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Fairways Foundation Fifth Third Bank Na

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.

$255k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$105k
Largest
01What it funds
0182% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Animals$1.4MInternational$315kHealth$290kArts & Culture$75kRecreation & Sports$58kEnvironment$11kHuman Services$9kCommunity Improvement$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $64k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $86k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $105k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION$105,000
Individual grant recipient$36,000
MERCY SHIP$20,000
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER$20,000
BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY$10,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA$9,000
SPCA OF CINCINNATI$9,000
CINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND$8,500
CINCINNATI PARKS FOUNDATION$6,000
EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES$5,000
MARIA FARERI CHILDRENS HOSPITAL$5,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$5,000
THE RIALTO THEATRE FOUNDATION$5,000
CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO INC$3,000
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF CINCINNATI$2,000
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $20k → 15%RED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE: $17k → 14%CRANE MOUNTAIN VALLEY: $54k → 13%MERCY SHIP: $80k → 12%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $22k → 14%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $34k → 9%SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $165k → 16%TREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY: $22k → 14%ALLEY CAT ALLIES: $20k → 8%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $19k → 15%RED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE: $16k → 14%CRANE MOUNTAIN VALLEY: $40k → 13%MERCY SHIP: $75k → 12%THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE US: $22k → 14%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $28k → 9%SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $145k → 16%ALLEY CAT ALLIES: $15k → 8%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $16k → 15%RED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE: $15k → 14%CRANE MOUNTAIN VALLEY: $39k → 13%MERCY SHIP: $75k → 12%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $26k → 9%SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $145k → 16%ALLEY CAT ALLIES: $15k → 8%CRANE MOUNTAIN VALLEY: $36k → 13%MERCY SHIP: $25k → 12%BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $15k → 9%SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $135k → 16%CRANE MOUNTAIN VALLEY: $33k → 13%MERCY SHIP: $20k → 12%SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $130k → 16%CRANE MOUNTAIN VALLEY: $30k → 13%MERCY SHIP: $17k → 12%SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $105k → 16%OHIO ALLEYCAT RESOURCE &: $19k → 16%HUMANE SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA: $18k → 15%OHIO ALLEYCAT RESOURCE &: $19k → 16%OHIO ALLEYCAT RESOURCE &: $17k → 16%CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO INC: $17k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $70k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $60k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $60k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $25k → 16%CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $20k → 16%UCAN SPAYNEUTER CLINIC: $23k → 16%UCAN SPAYNEUTER CLINIC: $16k → 16%CINCINNATI PARKS FOUNDATION: $15k → 16%CINCINNATI PARKS FOUNDATION: $15k → 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

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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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 24 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
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Total granted

$2.5M
$2k

Still filing today

79%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsInternationalArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • ST
    SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $824k · revenue +17%
  • Mercy Ships International
    6× · 2020–2025 · $292k · revenue +126%
  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $245k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • JL
    JUNIOR LEAGUE
    one grant, 2022 · $2k
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 Alleycat Resource & SpayNeuter Clinic Inc

Enrich the lives of cats and communities in Greater Cincinnati by providing low-cost, high-quality spay/neuter services for ferals, strays and pets; offering trap-neuter-return and other outreach programs; and operating a no-kill adoption…

Animals
2
Connecticut Humane Society

The connecticut humane society is the leading resource in the state for companion animal welfare, enriching the lives of families and communities through adoption services, medical care, education, and prevention of cruelty.

Animals
3
Animal Samaritans

At Animal Samaritans we champion compassion and respect for all living creatures, with a primary focus on dogs, cats, and the people who love them. We view pets not merely as animals, but as members of our families. As their guardians and…

Animals
4
Humane Society for Hamilton County

Humane Society for Hamilton County (HSHC) is saving lives, educating communities and completing families by providing a compassionate and healthy environment for the homeless animals of Hamilton County, Indiana, until they can be placed…

Animals
5
Cincinnati Animal Care Humane Society

We meet the immediate needs of animals in our community through individualized care, life saving solutions, and temporary shelter en-route to a safe, compatible home. we envision a community where all animals are valued, protected and have…

Animals
6
Columbus Cares for Cats
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7
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
8
Humane Animal Partners

Founded in 2023, humane animal partners is a nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends for life" by connecting…

Animals
9
Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati Inc

To provide affordable, high-quality veterinary care to allow individuals and families of limited means to enjoy benefits of healthy and responsible pet ownership. Anyone who wants to share a loving home with a pet should have access to…

Animals
10
The Humane Society of Austin & Travis County Inc

The austin humane society (ahs) offers comprehensive, humane, life-saving animal services, transforming the lives of animals and those who love them. because we believe homeless animals deserve a chance to thrive in a loving environment,…

Animals
11
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe

The Humane Society is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of pets through adoptions, community spay/neuter services and humane eduon programs.

Animals
12
Citizens for Humane Action Inc

Our mission is to serve the people and animals of Central Ohio by providing safe, temporary shelter and care for abandoned or otherwise homeless cats and dogs, and to reduce pet overpopulation by means of spay and neuter, education, and…

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Alley Cat Allies Inc; the most unlike its peers is Red Bucket Equine Rescue. 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

20 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. 20 of the 29 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $824,000 · AnimalsSAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATIONBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $123,000 · AnimalsBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETYHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $92,000 · AnimalsHumane Society of Southern ArizonaHumane World for Animals Inc: $65,000 · AnimalsRED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE: $58,500 · AnimalsAlley Cat Allies Inc: $56,000 · AnimalsTREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $46,000 · Animals+2 more: $42,000 · AnimalsIndividual grant recipient: $232,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…Individual grant recipient: $71,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…Individual grant recipient: $63,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…SPCA OF CINCINNATI: $57,000 · OtherSPCA OF CINCINNATIIndividual grant recipient: $36,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…SMILE TRAIN INC: $24,000 · Other+7 more: $41,000 · Other+7 moreMercy Ships International: $292,000 · InternationalMercy Ships In…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $23,000 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS …CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $245,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S…RIALTO THEATRE FOUNDATION: $37,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Public Radio Inc: $35,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Parks Foundation: $56,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE HILLSIDE TRUST: $11,000 · Environment
Animals$1,306,500Other$524,000International$315,000Health$245,000Arts & Culture$72,000Recreation & Sports$56,000Environment$11,000

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 budgetSAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION: $824,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetMercy Ships International: $292,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER: $245,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY: $123,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHumane Society of Southern Arizona: $92,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE: $58,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetAlley Cat Allies Inc: $56,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Parks Foundation: $56,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetTREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC: $46,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSCRATCHING POST INC: $41,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetRIALTO THEATRE FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Public Radio Inc: $35,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $23,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP: $15,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE HILLSIDE TRUST: $11,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetEPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJunior League of Cincinnati: $6,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFrieds Cat Shelter Inc: $1,000 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 SAVE THE ANIMALS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Ships International ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BEST FRIENDS ANIMAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Humane Society of Southern Arizona ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds RED BUCKET EQUINE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds Alley Cat Allies Inc ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Parks Foundation ↗
  • Who funds TREE HOUSE HUMANE SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SCRATCHING POST INC ↗
  • Who funds RIALTO THEATRE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Public Radio Inc ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND HORSEM HORSEMANSHIP ↗
  • Who funds THE HILLSIDE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds EPISCOPAL RETIREMENT SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Junior League of Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds Frieds Cat Shelter Inc ↗

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.

The Frances R Luther Charitable TrustOH13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Frances R Luther Charitable Trust · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Network for Good · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Fairways Foundation Fifth Third Bank Na funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fairways Foundation Fifth Third Bank Na. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Fairways Foundation Fifth Third Bank Na?

    Find your warmest path to Fairways Foundation Fifth Third Bank Na 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 29 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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