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Building Healthy Lives 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.

$280k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$81k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$848kHealth$780kArts & Culture$480kHuman Services$88kPhilanthropy$58kYouth Development$34kCivil Rights$23kPublic Safety & Disaster$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k42 grants · $74k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $125k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $81k
$1,100
Median grant
9
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI$81,000
CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$45,000
CINCINNATI BALLET$30,000
HERMEDICINE$15,000
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHRESTRA$14,820
CET$10,200
THE CHRIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
ARTSWAVE$9,000
HOSPICE OF CINCINNANTI$5,500
YWCA OF CINCINNATI$5,240
CENTRAL CLINIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$5,180
CIRCLE TAIL INC$5,000
DE LA DANCE COMPANY$5,000
CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER$5,000
BREAST CANCER ORG$3,000
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 (FY17–24, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 42% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%YMCA OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1k → 10%CIRCLE TAIL INC: $10k → 6%CIRCLE TAIL INC: $5k → 6%CHILDREN'S HOME OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY: $250 → 11%CIRCLE TAIL INC: $5k → 6%CIRCLE TAIL INC: $5k → 6%FIRST STEP HOME: $250 → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $100 → 16%LADD INC: $2k → 16%RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES GREATER CINCINNATI: $175 → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $100 → 16%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $100 → 16%BEECHACRES: $500 → 16%PRO SENIORS: $200 → 16%PRO SENIORS: $100 → 16%PRO SENIORS: $100 → 16%PRO SENIORS: $100 → 16%INRETURN: $100 → 16%YMCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $3k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $3k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPARED: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPARED: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPARED: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPARED: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $200 → 16%YMCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $75 → 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
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
GA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 104 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +22% for those funded once.

104 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 70 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

104
135

Total granted

$2.4M
$76k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+22%

Still filing today

34%
21%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TC
    The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc
    8× · 2017–2024 · $223k · revenue +64%
  • H
    HERMEDICINE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $120k · revenue ×16 · 55% of their budget
  • CS
    CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $117k · revenue +198%

Funded once

  • CA
    CINCINNSAIANS ACTIVE TO SUPPORT EDUCATION
    one grant, 2019 · $10k
  • CW
    CINCINNATI WOMAN'S CLUB PRESIDENT'S PROJECT
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • RS
    REDWOOD SCHOOL
    one grant, 2020 · $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
Cincinnati Public Radio Inc

Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.

Arts & Culture
2
Cincinnati Bar Association

To promote professional excellence, foster justice, serve our members and educate the public.

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3
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ("CYC") empowers young people to overcome barriers and excel in education, career, and life.

Education
4
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

The mission of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is to educate, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming. Our vision is to awaken a lifelong love of…

Arts & Culture
5
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
6
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

To develop and promote economic development, talent initiatives and the unique offerings in the cincinnati region.

Community Improvement
7
Cincinnati Aquatic Club

To offer children and young adults a top quality program that develops, trains and competes as competitive swimmers year-round in a supportive and motivating enviroment that respects, challenges and nurtures them as athletes, students, and…

Recreation & Sports
8
World Affairs Council - Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky

The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…

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9
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
10
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

We are Cincinnati's national theater - committed to bringing diverse, engaging works of great artistry to our community, and to putting Cincinnati's artistic excellence in the national spotlight.

Arts & Culture
11
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati

To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.

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12
Columbus Community Clinical Oncology Program

Our mission is to deliver state-of-the-art cancer care to patients in their communities through clinical trials. this allows individuals to remain in their won neighborhoods, while receiving the latest and best in cancer screenings,…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cincinnati Museum Association; the most unlike its peers is The Butler 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

72 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. 72 of the 256 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/72
Grantees still filing
59/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: $724,092 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATICLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION: $440,000 · OtherCLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATIONCET: $77,956 · Other+155 more: $451,266 · Other+155 moreThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $222,650 · Arts & CultureThe Cincinnati Ballet …CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $116,640 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SYMPHONY OR…Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $59,350 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute o…NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC: $22,805 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $21,500 · Arts & CultureThe Contemporary Arts Center: $20,400 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $18,900 · Arts & CultureHERMEDICINE: $120,000 · HealthHERMEDICI…American Heart Association Inc: $35,990 · HealthAmerican …BREASTCANCERORG: $24,960 · HealthBREASTCAN…The Christ Hospital Foundation: $10,500 · Health+7 more: $9,400 · HealthCIRCLE TAIL INC: $25,100 · Human ServicesCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $13,000 · Human ServicesYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $2,900 · Human Services+6 more: $4,100 · Human ServicesLA'S BEST: $7,550 · EducationSAINTS PETER & PAUL ACADEMY: $5,100 · EducationMid-Ohio Christian Co-op: $2,100 · EducationCINCINNATI CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $1,500 · EducationISANA: $700 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,100 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $500 · PhilanthropyMagnified Giving: $300 · PhilanthropySandsar Incorporated: $300 · PhilanthropyBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $1,200 · Youth Development
Other$1,693,314Arts & Culture$482,245Health$200,850Human Services$45,100Education$17,450Philanthropy$6,200Youth Development$1,200

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $222,650 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHERMEDICINE: $120,000 over 8y, 55% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $116,640 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $59,350 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $35,990 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED: $31,490 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCIRCLE TAIL INC: $25,100 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetBREASTCANCERORG: $24,960 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC: $22,805 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $21,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Contemporary Arts Center: $20,400 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $13,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $12,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLA'S BEST: $7,550 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation: $5,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $5,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINTS PETER & PAUL ACADEMY: $5,100 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCincinnati Chamber Orchestra: $4,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER: $3,750 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA of Greater Cincinnati: $2,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBETHESDA FOUNDATION INC: $2,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMid-Ohio Christian Co-op: $2,100 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $1,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE EDUCATION COUNCIL OF OHIO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ADDICTION TREATMENT F/K/A THE CENTER FOR CHEMICAL ADDICTIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CINCINNATI AREA: $900 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetINDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJC SOMMER PTA: $500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBEECH ACRES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPro Seniors Inc: $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BUTLER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMONTGOMERY COUNTY COLLABORATION COUNCIL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRMINGHAM REGIONAL EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLiving with Change: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FIRST STEP HOME INC: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN'S CITY CLUB OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $300 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMagnified Giving: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEECHWOOD HOME: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO CANCER RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $281 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 The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc ↗
  • Who funds HERMEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOSPICE OF CINCINNATI INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CIRCLE TAIL INC ↗
  • Who funds BREASTCANCERORG ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds The Contemporary Arts Center ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds The Christ Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LA'S BEST ↗
  • Who funds The Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINTS PETER & PAUL ACADEMY ↗

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…Carol Ann and Ralph V…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Robert H & Susan F Ca…Johnson Charitable Gi…Millstone FundThe Thomas J Emery Me…Josephine S Russell C…Charles H Dater Found…John a Schroth Family…Hcs FoundationSutphin Family Founda…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH59.2× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Josephine S Russell Charitable · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Hcs Foundation · 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 Building Healthy Lives Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Building Healthy Lives Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Building Healthy Lives Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Building Healthy Lives 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 256 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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