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Bourgraf Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$200k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
2
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$200,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 49
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$28k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Bourgraf Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesMembership BenefitHealthReligionPublic Safety & DisasterOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$200k0%
FY20232$2k100%
FY20221$5000%
FY20207$45k29%
FY201932$64k50%
FY201849$66k39%
FY201747$79kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$281kHealth$58kArts & Culture$29kReligion$23kPhilanthropy$22kHuman Services$4kAnimals$3kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
MA
IN
OH
NJ
KY
NC
DC
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Beta Theta Pi Foundation$204,50033%
De Paul Cristo Rey High School$50,0002n/a
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$15,00020%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood$5,0002n/a
Cincinnati Museum Center$4,50020%
Theta Phi Alpha Foundation Inc$3,00022%
Archdiocese of Cincinnati$3,0002n/a
Xavier University$3,00030%
Dented Fender$2,5001n/a
Show all 37 grantees
All grantees of Bourgraf Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Beta Theta Pi Foundation$204,50033%
De Paul Cristo Rey High School$50,0002n/a
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$15,00020%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood$5,0002n/a
Cincinnati Museum Center$4,50020%
Theta Phi Alpha Foundation Inc$3,00022%
Archdiocese of Cincinnati$3,0002n/a
Xavier University$3,00030%
Dented Fender$2,5001n/a
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida$2,50020%
Zoological Society of Cincinnati$2,00020%
Bethesda Foundation Inc$2,00020%
Wilmington College$2,00030%
The Heritage Foundation$2,00020%
Cincinnati Works$2,0002n/a
American Board of Funeral Service E$1,50010%
Harvest of Gold of Wilmington Inc$1,25033%
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges$1,20030%
Tender Mercies Inc$1,00020%
Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati$1,0002n/a
Culver Educational Foundation$1,00010%
St Xavier High School Inc$1,0001n/a
Clinton County Leadership Institute$1,00013%
Arthritis Foundation Inc$80020%
Fishing Has No Boundaries Inc$80020%
American Diabetes Association$60020%
Tri-State Warbird Museum$50010%
Dave Parker 39 Foundation$50012%
Center for Christian Virtue$50010%
Life Issues Institute Inc$50010%
Sugartree Ministry Center Inc$50010%
Indian Hill Rangers Benefit Fund Inc$4002n/a
National Child Safety Council$33020%
National Fire Safety Council Inc$30020%
American Heart Association Inc$10010%
Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home$10010%

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($128k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bourgraf Family Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBeta Theta Pi Foundation: $204,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHealthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Museum Center: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTheta Phi Alpha Foundation Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetXavier University: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Conservancy of Southwest Florida: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetZoological Society of Cincinnati: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBethesda Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWilmington College: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Board of Funeral Service E: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHarvest of Gold of Wilmington Inc: $1,250 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetThe Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTender Mercies Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCulver Educational Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClinton County Leadership Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetArthritis Foundation Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFishing Has No Boundaries Inc: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTri-State Warbird Museum: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDave Parker 39 Foundation: $500 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCenter for Christian Virtue: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLife Issues Institute Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSugartree Ministry Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNational Child Safety Council: $330 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Fire Safety Council Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLittle Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Home: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 29.

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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 Cincinnati FoundationOH27.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Tql Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Newman Foundation Incorporated · Bob & Felicia Burger Family Foundation · Ed & Joann Hubert Family Foundation Inc · The Dayton Foundation · John F Barrett Foundation Inc · Williams Foundation · Ruth J & Robert a Conway 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.

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About Bourgraf Family Foundation

How much does Bourgraf Family Foundation give?
Bourgraf Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $200,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 49 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Bourgraf Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (61%), Health (13%), Arts & Culture (6%).
Who are Bourgraf Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Beta Theta Pi Foundation ($205k), De Paul Cristo Rey High School ($50k), The University of Cincinnati Foundation ($15k).
Does Bourgraf Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bourgraf Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bourgraf Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation.
Where is Bourgraf Family Foundation based?
Bourgraf Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 87 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.

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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