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Belford Family Charitable Fund Inc at a glance

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Belford Family Charitable Fund Inc

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.

$1.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$3.1MRecreation & Sports$3.0MHealth$575kPublic Benefit$500kHuman Services$279kHousing & Shelter$82kPhilanthropy$50kEnvironment$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $27k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $185k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.4M
$7,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,015,000
FLYING HORSE FARMS$405,509
THE WELLS FOUNDATION$125,000
STAR HOUSE$59,500
COLUMBUS HUMANE SOCIETY$12,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER$7,500
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER$5,000
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$5,000
JEWISH COLORADO$1,800
COLUMBUS DOG CONNECTION$250
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 (FY22–23, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY INC: $3k → 18%ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY INC: $3k → 18%COMMUNITY REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES INC: $3k → 15%HUCKLEBERRY HOUSE: $8k → 15%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

NY
OH
CA
CO
MO
MD
DC
FL
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.3M · 15 repeat orgs$372k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
16

Total granted

$7.3M
$227k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+14%

Still filing today

73%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $145k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationRecreation & SportsHealthAnimalsHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +3%
  • FH
    FLYING HORSE FARMS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +5% · 27% of their budget
  • JC
    Jewish Community Center Of Cincinnati
    4× · 2020–2024 · $270k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • FH
    FLYING HORSE FARMS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $126k
  • FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue -33%
  • CM
    COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ARTgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +28%
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
JewishColumbus

Make Jewish life vibrant, accessible and secure in Columbus, Israel and around the world.

Religion
2
Jewish Federation of Columbus

Make Jewish life vibrant, accessible and secure in Columbus, Israel and around the world.

Philanthropy
3
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area

A social service agency, JFS strengthens lives and our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services. Services include: Counseling, Case Management, Financial and Food Support, Home Care, Senior Services,…

Human Services
4
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati

The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati develops and connects leaders, contributors, organizations, and ideas to build an inclusive Jewish community that helps people in need, supports Israel, and assures a vibrant Jewish future.

Philanthropy
5
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

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6
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
7
Jewish Family Services

To help individuals and families achieve economic self-sufficiency and emotional stability.

Human Services
8
Columbus Medical Association Foundation

The columbus medical association foundation, through the governance and oversight of its board of physicians and other experts, effects change within specific priority areas to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents and…

Health
9
Columbus Center for Human Services Inc

Inspiring life journeys

Human Services
10
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
11
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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12
Columbus Cares for Cats
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Columbus Humane; the most unlike its peers is Environmental Defense Center. 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

27 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. 27 of the 37 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FLYING HORSE FARMS: $3,017,169 · Recreation & SportsFLYING HORSE FARMSJewish Community Center Of Cincinnati: $270,000 · Recreation & SportsJewish Community Center Of Cincinnati+1 more: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,025,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION+3 more: $45,000 · EducationMIAMI PROJECT TO CURE PARALYSIS: $400,000 · OtherMIAMI PROJECT TO…A&F CHALLENGE: $375,000 · OtherA&F CHALLENGEFLYING HORSE FARMS FOUNDATION: $126,000 · OtherFLYING HORSE FAR…THE WELLS FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherTHE WELLS FOUNDA…+15 more: $114,750 · Other+15 moreSTAR HOUSE: $82,000 · PhilanthropyColumbus Jewish Foundation: $50,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,800 · PhilanthropyPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $23,750 · HealthMARYHAVEN INC: $5,000 · HealthCraig Hospital Foundation: $1,000 · HealthCOLUMBUS HUMANE: $12,500 · AnimalsGIGI'S SHELTER FOR DOGS: $11,250 · Animals+1 more: $250 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $11,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 · International
Recreation & Sports$3,297,169Education$3,070,000Other$1,140,750Philanthropy$133,800Health$29,750Animals$24,000International$21,000

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 budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,025,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFLYING HORSE FARMS: $3,017,169 over 4y, 27% of budgetJewish Community Center Of Cincinnati: $270,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetSTAR HOUSE: $82,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetColumbus Jewish Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $23,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER: $20,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS HUMANE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGIGI'S SHELTER FOR DOGS: $11,250 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChabad of Columbus Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Bronx United Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY HOUSE INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAO ADVOCATING OPPORTUNITY INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMARYHAVEN INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARBURN ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKaleidoscope Youth Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLOCAL MATTERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY REFUGEE & IMMIGRATION SERVICES INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISHColorado: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS DOG CONNECTION INC: $250 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.

Columbus FoundationUnited Way of Central…L Brands FoundationJpmorgan Chase Founda…Safelite FoundationSiemer Family Foundat…Harry C Moores Founda…Ingram-White Castle F…Columbus Jewish Found…American Electric Pow…Nisource Charitable F…McKesson Foundation I…
Columbus FoundationOH31× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · L Brands Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Safelite Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · McKesson 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 Belford Family Charitable Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Belford Family Charitable Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report 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.

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 37 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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