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Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation

The foundation is dedicated to supporting youth health and wellness in central ohio

$173k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
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 2025.

Recreation & Sports$2.1MHealth$1.6MYouth Development$839kHuman Services$722kEducation$535kHousing & Shelter$276kInternational$77kFood & Nutrition$50kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $82,222, the rows itemized in this filing. The $173,253 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $91,031 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $23k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRANKLINTON CYCLEWORKS$25,000
CENTRAL OHIO GIRLS' HOCKEY ASSOCIATION$13,891
OHIO AAA BLUE JACKETS$10,617
OHIO SLED HOCKEY$10,000
KINGS CARE FOUNDATION$6,534
CENTRAL OHIO YOUTH ICE HOCKEY OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION$5,500
PELOTONIA$5,434
CCYHA COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS SPECIAL HOCKEY$5,246
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 (FY17–25, $1.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $29k → 15%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $27k → 15%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $25k → 15%Ohio Sled Hockey: $25k → 15%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $25k → 15%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $20k → 15%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $10k → 15%OHIO SLED HOCKEY: $5k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $32k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $16k → 15%BRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $20k → 15%CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER: $10k → 15%CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER: $10k → 15%CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER: $10k → 15%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $250k → 15%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $150k → 15%CENTRAL OHIO YOUTH SPORTS COLLABORATIVE: $25k → 15%CENTRAL OHIO YOUTH SPORTS COLLABORATIVE: $25k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $10k → 15%LSS CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $85k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $38k → 15%A KID AGAIN - CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER: $35k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $30k → 15%A KID AGAIN - CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER: $22k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $21k → 15%A KID AGAIN - CENTRAL OHIO CHAPTER: $20k → 15%LSS CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $15k → 15%LSS CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $10k → 15%LSS CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $10k → 15%LSS CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $10k → 15%LSS CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $10k → 15%LSS CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $10k → 15%GET BEHIND THE BADGE: $8k → 15%NELLIE'S CHAMPIONS FOR KIDS (NC4K): $8k → 15%NELLIE'S CHAMPIONS FOR KIDS (NC4K): $8k → 15%NELLIE'S CHAMPIONS FOR KIDS: $8k → 15%Gladden Community House: $16k → 15%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.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 40 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +55% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 34 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
23

Total granted

$4.9M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+3%

Still filing today

90%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $32k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO
    5× · 2018–2024 · $508k · revenue +20%
  • NC
    Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return
    4× · 2018–2024 · $504k · revenue +110%
  • RO
    RULING OUR EXPERIENCES INC
    5× · 2018–2023 · $317k · revenue +238%

Funded once

  • OS
    Ohio State Parks Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $250k · revenue -23% · 29% of their budget
  • CO
    CITY OF WHITEHALL
    one grant, 2022 · $250k
  • RU
    RECREATION UNLIMITED FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $123k · revenue +3%
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.

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Club Ohio Soccer Inc

Club ohio soccer is designed and structured to meet the needs of the elite boy's and girl's club soccer player who aspires to play at the highest level of competition. to be successful at the regional and national level, it's necessary to…

Recreation & Sports
2
Ohio Elite Soccer Academy

To create, through sport, an elite training and competition environment that strives to reach the highest level of excellence while promoting personal development and providing a life enriching experience.

Recreation & Sports
3
Ohio High School Athletic Association

Ohio high school athletic association is a not-for-profit association of public and private high schools and 7th-8th grade schools. approximately 820 high schools and nearly 760 7th-8th grade schools belong to the ohsaa, which represents…

Recreation & Sports
4
School Choice Ohio Inc

The mission of school choice ohio is to protect and expand children's educational options through ensuring choice in quality schools and other places of learning, thereby supporting systemic reform of k-12 education across the state.

Education
5
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health

We are the premier childrens mental health agency that reduces the suffering experienced by children who have emotional problems related to depression, anxiety, and behavior like adhd. untreated, these problems can lead to failure in…

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6
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
7
The Columbus Crew Foundation

The columbus crew foundation changes young lives through a passion for soccer

Recreation & Sports
8
Central Ohio Youth for Christ Inc

Coyfc reaches young people everywhere, working with the local church and other like minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the word of god and prayer, passion for…

Youth Development
9
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
10
Columbus Hockey Association

Training youth to play hockey and providing opportunities for them to participate in league play.

Recreation & Sports
11
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
12
Ohio Children's Hospital Association

Promotion of the common business interests of children's hospitals located within ohio.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is After-School All-Stars Ohio; the most unlike its peers is Breakthrough T1D. 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

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 66 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
57/59
Grantees still filing
40/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Nationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return: $503,500 · OtherNationwide Childrens Hospital Group ReturnKIDSMILES PEDIATRIC DENTAL CLINIC: $277,115 · OtherKIDSMILES PEDIATRIC DENTAL CLINICCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD: $276,289 · OtherCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARDCITY OF WHITEHALL: $250,000 · OtherCITY OF WHITEHALLCOLUMBUS PUBLIC HEALTH: $170,000 · OtherCOLUMBUS PUBLIC HEALTHCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $127,600 · OtherCity of Gahanna Parks and Recreation: $100,000 · OtherSIMON KENTON COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $99,000 · OtherRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $95,000 · OtherJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc: $167,415 · OtherJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc+16 more: $403,425 · Other+16 moreYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $507,549 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIA…A KID AGAIN INC: $165,348 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INCOHIO SLED HOCKEY INC: $165,230 · Human ServicesOHIO SLED HOCKEY IN…CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $149,688 · Human ServicesCHOICES FOR VICTIMS…+5 more: $96,023 · Human Services+5 moreOHIO YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $238,517 · Recreation & SportsOHIO YOUTH HOCKEY A…FLYING HORSE FARMS: $227,622 · Recreation & SportsFLYING HORSE FARMSCOLUMBUS ICE HOCKEY CLUB INC: $144,371 · Recreation & SportsCOLUMBUS ICE HOCKEY…RECREATION UNLIMITED FOUNDATION: $123,305 · Recreation & SportsRECREATION UNLIMITE…THE COLUMBUS CHILL YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $115,412 · Recreation & SportsTHE COLUMBUS CHILL …NEWARK ICE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $73,310 · Recreation & SportsNEWARK ICE HOCKEY A…CAPITAL AMATEUR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $38,611 · Recreation & Sports+5 more: $108,317 · Recreation & Sports+5 moreRULING OUR EXPERIENCES INC: $317,425 · Youth DevelopmentRULING OUR EX…AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS OHIO: $104,740 · Youth DevelopmentAFTER-SCHOOL …GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $92,580 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS O…ATHENS YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATIONINC: $89,267 · Youth DevelopmentATHENS YOUTH …BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $65,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRL…GIRLS ON THE RUN OF CENTRAL OHIO: $40,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRLS ON THE …+2 more: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentOhio State Parks Foundation: $250,000 · EnvironmentColumbus Recreation and Parks Foundation: $100,528 · EnvironmentCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $240,000 · EducationCHILDHOOD LEAGUE INC: $31,500 · EducationUNITED SCHOOLS: $31,250 · EducationPELOTONIA: $10,947 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & IN: $90,000 · HealthMARYHAVEN INC: $80,000 · HealthCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL OHIO: $22,500 · Health+1 more: $5,000 · Health
Other$2,469,344Human Services$1,083,838Recreation & Sports$1,069,465Youth Development$719,512Environment$350,528Education$323,697Health$197,500

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 budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $507,549 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNationwide Childrens Hospital Group Return: $503,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRULING OUR EXPERIENCES INC: $317,425 over 5y, 15% of budgetKIDSMILES PEDIATRIC DENTAL CLINIC: $277,115 over 4y, 51% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD: $276,289 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetOhio State Parks Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetOHIO YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $238,517 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetFLYING HORSE FARMS: $227,622 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetJunior Achievement of Central Ohio Inc: $167,415 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $165,348 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetOHIO SLED HOCKEY INC: $165,230 over 8y, 25% of budgetCHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $149,688 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetCOLUMBUS ICE HOCKEY CLUB INC: $144,371 over 6y, 34% of budgetCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $127,600 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetRECREATION UNLIMITED FOUNDATION: $123,305 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS CHILL YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $115,412 over 8y, 9.4% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS OHIO: $104,740 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetColumbus Recreation and Parks Foundation: $100,528 over 1y, 12% of budgetSIMON KENTON COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $99,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $95,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $92,580 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & IN: $90,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetATHENS YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATIONINC: $89,267 over 6y, 22% of budgetMARYHAVEN INC: $80,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEWARK ICE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $73,310 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $65,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSOUTH SIDE LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN OF CENTRAL OHIO: $40,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCAPITAL AMATEUR HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $38,611 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetEASTON YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $32,705 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetCHILDHOOD LEAGUE INC: $31,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED SCHOOLS: $31,250 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFLASHES OF HOPE: $30,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetLEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCANCER SUPPORT COMMUNITY CENTRAL OHIO: $22,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetNELLIES CHAMPIONS FOR KIDS INC: $22,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBRIDGEWAY ACADEMY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL OHIO GIRLS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $19,947 over 2y, 35% of budgetCentral Ohio Youth Ice Hockey Officials Association Inc: $18,640 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetGLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $16,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS OHIO INC: $15,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $12,310 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERVILLE PARKS FOUNDATION: $12,025 over 1y, 11% 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.

Columbus FoundationIngram-White Castle F…United Way of Central…American Electric Pow…L Brands FoundationHarry C Moores Founda…Siemer Family Foundat…Encova Foundation of …Cardinal Health Found…Nisource Charitable F…The Reinberger Founda…Safelite Foundation
Columbus FoundationOH64.9× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Columbus Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · American Electric Power Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Cardinal Health Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · Safelite 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 Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
21report 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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How do I get to Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Columbus Blue Jackets 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 66 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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