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Clh Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$802k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$1.9MAnimals$1.0MPhilanthropy$577kRecreation & Sports$557kEducation$396kArts & Culture$136kHuman Services$134kHousing & Shelter$111kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $133k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $366k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$6,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHRIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$250,000
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$191,000
LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE$65,000
CINCINNATI PARKS FOUNDATION$60,000
TENDER MERCIES$50,000
UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI$35,000
ST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL$27,500
DEPAUL CRISTO REY$25,000
CATHOLIC INNER-CITY SCHOOLS EDUCATION$25,000
BARRETT CANCER FOUNDATION INC$10,000
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$10,000
CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM$7,000
JUDICIAL WATCH$6,500
THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CINCINNATI$5,000
LA SOUPE INC$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $33k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ST MARGARET HALL: $3k → 16%ST MARGARET HALL: $3k → 16%ST MARGARET HALL: $2k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME: $2k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME: $2k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOME: $1k → 16%LADD: $2k → 16%LADD: $2k → 16%LADD: $2k → 16%ST VINCENT DE PAUL - CINCINNATI: $5k → 16%LADD: $2k → 16%LADD: $2k → 16%LADD: $2k → 16%KENZIE'S CLOSET: $150 → 16%KENZIE'S CLOSET: $150 → 16%KENZIE'S CLOSET: $150 → 16%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $5k → 16%CINCINNATI SQUASH ACADEMY: $3k → 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
NY
MA
OH
CA
CO
KY
DC
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 43 repeat orgs$149k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

43 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 23 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

43
23

Total granted

$4.9M
$124k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+15%

Still filing today

51%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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 Christ Hospital Foundation
    4× · 2021–2024 · $1.0M · revenue +106%
  • CP
    Cincinnati Parks Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $540k · revenue +10%
  • TM
    TENDER MERCIES INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $111k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • LC
    LINDER CENTER OF HOPE
    one grant, 2019 · $35k
  • LG
    LEARNING GROVE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +55%
  • CC
    CINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +65%
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
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
2
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
3
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
4
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
5
Columbus Medical Association Foundation

The columbus medical association foundation, through the governance and oversight of its board of physicians and other experts, effects change within specific priority areas to improve the health and wellbeing of the residents and…

Health
6
Cincinnati Preservation Association

To empower and educate people to value, preserve and save greater cincinnati's historic buildings, communities, landscapes and stories.

Arts & Culture
7
Mercy Health

Mercy Health will provide assistance, support and direction to all of the health care institutions and activities operated and maintained by its Subsidiaries. The mission of Mercy Health in performing these activities shall be to provide a…

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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
Catholic Charities Corporation

Respond to those in need through an integrated system of quality services designed to respect the dignity of every person and build a just and compassionate society.

Human Services
10
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
11
Cumberland Medical Center

Cumberland Medical Center provides quality healthcare, in alignment with Covenant Health's mission to serve the community by improving the quality of life through better health, regardless of the patient's ability to pay.

Health
12
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

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

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

39 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. 39 of the 73 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/39
Grantees still filing
26/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CINCINNATI ZOO BOTANICAL GARDEN: $1,002,500 · OtherCINCINNATI ZOO BOTANICAL GARDENGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $658,000 · OtherGOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONUNITED WAY: $530,000 · OtherUNITED WAYST XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL INC: $137,500 · OtherLINDNER CENTER OF HOPE: $115,000 · OtherTENDER MERCIES INC: $111,000 · Other+37 more: $417,900 · Other+37 moreThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $1,000,000 · HealthThe Christ Hospital Found…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $63,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDIC…BEECHWOOD HOME: $43,500 · Health+5 more: $42,500 · HealthCincinnati Parks Foundation: $540,000 · Recreation & SportsCincinnati P…THE CHATFIELD EDGE: $116,300 · EducationINDIAN HILL FOUNDATION: $15,000 · EducationXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $12,500 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · Education+3 more: $5,500 · EducationCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $56,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $45,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $14,700 · Arts & CultureThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $4,000 · Arts & CultureUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $45,000 · PhilanthropyLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $9,000 · Human ServicesEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy: $7,500 · Human ServicesST MARGARET HALL: $7,000 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL: $5,000 · Human ServicesThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $4,250 · Human Services+1 more: $450 · Human Services
Other$2,971,900Health$1,149,000Recreation & Sports$540,000Education$159,300Arts & Culture$124,700Philanthropy$45,000Human Services$33,200

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $1,000,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $540,000 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetTHE CHATFIELD EDGE: $116,300 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetTENDER MERCIES INC: $111,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $63,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $56,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBEECHWOOD HOME: $43,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLEARNING GROVE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINDIAN HILL FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $14,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetProKids: $12,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetXAVIER UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBARRETT CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLiving Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc: $9,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEmanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy: $7,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetST MARGARET HALL: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $4,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDLENDORG: $1,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetThe Contemporary Arts Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI NATURE CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINTS PETER & PAUL ACADEMY: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJoy Outdoor Education Center Foundation Inc: $200 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 Christ Hospital Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Parks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds THE CHATFIELD EDGE ↗
  • Who funds TENDER MERCIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BEECHWOOD HOME ↗
  • Who funds LEARNING GROVE INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds INDIAN HILL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
  • Who funds ProKids ↗
  • Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BARRETT CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LA SOUPE INC ↗
  • Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH INC ↗
  • Who funds Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc ↗
  • Who funds Emanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy ↗
  • Who funds ST MARGARET HALL ↗

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…The Thomas J Emery Me…Louise Taft Semple Fo…Robert H & Susan F Ca…Williams FoundationHcs FoundationFarmer Family Foundat…Johnson Charitable Gi…The Wohlgemuth Hersch…Marge & Charles J Sch…John a Schroth Family…Ge Aerospace Foundati…
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH39.2× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · Williams Foundation · Hcs Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Ge Aerospace 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 Clh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clh Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%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
    0get no government money at all
    10report 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 Clh Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Clh 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 73 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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