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Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation Inc

To promote and facilitate philanthropy in our area with creative grants, demonstrating community leadership, and advising donors of community concerns to bring the highest benefit for our community.

$540k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
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.

Public Benefit$710kArts & Culture$535kEducation$173kReligion$137kPhilanthropy$91kHuman Services$79kHealth$65kCommunity Improvement$63kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 26 grants below total $390,850, the rows itemized in this filing. The $540,454 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $149,604 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $75k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $266k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,200
Median grant
5
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$50,000
CHILLICOTHE CAVALIER CLUB$38,500
VETERANS CARE NETWORK$37,293
GREATER EUROPE MISSION$23,200
COLUMBUS SYMPHONY$20,000
ORPHAN'S PROMISE$18,700
PIKE COUNTY COMMUNITY FUND INC$17,500
HOPE CLINIC OF ROSS COUNTY INC$17,108
CARVER COMMUNITY CENTER$15,000
BAINBRIDGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH$15,000
UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC$13,000
ROSS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY$10,500
YOUNG LIFE$10,200
UNION TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES$10,000
PORTSMOUTH AREA LADIES INC$10,000
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 (FY18–24, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%ROSS COUNTY YMCA: $19k → 14%DOWNTOWN CHILLICOTHE: $16k → 14%DOWNTOWN CHILLICOTHE: $13k → 14%VETERANS IN TRANSITION INC: $10k → 14%DOWNTOWN CHILLICOTHE: $10k → 14%DOWNTOWN CHILLICOTHE: $7k → 14%VETERANS IN TRANSITION INC: $7k → 14%VETERANS IN TRANSITION INC: $7k → 14%ROSS COUNTY YMCA: $7k → 14%DOWNTOWN CHILLICOTHE: $7k → 14%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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.5M · 24 repeat orgs$501k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
19

Total granted

$1.5M
$337k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+21%

Still filing today

79%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $164k 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 ServicesAnimalsEducationYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MT
    MAJESTIC THEATRE INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $145k · revenue +187% · 33% of their budget
  • TS
    THE SCIOTO SOCIETY INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $110k · revenue +2% · 27% of their budget
  • CS
    COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    3× · 2022–2024 · $80k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • AC
    ASBURY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2023 · $119k · revenue +4%
  • BC
    BROOKSIDE CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $38k
  • PH
    PUMP HOUSE ART GALLERY
    one grant, 2023 · $22k · revenue -68%
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
Community Imprvmnt Corp of Grt Chillicothe City Ross Incl Chil Oh

The mission is to advance, encourage, and promote the industrial, economic, commercial and civic development of ross county, ohio and the city of chillicothe.

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2
Cincinnati Observatory Center

The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.

Arts & Culture
3
Chillicothe Ross Chamber of Commerce

To advance area businesses and facilitate action on local issues of concern.

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4
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.

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5
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
6
Ross County Water Company Inc

The ross county water company, inc. is a non-profit, user-member owned corporation, that provides quality residential and commercial water service to approximately 15,504 customers in areas of ross, pike, pickaway, vinton, hocking, &…

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7
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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8
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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9
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
10
For Columbus

To inspire, gather, and activate followers of jesus to pursue the common good in our city.

Human Services
11
Cincinnati Christian University

The mission of cincinnati christian university is to teach men and women to live by biblical principles and to equip and empower them with character, skills, insight, and vision to lead the church and to impact society for christ.

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12
Cats & Company

An animal rescue and adoption organization serving the greater ross county ohio community

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Scioto Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mighty Childrens Museum. 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

40 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. 40 of the 56 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
28/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND ITS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS: $265,000 · OtherUNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND ITS AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONSCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INC: $151,040 · OtherCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST INCBAINBRIDGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $97,250 · OtherBAINBRIDGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCHChillicothe Civic Theatre Inc: $85,500 · OtherChillicothe Civic Theatre IncCHILLICOTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $41,800 · OtherBROOKSIDE CHURCH: $38,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC: $41,228 · OtherFOOTHOLD INTERNATIONAL: $45,735 · Other+29 more: $365,993 · Other+29 moreTHE SCIOTO SOCIETY INC: $109,695 · Arts & CultureTHE SCIOTO SO…COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $80,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS SYMP…SOUTHERN OHIO STORYTELLING INC: $24,140 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN OHIO…PUMP HOUSE ART GALLERY: $22,100 · Arts & CulturePUMP HOUSE AR…MIGHTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $10,392 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $5,750 · Arts & CultureMAJESTIC THEATRE INC: $145,422 · Recreation & SportsMAJESTIC …COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHILLICOTHE OHIO: $32,000 · Recreation & SportsCOMMUNITY…ASBURY COLLEGE: $118,644 · EducationASBURY CO…CHILLICOTHE CAVALIER CLUB: $38,500 · EducationCHILLICOT…The Ohio University Foundation: $15,449 · EducationThe Ohio …GREATER EUROPE MISSION: $68,600 · ReligionThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $53,335 · ReligionDOWNTOWN CHILLICOTHE: $52,500 · Human ServicesYoung Mens Christian Association of Ross County: $25,186 · Human ServicesVETERANS IN TRANSITION INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesRides 4 Refugees Inc: $20,217 · Human ServicesHOPE CLINIC OF ROSS COUNTY INC: $51,740 · HealthADENA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $12,774 · Health
Other$1,131,546Arts & Culture$252,077Recreation & Sports$177,422Education$172,593Religion$121,935Human Services$121,903Health$64,514

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 budgetMAJESTIC THEATRE INC: $145,422 over 4y, 33% of budgetASBURY COLLEGE: $118,644 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SCIOTO SOCIETY INC: $109,695 over 4y, 27% of budgetChillicothe Civic Theatre Inc: $85,500 over 3y, 40% of budgetCOLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $80,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER EUROPE MISSION: $68,600 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $53,335 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDOWNTOWN CHILLICOTHE: $52,500 over 5y, 26% of budgetHOPE CLINIC OF ROSS COUNTY INC: $51,740 over 4y, 13% of budgetFOOTHOLD INTERNATIONAL: $45,735 over 3y, 17% of budgetCHILLICOTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $41,800 over 5y, 60% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ROSS COUNTY INC: $41,228 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetCHILLICOTHE CAVALIER CLUB: $38,500 over 1y, 10.0% of budgetVETERANS CARE NETWORK: $37,293 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN NETWORK OF ROSS COUNTY INC: $33,890 over 4y, 12% of budgetCOMMUNITY RECREATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHILLICOTHE OHIO: $32,000 over 3y, 6.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $31,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Ross County: $25,186 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetSOUTHERN OHIO STORYTELLING INC: $24,140 over 3y, 78% of budgetVETERANS IN TRANSITION INC: $24,000 over 3y, 5.5% of budgetPUMP HOUSE ART GALLERY: $22,100 over 1y, 16% of budgetROSS COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $22,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetRides 4 Refugees Inc: $20,217 over 1y, 18% of budgetThe Ohio University Foundation: $15,449 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASSISTANCE HOUSE OF ROSS COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetGoodwill Industries of South: $13,948 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Fund of Jackson County Inc: $13,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetADENA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $12,774 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTHE BUCK FIFTY INC: $12,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMIGHTY CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $10,392 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL OHIO BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS ASSOCIATION: $10,250 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSS COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCIOTO VALLEY YOUTH LEAGUE: $8,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetCENTER FOR CHRISTIAN VIRTUE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR APPALACHIAN KENTUCKY INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoss County Historical Society Inc: $5,750 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHARLEQUIN HAVEN GREAT DANE RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 7.0% 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.

David Meade Massie Tr…Community Foundations…United Way of Ross Co…Adena Health SystemColumbus FoundationRoss-Chillicothe Conv…Foundation for Appala…American Electric Pow…Ohio Child Care Resou…Verizon FoundationRaymond James Charita…The Blackbaud Giving …
David Meade Massie TrustOH41× affinity17 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: David Meade Massie Trust · Community Foundations Inc · United Way of Ross County Inc · Adena Health System · Columbus Foundation · Ross-Chillicothe Convention and Visitors Bureau · Foundation for Appalachian Ohio · American Electric Power Foundation · Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association · Verizon Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to Chillicothe-Ross Community Foundation Inc 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 56 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 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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