THE PORTAGE FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

Classification

1000

Street

6693 N CHESTNUT STREET

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Mission and programs · 2024

• DONOR SERVICESTHE PORTAGE FOUNDATION MANAGES MORE THAN 75 FUNDS ESTABLISHED BY INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH BOTH DONOR-ADVISED AND DISCRETIONARY GRANTMAKING. FUND OPTIONS INCLUDE UNRESTRICTED, FIELD OF INTEREST, DONOR ADVISED, SCHOLARSHIP, DESIGNATED, AND NONPROFIT AGENCY FUNDS. ASSETS ARE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED WITH OVERSIGHT FROM AN INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ENSURE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF GRANTMAKING AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP. THE FOUNDATION ALSO SERVES AS A RESOURCE HUB, CONNECTING DONORS WITH QUALIFIED NONPROFITS IN PORTAGE COUNTY, SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY, AND CONDUCTING DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE ALL BENEFICIARIES ARE IRS-RECOGNIZED CHARITIES. SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE FUND STATEMENTS, GRANT EVALUATIONS, PLANNED GIVING SUPPORT, AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DOCUMENTATION OF ALL CONTRIBUTIONS AND GRANTS. THE FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN DONOR SERVICE AND TO HELPING DONORS ACHIEVE THEIR PHILANTHROPIC GOALS.

  Expenses $182,099 · Grants $135,789

• COMMUNITY GRANTMAKINGTHE PORTAGE FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND EXCELLENCE IN SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES, PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, AND DONORS. THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE GRANTMAKING PROGRAM, THE FOUNDATION FUNDS A WIDE RANGE OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, ALLOCATING DISCRETIONARY GRANTS THROUGH OPEN AND COMPETITIVE APPLICATION CYCLES. GRANT PRIORITIES ARE GUIDED BY IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY NEEDS AND SERVICE GAPS TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL IMPACT. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION ENGAGES DONORS AND FUNDING PARTNERS TO CO-INVEST IN BOTH GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM GRANTED MORE THAN 40 AWARDS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS OF ALL AGES. ALL GRANTS ARE SUBJECT TO THOROUGH DUE DILIGENCE TO CONFIRM PROPER USE OF FUNDS AND TO EVALUATE THE OUTCOMES OF OUR INVESTMENTS.

• PORTAGE COUNTY DISASTER RELIEF FUNDTHE PORTAGE FOUNDATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORTAGE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, ESTABLISHED THE PORTAGE COUNTY DISASTER RELIEF FUND TO PROVIDE A TRUSTED VEHICLE FOR COLLECTING AND DISTRIBUTING DONATIONS DURING TIMES OF TRAGEDY OR NATURAL DISASTER. THE FUND WAS ACTIVATED IN THE SPRING OF 2024 IN RESPONSE TO A LOCAL TORNADO, ENABLING DIRECT GRANT SUPPORT TO AFFECTED VICTIMS. THIS INITIATIVE REFLECTS THE FOUNDATION'S ROLE AS A PATHWAY FOR MOBILIZING COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN TIMES OF URGENT NEED.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $527,427

  Expenses

  $331,246

  Contributions

  $162,303

  Grants paid

  $135,789

• 2023

  Revenue

  $691,132

  Expenses

  $656,888

  Contributions

  $404,781

  Grants paid

  $447,206

• 2022

  Revenue

  $215,895

  Expenses

  $421,421

  Contributions

  $191,805

  Grants paid

  $200,697

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,059,250

  Expenses

  $558,925

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,175,102

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,375,445

  Expenses

  $686,034

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,163,837

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $846,165

  Expenses

  $351,848

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,284,696

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,052,051

  Expenses

  $226,053

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,326,553

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $454,365

  Expenses

  $185,365

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,140,844

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• AURORA COMMUNITY RELIEF PROGRAM

  $100,000

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• CENTRAL OHIO SADDLE CLUB

  $57,663

  2022 · GENERAL USE

• AURORA SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT

  $40,500

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• CRESTWOOD 4C'S

  $25,000

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• GIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER SUMMIT

  $22,000

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• AURORA COMMUNITY THEATRE

  $15,000

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• MAIN STREET RAVENNA

  $15,000

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• KIWANIS CLUB OF RAVENNA

  $12,500

  2023 · GENERAL USE

• PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION

  $10,014

  2022 · GENERAL USE

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $41,000

  2023 · HEALTH

• FORGOOD INC

  $31,382

  2023 · UNRESTRICTED

• FORGOOD INC

  $20,122

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $6,432

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $5,536

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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