This foundation overwhelmingly funds the SAFY (Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth) network and related entities, providing large, general-purpose support to its own national foundation and state affiliates. Grants are primarily unrestricted mission support used to sustain operations and program delivery across multiple states, rather than a broad set of external charities. The giving pattern and grantee names indicate an internal, network-focused philanthropy prioritizing capacity and continuity of SAFY services.
Highly concentrated and internal: very large, one-to-few gifts dominated by a single recipient (the SAFY Foundation) with repeat, smaller grants to state affiliates; mostly unrestricted mission support rather than diversified external giving.
Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth of America Inc concentrates its giving inside the SAFY network, with one 2023 grant of $14,150,053 to Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth Foundation in Delphos, Ohio, described as support for the mission of the organization. That scale is echoed in the 2025 filings, where the foundation backed state affiliates and related entities rather than a wide mix of external charities. The recipients include SAFY of Kentucky Inc in Lexington, SAFY of Ohio Inc in Delphos, SAFY of South Carolina Inc in Columbia, SAFY of Alabama Inc in Montgomery, SAFY of Indiana Inc in Delphos, and SAFY Holding Company Inc in Delphos. The pattern points to a funder built around sustaining a connected set of organizations that share the SAFY name and mission. Grants are used for organizational support and continuity across the network, with the largest award directed to the national foundation and additional awards flowing to affiliates that serve different states.
A central theme is organizational sustainability. In 2025, the foundation gave $854,665 to Safy of Kentucky Inc for support of org mission, and $540,037 to Safy of Ohio Inc for the same purpose. Another portion of the portfolio supports state-level operations: Safy of South Carolina Inc received $144,317, and Safy of Alabama Inc received $109,362, both labeled support org mission. The network also includes holding-company support, shown by a $6,535 grant to Safy Holding Company Inc. The largest prior grant, $14,150,053 to Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth Foundation, shows the same mission-support approach at national scale. Together, these grants indicate funding aimed at keeping the SAFY structure and its affiliates operating rather than financing a broad set of discrete projects.
The published grant-size distribution is concentrated at a single level: p25, median, and p75 are all $14,150,053. That reflects an unusually clustered pattern rather than a spread of small, medium, and large awards. The foundation is a public charity and does not fund individuals or program-related investments. The grant list shows repeated support to the SAFY network across multiple years, including a large 2023 award and multiple 2025 awards, which points to recurring rather than one-off relationship-based funding. The language attached to the grants is consistently mission support, suggesting general operating or organizational support rather than restricted project funding.
$1.7M
$4.9M
$8.3M
$9.1M
Most grants fall between $14.2M and $14.2M, with a median of $14.2M.
25th Percentile
$14.2M
Median
$14.2M
75th Percentile
$14.2M
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Notable grantees: SPECIALIZED ALTERNATIVES FOR FAMILIES & YOUTH FOUNDATION, SAFY OF KENTUCKY INC, SAFY OF OHIO INC, SAFY OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC, SAFY OF ALABAMA INC
Giving is local and entirely in the United States: 100% of grants went to U.S. recipients, and 100% of grants in the data went to recipients in Ohio. The recipient map is centered on Ohio with additional SAFY affiliates in Lexington, Kentucky; Columbia, South Carolina; and Montgomery, Alabama. Delphos, Ohio appears repeatedly as the city for several recipients, including the national foundation, SAFY of Ohio Inc, SAFY of Indiana Inc, and SAFY Holding Company Inc.
It supports the SAFY network and related entities, including the Specialized Alternatives for Families & Youth Foundation, SAFY of Kentucky Inc, SAFY of Ohio Inc, SAFY of South Carolina Inc, SAFY of Alabama Inc, SAFY of Indiana Inc, and SAFY Holding Company Inc. The grant descriptions consistently say support org mission or support the mission of the organization.
The grant-size distribution is extremely concentrated: p25, median, and p75 are all $14,150,053. The largest recent award in the data is also $14,150,053, which shows that this foundation’s grantmaking is anchored around a single large support level.
The recent grants shown here all go to SAFY-related entities. Recipients include the SAFY foundation, state affiliates in Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, Alabama, and Indiana, plus SAFY Holding Company Inc. The data provided does not show grants to unrelated external charities.
Yes. The record shows a major 2023 grant and multiple 2025 grants to SAFY entities, including affiliates and a holding company. That pattern suggests ongoing, relationship-based support for the network rather than isolated one-time awards.
All grants in the provided data went to U.S. recipients, and all were to recipients in Ohio by grant-count geography. The recipient list also includes Lexington, Kentucky; Columbia, South Carolina; and Montgomery, Alabama, but the overall giving pattern remains centered on Ohio.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAFY OF KENTUCKY INC | LEXINGTON, KY | $854,665 | 2025 | SUPPORT ORG MISSION |
| SAFY OF OHIO INC | DELPHOS, OH | $540,037 | 2025 | SUPPORT ORG MISSION |
| SAFY OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC | COLUMBIA, SC | $144,317 | 2025 | SUPPORT ORG MISSION |
| SAFY OF ALABAMA INC | MONTGOMERY, AL | $109,362 | 2025 | SUPPORT ORG MISSION |
| SAFY OF INDIANA INC | DELPHOS, OH | $86,948 | 2025 | SUPPORT ORG MISSION |
| SAFY HOLDING COMPANY INC | DELPHOS, OH | $6,535 | 2025 | SUPPORT ORG MISSION |
| SAFY OF INDIANA | DELPHOS, OH | $344,845 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| SAFY OF COLORADO | DELPHOS, OH | $112,743 | 2024 | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION |
| SPECIALIZED ALTERNATIVES FOR FAMILIES & YOUTH FOUNDATION | DELPHOS, OH | $14,150,053 | 2023 | TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION |
SAFY OF KENTUCKY INC
$854,665SUPPORT ORG MISSION
SAFY OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC
$144,317SUPPORT ORG MISSION
SAFY OF ALABAMA INC
$109,362SUPPORT ORG MISSION
SAFY OF INDIANA INC
$86,948SUPPORT ORG MISSION
SAFY HOLDING COMPANY INC
$6,535SUPPORT ORG MISSION
SAFY OF INDIANA
$344,845TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION
SAFY OF COLORADO
$112,743TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION
SPECIALIZED ALTERNATIVES FOR FAMILIES & YOUTH FOUNDATION
$14,150,053TO SUPPORT THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION