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Farmer Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$50M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
181
Grants FY2024
104
Organizations funded FY2023
18%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,000,000
Organizations funded a year
91 to 104
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
15
Total assets, FY2024
$242M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Farmer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving121$48M31%
FY2023104$43M18%
FY2022103$39M37%
FY202193$32M41%
FY202091$21Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$70MHealth$53MArts & Culture$18MFood & Nutrition$6.9MAnimals$6.9MEmployment$5.4MHousing & Shelter$4.9MYouth Development$4.8MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
NJ
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
KS
NC
SC
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 199 grantees
All grantees of Farmer Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Miami University Foundation$28,254,211541%
Accelerate Great Schools$25,340,089511%
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra$15,000,000128%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$7,665,50052%
Zoological Society of Cincinnati$6,745,00048%
Easter Seals Tristate$5,020,000319%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$5,015,00040%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$5,000,00033%
Nch Healthcare System Inc$5,000,000330%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$4,500,00041%
ProKids$4,015,000515%
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center$4,000,00040%
People Working Cooperatively Inc$3,133,620217%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati$3,048,000523%
Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope$3,030,00046%
Johns Hopkins University$3,000,00040%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$3,000,0004n/a
Duke University$2,500,00010%
The Everglades Foundation Inc$2,402,66654%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$2,400,00041%
The J David Gladstone Institutes$2,350,00041%
Van Andel Research Institute$2,000,00031%
The Christ Hospital Foundation$2,000,000213%
Regents of the University of Michigan$1,423,2873n/a
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc$1,250,00030%
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$1,240,50052%
City Gospel Mission and Affiliates$1,000,00036%
Ocean Reef Chapel Foundation Inc$1,000,00038%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$1,000,00010%
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati$1,000,00026%
Bethany House Services Inc$1,000,00019%
Guadalupe Center Inc$976,00052%
Cise$876,00055%
Cincinnati Museum Association$851,00053%
Teach for America Inc$750,00050%
Kenzie's Closet$742,500584%
Citylink Center$600,00056%
Little Traverse Conservancy Inc$565,68853%
Taft Museum of Art$554,50055%
United States Fund for Unicef$550,00010%
Santa Maria Community Services Inc$535,00027%
Lighthouse Youth Services$531,00042%
Price Hill Will$500,000221%
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library$500,00053%
St Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy of Cincinnati$500,00013%
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc$500,000112%
Great Parks Forever$466,18319%
La Soupe Inc$405,00055%
Bloc Ministries Inc$400,00037%
The Dragonfly Foundation$380,000311%
McLaren Northern Michigan Foundation$350,00032%
Cincinnati Works$340,00052%
Hospice of Cincinnati Incorporated$286,00040%
Beechwood Home$270,00022%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$250,00041%
Hope Ignites Cincinnati$245,00048%
The Episcopal School of Dallas Inc$227,50050%
St Joseph Home Inc$217,000129%
School Choice Ohio Inc$200,000114%
Shoes 4 the Shoeless Inc$165,000213%
Ocean Reef Medical Center Foundation Inc$157,50041%
New Life Furniture Bank$150,00025%
Xavier University$140,00050%
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati$140,00050%
Fc Cincinnati Foundation$136,000511%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council$125,00050%
St Matthews House Inc$125,00020%
Cincinnati Museum Center$125,00010%
Evergreen Freedom Foundation$110,00011%
Our Daily Bread$105,00052%
Florida Keys Childrens Shelter Inc$100,00013%
The Buckeye Institute$100,00021%
Camping and Education Foundation$100,00012%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$100,00020%
St Francis Xavier Church$100,0001n/a
Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati$91,500513%
Naples Botanical Garden Inc$81,50040%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oh Ky & In$81,00011%
Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc$77,00021%
The Manna Food Project Inc Dba - the Manna Food Project$75,00013%
National Veterans Memorial and Museum Foundation$75,00014%
Center for Christian Virtue$60,00025%
Harbor Springs Area Historical Society$56,000311%
Ccpro Foundation$55,00051%
Harbor Hall Foundation$53,50032%
Center for Respite Care Inc$53,00052%
Springer School and Center$51,25021%
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation$50,00011%
Corporation for Findlay Market$50,00011%
Athens County Food Pantry$50,000116%
Ennis Tait Ministries Inc$50,000319%
Sjo Kids Inc$50,00010%
Coverd Greater Cincinnati$50,00014%
Ohio Excels$50,00012%
International Rett Syndrome Foundation$46,50050%
Grant US Hope Inc$45,0001n/a
Piqua Education Foundation$45,00014%
Orcat Inc$43,70041%
St Xavier High School Inc$42,5003n/a
The Karen Wellington Memorial Foundation$41,00033%
Stepping Stones Inc$40,00021%
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative$40,00021%
Crayons and Beyond Inc$40,00020%
Karen Carns Foundation$38,000414%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$36,25020%
Tender Mercies Inc$35,00040%
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Inc$35,00020%
Morgan Judd Foundation$32,500310%
Emanuel Community Center DBA Cincinnati Squash Academy$31,00052%
CancerFree KIDS$30,00031%
St Ursula Academy of Cincinnati Inc$30,0001n/a
Ocean Reef Catholic Community Inc$30,0001n/a
St Francis-St Joseph Catholic Worker House$26,000211%
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati$25,00011%
The Charleston Parks Conservancy$25,00011%
Adopt A Class Foundation Inc$25,00019%
Brightfocus Foundation$25,00010%
The Kenan-Flagler Business School Foundation$22,00040%
Cincinnati Cancer Foundation Inc$21,00030%
Munson Healthcare Foundations$20,00010%
King Records Legacy Inc$20,000114%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$20,00010%
Operation Ramp It Up for Veterans$20,00016%
Dress for Success Cincinnati$20,00012%
United States Soccer Federation$20,00010%
Hunters for the Hungry$20,00014%
Madisonville Education and Assistance Center Inc$18,50032%
Retina Foundation of the Southwest$15,00010%
Found Village$15,00011%
The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio$15,00010%
Keys Children's Foundation Inc$11,00022%
Cincinnati Squash Racquets Association Inc$10,5003n/a
Ault Park Advisory Council Inc$10,00016%
The George W Bush Foundation$10,00020%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metropolitan Denver$10,00010%
Denver Dumb Friends League$10,00010%
Military Affairs Council Inc$10,000115%
New Hope Corps Inc$10,00010%
Miami County YMCA$10,00010%
Yellow Ribbon Fund Inc$10,00020%
YWCA of Greater Cincinnati$10,00010%
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion$10,0002n/a
Everymom Nfp$10,00022%
Cathedral of St John the Baptist$10,0001n/a
Back 2 Back Ministries Inc$10,00010%
Armed Forces Tickets Association - Cincinnati Inc$9,00044%
Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc$8,50020%
The First Step Home Inc$8,00020%
Harbor Springs Lyric Theatre$8,00031%
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center$8,00010%
Gamma Phi Beta Foundation$8,00030%
American Heart Association Inc$7,50010%
Chicago Childrens Charities$7,500226%
Catholic Residential Services$6,50020%
The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education$6,00020%
Delta Gamma Foundation$6,00050%
Indian Hill Rangers Hockey Tournament Inc$5,0001n/a
The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc$5,00010%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$5,00010%
Whole Again$5,00011%
Interchurch Organization Inc$5,00011%
Joseph House Inc$5,00010%
Talbert House$5,00010%
Madis House Inc$5,00011%
Last Mile Food Rescue$5,00011%
The Valerie Fund$5,00010%
Harbor Springs Chamber Foundation$5,00034%
Cincinnati Baseball Museum$5,00010%
Women's Care Center Inc$5,00010%
Stand Up and Play Foundation Inc$5,00011%
Texas Ballet Theater Inc$3,50010%
Pink Ribbon Good Inc$3,00010%
American Cancer Society Inc$3,00010%
Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Inc$2,50010%
The Family Place$2,50010%
Ohio Veterans Outdoors Inc$2,5001n/a
Abilities Tennis Association of Nc$2,50011%
Honor Flight Tri-State$2,50010%
Harbor Springs Library$2,00021%
Ronald McDonald House of Dallas Inc$2,00010%
College Educational and Charitable Foundation$2,00011%
Madeira & Indian Hill Fire Company$1,50021%
It Starts With the Shoes Inc$1,5001n/a
Harbor Springs Area Garden Club Inc$1,5002n/a
Little Traverse Bay Humane Society$1,50010%
Cincinnati Parks Foundation$1,50020%
The Nasher Sculpture Center$1,20010%
The Telluride Medical Center Foundation$1,00020%
Kalamazoo College$1,00010%
Naples Yacht Club Blue Gavel Scholarship Scholarship Fund$1,00011%
Special Operations Fund$1,00010%
Tellluride Emergency Technicians Assoc$1,00021%
New Leaf Kitchen$1,0001n/a
Cincinnati Fire Museum$1,00011%
Summit Country Day School US Catholic Conference$1,0001n/a
International Myeloma Foundation$50010%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$50010%
Kamukama Foundation$50010%
Visiting Nurse Association of Texas$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($11M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Farmer Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 183 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMiami University Foundation: $28,254,211 over 5y, 41% of budgetAccelerate Great Schools: $25,340,089 over 5y, 11% of budgetCincinnati Symphony Orchestra: $15,000,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $7,665,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetZoological Society of Cincinnati: $6,745,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetEaster Seals Tristate: $5,020,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center: $5,015,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $5,000,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetNch Healthcare System Inc: $5,000,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetThe Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research: $4,500,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetProKids: $4,015,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $4,000,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPeople Working Cooperatively Inc: $3,133,620 over 2y, 17% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati: $3,048,000 over 5y, 23% of budgetCraig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope: $3,030,000 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $3,000,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $2,500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Everglades Foundation Inc: $2,402,666 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetThe University of Texas Foundation Inc: $2,400,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetThe J David Gladstone Institutes: $2,350,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetVan Andel Research Institute: $2,000,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetThe Christ Hospital Foundation: $2,000,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetMatthew 25 Ministries Inc: $1,250,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $1,240,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetCity Gospel Mission and Affiliates: $1,000,000 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetOcean Reef Chapel Foundation Inc: $1,000,000 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetMass General Brigham Incorporated: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $1,000,000 over 2y, 5.6% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetGuadalupe Center Inc: $976,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetCise: $876,000 over 5y, 4.6% of budgetCincinnati Museum Association: $851,000 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $750,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKenzie's Closet: $742,500 over 5y, 84% of budgetCitylink Center: $600,000 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetLittle Traverse Conservancy Inc: $565,688 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetTaft Museum of Art: $554,500 over 5y, 5.2% of budgetUnited States Fund for Unicef: $550,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Maria Community Services Inc: $535,000 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetLighthouse Youth Services: $531,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetPrice Hill Will: $500,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetDolly Parton's Imagination Library: $500,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetSt Vincent de Paul Community Pharmacy of Cincinnati: $500,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetNational Underground Railroad Freedom Center Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetGreat Parks Forever: $466,183 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetLa Soupe Inc: $405,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetBloc Ministries Inc: $400,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetThe Dragonfly Foundation: $380,000 over 3y, 11% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 183.

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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 Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH90× affinity67 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Hcs Foundation · Millstone Fund · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Andrew Jergens 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.

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About Farmer Family Foundation

How much does Farmer Family Foundation give?
Farmer Family Foundation reported 181 grants totaling $49,569,138 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 91 and 104 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does Farmer Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (37%), Health (28%), Arts & Culture (9%).
Who are Farmer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Miami University Foundation ($28M), Accelerate Great Schools ($25M), Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ($15M).
Does Farmer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Farmer Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Farmer Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund, Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation.
Where is Farmer Family Foundation based?
Farmer Family Foundation is based in OH.

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 231 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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