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Chickesaw Foundation at a glance

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Chickesaw Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$52k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$12k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$74kArts & Culture$64kHealth$54kEducation$43kAnimals$43kReligion$42kPublic Benefit$16kYouth Development$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $12k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$840k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$12,000
KENTUCKY VETERANS CEMETERY NORTH$7,000
VIETAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FUND$7,000
MT WASHINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH$5,000
FLEMING ISLAND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION$5,000
CLIFTON CULTURAL ARTS CENTER$5,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY$5,000
THE SCHOOL HOUSE SYMPHONY$2,000
CLOVERNOOK SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND$2,000
CINCY PARKS$2,000
SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$53
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 (FY17–23, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Leader Dogs for the Blind: $1k → 8%Honor Flight: $15k → 15%United Help Ukraine: $5k → 8%Honor Flight: $15k → 15%Honor Flight: $12k → 15%Honor Flight: $8k → 15%Clovernook Center For The Blind: $2k → 16%Cincinnati Assn for the Blind: $5k → 16%Cincinnati Assn for the Blind: $1k → 16%CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED: $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

MI
NY
IA
IN
OH
CA
KY
VA
MD
NM
TN
DC
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 16% of Chickesaw Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 43% of the giving stays in OH; by stated purpose, 28%.

Chickesaw Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 16% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$291k · 19 repeat orgs$92k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
18

Total granted

$291k
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+15%

Still filing today

53%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k 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
Human ServicesAnimalsArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentEducationOther
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

  • HF
    HONOR FLIGHT INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $50k · revenue +129%
  • STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $39k · revenue +83%
  • TE
    THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $34k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • WW
    WOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -20%
  • HF
    HONOR FLIGHT TRI-STATEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +40%
  • RS
    Redwood School Rehab Center Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
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
American Service Animal Society

We give back the gifts of independence, trust, and companionship by helping to place service animals with men and women injured while serving their country.

Human Services
2
Leashes of Valor

Our organization's mission is to raise awareness for and provide physical aid and support to disabled us military veterans. our program covers a crucial gap in the industry-a veteran operated organization, that can assist veterans with…

Public Benefit
3
Hero Dogs Inc

Hero Dogs improves the quality of life of our nations heroes and enhances the services of community organizations by placing assistance dogs with customized training & lifetime support.

Human Services
4
Summit Equestrian Center Inc

Equine assisted services

Human Services
5
Pets for Patriots Inc

The organization's mission is to transform the lives of veterans by helping them save an at risk shelter dog or cat, and to end all animal homelessness in the us and enrich the lives of men and women who serve, and have served our country.…

Animals
6
Summit Assistance Dogs

Summit assistance dogs is a nonprofit organization that creates life-changing partnerships by providing highly-trained mobility assistance dogs for people living with disabilities.

Human Services
7
Pets for Vets Inc

Pets for Vets enriches the lives of veterans by creating a life-changing Super Bond with expertly selected and trained shelter or rescue pets. It provides ongoing expert support to ensure a reciprocal and thriving partnership at no cost to…

Public Benefit
8
Veteran Equine Therapy Stables
Public Benefit
9
Paws for Purple Hearts

Paws for Purple Hearts improves the lives of America's Warriors facing mobility challenges and trauma-related conditions such as PTSD and TBI by providing the highest quality assistance dogs and canine-assisted therapeutic programs; and by…

Public Benefit
10
Victory Therapeutic Center Inc

To care for the physical, mental and emotional needs of children, adults, veterans and their families through the healing power of horses.

Health
11
Rainforest Trust

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

International
12
Sierra Delta Inc

To assist war veterans in getting paired with service dogs trained to help individuals with mental or physical disabilities.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee; the most unlike its peers is Peppermint Pig Animal Rescue. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

24 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. 24 of the 43 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/24
Grantees still filing
15/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MT WASHINGTON BAPTIST CHURCH: $36,031 · OtherMT WASHINGTON BAPTIST CHURCHAmerican Legion dba post137: $15,500 · OtherAmerican Legion dba post137COPES: $15,000 · OtherCOPESClovernook School for the Blind: $10,000 · OtherClovernook School for the BlindRedwood School Rehab Center Inc: $9,000 · OtherRedwood School Rehab Center IncKENTUCKY VETERANS CEMETERY NORTH: $7,000 · OtherClaude City Cemetery city admin: $6,000 · OtherRBC Ministries dba Our Daily Bread: $5,000 · OtherKY VETERAN CEMETARY North: $5,000 · OtherFLEMING ISLAND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Other+14 more: $29,553 · Other+14 moreHONOR FLIGHT INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesHONOR FLIGHT INCCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $7,000 · Human ServicesCincinnati Associat…United Help Ukraine Inc: $5,000 · Human ServicesUnited Help Ukraine…+2 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesClifton Cultural Arts Center: $30,000 · Arts & CultureClifton Cultural …SCHOOL HOUSE SYMPHONY: $12,000 · Arts & CultureSCHOOL HOUSE SYMP…HONOR FLIGHT TRI-STATE: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHONOR FLIGHT TRI-…Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc: $7,000 · Arts & CultureVietnam Veterans …THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $34,000 · AnimalsTHE ELEPHANT…HUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $5,000 · AnimalsHUMANE SOCIE…PEPPERMINT PIG ANIMAL RESCUE: $1,500 · Animals+2 more: $2,000 · AnimalsSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $39,000 · EducationSTEPHEN SIL…Redwood School & Rehabilitation Inc: $19,374 · HealthSTABLE STRIDES FARM: $3,000 · HealthSERENITY CONSULTANTS INC: $2,000 · HealthWOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Public Benefit
Other$143,084Human Services$65,000Arts & Culture$59,000Animals$42,500Education$39,000Health$24,374Public Benefit$10,000

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 budgetHONOR FLIGHT INC: $50,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $39,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY IN TENNESSEE: $34,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetClifton Cultural Arts Center: $30,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetRedwood School & Rehabilitation Inc: $19,374 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOOL HOUSE SYMPHONY: $12,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetWOODY WILLIAMS FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHONOR FLIGHT TRI-STATE: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetUnited Help Ukraine Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPINNACLE THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $3,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetSAVE THE REDWOODS LEAGUE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSTABLE STRIDES FARM: $3,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetClovernook Center For the Blind and Visually Impaired: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSERENITY CONSULTANTS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPEPPERMINT PIG ANIMAL RESCUE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPAWS AND STRIPES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAPTOR RESOURCE PROJECT: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $53 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…Ge Aerospace Foundati…J Frederick & Helen B…Spaulding FoundationRobert a & Marian K K…Sutphin Family Founda…Millstone FundThe Thomas J Emery Me…Charles H Dater Found…Andrew Jergens Founda…John a Schroth Family…The Scripps Howard Fo…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · J Frederick & Helen B Vogel Trust · Spaulding Foundation · Robert a & Marian K Kennedy Charitable Trust · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Andrew Jergens Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Scripps Howard 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 Chickesaw Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chickesaw Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Chickesaw Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Chickesaw 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 43 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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