Ohio · Nonprofit
MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE
MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE (Ohio) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $546,182 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($72,750). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $493k
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $546k
- Net assets
- $611k
What Mission of Mary Cooperative does
Mission
To improve the community life of the twin towers neighborhood and dayton's east side through sustainable urban agriculture, urban land restoration and stewardship, and community education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Mission of Mary Cooperative(mmc) managed 4.5 acres of urban land in twin towers, a low-income neighborhood in dayton. To provide valuable ecosystem service in and around the neighborhood, we planted over 1,000 native trees, wildflowers, and seeds in the gardens. Mmc made available 22 community garden beds and a total of 80 backyard garden beds, increasing the available garden space in the neighborhood as well as helping neighbors become more self-sufficient and improve their health and well-being.we are the first net-zero energy organization in dayton which solidifies our sustainability commitment to the environment by having renewable and clean energy systems installed along with energy efficient measures in place.
$207,331 spent$29,400 earned by the program50% of program spendingAs part of our weekly veggie box program, over 100 families received fresh produce from our farm for 23 weeks. Approximately 30 families received produce at a steep discount of one-third of the market value because they were identified as food insecure. We distibuted produce at a weekly safe pickup at our barn through our online market, donated about 4,000 lbs. Of produce to ruskin school and neighborhood events. Our produce was distributed through our partnership with 'produce perks midwest through a 'produce perscriptions' program at a local hospital for low-income pregnant mothers. In all we distributed approximately 35 tons of fresh produce in 2024.
$175,780 spent$24,927 earned by the program42% of program spendingMission of Mary Cooperative taught people about sustainable urban agriculture, healthy eating and lifestyles, community building, and native land restoration. Educated 12 young adults and hosted 8,000 volunteer hours at mmc. They learned about sustainable urban farming and sustainable development, native land restoration, and about being servant leaders. They helped lead and organize educational workshops on gardening, season extension, cooking, pickling, planting trees, etc
$31,550 spent$4,474 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $414,661.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $315k to $734k (+133%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 28% · 2021 5% · 2022 6% · 2023 5% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Michael Schulz
Executive director
Board chair
Robert Brodrick
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $63k.
6 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE’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
MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
72% 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 MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 37% · 2020 60% · 2021 100% · 2022 36% · 2023 32% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
25% of MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
97% of MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $173k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 12,843 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,843 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE
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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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 MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE?
- MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE (Ohio) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $546,182 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($72,750). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $546,182 in grants to MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE?
- THE DAYTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $72,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MISSION OF MARY COOPERATIVE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 22 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing