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Columbus Jewish Foundation

Make Jewish life vibrant, safe, and accessible in Columbus, Israel, and around the world.

$23M
Granted FY2025still arriving
144
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$8.8M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Philanthropy$28MReligion$19MEducation$15MHuman Services$11MHealth$7.0MArts & Culture$4.1MInternational$1.9MAnimals$1.8MOther$0
02FY2025 · 144 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 144 grants below total $21,228,889 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $22,544,003 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $1,315,114 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $149k
  • $10k–50k85 grants · $1.8M
  • $50k–250k25 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+13 grants · $17M
$21,132
Median grant
17
States reached
$189M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey$8,776,926
Jewish Community Center$2,192,323
Jewish Federation of Columbus$1,542,985
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center$850,000
OSU Hillel$617,956
Columbus Torah Academy$542,719
OSU Foundation$489,445
Columbus Jewish Day School$421,479
Congregation Agudas Achim$366,889
Chabad on Campus at OSU$310,950
Jewish Family Services$277,154
For the Love of Primates$250,000
LifeWise Academy$250,000
Ner L Horeinu$200,252
Congregation Tifereth Israel$194,131
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $4.9M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%American Friends of Shifra Inc: $33k → 11%American Friends of Shifra Inc: $32k → 11%American Battle Monuments Fndn: $25k → 12%Justadopt: $74k → 11%THE MANDEL JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF CLEVELAND: $34k → 17%AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS FOUNDATION: $25k → 8%JEWISH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 14%Families Flourish dba Move to Prosper: $73k → 15%Families Flourish dba Move to Prosper: $47k → 15%Families Flourish dba Move to Prosper: $46k → 15%A Kid Again: $110k → 15%A Kid Again: $110k → 15%A Kid Again: $101k → 15%A Kid Again: $100k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $100k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $98k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $95k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $94k → 15%A KID AGAIN: $79k → 15%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $50k → 15%YWCA OF COLUMBUS: $50k → 15%Homeless Families Foundation: $26k → 15%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $26k → 15%Homeless Families Foundation: $26k → 15%Homeless Families Foundation: $25k → 15%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $25k → 15%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $25k → 15%Jewish Family Services: $355k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $333k → 15%Jewish Family Services: $277k → 15%Jewish Family Services: $231k → 15%Jewish Family Services: $224k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $196k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $148k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $116k → 15%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES: $104k → 15%Community of Caring Development Foundation: $31k → 15%American National Red Cross-Greater Columbus Chapter: $41k → 15%American Red Cross Greater Columbus Chapter: $31k → 15%Buckeye Ranch: $105k → 15%Buckeye Ranch: $105k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $100k → 15%Buckeye Ranch: $100k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $100k → 15%The Buckeye Ranch: $100k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $100k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $100k → 15%THE BUCKEYE RANCH: $100k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ME
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
NC
DC
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

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Where the work is directed

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

About 11% of Columbus Jewish Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Columbus Jewish Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

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 foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$62M · 178 repeat orgs$4.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against +14% for the ones you funded once.

178 repeat relationships — 104 still active in FY2025, 74 since wound down; 25 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

178
128

Total granted

$62M
$2.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+14%

Still filing today

78%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureReligionPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • TJ
    THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER COLUMBUS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.8M · revenue +110%
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.3M · revenue +36%
  • CT
    COLUMBUS TORAH ACADEMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.5M · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2022 · $327k
  • SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $200k · revenue +30%
  • AG
    ARTHUR G JAMES CANCER HOSPITAL AND RICHARD J SOLOVE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2017 · $151k · revenue -110% · 45% of their budget

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
JewishColumbus

Make Jewish life vibrant, accessible and secure in Columbus, Israel and around the world.

Religion
2
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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3
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
4
Hebrew Academy of Cleveland

The mission of the hebrew academy is to imbue all students with a love of god, torah and eretz yisroel and to prepare them to achieve excellence in torah and general knowledge based on successful cooperation among family, judaic and…

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5
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
6
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
7
Columbus Jewish Foundation

Make Jewish life vibrant, safe, and accessible in Columbus, Israel, and around the world.

Philanthropy
8
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
9
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
10
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Committed to exceptional healthcare quality for all and actively engaged with our community, einstein drives scientific discovery and educates compassionate leaders in health and science.

Education
11
The Jewish Fund

The jewish fund is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, educational, and religious purposes. the fund's primary activities are: supporting a jewish health care mission in the greater detroit area and michigan; promotion of…

Philanthropy
12
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Greater Metrowest Nj and the most unlike its peers is The Greater Sum Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyOrchestra and Ensemble Perf…Christian Youth CampsChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Health Access Advocacy and …Jewish Community Organizati…Community College Foundatio…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Policy Research and AdvocacySchool District FoundationsEquine Therapy ProgramsWomen & Girls Leadership De…Pregnancy Support ServicesSenior Support ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Youth Development CentersCommunity Arts CentersDevelopmental Disabilities …Cancer Support ServicesCommunity FoundationsYmca Youth DevelopmentFood Banks and PantriesDance Arts OrganizationsPublic Library OperationsAnimal Rescue and ShelterIndependent K-12 SchoolsAffordable Housing Construc…Local History MuseumsUnited Way AffiliatesCommunity Foundations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 19. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number18%3%<5yr12%8%5–10yr21%17%10–20yr14%23%20–35yr16%19%35–55yr20%31%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value18%1%<5yr12%3%5–10yr21%16%10–20yr14%20%20–35yr16%17%35–55yr20%43%55yr+

The field is 18% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%7/354
the rest of the field
11%
8,032/73,952

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

05the grantee network

284 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 284 of the 354 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
56
Early backer (in before they grew)
279/284
Grantees still filing
199/284
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Jewish Federation of Columbus — $15,170,157 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of ColumbusJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC — $8,776,926 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW J…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC — $1,528,518 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC+20 more — $2,856,543 · Philanthropy+20 moreTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER COLUMBUS — $5,771,184 · OtherTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER CO…CONGREGATION AGUDAS ACHIM — $2,181,624 · OtherCONGREGATION AGUDAS ACHIMCongregation Tifereth Israel — $1,529,893 · OtherCOLUMBUS COMMUNITY KOLLEL — $1,481,698 · OtherBETH JACOB CONGREGATION — $1,406,330 · OtherTEMPLE ISRAEL — $1,303,130 · OtherWEXNER HERITAGE VILLAGE — $1,262,363 · Other+90 more — $18,556,846 · Other+90 moreOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $5,299,403 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVER…COLUMBUS TORAH ACADEMY — $4,531,444 · EducationCOLUMBUS TORAH AC…THE COLUMBUS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — $1,974,334 · EducationTHE COLUMBUS JEWI…THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY — $546,345 · Education+20 more — $1,672,541 · Education+20 moreJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES — $1,983,366 · Human ServicesTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC — $910,215 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INC — $886,775 · Human ServicesTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $203,680 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FLOURISH INC — $166,604 · Human Services+12 more — $660,072 · Human ServicesTHE BNAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — $3,725,551 · Civil RightsDEATH PENALTY ACTION — $147,350 · Civil Rights+5 more — $276,339 · Civil RightsCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART — $886,767 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $554,966 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $543,059 · Arts & CultureBATED BREATH THEATRE COMPANY — $409,500 · Arts & CultureBALLET METROPOLITAN INC — $243,943 · Arts & CultureHARMONY PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC — $128,976 · Arts & Culture+13 more — $715,613 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC — $850,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $657,907 · InternationalBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $568,664 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $217,650 · InternationalFRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES — $116,891 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc — $111,130 · InternationalJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL - NORTH AMERICAN COUNCIL — $104,300 · International+6 more — $364,961 · International
Philanthropy$28,332,144Other$33,493,068Education$14,024,067Human Services$4,810,712Civil Rights$4,149,240Arts & Culture$3,482,824International$2,991,503

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetJewish Federation of Columbus — $15,170,157 over 9y, 42% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC — $8,776,926 over 1y, 21% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER COLUMBUS — $5,771,184 over 9y, 9.4% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $5,299,403 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetCOLUMBUS TORAH ACADEMY — $4,531,444 over 9y, 17% of budgetTHE BNAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — $3,725,551 over 9y, 68% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICES — $1,983,366 over 9y, 8.3% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL — $1,974,334 over 9y, 20% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC — $1,528,518 over 9y, 1.1% of budgetWEXNER HERITAGE VILLAGE — $1,262,363 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH INC — $910,215 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC — $886,775 over 9y, 3.6% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART — $886,767 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetChabad of Columbus Inc — $740,149 over 9y, 7.0% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION — $665,422 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM — $657,907 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetOHIO WILDLIFE CENTER — $656,510 over 9y, 6.3% of budgetTEMPLE ISRAEL FOUNDATION OF COLUMBUS OHIO — $573,303 over 2y, 16% of budgetBIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION — $568,664 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $554,966 over 9y, 57% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY — $546,345 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $543,059 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetMANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC — $522,130 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetFLYING HORSE FARMS — $514,730 over 8y, 4.7% of budgetGREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC — $489,996 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMid-Ohio Foodbank — $489,426 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBATED BREATH THEATRE COMPANY — $409,500 over 6y, 89% of budgetCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $384,607 over 9y, 3.4% of budgetBEXLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $359,499 over 9y, 9.8% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY - MIDOHIO — $353,946 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetLIFEWISE INC — $350,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE FLORENCE MELTON ADULT MINI-SCHOOL CORPORATION — $333,400 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetPILOT DOGS ALLOWAY — $326,843 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetFOR THE LOVE OF PRIMATES — $300,000 over 2y, 43% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE — $285,150 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBEXLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $254,990 over 9y, 6.9% of budgetHEALTHY WORTHINGTON RESOURCE CENTER AND FOOD PANTRY INC — $250,662 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetBALLET METROPOLITAN INC — $243,943 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND — $240,854 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC — $217,650 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $203,680 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — $200,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OHIO INC — $194,148 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HERZOG HOSPITAL INC — $187,500 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE — $170,980 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILIES FLOURISH INC — $166,604 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetMARBURN ACADEMY — $163,550 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CONSERVATORY — $162,462 over 8y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Columbus ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER COLUMBUS ↗
  • Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS TORAH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE BNAI BRITH HILLEL FOUNDATION AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds THE COLUMBUS JEWISH DAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC ↗
  • Who funds WEXNER HERITAGE VILLAGE ↗
  • Who funds THE BUCKEYE RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds A KID AGAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SOROKA MEDICAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Chabad of Columbus Inc ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF MAGEN DAVID ADOM ↗
  • Who funds OHIO WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TEMPLE ISRAEL FOUNDATION OF COLUMBUS OHIO ↗
  • Who funds BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds MANHATTAN INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH INC ↗
  • Who funds FLYING HORSE FARMS ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MIAMI JEWISH FEDERATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Mid-Ohio Foodbank ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

United Way of Central…L Brands FoundationColumbus FoundationIngram-White Castle F…Harry C Moores Founda…Siemer Family Foundat…Cardinal Health Found…American Electric Pow…Encova Foundation of …Jewish Federation of …Meuse Family Foundati…Safelite Foundation
United Way of Central Ohio IncOH100.9× affinity55 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of Central Ohio Inc · L Brands Foundation · Columbus Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Jewish Federation of Columbus · Meuse Family Foundation · Safelite Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Columbus Jewish Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Monmouth University Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Project Write Now Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
46report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 354 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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