The Mary and Dr George L Demetros Charitable
Columbus, OH · EIN 35-2168489. Reported 127 grants totalling $1,187,100 to 54 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Mary and Dr George L Demetros Charitable did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $4,000 and $12,500; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $38,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Akron Foundation | Akron, OH | $143,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Greater Akron Musical Association | Akron, OH | $123,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musical Arts Association | Cleveland, OH | $80,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Access Inc | Akron, OH | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Art Museum | Akron, OH | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tuesday Musical Association | Akron, OH | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Akron Canton Regional Foodbank | Akron, OH | $45,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family & Community Services Inc | Ravenna, OH | $44,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Art Resources Transformations | Akron, OH | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Haven of Rest Ministries Inc | Akron, OH | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Battered Women's Shelter | Akron, OH | $32,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Musical Arts Association Blossom Music Center | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Goodwill Industries of Akron | Akron, OH | $28,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army | Akron, OH | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Embracing Futures Inc | Akron, OH | $22,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens | Akron, OH | $21,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grace House Akron Inc | Akron, OH | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Groundworks Dance Theatre of Akron | Cleveland, OH | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American National Red Cross | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Axesspointe Community Health Center Inc | Ravenna, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Battered Womens Shelter | Columbus, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Hall Foundation Inc | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Children's Concert Society of Akron | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Opportunity Parish Ecumenical | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Disability Services Inc | Akron, OH | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Family Promise of Summit County Inc | Akron, OH | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army - Summit | Akron, OH | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Akron Zoological Park | Akron, OH | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Weathervane Community Playhouse | Akron, OH | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Artsparks Arts | Akron, OH | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Victim Assistance Program Inc | Akron, OH | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Apollo's Fire | Cleveland Heights, OH | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Open M Foundation | Akron, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Apollos Fire Baroque | Cleveland Heights, OH | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Good Samaritan Hunger Center | Akron, OH | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Great Trail Council BSA | Stow, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Humility of Mary Housing | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | Cleveland, OH | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Akron Childrens Museum | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Red Cross | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Artsparks | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Ne Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Ne Ohio | Lorain, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Childrens Concert Society of Akron | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Hall Foundation Program Endowment | Akron, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shelter Care Inc | Tallmadge, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child Guidance and Family Solutions | Akron, OH | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Forever R Children | Akron, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| South Street Ministries Inc | Akron, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Outreach Resources | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Akron Creative Inc | Akron, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Outreach Resources Exchange | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Victory Gallop Inc | Akron, OH | $2,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
34 of 54 (63%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 86%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- University of Akron Foundation
Mary Demetrosmemorial scholarshipfund - Greater Akron Musical Association
SUPPORT AKRON YOUTHORCHESTRAS CARNEGIE HALL LINKUP PROGRAM, CONCERT FOR KIDS SERIES - Musical Arts Association
2023 Blossum Music Festival - Akron Art Museum
support upcomingexhib in 2023 - Access Inc
SUPPORT LOTUS BLOSSOM PRGRMGENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES FORWOMEN AND CHILDREN IN CRISIS - Family & Community Services Inc
Provide home delivered meals &supplements to low incomeelderly & disabled of Summit cnty
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 80 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | $273,300 | $5,300 |
| 2022 | 33 | $301,800 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 34 | $300,300 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 31 | $311,700 | $5,300 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Mary and Dr George L Demetros Charitable's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1558 Dept EA5W86, Columbus, OH, 43216. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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