Ohio · Public charity
Community Matters Cincinnati Inc
To build a thriving and more just community, Community Matters goes beyond the traditional nonprofit model by forming partnerships with our neighbors instead of viewing them only as clients to be provided a service. We believe our neighbors are experts in the needs and strengths of our community and should be the primary voice advocating…
- $72k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $34,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Community Matters Cincinnati Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $72k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $69k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $63k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $262k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $76k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $32k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $25k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Maria Community Services Inc | $178,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Over the Rhine Community Housing | $175,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Education Matters Inc | $134,758 | 5 | 5% |
| Bloc Ministries Inc | $67,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Holy Family Congregation | $54,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Cincinnati Works | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
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.
Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc · Ed & Joann Hubert Family Foundation Inc · Spaulding Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · First Financial Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Duke Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Community Matters Cincinnati Inc
- How much does Community Matters Cincinnati Inc give?
- Community Matters Cincinnati Inc reported 3 grants totaling $71,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Community Matters Cincinnati Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Human Services (29%), Housing & Shelter (28%).
- Who are Community Matters Cincinnati Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Santa Maria Community Services Inc ($179k), Over the Rhine Community Housing ($175k), Education Matters Inc ($135k).
- Does Community Matters Cincinnati Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Matters Cincinnati Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Ruth J & Robert a Conway Foundation Inc, Ed & Joann Hubert Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Community Matters Cincinnati Inc based?
- Community Matters Cincinnati Inc is based in OH.
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