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Bailey Lamson Family Fdtn

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$239k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$42k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$232kEnvironment$107kEducation$23kFood & Nutrition$20kCrime & Legal$18kRecreation & Sports$15kAnimals$10kReligion$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $122k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $117k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$2.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ROBERT ONEAL MULTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER$42,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP$20,000
CINCINNATI MEMORIAL HALL SOCIETY$15,000
TAFT MUSEUM OF ART$10,000
NATURE CONSERVANCY INC$10,000
PRESERVE OLD MISSION PENINSULA$10,000
GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSER$10,000
NEW SCHOOL$8,000
SCHOOL OF CREATIVE AND PERFORMING$8,000
CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER$5,000
CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION$5,000
JOY OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION$5,000
CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER$5,000
ACTION AGAINST HUNGER USA$5,000
JACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 85% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $5k → 16%OCEAN CLEANUP NORTH PACIFIC FOUNDATION: $15k → 17%THE KIAWAH ISLAND NATURAL HABITAT: $5k → 12%GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSER: $10k → 7%PRESERVE OLD MISSION PENINSULA: $10k → 10%CENTER OF UNIFICATION OF SCIENCE: $5k → 11%JACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%PEOPLE AND POLLINATORS ACTION NETWORK: $5k → 12%JOY OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDA: $5k → 12%NATURE CONSERVANCY INC: $10k → 15%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $5k → 16%NATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION: $5k → 6%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP: $20k → 17%THE KIAWAH ISLAND NATURAL HABITAT: $5k → 12%GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSER: $10k → 7%JOY OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 12%NATURE CONSERVANCY INC: $5k → 15%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $5k → 16%ACTION AGAINST HUNGER USA: $5k → 17%ROBERT ONEAL MULTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER: $42k → 16%ROBERT ONEAL MULTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER: $30k → 16%ARTWORKS: $13k → 16%LA SOUPE INC: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDEN: $5k → 16%LA SOUPE INC: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI ZOO AND BOTANICAL GARDEN: $5k → 16%ARTWORKS: $5k → 16%HILLSIDE TRUST: $5k → 16%HILLSIDE TRUST: $5k → 16%NEW SCHOOL: $15k → 16%NEW SCHOOL: $8k → 16%CINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION: $5k → 16%INDIAN HILL EPISCOPAL PRESBYTERIAN: $10k → 16%FREESTORE-FOODBANK INC: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI PARK FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI PARK FOUNDATION: $5k → 16%THE ART LEAGUE OF CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%TAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $15k → 16%CINCINNATI BALLET COMPANY INC: $15k → 16%CINCINNATI MEMORIAL HALL SOCIETY: $15k → 16%TAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 16%SCHOOL OF CREATIVE AND PERFORMING: $8k → 16%THE SPCA FUND (PRIMARY DANCE): $8k → 16%CINCINNATI MEMORIAL HALL SOCIETY: $7k → 16%CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER: $5k → 16%PROKIDS: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $5k → 16%CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
MA
OH
RI
CO
MD
SC
AL
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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$355k · 21 repeat orgs$97k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
10

Total granted

$355k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
+17%

Still filing today

90%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationFood & NutritionHealthRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • TN
    THE NEW SCHOOL INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $23k · revenue +12%
  • GT
    GRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +203%
  • CM
    CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • IH
    INDIAN HILL EPISCOPAL PRESBYTERIAN
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • TS
    THE SPCA FUND (PRIMARY DANCE)
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
  • JO
    JOY OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDA
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
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 Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
2
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

We are Cincinnati's national theater - committed to bringing diverse, engaging works of great artistry to our community, and to putting Cincinnati's artistic excellence in the national spotlight.

Arts & Culture
3
Cincinnati Arts Association

The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA), a not-for-profit, was founded in 1990 to serve as a manager, presenter and educator. CAA's mission is to present a broad range of high quality performing and visual arts programs, develop diverse…

Arts & Culture
4
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

The mission of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is to educate, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming. Our vision is to awaken a lifelong love of…

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture
7
Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Inc

Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.

Animals
8
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati

Ensemble theatre of cincinnati is a professional theatre rooted in historic over-the- rhine, dedicated to engaging, enriching and inspiring audiences through our thought-provoking world and regional premier productions, creating and…

Arts & Culture
9
Art Academy of Cincinnati

Our mission is to operate, maintain, and oversee an independent college of art and design.

Education
10
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
11
The Dayton Art Institute

The dayton art institute is committed to enriching the community by creating meaningful experiences with art that are available to all.

Arts & Culture
12
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cincinnati Museum Association; the most unlike its peers is Prospect House 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

31 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 31 of the 41 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/31
Grantees still filing
12/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Robert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center: $72,000 · Arts & CultureRobert Oneal Multicultural Arts CenterTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTAFT MUSEUM OF ARTCINCINNATI MEMORIAL HALL SOCIETY: $21,500 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MEMORIAL HALL SOCIETYThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $20,000 · Arts & CultureThe Cincinnati Ballet Company IncART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureART OPPORTUNITIES INCCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $10,000 · Arts & CultureThe Contemporary Arts Center: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $9,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $12,000 · Arts & Culture+3 moreAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CL…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYINDIAN HILL EPISCOPAL PRESBYTERIAN: $10,000 · OtherINDIAN HILL EPISCOPAL PRESBYTERI…THE KIAWAH ISLAND NATURAL HABITAT: $10,000 · OtherTHE KIAWAH ISLAND NATURAL HABITA…SCHOOL OF CREATIVE AND PERFORMING: $8,000 · OtherSCHOOL OF CREATIVE AND PERFORMIN…THE SPCA FUND (PRIMARY DANCE): $8,000 · OtherTHE SPCA FUND (PRIMARY DANCE)Individual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherCENTER OF UNIFICATION OF SCIENCE: $5,000 · OtherJOY OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER FOUNDA: $5,000 · OtherNATIONAL ABORTION FEDERATION: $5,000 · OtherProKids: $7,500 · OtherProKidsJACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE: $5,000 · OtherACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $5,000 · Other+4 more: $11,000 · Other+4 moreGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $20,000 · EnvironmentGRAND TRAVERS…THE HILLSIDE TRUST: $10,000 · EnvironmentTHE HILLSIDE …PRESERVE OLD MISSION PENINSULA: $10,000 · EnvironmentPRESERVE OLD …PEOPLE AND POLLINATORS ACTION NETWORK: $9,000 · EnvironmentPEOPLE AND PO…Joy Outdoor Education Center Foundation Inc: $5,000 · EnvironmentJoy Outdoor E…THORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: $2,500 · EnvironmentTHE NEW SCHOOL INC: $23,000 · EducationBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $9,000 · EducationLA SOUPE INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCincinnati Parks Foundation: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $10,000 · Animals
Arts & Culture$207,000Other$135,500Environment$56,500Education$32,000Food & Nutrition$15,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Animals$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRobert Oneal Multicultural Arts Center: $72,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE OCEAN CLEANUP FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEW SCHOOL INC: $23,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCINCINNATI MEMORIAL HALL SOCIETY: $21,500 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND TRAVERSE REGIONAL LAND CONSERVANCY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Contemporary Arts Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HILLSIDE TRUST: $10,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetPRESERVE OLD MISSION PENINSULA: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetPEOPLE AND POLLINATORS ACTION NETWORK: $9,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetBERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProKids: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJoy Outdoor Education Center Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJACQUES PEPIN FOUNDATION THE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetACTION AGAINST HUNGER - USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetART LEAGUE OF CINCINNATI: $5,000 over 1y, 47% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHORNE ECOLOGICAL INSTITUTE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFERNSIDE INC A CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKnow Theatre of Cincinnati: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetProspect House Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Louise Taft Semple Fo…Carol Ann and Ralph V…The Greater Cincinnat…The Warrington Founda…The Thomas J Emery Me…Ge Aerospace Foundati…The Frances R Luther …Earthward Bound Found…The Wohlgemuth Hersch…Sutphin Family Founda…Millstone FundCharles H Dater Found…
Louise Taft Semple FoundationOH26.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Warrington Foundation Co Fifth Third · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Frances R Luther Charitable Trust · Earthward Bound Foundation · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Millstone Fund · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc

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 Bailey Lamson Family Fdtn funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bailey Lamson Family Fdtn. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Berklee College of Music Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 41 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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