Revenue 288 ($608k) Expenses 21 ($54k) Net assets 132 ($2.2M)2023 Revenue 27 ($58k) Expenses 27 ($68k) Net assets 147 ($2.5M)2024 Revenue 24 ($51k) Expenses 128 ($321k) Net assets 147 ($2.5M)
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Revenue (24)Expenses (128)Net assets (147)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.8M to $2.1M (+16%).

$1.7M
$1.5M
$1.8M
$2.1M
$2.3M
$2.2M
$2.5M
$2.5M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

11% of AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (77% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 10,230 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$41k
’17
$85k
’18
−$27k
’19
$31k
’20
$148k
’21
$554k
’22
−$10k
’23
−$270k
’24
2.3
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed119999989
Joined·+0+3+0+2+3+0+3
No longer listed·2302312
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $40k → $12k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2

Left out of every figure on this page: $257k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Akron Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION raised.

From the IRS filings of AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

75% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION.

75%
largest funder
98%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 100% · 2019 76% · 2020 63% · 2021 78% · 2022 98% · 2023 87% — broadly stable.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION's revenue fell 76% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−527% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−18% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Ohio

Rotary Club of Springfield Ohio - Foundation84%Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati82%Cleveland Rotary Foundation81%Akron Bar Foundation81%Rotary Club of Warren Foundation81%North Coast Rotary Foundation Inc81%Greater Akron Chamber Foundation81%Toledo Rotary Club Foundation79%

Nationally

Rotary Club of Springfield Ohio - Foundation84%Rotary Club of Aiken Foundation82%Rotary Foundation of Cincinnati82%Rotary Foundation of the Stoningtons Inc82%Cleveland Rotary Foundation81%Austin Rotary Club Foundation81%Rotary Club of St Thomas Foundation Inc81%The Rotary Club of Apopka Foundation Inc81%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

70%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Rotary Club of Akron · exempt
  • Rotary Camp for Children With Speci · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION?
AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,200 to it, the largest being ROTARY CAMP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $531,200 in grants to AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION?
ROTARY CAMP FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS INC is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AKRON ROTARY FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing