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Bob & Jeanne Coughlin Foundation at a glance

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Bob & Jeanne Coughlin Foundation

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.

$815k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Environment$475kAnimals$300kHuman Services$280kHealth$115kRecreation & Sports$100kArts & Culture$75kPhilanthropy$60kCrime & Legal$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $485k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$60,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BAHAMAS NATIONAL TRUST FUND$250,000
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI$150,000
GREAT PARKS FOREVER$100,000
ART OPPORTUNITIES INC$75,000
PROKIDS$60,000
LA SOUPE INC$50,000
FAMILY NURTURING CENTER$50,000
GRACEWORKS LUTHERAN SERVICES$30,000
ADOPT A CLASS FOUNDATION$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION$25,000
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 (FY22–24, $280k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%GRACEWORKS LUTHERAN SERVICES: $30k → 14%CINCINNATI MARATHON INC: $100k → 16%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%CINCINNATI MARATHON INC: $100k → 16%HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%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.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$800k · 3 repeat orgs$680k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
3

Total granted

$800k
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-5%
+35%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $415k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsHealthArts & CultureCivil RightsOther
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

  • BN
    Bahamas National Trust Fund Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $450k · revenue -16%
  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
    2× · 2023–2024 · $300k · revenue -5%
  • HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $50k · revenue +73%

Funded once

  • PW
    PIG WORKS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $200k · revenue +35%
  • TC
    The Childrens Hospitalgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue +76%
  • BT
    BENEATH THE WAVES INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -45%
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
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
2
Cincinnati Parks Foundation

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

Recreation & Sports
3
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
4
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
5
Philanthropy Ohio

To lead and equip ohio philanthropy to be effective partners for change in our communities.

Philanthropy
6
Parks Alliance of Louisville Inc

Drive equitable investment in our public parks to improve the health and wellbeing of the entire community.

Environment
7
Akron Zoological Park

We connect your life to wildlife while inspiring lifelong learning and conservation action.

Animals
8
The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission

The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission is dedicated to maximizing the area's economic potential by attracting, promoting and cultivating film, television, and commercial production throughout Greater Cincinnati. Once filmmakers choose…

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9
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
10
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
11
Cincy Bike Share Inc

To operate red bike, the cincinnati region's bike share system, providing a transportation option, that increases mobility and adds to the vitality of the region.

Public Benefit
12
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Graceworks Lutheran Services; the most unlike its peers is Beneath the Waves 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

14 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. 14 of the 15 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
4/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bahamas National Trust Fund Inc: $450,000 · EnvironmentBahamas National Trust Fund IncGREAT PARKS FOREVER: $100,000 · EnvironmentGREAT PARKS FOREVERZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $300,000 · AnimalsZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF C…BENEATH THE WAVES INC: $25,000 · AnimalsBENEATH THE WAVES INCPIG WORKS INC: $200,000 · Human ServicesPIG WORKS INCHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDA…GRACEWORKS LUTHERAN SERVICES: $30,000 · Human ServicesGRACEWORKS LUTHERAN …ART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $75,000 · Arts & CultureRSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $60,000 · Social ScienceProKids: $60,000 · Civil RightsLA SOUPE INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionFAMILY NURTURING CENTER: $50,000 · OtherFAMILY NUR…The Childrens Hospital: $40,000 · OtherThe Childr…Adopt A Class Foundation Inc: $25,000 · OtherAdopt A Cl…THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherTHE UNIVER…
Environment$550,000Animals$325,000Human Services$280,000Arts & Culture$75,000Social Science$60,000Civil Rights$60,000Food & Nutrition$50,000Other$140,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBahamas National Trust Fund Inc: $450,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $300,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPIG WORKS INC: $200,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGREAT PARKS FOREVER: $100,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $75,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRSF SOCIAL FINANCE INC: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProKids: $60,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Childrens Hospital: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGRACEWORKS LUTHERAN SERVICES: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAdopt A Class Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetBENEATH THE WAVES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Greater Cincinnat…Duke Energy FoundationNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Bob & Jeanne Coughlin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bob & Jeanne Coughlin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Bob & Jeanne Coughlin Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bob & Jeanne Coughlin 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 15 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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