Ohio · Nonprofit
THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,558,672 to it, the largest being WHITE SHERMAN & VIRGINIA PFDN ($2,214,003). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $26M
What The Tiffin Community Foundation does
Mission
Community foundation - assist the community in ensuring that the edcutational, cultural and recreational opportunities of seneca county are maintained and enhanced for future geneations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The white charitable trust distributes the unrestricted net income of the trust at least annually. Applications are taken from public and private organizations in the city of tiffin and seneca county that are tax-exempt. Priority is given to program areas that reflect characteristics such as promoting personal achievement, cultural enrichment, volunteerism, environmental awareness, improvement to personal health and development of new solutions to community problems.
$266,577 spentof which $266,577 as grants19% of program spendingThe betty jane memorial fund distributes the greater of 5% of the prior year's average of month-end market values or dividends and interest earned by the fund publicly supported charitable organizations which promote physical, mental, social and vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities. Distributions are made based upon recommendations of the fund advisors who shall be appointed by the foundation.
$127,794 spentof which $127,794 as grants9% of program spendingThe robert g teach fund makes distributions to various local organizations that support learning and community activites.
$69,216 spentof which $69,216 as grants5% of program spendingScholarsips and grants - 829,988 other program expenses - 78,168
$908,156 spentof which $829,988 as grants66% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,371,743.
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 2021 to 2022, from $33M to $28M (−15%).
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 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Board chair
Andrew Stephey
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $100 → $332k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY 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
THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 59% · 2019 73% · 2020 89% · 2021 90% · 2022 93% · 2023 95% — 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
38% of THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
96% of THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $112k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY 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
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
- THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,558,672 to it, the largest being WHITE SHERMAN & VIRGINIA PFDN ($2,214,003). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $2,558,672 in grants to THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
- WHITE SHERMAN & VIRGINIA PFDN is the largest funder on record, with $2,214,003 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TIFFIN COMMUNITY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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