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Columbus Kiwanis Foundation

The kiwanis club of columbus with its foundation is a diverse service organization of people with like interests who come together to make a substantive impact in strengthening and making central ohio a better place one-child at a time.

$168k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$14k
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 FY2017–2024.

Human Services$116kEducation$111kEnvironment$75kFood & Nutrition$67kHealth$49kCommunity Improvement$34kHousing & Shelter$25kYouth Development$21kOther$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 9 grants below total $94,082 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $168,276 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $74,194 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $76k
$11,794
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIRACLE ON LONG STREET$14,401
CELEBRATEONE$12,750
STUDENT SUCCESS STORES$12,575
COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY$12,435
TREATS4THESTREETS$11,794
LITTLE BOTTOMS FREE STORE$11,700
LIFECARE ALLIANCE$6,500
CENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE$6,500
MY VERY OWN BLANKET$5,427
02The need
03

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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $92k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES INC: $15k → 15%HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $10k → 15%THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $9k → 15%Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resource Center: $7k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $14k → 15%Furniture Bank of Central OH: $10k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $10k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $5k → 15%NNEMAP: $6k → 15%MY VERY OWN BLANKET: $5k → 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.

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.

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.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$334k · 11 repeat orgs$185k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +64% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

11 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
14

Total granted

$334k
$124k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+23%

Still filing today

91%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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 ServicesEducationArts & CultureEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • CM
    COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $82k · revenue +143%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE CONSERVATORY
    2× · 2020–2022 · $81k · revenue +489%
  • FB
    FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO
    3× · 2018–2022 · $34k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • P
    PHILANTHROPITCH
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +184%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +149%
  • CS
    COMMUNITY SHARES OF MID OHIO
    one grant, 2019 · $9k · revenue +16%

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
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

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2
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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3
Central Ohio Workers Center Inc

The Central Ohio Worker Center is a non-profit organization that educates, empowers, and advocates for and with low-wage and immigrant workers in Central Ohio.

Civil Rights
4
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

To serve the central ohio community with affordable, easy to access healthcare services.

Health
5
Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio

Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio serves and empowers people through God's love in their times of vulnerability. We do so through a full range of local services that engage the community in building solidarity.

Human Services
6
The Women's Clinic of Columbus

Women's health clinic focusing on helping at-risk parents deal with issues related to prenancy and parenting.

Health
7
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
8
Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People Inc

Empowering and strengthening ohio's people (esop) helps adults in all stages of life achieve and maintain financial wellness and housing stability.

Housing & Shelter
9
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
10
The Central Benefits Health Care Foundation

Central benefits health care foundation is a supporting organization of the columbus foundation. the purpose of central benefits healthcare foundation is to exclusively support programs that provide preventative health care to indigent…

Philanthropy
11
Columbus Housing Initiative Inc

Stabilize neighborhoods through establishing financing, education, rehabilitation of existing housing and development of new housing

Housing & Shelter
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nnemap Inc and the most unlike its peers is Wellity Education. 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 backsteadyCentral Ohio Community Orga…Youth Development ProgramsEarly Childhood Care CentersProfessional Healthcare Ass…Comprehensive Social Servic…Community Arts Organizations
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 30 years old; the field is 22. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%7%<5yr13%7%5–10yr16%18%10–20yr14%25%20–35yr14%18%35–55yr24%25%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%5%<5yr13%4%5–10yr16%14%10–20yr14%49%20–35yr14%11%35–55yr24%17%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/31
the rest of the field
12%
1,180/9,484

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.

04the grantee network

26 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. 26 of the 31 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/26
Grantees still filing
20/26
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PHILANTHROPITCH — $25,000 · OtherPHILANTHROPITCHMIRACLE ON LONG STREET — $24,361 · OtherMIRACLE ON LONG STREETCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS — $18,097 · OtherCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERSCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE — $15,500 · OtherCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSEST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES — $15,347 · OtherST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICESTREATS4THESTREETS — $11,794 · OtherTREATS4THESTREETSTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — $8,000 · OtherBROAD STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $6,333 · OtherPRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA — $6,250 · OtherLITTLE BOTTOMS FREE STORE — $11,700 · OtherLITTLE BOTTOMS FREE STORECOMMUNITY SHARES OF MID OHIO — $8,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE — $8,000 · OtherLIFECARE ALLIANCE — $6,500 · Other+1 more — $5,280 · OtherCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $82,227 · EducationCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRA…OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $16,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUND…OHIO CHAPTER AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS — $13,700 · EducationOHIO CHAPTER AMERICAN ACADE…Student Success Stores — $12,575 · EducationStudent Success StoresFURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO — $34,180 · Human ServicesFURNITURE BANK OF CEN…THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $18,878 · Human ServicesTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES…THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES — $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR HEALTH…Good Neighbors of Central Ohio — $8,078 · Human ServicesGood Neighbors of Cen…CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER — $7,000 · Human ServicesCLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOL…NNEMAP INC — $6,250 · Human ServicesNNEMAP INCMY VERY OWN BLANKET PROJECT INC — $5,427 · Human ServicesMY VERY OWN BLANKET P…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO — $5,270 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CONSERVATORY — $81,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE CO…Wellity Education — $7,500 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS & CENTRAL OHIO CHILDREN'S CHORUS FOUNDATION — $7,482 · Arts & CultureBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC — $14,294 · Youth DevelopmentCELEBRATEONE — $12,750 · Health
Other$170,662Education$124,502Human Services$100,083Environment$81,000Arts & Culture$14,982Youth Development$14,294Health$12,750

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 budgetCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $82,227 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CONSERVATORY — $81,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetFURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO — $34,180 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPHILANTHROPITCH — $25,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $18,878 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS — $18,097 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $16,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL COMMUNITY HOUSE — $15,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetST VINCENT FAMILY SERVICES — $15,347 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC — $14,294 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO CHAPTER AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS — $13,700 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCELEBRATEONE — $12,750 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetStudent Success Stores — $12,575 over 1y, 17% of budgetLITTLE BOTTOMS FREE STORE — $11,700 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHARES OF MID OHIO — $8,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGood Neighbors of Central Ohio — $8,078 over 1y, 13% of budgetCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE — $8,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWellity Education — $7,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS & CENTRAL OHIO CHILDREN'S CHORUS FOUNDATION — $7,482 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetCLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER — $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE — $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMY VERY OWN BLANKET PROJECT INC — $5,427 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGENERAL COUNCIL ON FINANCE & ADMIN OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $5,280 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO — $5,270 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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…Columbus FoundationIngram-White Castle F…Siemer Family Foundat…American Electric Pow…L Brands FoundationCardinal Health Found…Encova Foundation of …Harry C Moores Founda…Columbus Jewish Found…Nisource Charitable F…The Reinberger Founda…
United Way of Central Ohio IncOH42.4× affinity18 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 · Columbus Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · L Brands Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Encova Foundation of Ohio · Harry C Moores Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · The Reinberger 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 Kiwanis 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 · 00%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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