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FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC

FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION ($12,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$26k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$7k
0/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Friends of the Paulding Chamberinc does

Mission

The friends of the paulding chamber, inc. (friends) is dedicated to promoting interest, education, dissemination of information, and acting to eliminate the physical, economic, and social deterioration of the traditional downtown area of the village of paulding, ohio and thereby promote historic preservation and quality of life issues. Friends also strives to promote the arts, culture, cultural events, and educational activities in the paulding village area. Friends also aids, works with, and participates in the activities of other organizations, individuals, and public and private agencies located within and outside the paulding area that are engaged in similar purposes.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990-EZ.

Program

Sponsorship of paulding summer blast to attract people to paulding and increase customer traffic for local business. Provide residents and non- residents a positive view of the village.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($118k) Expenses 100 ($124k) Net assets 100 ($34k)2019 Revenue 84 ($100k) Expenses 109 ($136k) Net assets -7 ($-2223)2020 Revenue 19 ($23k) Expenses 16 ($20k) Net assets 3 ($982)2021 Revenue 22 ($26k) Expenses 16 ($20k) Net assets 21 ($7k)
2018201920202021
Revenue (22)Expenses (16)Net assets (21)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 2018 to 2019, from $45k to $974 (−98%).

$45k
$974
$3k
$9k
2018201920202021
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

90% of FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$6k
’18
−$36k
’19
$3k
’20
$6k
’21
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'19
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC’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

FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

100% 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 FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC.

60%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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 FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

OH

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

FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,119 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin23% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−40% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,119 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2021

Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC

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

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Public support

88%

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

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC?
FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION ($12,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $20,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC.
Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC?
OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION is the largest funder on record, with $12,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE PAULDING CHAMBERINC 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2021 (financials across 2018–2021), and the filings of 2 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