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Clark State College Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Springfield, OH EIN: 31-0937036 Website

The foundation aids and promotes education at clark state college and provides scholarships to its students.

Clark State College Foundation at a glance

In short: Clark State College Foundation gave $450K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $450K), mostly in Ohio. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$450,000
+30.5% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$450,000
+30.5% vs 2024
Median grant
$450,000
Total assets
$32,534,911
+7.7% vs 2024
Primary geography
Ohio (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Clark State College Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Clark State College: $450KClark State College$450K

The largest 2025 recipient was Clark State College ($450K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K3$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $250–500K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Springfield

How Clark State College Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 79% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K1 grant2020 1 grant2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $212K (2021) to $450K (2025). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $450K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Clark State College Springfield, OHRaised on Behalf of Clark S College$450,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$32,534,911$2,360,262$1,709,070$450,0001$1,890,505
2024$30,213,121$1,526,554$1,377,820$344,7091$1,078,127
2023$27,393,467$1,184,680$1,089,289$230,5841$852,270
2022$26,506,282$14,057,417$699,506$251,2881$13,463,517
2021$27,530,176$851,205$698,068$211,5141$533,149
2020$22,715,110$723,489$883,519$329,1141$405,235

About Clark State College Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Clark State College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Springfield, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $32.5M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $450K. Net investment income was $1.9M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Clark State College Foundation is led by Jo Alice Blondin, College President since 2022 (on filings since 2020); none of the 18 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Jo Alice Blondin

    College President

    President of College → College President, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John A. Brown

    Chairman

    Director → Chairman, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kerry Lee Pedraza

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nettie Carter-Smith

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sharon Doyle

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cindy Barnett

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sashi Chadha

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sarah Mays

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Henry

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jordan Weideling

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sabrina Tackett

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Josh Jennings

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kyle Brunner

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mo Carpenter

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Espich

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Theodore Angel

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daragh Porter

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jordan Tyler

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (23)
  • Former: Bill Brougher (2020–2024) — Secretary-Treas
  • Former: Robert Hill (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Katherine Hoptry (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Peggy Noonan (2021–2024) — Liaison to Coll
  • Former: Tera Thornton (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Toni Overholser (2024) — Director
  • Former: Jo Ann Rigano (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Mitch Hurst (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Patti Phillips (2020–2023) — Chairman
  • Former: Sue Evans (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: David Ball (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Don Lynam (2020–2021) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Paul Newman Jr. (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Phil Teusink (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Steve Neely (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Ben Vollrath (2021) — Director
  • Former: Joseph Monnin (2021) — Director
  • Former: Carah Birch (2020) — Director
  • Former: Joe Kennedy (2020) — Director
  • Former: Kirk Koennecke (2020) — Director
  • Former: Sunny Dhingra (2020) — Director
  • Former: Teresa Demana (2020) — Director
  • Former: Terry Howell (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Clark State College Foundation

How much does Clark State College Foundation give each year?

Clark State College Foundation gave $450K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $345K across 1 grant.

How large is Clark State College Foundation?

Clark State College Foundation reported $32.5M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.4M.

What is Clark State College Foundation?

Clark State College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Springfield, OH. It holds $32.5M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Clark State College Foundation operate?

Clark State College Foundation has awarded grants in Ohio.

What is Clark State College Foundation's EIN?

Clark State College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 31-0937036. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 2, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 2, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 12, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 15, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 12, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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