Ohio · Nonprofit
mywhy
mywhy (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,505 to it, the largest being THE JOE BURROW FOUNDATION ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $418k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $274k
- Net assets
- $331k
What mywhy does
Mission
To improve the health and life outcomes of area youth suffering from lack of healthy food and healthy activities
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Grow Where you are planted - Food science and gardening clubs , experiential learning for children ages 4-18 Engaged 962 school children in biweekly activities and engaged a total of 1200community members of the West End, Price Hill and Avondale Neighborhoods
$51,262 spentof which $4,400 as grants13% of program spendingFruit for the Holiday and Power of Produce programs increase the consumption of healthy produce for students living in food deserts and suffering from food insecurity. Fruit for the Holiday provides bags of apples, mandarins, bananas and healthy breakfast items for students prior to holiday school closures, ensuring the number of missed meals is reduced and an increase in vital nutrients. Power of Produce teaches students the outcome of healthy foods, inspires them to eat healthy when ever possible and send thems home with over 30 servings of produce from the in school market (free) Fruit for the Holiday - 16 schools, 16400 students, 4 distributions per year Power of Produce - 9 schools per year, 4800 students
$294,200 spentof which $115,000 as grants72% of program spendingOur urban neighborhood produce markets offer community members living in fresh food deserts the opportunity to take home $65 worth of fresh produce for as little as $5.00. We accept Snap, Ebt, Produce perks, WIC farm market coupons and Senior Farm coupons as a way to ensure that families who are receiving food assistance can stretch their dollars, have access to healthier options and can save money, reducing food insecurity and improving health outcomes served 9200
$60,750 spentof which $41,250 as grants15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $406,212.
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
Nisha Mahler
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $10k → $152k.
6 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 mywhy’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
mywhy leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 mywhy.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 53% · 2023 66% — 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
33% of mywhy's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 36% 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
91% of mywhy's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $121k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
mywhy's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,564 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Government funding mywhy receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $97k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$97k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like mywhy
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for mywhy: 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 mywhy?
- mywhy (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $273,505 to it, the largest being THE JOE BURROW FOUNDATION ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does mywhy have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $273,505 in grants to mywhy, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of mywhy?
- THE JOE BURROW FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like mywhy 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 11 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