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Bethesda Inc

To be a leader in contributing to the improvement of health/well-being in the cincinnati community.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$8.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$81MHuman Services$4.8MPhilanthropy$1.5MCommunity Improvement$800kEducation$504kPublic Safety & Disaster$500kCivil Rights$375kCrime & Legal$231kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+10 grants · $13M
$110,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$229M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRIHEALTH INC$8,116,667
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$1,105,100
BEST POINT BEHAVORIAL HEALTH$650,000
YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI$635,000
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO$625,100
WOMEN HELPING WOMEN$500,500
CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY$500,000
THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE$387,463
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI$375,000
LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC$260,719
GROUNDWORK OHIO ORGANIZATION$206,250
JAMAA HEALTH$150,000
GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$143,750
EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS$138,375
NYNI INC$110,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $8.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HOLLY HILL CHILDREN'S HOME INC: $32k → 10%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $1.0M → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $500k → 11%TALBERT HOUSE: $499k → 16%TALBERT HOUSE: $372k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $50k → 11%TALBERT HOUSE: $69k → 16%STRATEGIES TO END HOMELESSNESS INC: $50k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME INC: $50k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME INC: $50k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $35k → 16%BEST POINT BEHAVORIAL HEALTH (FKA THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI): $888k → 16%BEST POINT BEHAVORIAL HEALTH: $650k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOME OF CINCINNATI: $215k → 16%BEST POINT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $48k → 16%REFUGEECONNECT: $34k → 16%REFUGEECONNECT: $100k → 16%REFUGEECONNECT: $100k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $625k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $435k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES INC: $261k → 16%EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS: $138k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC: $126k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $63k → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC: $63k → 16%EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS: $51k → 16%EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS: $50k → 16%EVERY CHILD SUCCEEDS: $45k → 16%SEVEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES INC: $50k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL COMMUNITY PHARMACY OF CINCINNATI: $50k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $387k → 16%SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $50k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $120k → 16%COVERD GREATER CINCINNATI DBA SWEET CHEEKS DIAPER BANK: $25k → 16%BEECH ACRES PARENTING CENTER: $50k → 16%ST ALOYSIUS ORPHANAGE: $50k → 16%CINCINNATI COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $50k → 16%CATHOLIC CHARITIES SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $50k → 16%CHILD FOCUS: $50k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $635k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $75k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $50k → 16%COUNCIL ON AGING OF SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $50k → 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

NY
MA
OH
CO
KY
VA
DC
TX
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.
$84M · 30 repeat orgs$4.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

30 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
42

Total granted

$84M
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
-1%

Still filing today

97%
93%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $570k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesCivil RightsPhilanthropyReligionCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • TI
    TRIHEALTH INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $58M · revenue +44%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $2.4M · revenue +36%
  • TG
    THE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL OF CINCINNATI OHIO
    2× · 2021–2022 · $1.9M · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • FI
    FERNSIDE INC A CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN
    one grant, 2023 · $1.3M · revenue -61% · 67% of their budget
  • TP
    TRIHEALTH PHYSICIAN ENTERPRISE CORP
    one grant, 2021 · $413k · revenue -34%
  • HO
    HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2023 · $375k · revenue +19%
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
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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2
Clermont Counseling Center

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

Health
3
The Cincinnati Health Network Inc

The cincnnati health network (chn) is a grantee for the health care for the homeless program in the greater cincinnati area and operates as a federally qualified health center. the chn is also the ryan white part c grantee and provides…

Health
4
Circle Health Services

Circle Health fights for equity by healing, teaching, and inspiring individuals and families to reach their full potential.

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5
Trihealth Physician Institute

Provides the community necessary medical care through specialty physicians.

Health
6
The Christ Hospital

Improve the health of our community and create patient value by providing exceptional outcomes and the finest experiences, all in an affordable way.

Health
7
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

To serve the central ohio community with affordable, easy to access healthcare services.

Health
8
OhioGuidestone

To provide pathways for growth, achievement, and lifelong success.

Health
9
Springvale Health Centers Inc

Provide high quality integrated healthcare services to consumers and agencies primarily in tuscarawas and carroll counties.

Health
10
OhioHealth Corporation Group Return

To improve the health of those we serve.

Health
11
Mount Carmel Health System

We, mount carmel health system and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. mount carmel health system is a member of trinity health.

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12
PreventionFIRST

Mission: PreventionFIRST! implements best practice strategies to reduce the risk of behavioral health disorders. Vision: All communities apply prevention strategies in every stage of life.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Hospital Medical Center; the most unlike its peers is Knowledgeworks Foundation. 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

76 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. 76 of the 84 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
76/76
Grantees still filing
45/76
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRIHEALTH INC: $58,307,535 · ReligionTRIHEALTH INC+1 more: $20,000 · ReligionBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC: $6,677,500 · HealthBETHESDA FOUNDATION …CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $2,447,600 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL …THE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL OF CINCINNATI OHIO: $1,919,658 · HealthTHE GOOD SAMARITAN H…FERNSIDE INC A CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $1,300,000 · HealthFERNSIDE INC A CENTE…GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI INC: $962,073 · HealthGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPI…THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE: $774,388 · Health+18 more: $2,406,227 · Health+18 moreThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $1,801,713 · Human ServicesThe Childr…Children's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc: $1,550,000 · Human ServicesChildren's…TALBERT HOUSE: $940,000 · Human ServicesTALBERT HO…URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC: $876,100 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAG…YWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $760,000 · Human ServicesYWCA of Gr…LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $695,250 · Human ServicesLIGHTHOUSE…BEECH ACRES: $557,019 · Human ServicesBEECH ACRE…Every Child Succeeds: $284,350 · Human Services+14 more: $896,536 · Human Services+14 moreWOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $1,625,500 · OtherHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $375,000 · OtherLegal Aid Society of Cincinnati: $195,694 · OtherJAMAA HEALTH: $150,000 · OtherRosemary's Babies Co: $135,000 · Other+23 more: $1,036,364 · OtherTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $1,208,750 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $1,000,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $97,000 · PhilanthropyGROUNDWORK OHIO: $1,250,000 · EducationKnowledgeworks Foundation: $66,666 · EducationGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $140,000 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $25,000 · Community Improvement
Religion$58,327,535Health$16,487,446Human Services$8,360,968Other$3,517,558Philanthropy$2,305,750Education$1,316,666Community Improvement$165,000

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 budgetTRIHEALTH INC: $58,307,535 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC: $6,677,500 over 7y, 91% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $2,447,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL OF CINCINNATI OHIO: $1,919,658 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $1,801,713 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetWOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $1,625,500 over 3y, 28% of budgetChildren's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc: $1,550,000 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetFERNSIDE INC A CENTER FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN: $1,300,000 over 1y, 67% of budgetGROUNDWORK OHIO: $1,250,000 over 4y, 26% of budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $1,208,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $1,000,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI INC: $962,073 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetTALBERT HOUSE: $940,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO INC: $876,100 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetTHE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE: $774,388 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $760,000 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetLIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $695,250 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBEECH ACRES: $557,019 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetINTERACT FOR CHANGE: $460,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetTRIHEALTH PHYSICIAN ENTERPRISE CORP: $413,279 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $375,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHEALTH CARE ACCESS NOW: $365,796 over 2y, 21% of budgetEvery Child Succeeds: $284,350 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetRefugeeConnect: $234,380 over 3y, 37% of budgetGreater Cincinnati Behavioral Health Services: $216,144 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetLegal Aid Society of Cincinnati: $195,694 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHEALTH POLICY INSTITUTE OF OHIO: $190,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $175,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENLIGHT FUND INC: $140,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRosemary's Babies Co: $135,000 over 3y, 9.8% of budgetTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $135,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCENTER FOR CLOSING THE HEALTH GAP IN GREATER CINCINNATI: $100,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH & ADDICTION ADVOCACY COALITION: $100,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FREE CLINIC: $83,550 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE HEALTHCARE CONNECTION INC: $80,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetKnowledgeworks Foundation: $66,666 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFound Village: $50,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetCouncil on Aging of Southwestern Ohio: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCancer Family Care Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetStrategies to End Homelessness Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget1N5: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCatholic Charities Southwestern Ohio: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHERN KENTUCKY MHMR REGIONAL BOARD INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChild Focus: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOhio Children's Alliance: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSEVEN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.9% 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.

United Way of Greater…Interact for HealthThe Greater Cincinnat…Millstone FundPfau Charitable Found…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Jack J Smith Jr Chari…The Thomas J Emery Me…Andrew Jergens Founda…Healthpath Foundation…John a Schroth Family…Sutphin Family Founda…
United Way of Greater CincinnatiOH78.2× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Interact for Health · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Millstone Fund · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Jack J Smith Jr Charitable Trust · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Healthpath Foundation of Ohio · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · 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 Bethesda Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bethesda Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
30report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 84 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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