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Encova Foundation of Ohio at a glance

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Encova Foundation of Ohio

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$965k
Granted FY2024still arriving
93
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$2.4MHuman Services$1.1MHealth$828kPhilanthropy$642kYouth Development$336kArts & Culture$307kEmployment$188kCommunity Improvement$171kOther$0
02FY2024 · 93 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k69 grants · $216k
  • $10k–50k19 grants · $266k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $232k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$3,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$8.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY$250,000
Ohio Cancer Research Associates$75,000
United Way of Central Ohio$57,346
PELOTONIA$50,000
American Heart Association$50,000
Cristo Rey Columbus High School$36,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio$25,000
Community Shelter Board$20,000
Columbus Urban League$15,000
Franklin County Historical Society$15,000
New Directions Career Center$15,000
St Stephens Community House$15,000
National Society to Prevent Blindness$12,700
Seeds of Caring$12,500
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation$10,000
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 (FY20–24, $333k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CONCERNED DEWITT CITIZENS LTD: $5k → 13%LOAVES & FISHES COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 7%URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER SOUTHWESTERN OHIO: $3k → 16%Cornerstone of Hope: $5k → 17%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL OHIO: $5k → 5%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $5k → 5%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $5k → 5%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $5k → 5%Canine Companions for Independence - N Central Reg: $3k → 5%American National Red Cross: $5k → 14%American National Red Cross: $5k → 14%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $5k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $3k → 15%FURNITURE BANK OF CENTRAL OHIO: $3k → 15%CORNERSTONE OF HOPE: $3k → 15%Furniture Bank of Central Ohio: $3k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $25k → 15%NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $25k → 15%ST STEPHENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $15k → 15%ST STEPHENS COMMUNITY HOUSE: $15k → 15%Catholic Social Services Inc: $5k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $3k → 15%Gladden Community House: $3k → 15%CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $3k → 15%A KID AGAIN INC: $11k → 15%A KID AGAIN INC: $10k → 15%A KID AGAIN INC: $10k → 15%A Kid Again: $10k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $3k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $3k → 15%CHOICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $3k → 15%Jewish Family Services: $3k → 15%Ohio Newsboys Association Inc: $5k → 15%Cornerstone of Hope Inc: $5k → 15%OHIO NEWSBOYS ASSOCIATION INC: $5k → 15%New Directions Career Center: $25k → 15%New Directions Career Center: $15k → 15%SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS MINISTRIES INC: $5k → 15%Buckeye Ranch: $5k → 15%SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS MINISTRIES INC: $5k → 15%Young Mens Christian Assoc of Central Ohio: $5k → 15%Alvis Inc: $3k → 15%ALVIS INC: $3k → 15%Alvis Inc: $3k → 15%FutureReady Columbus: $3k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $5k → 15%GLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $5k → 15%NEIGHBORHOOD BRIDGES: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
TN
DC
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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.6M · 125 repeat orgs$920k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

125 repeat relationships: 64 still active in FY2024, 61 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

125
126

Total granted

$5.6M
$843k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
0%

Still filing today

75%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $191k · revenue +3%
  • P
    PELOTONIA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $150k · revenue +217%
  • ND
    NEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER
    4× · 2021–2024 · $90k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -19%
  • CH
    CROSSROADS HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue -86%
  • OC
    OHIO CANCER RESEARCH ASSN
    one grant, 2022 · $75k
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
Ohio United Way

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

Philanthropy
2
Columbus Compact Corporation

Columbus compact is a catalyst for positive development of central city columbus' neighborhoods and business districts.

Community Improvement
3
Ohio Chamber of Commerce

As the state's leading business advocate and resource, the ohio chamber of commerce aggressively champions free enterprise, economic competitiveness and growth for the benefit of all ohioans.

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4
Ohio Business Roundtable

To harness the collective expertise of ohio's ceos to advocate for policies that improve ohio's economic competitiveness.

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5
Philanthropy Ohio

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

Philanthropy
6
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

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

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7
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
8
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber Foundation

To develop and promote economic development, talent initiatives and the unique offerings in the cincinnati region.

Community Improvement
9
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
10
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
11
Ohio State Bar Association

The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce; the most unlike its peers is Judy's Foundation. 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

175 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 175 of the 279 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
35
Early backer (in before they grew)
168/175
Grantees still filing
107/175
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $825,000 · OtherRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio IncTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: $745,000 · OtherTHE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY: $260,000 · OtherCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY+118 more: $1,598,300 · Other+118 moreOHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $750,000 · EducationOHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERS…OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $191,400 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY …PELOTONIA: $150,000 · EducationPELOTONIACENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY: $70,000 · EducationCENTRAL STATE UNIVERSI…THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $45,000 · Education+9 more: $91,650 · Education+9 moreUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $402,641 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $120,000 · PhilanthropyTHE NEW AL…INSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $39,500 · PhilanthropyINSURANCE …COLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · PhilanthropyColumbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc: $22,500 · Philanthropy+3 more: $15,000 · PhilanthropyOHIO CANCER RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: $150,000 · HealthCROSSROADS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $90,000 · HealthNATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS: $28,900 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & IN: $20,000 · Health+12 more: $62,000 · HealthNEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $90,000 · Human ServicesA KID AGAIN INC: $41,000 · Human ServicesST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $22,500 · Human ServicesCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $17,500 · Human ServicesGLADDEN COMMUNITY HOUSE: $16,500 · Human ServicesALVIS INC: $12,600 · Human Services+13 more: $89,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT INC: $45,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $42,500 · Arts & CultureFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $25,000 · Arts & CultureGREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL: $20,000 · Arts & CultureHARMONY PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC: $19,000 · Arts & CultureJAZZ ARTS GROUP: $12,500 · Arts & CultureMOMENTUM-EXCELLENCE INC: $10,500 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL VETERANS MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureZORA'S HOUSE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL VETERANS MEMORIAL AND MUSEUM OPERATING CORPORATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGERMAN VILLAGE SOCIETY: $9,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $9,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $8,500 · Arts & CultureGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentSEEDS OF CARING: $42,500 · Youth DevelopmentRULING OUR EXPERIENCES INC: $27,750 · Youth DevelopmentKaleidoscope Youth Center Inc: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC: $7,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$3,428,300Education$1,298,050Philanthropy$629,641Health$450,900Human Services$319,100Arts & Culture$256,000Youth Development$190,250

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio Inc: $825,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetOHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $750,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $402,641 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $191,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO CANCER RESEARCH ASSOCIATES: $150,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetPELOTONIA: $150,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF OHIO'S HEARTLAND COUNCIL INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCROSSROADS HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetNEW DIRECTIONS CAREER CENTER: $90,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $90,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHELTER BOARD: $80,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY: $70,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS URBAN LEAGUE: $55,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFUTURE POSSIBILITIES INC: $50,000 over 5y, 64% of budgetCOMMUNITY ARTS PROJECT INC: $45,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $45,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSEEDS OF CARING: $42,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART: $42,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetA KID AGAIN INC: $41,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDRESS FOR SUCCESS COLUMBUS: $40,500 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetINSURANCE INDUSTRY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $39,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWOMEN FOR ECONOMIC AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: $38,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetLAW ENFORCEMENT FOUNDATION INC: $37,500 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetOhio Minority Supplier Development Council: $32,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetCOLUMBUS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST STEPHEN COMMUNITY SERVICES INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNATIONAL SOCIETY TO PREVENT BLINDNESS: $28,900 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRULING OUR EXPERIENCES INC: $27,750 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGAMMA IOTA SIGMA: $26,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetFRANKLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DBA COSI COLUMBUS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOLUMBUS ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLINCOLN THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetIOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $24,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetColumbus State Community College Development Foundation Inc: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES INC: $22,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC: $22,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColumbus Organizing Project: $20,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetGREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIFECARE ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HUNGER ALLIANCE: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBETTER BUSINESS BUREAU FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL OHIO INC: $20,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetCOLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OH KY & IN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $19,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHARMONY PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC: $19,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BUCKEYE RANCH FOUNDATION INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERSTONE OF HOPE INC: $17,500 over 4y, 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.

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.

L Brands FoundationIngram-White Castle F…United Way of Central…Columbus FoundationAmerican Electric Pow…Harry C Moores Founda…Cardinal Health Found…Siemer Family Foundat…Nisource Charitable F…Columbus Jewish Found…OhioHealth CorporationSafelite Foundation
L Brands FoundationOH129.2× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: L Brands Foundation · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · United Way of Central Ohio Inc · Columbus Foundation · American Electric Power Foundation · Harry C Moores Foundation · Cardinal Health Foundation · Siemer Family Foundation · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Columbus Jewish Foundation · OhioHealth Corporation · Safelite 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 Encova Foundation of Ohio funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Encova Foundation of Ohio. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
73report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Encova Foundation of Ohio through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 279 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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