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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.

$128k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$11k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$116kEducation$111kEnvironment$75kFood & Nutrition$67kHealth$49kCommunity Improvement$34kHousing & Shelter$25kYouth Development$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $81,185, the rows itemized in this filing. The $127,566 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $46,381 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 $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $72k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILIES FLOURISH INC$11,385
CELEBRATEONE$10,800
SEEDS OF CARING$10,000
LITTLE BOTTOMS FREE STORE$10,000
HOME FOR FAMILIES$10,000
FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO$10,000
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD$10,000
COLUMBUS CHILDREN'S CHOIR$9,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $123k) 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 its 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%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $10k → 15%YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO: $5k → 15%FAMILIES FLOURISH INC: $11k → 15%HOME FOR FAMILIES: $10k → 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
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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$415k · 14 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
17

Total granted

$415k
$153k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+16%

Still filing today

93%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $31k 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
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • 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
    4× · 2018–2025 · $44k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • P
    PHILANTHROPITCH
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +184%
  • TC
    THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +149%
  • SS
    Student Success Storesgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $13k · revenue +413%
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 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
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
4
Columbus Neighborhood Health Center Inc

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

Health
5
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
6
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
7
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
8
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
9
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
10
United Way of Greater Lima Inc

United Way improves lives by uniting the caring power of our community.

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11
Jewish Family Service of the Cincinnati Area

A social service agency, JFS strengthens lives and our diverse community by providing exceptional and transformational human services. Services include: Counseling, Case Management, Financial and Food Support, Home Care, Senior Services,…

Human Services
12
Columbus Housing Initiative Inc

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

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seeds of Caring; 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.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 34 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
21/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 · OtherLITTLE BOTTOMS FREE STORE: $21,700 · OtherLITTLE BOTTOMS FREE STORELEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD INC: $10,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY SHARES OF MID OHIO: $8,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE: $8,000 · OtherLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $6,500 · Other+3 more: $17,863 · Other+3 moreFURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $44,180 · Human ServicesFURNITURE BANK OF CENTRA…THE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $28,878 · Human ServicesTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FO…THE CENTER FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE CENTER FOR HEALTHY F…FAMILIES FLOURISH INC: $11,385 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FLOURISH INCGood Neighbors of Central Ohio: $8,078 · Human ServicesGood Neighbors of Centra…CLINTONVILLE-BEECHWOLD COMMUNITY RESOURCES CENTER: $7,000 · Human ServicesNNEMAP INC: $6,250 · Human ServicesMY VERY OWN BLANKET PROJECT INC: $5,427 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $5,270 · Human ServicesCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $82,227 · EducationCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN L…OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $16,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY F…OHIO CHAPTER AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS: $13,700 · EducationOHIO CHAPTER AMERICAN A…Student Success Stores: $12,575 · EducationStudent Success StoresFRIENDS OF THE CONSERVATORY: $81,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE …BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $14,294 · Youth DevelopmentSEEDS OF CARING: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOLUMBUS & CENTRAL OHIO CHILDREN'S CHORUS FOUNDATION: $16,482 · Arts & CultureWellity Education: $7,500 · Arts & CultureCELEBRATEONE: $23,550 · Health
Other$190,662Human Services$131,468Education$124,502Environment$81,000Youth Development$24,294Arts & Culture$23,982Health$23,550

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 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: $44,180 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE HOMELESS FAMILIES FOUNDATION: $28,878 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPHILANTHROPITCH: $25,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetCELEBRATEONE: $23,550 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLITTLE BOTTOMS FREE STORE: $21,700 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetCOLUMBUS EARLY LEARNING CENTERS: $18,097 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBUS & CENTRAL OHIO CHILDREN'S CHORUS FOUNDATION: $16,482 over 2y, 2.3% 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 budgetStudent Success Stores: $12,575 over 1y, 17% of budgetFAMILIES FLOURISH INC: $11,385 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSEEDS OF CARING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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 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
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.

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

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 Kiwanis Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Columbus Kiwanis Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's 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
    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.

    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 34 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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