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Synthomer Foundation

Name: Synthomer Foundation grants, 2020–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,037
grants reported: $4.9M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

gift matching scholarship sponsorship campaign capital covid dues

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Akron Urban League8 grants · $140,600
United Way of Summit and Med5 grants · $137,000
Utd Way of Gtr Cleveland6 grants · $115,000
The Univ of Akron15 grants · $114,000
United Way of Greater Clevel2 grants · $114,000
Kent State Univ13 grants · $111,680
Amer Inst of Chemical Engine4 grants · $72,000
Cleveland State Univ Fdn6 grants · $70,300
Akron Comm Fdn10 grants · $57,100
Greater Cleveland Food Bank3 grants · $55,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2020

$1.3M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,037 grants.

$76,000
United Way of Greater Clevel · Cleveland, OH · 2020
Project support
$70,005
Kent State Univ · Kent, OH · 2020
Scholarship and matching gift
$50,000
Cleveland Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2020
General operating support
$40,000
Utd Way of Gtr Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$38,000
Utd Way of Gtr Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$38,000
United Way of Greater Clevel · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$35,000
Akron Urban League · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$35,000
Akron Urban League · Akron, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$35,000
Akron Urban League · Akron, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$35,000
Akron Urban League · Akron, OH · 2020
Sponsorship
$30,000
Univ of Akron Research Fdn · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$30,000
Univ of Akron Res Fdn · Akron, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$30,000
Utd Way of Gtr Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$28,000
United Way of Summit and Med · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$28,000
United Way of Summit and Med · Akron, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$28,000
United Way of Summit and Med · Akron, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$28,000
United Way of Summit and Med · Akron, OH · 2020
Project support
$25,000
Girl Scouts of North East Oh · Macedonia, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$25,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$25,000
United Way of Summit and Med · Akron, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$24,000
Amer Inst of Chemical Engine · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
$24,000
Amer Inst of Chemical Engine · New York, NY · 2023
Program/project support
$24,000
American Inst of Chemical En · New York, NY · 2022
Program/project support
$24,000
Amer Inst of Chemical Eng · New York, NY · 2020
Scholarship
$20,000
Access · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$20,000
Cuyahoga Comm College Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$20,000
The Univ of Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$20,000
Childrens Hunger Alliance · Columbus, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$20,000
Ohio State Univ Fdn · Akron, OH · 2022
Project support
$20,000
The Univ of Akron · Akron, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$20,000
The Univ of Akron Research F · Akron, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$20,000
Akron Comm Fdn · Akron, OH · 2020
Project support
$20,000
Cleveland State Univ Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2020
Scholarship, other
$20,000
Fam Promise of Summit Co · Cleveland, OH · 2020
Project support
$20,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2020
General operating support
$20,000
John Carroll Univ · Cleveland, OH · 2020
Scholarship
$20,000
Univ of Maine Sys · Orno, ME · 2020
Project support
$18,000
Osu Fdn · Columbus, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$18,000
The Ohio State Univ Fdn · Akron, OH · 2023
Project support
$18,000
The Ohio State Univ Fdn · Akron, OH · 2022
Project support
$18,000
Osu Fdn · Columbus, OH · 2020
Other
$17,500
Cleveland State Univ Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$17,500
Cleveland State Univ Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$17,120
United Way Worldwide · Alexandria, VA · 2020
Other
$16,000
Friends of Univ of Waterloo · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program/project support
$16,000
Friends of Univ of Waterloo · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program/project support
$16,000
Values Action Fdn · Mayfield, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$16,000
Friends of Univ of Waterloo · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program/project support
$15,000
Girl Scouts of North East Oh · Macedonia, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$15,000
Stark State College Fdn · North Canton, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$15,000
Team Neo Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$15,000
Akron Canton Regional Food B · Akron, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$15,000
Cuyahoga Comm College Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$15,000
Stark State College · North Canton, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$15,000
Akron Canton Regional Food B · Akron, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$15,000
Childrens Hunger Alliance · Columbus, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$15,000
Cleveland State Univ Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$15,000
Community Health Center · Akron, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$15,000
Stark State College · North Canton, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$15,000
Team Neo Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$15,000
Akron Canton Regional Food B · Akron, OH · 2020
Sponsorship
$15,000
Boys Girls Club of Ne Oh · Akron, OH · 2020
General operating support
$12,500
Greater Akron Amenities · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$12,500
The Univ of Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$12,500
Grtr Akron Amenities · Akron, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$12,500
The Univ of Akron · Akron, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$12,300
Davey Elem Sch · Kent, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$12,000
Amer Inst of Chemical Engine · New York, NY · 2024
Program/project support
$12,000
Amer Inst of Chemical Engine · New York, NY · 2023
Program/project support
$12,000
Team Neo Fdn · Cleveland, OH · 2020
Project support
$11,500
Davey Ele School · Kent, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$10,500
Project Grad Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,500
Project Grad Akron · Akron, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$10,500
Proj Grad Akron · Akron, OH · 2022
Program/project support
$10,500
Project Grad Akron · Akron, OH · 2020
General operating support
$10,500
The Univ of Akron · Akron, OH · 2020
Project support
$10,200
Univ of Wi Stevens Pt Paper · Stevens Point, WI · 2020
Matching gift
$10,000
Akron Comm Fdn · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Al State Univ · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Amer Heart Assn · Uniontown, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
American Red Cross Summit Po · Akron, OH · 2024
Sponsorship
$10,000
Bowling Green State Univ · Bowling Green, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Boys & Girls Club of Northe · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Childrens Hunger Alliance · Columbus, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Cleveland Clinic Akron Gen F · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Fam Promise of Grtr Clevelan · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Fam Promise of Summit Co · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Florida a&M University · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Scholarship
$10,000
Greater Cleveland Food Bank · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Ideastream · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
John Carroll Univ · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Kent State Univ · Kent, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Kent State Univ Fdn · Kent, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Mogadore Local School Dist · Mogadore, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Osu · Columbus, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Ronald McDonald House Charir · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
The Univ of Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Univ of Wi Stevens Piont Pap · Stevens Point, WI · 2024
Program/project support
$10,000
Akron Comm Fdn · Akron, OH · 2023
Program/project support
$10,000
Akron Gen Fdn · Akron, OH · 2023
Program/project support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.