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Dorothy M M Kersten Tr Ua at a glance

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Dorothy M M Kersten Tr Ua

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.3M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$191k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$6.1MHealth$3.3MHuman Services$510kEducation$493kAnimals$493kReligion$345kPhilanthropy$173kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $214k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.1M
$59,221
Median grant
8
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER$191,420
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH$177,662
ARTSWAVE$157,493
CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM$139,843
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CINCINNATI &$59,221
ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI$59,221
SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL INC$59,221
HISTORIC SOUTHWEST OHIO$59,221
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR$59,221
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$58,881
THE SALVATION ARMY$58,128
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION$55,340
NATL TR FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION$45,568
GREATER CINCINNATI TELEVISION EDUCATIONA$40,887
CHURCH OF THE ADVENT$39,159
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NAT'L TR FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $83k → 14%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $61k → 8%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $196k → 16%THE SALVATION ARMY: $60k → 9%SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL INC: $60k → 13%AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $59k → 8%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $191k → 16%SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL INC: $59k → 13%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $187k → 16%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $179k → 16%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $179k → 16%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $177k → 16%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $173k → 16%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER FOUNDATION: $171k → 16%CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER FOUNDATION: $148k → 16%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $60k → 16%ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $60k → 16%ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $59k → 16%LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $59k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $179k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $178k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $170k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $168k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $164k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $161k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $160k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $153k → 16%THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $147k → 16%ARTSWAVE: $166k → 16%ARTSWAVE: $161k → 16%ARTSWAVE CINCINNATI: $160k → 16%ARTSWAVE: $158k → 16%ARTSWAVE: $158k → 16%ARTSWAVE: $157k → 16%ARTSWAVE: $156k → 16%ARTSWAVE: $150k → 16%ARTSWAVE CINCINNATI: $150k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $144k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $140k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $139k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $139k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $138k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $138k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $134k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $131k → 16%CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM: $130k → 16%PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CINCINNATI &: $60k → 16%PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CINCINNATI &: $59k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
OH
KY
VA
MD
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$11M · 27 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
3

Total granted

$11M
$115k

Still filing today

41%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • CI
    Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +2%
  • ZS
    ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI
    9× · 2017–2025 · $493k · revenue +41%
  • SA
    SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $493k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • C
    CET
    one grant, 2019 · $40k
  • GC
    GREATER CINTI TELEVISION ED FDN
    one grant, 2021 · $39k
  • CO
    CHURCH OF THE ADVENT GEN OP ACCOUNT
    one grant, 2017 · $36k
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
Cincinnati Zoo Foundation Inc

Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.

Animals
2
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
3
Aca International

Aca international contributes to the success of its members, the positive reputation of the industry and the health of the economy. we accomplish this by 1) being the comprehensive, knowledge-based resource for the credit and collection…

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4
Cleveland Institute of Music

The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.

Education
5
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.

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6
American Astronomical Society

The american astronomical society (aas), established in 1899, is the major organization of professional astronomers in north america. the basic objective of the aas is to promote the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of…

Science & Tech
7
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
8
Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc

The cincinnati usa convention & visitors bureau is an aggressive sales, marketing, and service organization. our primary responsibility is to positively impact the region's area economy through convention, tradeshow and visitor…

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9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
11
Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati children's hospital medical center will be the leader in improving child health. cincinnati children's will provide child health and transform delivery of care through fully integrated, globally recognized research, education,…

Health
12
Museum of the American Revolution

The museum of the american revolution uncovers and shares compelling stories about the diverse people and complex events that sparked america's ongoing experiment in liberty, equality and self-government.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cincinnati Museum Association; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 31 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OH: $1,478,235 · OtherTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CINTI OHPUBLIC LIBRARY OF CINCINNATI &: $492,744 · OtherPUBLIC LIBRARY OF CINCINNATI &NAT'L TR FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $441,764 · OtherNAT'L TR FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATIONAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY &: $345,026 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY &THE SALVATION ARMY: $337,291 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER FOUNDATION: $319,147 · OtherCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER FOUNDATIONARTSWAVE CINCINNATI: $309,705 · OtherARTSWAVE CINCINNATICHURCH OF THE ADVENT: $232,208 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $172,309 · Other+10 more: $847,675 · Other+10 moreCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $1,282,582 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTERCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $1,232,557 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $1,106,073 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Institute of Fine ArtsSHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC: $492,744 · Arts & CultureSHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INCHistoric Southwest Ohio Inc: $451,746 · Arts & CultureHistoric Southwest Ohio Inc+1 more: $136,442 · Arts & CultureLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR SACRED HEART HOME: $492,744 · HealthLITTLE SISTER…American Heart Association Inc: $488,755 · HealthAmerican Hear…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $200,760 · HealthTHE SHRINERS'…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $174,755 · HealthAMERICAN CANC…ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $492,744 · AnimalsUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $36,435 · Philanthropy
Other$4,976,104Arts & Culture$4,702,144Health$1,357,014Animals$492,744Philanthropy$36,435

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 budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER: $1,282,582 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $1,232,557 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $1,106,073 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI: $492,744 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR SACRED HEART HOME: $492,744 over 9y, 24% of budgetSHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC: $492,744 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $488,755 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHistoric Southwest Ohio Inc: $451,746 over 9y, 20% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $200,760 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $174,755 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION: $136,442 over 9y, 3.5% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $36,435 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
  • Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR SACRED HEART HOME ↗
  • Who funds SHAKERTOWN AT PLEASANT HILL KENTUCKY INC ↗
  • Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds Historic Southwest Ohio Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗

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.

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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 Dorothy M M Kersten Tr Ua funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dorothy M M Kersten Tr Ua. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 31 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-PF 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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