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Bourgraf Family Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% 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
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$200,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$28k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETA THETA PI FOUNDATION$200,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HEALTH NETWORK FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $1k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $1k → 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

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

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$413k · 45 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

45 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 44 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
41

Total granted

$413k
$43k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+45%

Still filing today

44%
24%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesPublic Safety & DisasterPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BT
    BETA THETA PI FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2024 · $205k · revenue +46%
  • TU
    THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $15k · revenue +30%
  • TP
    Theta Phi Alpha Foundation Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3k · revenue +66%

Funded once

  • HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +261%
  • CO
    CHERRYBEND OPERATION
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Otterbein University

Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Ohio Christian University

Ohio christian university (ocu) is committed to offering a complete education that develops students intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. (continued on schedule o)ocu offers degree programs designed to equip students to become…

Education
5
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
6
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
7
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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8
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
9
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
10
Vanderbilt University

See Disclosure Above.

Education
11
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
12
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is American Diabetes Association. 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

32 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. 32 of the 87 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
22/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BETA THETA PI FOUNDATION: $204,500 · EducationBETA THETA PI FOUNDATION+4 more: $7,200 · EducationDE PAUL CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherDE PAUL CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOLCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20,500 · OtherCINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $20,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE MURPHY THEATRE: $15,776 · OtherTHE MURPHY THEATREUNITED WAY OF CLINTON CO: $15,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CLINTON CO+64 more: $85,055 · Other+64 moreTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $15,000 · PhilanthropyCHILLICOTHE-ROSS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyHEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI WORKS: $2,000 · Human ServicesCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $4,500 · Arts & CultureTRI-STATE WARBIRD MUSEUM: $500 · Arts & CultureBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · HealthARTHRITIS FOUNDATION INC: $800 · HealthAmerican Diabetes Association: $600 · HealthDAVE PARKER 39 FOUNDATION: $500 · Health+2 more: $200 · HealthZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $2,000 · Animals
Education$211,700Other$206,531Philanthropy$20,000Human Services$12,000Arts & Culture$5,000Health$4,100Animals$2,000

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 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 budgetCHILLICOTHE-ROSS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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
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.

  • Who funds BETA THETA PI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEALTHNETWORK FOUNDATION FKA HEALTH NET FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILLICOTHE-ROSS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Theta Phi Alpha Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds BETHESDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Wilmington College ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI WORKS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BOARD OF FUNERAL SERVICE E ↗
  • Who funds HARVEST OF GOLD OF WILMINGTON INC ↗

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…Johnson Charitable Gi…Robert H & Susan F Ca…Tql Foundation IncGe Aerospace Foundati…The Newman Foundation…Bob & Felicia Burger …Ed & Joann Hubert Fam…The Dayton FoundationJohn F Barrett Founda…Williams FoundationRuth J & Robert a Con…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bourgraf Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bourgraf Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 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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