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Andrew Jergens Foundation at a glance

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Andrew Jergens Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$623k
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Human Services$752kEducation$673kHealth$607kYouth Development$526kArts & Culture$506kHousing & Shelter$289kFood & Nutrition$287kCrime & Legal$201kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 53 grants below total $525,300, the rows itemized in this filing. The $623,077 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $97,777 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $452k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Elementz$20,000
Children's Law Center$18,000
Lighthouse Youth and Family Services$16,000
Bi-Okoto Cultural Center$15,000
Found House Interfaith Housing$15,000
Welcome House of Northern Kentucky$15,000
UpSpring$15,000
Children's Home of Northern Kentucky$15,000
Redwood School & Rehabilitation Center, Inc., DBA Easterseals Redwood$15,000
Immigrant and Refugee Law Center$15,000
Diocesan Catholic Children's Home dba DCCH Center for Children and Families$15,000
Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati dba Queen City Book Bank$13,000
CityLink Center$12,000
Cincinnati Nature Center$12,000
Society of the Transfiguration$11,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–22, $490k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INC: $15k → 12%HOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INC: $14k → 12%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $13k → 11%THE POINT ARC OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $11k → 11%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $15k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $15k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $15k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $15k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $18k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $13k → 16%CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 16%CLOVERNOOK CENTER FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 16%CWFF CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $13k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $7k → 16%STEPPING STONES INC: $2k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $12k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY MATTERS CINCINNATI: $10k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $10k → 16%COMMUNITY MATTERS CINCINNATTI INC: $8k → 16%VALLEY INTERFAITH COMMUNITY RESOURCE: $10k → 16%ST ALOYSIUS ORPHANAGE: $12k → 16%INNER CITY YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES: $10k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE INC: $12k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE INC: $10k → 16%NEW LIFE FURNITURE INC: $10k → 16%CHILD FOCUS INC: $7k → 16%CANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY: $8k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $25k → 16%CINCINNATI UNION BETHEL: $18k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $17k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $15k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $13k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $12k → 16%SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS INC: $10k → 16%EMANUEL COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $2k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI INC: $2k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.2M · 123 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

123 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2024, 94 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

123
101

Total granted

$3.2M
$949k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+27%

Still filing today

80%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $224k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NK
    NORTHERN KENTUCKY CHILDRENS LAW CENTER INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $65k · revenue +45%
  • MC
    MindPeace Cincinnati
    4× · 2018–2023 · $63k · revenue +193%
  • YO
    YWCA of Greater Cincinnati
    7× · 2018–2024 · $59k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • CO
    CASA OF KENTON COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $22k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • CC
    CENTRAL CLINIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center

Unlocking the self-worth and potential of at-risk teens through the transformative power of art, a first-class environment and a character-building culture. Equipping at-risk teens with skills, credentials and pathways to employment.…

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2
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc

Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.

Arts & Culture
3
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
4
Cincinnati Aquatic Club

To offer children and young adults a top quality program that develops, trains and competes as competitive swimmers year-round in a supportive and motivating enviroment that respects, challenges and nurtures them as athletes, students, and…

Recreation & Sports
5
Cincinnati Center for Autism

We support individuals with autism and their families through programming in the areas of academics, adaptive behavior, communication, and social participation.

Education
6
Cincinnati's Optimum Residential Environments Inc

Residential & Habilitative Svs. Provide residential and habilitative services to adults with developmental disabilities

Health
7
World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

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8
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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9
Strategies to End Homelessness Inc

Strategies to End Homelessness leads a coordinated community effort to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati.

Human Services
10
Cincinnati Parks Foundation

To build broad based private/public partnerships supporting the conservation and enhancement of our City's parks and greenspaces.

Recreation & Sports
11
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
12
Clermont Counseling Center

To ensure people with mental illness, addiction, and related challenges lead healthy and productive lives.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Citylink Center; the most unlike its peers is Tikkun Farm Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

172 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 172 of the 249 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
167/172
Grantees still filing
124/172
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+116 more: $2,278,000 · Other+116 moreYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $59,000 · Human ServicesYWCA of Greater C…LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $50,000 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH …Cincinnati Union Bethel: $43,000 · Human ServicesCincinnati Union …SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $42,000 · Human ServicesSANTA MARIA COMMU…BEECH ACRES: $40,000 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRESClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired: $32,000 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI WORKS: $32,000 · Human ServicesNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $32,000 · Human ServicesThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $30,500 · Human ServicesTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesHOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INC: $29,000 · Human ServicesChildren's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc: $27,500 · Human ServicesVALLEY INTERFAITH COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER: $25,000 · Human Services+15 more: $198,500 · Human Services+15 moreCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $42,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNAT…ISPACE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureISPACE IN…Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre: $35,000 · Arts & CultureBi-Okoto …ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI: $27,000 · Arts & CultureENSEMBLE …The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $22,000 · Arts & CultureThe Child…CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $21,500 · Arts & CultureCINCINNAT…TAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $21,000 · Arts & CultureTAFT MUSE…CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $18,000 · Arts & CultureART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $18,000 · Arts & CultureMutual Dance Theatre and Arts Centers: $16,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $14,000 · Arts & CultureRobert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center: $12,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $65,000 · Arts & Culture+7 moreMindPeace Cincinnati: $63,000 · EducationSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $57,000 · EducationCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $30,000 · EducationCincinnati College Preparatory Academy: $20,000 · EducationOHIO VALLEY VOICES: $20,000 · EducationGRAD CINCINNATI INC: $20,000 · EducationMOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY: $18,000 · EducationUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $14,000 · EducationWordplay Cincy: $12,000 · Education+5 more: $49,000 · EducationCancer Family Care Inc: $50,000 · HealthCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES: $40,000 · HealthRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc: $35,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $27,000 · HealthMILESTONES INC: $20,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION: $16,000 · HealthNAMI OF SOUTHWEST OHIO: $12,500 · HealthMAY WE HELP INC: $12,500 · HealthFrom Fatherless to Fearless: $8,000 · HealthTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $79,500 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $70,000 · Philanthropy1N5: $25,000 · PhilanthropyCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyUPSPRING: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER CINCINN: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentAxis Teen Centers: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentFound Village: $27,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirl Scouts of Western Ohio: $22,000 · Youth DevelopmentWHOLE AGAIN: $17,000 · Youth DevelopmentENVISION CHILDREN: $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentGUIDING LIGHT MENTORING: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentADVENTURE CREW: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,278,000Human Services$670,500Arts & Culture$351,500Education$303,000Health$221,000Philanthropy$214,500Youth Development$204,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $79,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $70,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY CHILDRENS LAW CENTER INC: $65,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetMindPeace Cincinnati: $63,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $59,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetDIOCESAN CATHOLIC CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $58,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSPRINGER SCHOOL AND CENTER: $57,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cincinnati: $54,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC: $49,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetProKids: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCincinnati Union Bethel: $43,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetLITERACY NETWORK OF GREATER CINCINNATI DBA QUEEN CITY BOOK BANK: $43,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetInter Parish Ministry Inc: $43,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $42,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $42,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWELCOME HOUSE INC: $42,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $41,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISPACE INC: $40,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetUPSPRING: $40,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetBEECH ACRES: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetElementz: $37,500 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $37,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBrighton Center Inc: $37,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre: $35,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF GREATER CINCINN: $35,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetGlad House Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired: $32,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCINCINNATI WORKS: $32,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEW LIFE FURNITURE BANK: $32,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $30,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetImago: $30,500 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetCITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAxis Teen Centers: $30,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPeaslee Neighborhood Center Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetBreakthrough Cincinnati Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTIKKUN FARM INC: $30,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetHOPE HOUSE RESCUE MISSION INC: $29,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetOhio River Foundation: $28,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetChildren's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $27,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI: $27,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $27,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Charles H Dater Found…Carol Ann and Ralph V…John a Schroth Family…Pfau Charitable Found…Elsa M Heisel Sule Ch…The Greater Cincinnat…The Thomas J Emery Me…Jack J Smith Jr Chari…Millstone FundUnited Way of Greater…Josephine S Russell C…Sutphin Family Founda…
Charles H Dater Foundation IncOH168.4× affinity81 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Jack J Smith Jr Charitable Trust · Millstone Fund · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Josephine S Russell Charitable · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Andrew Jergens Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Andrew Jergens Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • The Community Builders Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
62report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Andrew Jergens Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Andrew Jergens Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 249 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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