Ohio · Nonprofit
MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION
MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,539 to it, the largest being TC ENERGY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Mansfield Noon Optimist Foundation does
Mission
The organization's primary purpose is youth development through direct programs, such as christmas shopping trips for under privileged children, cultural events, and donations to youth sporting programs, school activities, scholarships, and other youth oriented activities.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The foundation sponsors a quality student program which selects 2 students from each high school in richland county, ohio. The foundation works through each school's principal and guidance counselors to select each student based on academics, school and community activities and leadership qualities. There is an annual awards banquet to recognize the students publically, including the student's families and school administrators. The program beneftis approximently 100 persons in richland county.
$3,480 spent34% of program spendingThe foundation provides a college scholarship to the second runner up in the state wide miss ohio scholarship program. This program supports hundreds of young women to grow and develop into confident individuals ready to contribute to society and the communities they reside in.
$2,500 spent24% of program spendingThe optimist club members go christmas shopping for 25 under priviledged children buying them needed clothing items. The foundation also sponsors a breakfast with santa event where children have breakfast with the optimist members, receive their gifts, and get to meet santa.
$2,300 spent22% of program spendingIn collaboration with the mansfield noon optimist club, the foundation supports 2 college scholarships open for residents of richland county, ohio. High school seniors and those currently enrolled in a full time undergraduate program are eligible to complete an application which includes two character references along with community and school activities statements as well as their official high school or college transcript.
$2,000 spent19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $10,280.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST 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
MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% 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
32% 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 MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,605 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,605 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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In Ohio
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION?
- MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,539 to it, the largest being TC ENERGY FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $17,539 in grants to MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST FOUNDATION?
- TC ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MANSFIELD NOON OPTIMIST 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 3 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