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First Financial Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.7M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
92
Grants FY2024
82
Organizations funded FY2023
30%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$391,368
Organizations funded a year
46 to 122
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
5
Total assets, FY2024
$1.9M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 30% of the organizations First Financial Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $222k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyArts & CultureEmploymentOther
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 arriving88$2.4M31%
FY202382$2.4M30%
FY202279$2.4M49%
FY202185$2.6M53%
FY2020122$2.6M74%
FY201946$2.1M67%
FY201846$608kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Philanthropy$4.7MCommunity Improvement$2.6MHousing & Shelter$1.8MHuman Services$1.7MEducation$1.3MArts & Culture$963kRecreation & Sports$803kEmployment$538kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 256 grantees
All grantees of First Financial Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$3,179,20663%
Fc Cincinnati Foundation$800,000413%
Accelerate Great Schools$800,000443%
Decatur Shelby County YMCA Inc$511,00056%
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park$500,00041%
Decatur County United Fund Inc$333,310616%
The Housing Partnership Inc$275,00061%
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts$235,00050%
Homesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corporation$216,666379%
Working in Neighborhoods$178,00065%
Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc$172,00041%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$150,00030%
Cincinnati Works$136,66732%
Collective Empowerment Group Inc$130,000528%
River Valley Resources Inc$122,31022%
Cdfi Friendly Bloomington Inc$107,500616%
Business Development Corporation of Van Wert Inc$100,00049%
Louisville Metro Affordable Housing Trust Fund Inc$100,00021%
College Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation$100,00042%
Central State University$86,1942n/a
Louisville Housing Opportunity and Micro Enterprise Community$85,00035%
New Directions Housing Corporation$82,50050%
The Louisville Urban League Inc$80,50040%
Community Building Institute Middletown Inc$75,00043%
Economic and Community Development Institute$75,00030%
Fundnoire$75,0001n/a
Sans Souci Inc$75,00035%
Fitton Center for Creative Arts$75,00032%
Blood Cancer United Inc$75,00010%
Northern Kentucky University Foundation Inc$75,00011%
Santa Maria Community Services Inc$71,66631%
Upspring$70,00033%
Greensburg Community Bread of Life Inc$70,00024%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$70,00020%
Bethany House Services Inc$67,50030%
Crayons and Beyond Inc$67,25030%
Black Achievers Inc$65,00034%
Northwest Indiana Reinvestment Alliance$64,000316%
Teach for America Inc$60,00030%
Young Women's Christian Association of Hamilton Ohio Inc$60,00021%
Women Helping Women$60,00031%
Food Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc$60,00020%
Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise$60,000210%
Goodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc$57,00030%
Lafayette Transitional Housing Center Inc$56,00050%
United Way of Central Indiana Inc$55,00010%
Lafayette Neighborhood Housing Services Inc$55,00025%
Marian University$50,00050%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$50,00050%
Butler County United Way$50,00012%
United Way of Bartholomew County Inc$50,00011%
Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership Inc$50,00010%
Northwest Indiana Community Action Corporation$50,00020%
Greenlight Fund Inc$50,00011%
Atrium Medical Center Foundation$50,00021%
County Corp$50,00011%
Boys & Girls Club of Seymour Inc$49,38642%
Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County$45,00031%
Simmons College of Kentucky Inc$42,50040%
Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati dba Design LAB Learn & Build$42,50038%
New Horizons Rehabilitation Inc$40,00011%
United Way of Central Ohio Inc$40,00010%
Community Shelter Board$40,00020%
Sorg Opera Revitalization Group LLC$40,000217%
Martin University$40,00040%
Easley Blessed Foundation$40,000137%
Columbus Urban League$40,00010%
Resident Resources Network Inc$37,91332%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$37,50010%
Mortar Cincinnati$37,50032%
Foundation for Youth of Bartholomew County Inc$37,00040%
Cincinnati Center City Development Corp$35,00020%
Miami University$32,0002n/a
Community Action of Greater Indianapolis Inc$30,50040%
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Education & Public Improvement Fdtn$30,00013%
Wellspring Inc$30,00020%
Young Women's Christian Assn of Van Wert Co Ohio$30,00022%
Lake Area United Way Inc$30,00020%
Supports to Encourage Low-Income Fa$30,00030%
Community Economic Advancement Initiative Inc$30,000353%
House of Hope$30,00029%
The Arc of Bartholomew County$30,000124%
Wesley Community Center Inc$27,50022%
Martindale Brightwood Community Development Center$27,50042%
Southeastern Indiana Economic Opportunity Corporation$27,50030%
Brighton Center Inc$27,50040%
Achieva Resources Corporation Inc$27,50031%
Community Investment Fund of Indiana$25,00013%
Southern in Housing & Community Development Corp$25,00021%
Safe Passage Inc$25,00011%
Greater Dayton Union Cooperative Initiative Inc$25,00024%
Junior Achievement of Oki Partners$24,10031%
Boys & Girls Club of Hamilton Ohio$24,00032%
Northwestern Ohio Community Action Commi$23,80020%
Cornerstone Renter Equity Inc$22,50041%
Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati$22,50034%
Junior Achievement of Central Indiana Inc$22,50040%
Homeownership Center of Greater Dayton Inc$22,50031%
People Working Cooperatively Inc$22,50030%
Urban League of Greater Southwestern Ohio Inc$22,50020%
Nothing Into Something Real Estate$20,00011%
Louisville Community Design Center Inc Dba Center for Neighborhoods$20,00014%
Renewport Inc$20,0001n/a
Goodwill Easter Seals Miami Valley$20,00020%
Meals on Wheels of Northwest Indiana Inc$20,00020%
The Van Wert Area Performing Arts Foundation$20,00021%
Avondale Development Corporation$20,00022%
Fund for the Arts Inc$20,00010%
Kentucky Bankers Relief Fund Company$20,00012%
Edna Martin Christian Center Inc$19,50030%
Louisville Asset Building Coalition Inc$19,50043%
Boys and Girls Club of Bloomington Inc$18,50011%
YWCA Dayton$18,50030%
Cincinnati Community Toolbank$17,50032%
Mercy Neighborhood Ministries Inc$17,50021%
Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati$17,50030%
The Home of the Innocents Inc$17,00030%
Bloc Ministries Inc$17,00020%
Communities in Schools of Wayne County Inc$16,00012%
City of Gary Economic Development Corporation$15,00013%
Rosemary's Babies Co$15,00022%
New Castle Main Street Inc$15,00014%
Hospital Foundation of Decatur Coun$15,00019%
Over the Rhine Community Housing$15,00020%
Warren County Community Services Inc$15,00010%
Rush County Community Assistance Inc$15,000113%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$15,00010%
Easter Seals Tristate$15,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Inc$15,00020%
Great Miami Valley YMCA$15,00010%
Hoopeston Multi Agency Service$14,00034%
Keep Cincinnati Beautiful Inc$13,00021%
Inspiration Studios$13,00021%
Greater Ohio Policy Center Inc$12,50012%
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc$10,00020%
Refuge of Hope of Richmond$10,00024%
University of Indianapolis$10,00020%
Bridge to Dove Recovery House Inc$10,00012%
Urban League of Nw Indiana Inc$10,00022%
Greensburg Meals on Wheels$10,000110%
Legacy Residential Homes Inc$10,00011%
United Way of Greater Lima Inc$10,00011%
Lifetime Resources Inc$10,00010%
Homes on The Hill Community Development Corp$10,00012%
Su Casa Columbus Inc$10,00013%
Human Services Inc$10,00010%
Maryhurst Inc$10,00010%
East Central Indiana Regional Partnership Inc$10,00021%
Imani Family Center$10,00013%
Townsend Community Center Inc$10,00026%
Harmony Project Productions Inc$10,00011%
United Way of Sandusky County Inc$10,00011%
Main Street Brookville Main Street Brookville$10,0001n/a
Hope House Rescue Mission Inc$10,00011%
Junior Achievement of Kentuckiana Inc$10,00020%
Speranza Inc$10,00013%
Breakthrough Cincinnati Inc$10,00011%
Flagship Enterprise Center$10,0001n/a
Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky Inc$10,00020%
Children's Hunger Alliance$10,00020%
Amigos the Richmond Latino Center Inc$10,00022%
Junior Achievement of Chicago$10,00020%
United Way of Johnson County Inc$10,00010%
We Bloom Inc$9,00020%
Clinton County Community Action Program$8,50010%
Indy Black Chamber of Commerce Inc$8,00011%
Femergy$8,00015%
Blue Grass Community Action Partnership Inc$8,00020%
Columbus Regional Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence$8,00010%
Lifespan Inc$7,70010%
Shelterhouse Volunteer Group Inc$7,50010%
United Way of Northwest Indiana Inc$7,50010%
Learning Grove Inc$7,50010%
Whole Again$7,50012%
Habitat for Humanity of Northwest Indiana Inc$7,50011%
South Central Community Action Program Inc$7,50010%
Beech Acres$7,50010%
Greater Hammond Community Services Inc$7,50012%
Junior Achievement of Middletown Area$7,50019%
The Bail Project Inc$7,50010%
Family Service of Bartholomew County Inc$7,50011%
Citywide Development Corporation$7,50011%
Computer Skills & Training Center Inc$7,5001n/a
Forever Kings Inc$7,50012%
Family & Children's Place Inc$7,00010%
Clove Alliance$7,00020%
Lincoln Central Neighborhood Family Center$7,00021%
New Lima-Housing for the Future$6,50021%
Jefferson County United Way Inc$6,50021%
Pace Inc$6,00010%
Elderly Persons in Community Inc$6,00013%
Per Scholas Inc$6,00010%
Invest in Neighborhoods Inc$6,00013%
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges$6,00010%
Price Hill Will$6,00020%
New Directions of Decatur County Inc$6,00014%
West Ohio Food Bank$5,50010%
Rebuilding Together Dayton Inc$5,00010%
Columbus Works Inc$5,00011%
A Better Way Co-Op Inc$5,00014%
Still I Rise$5,000124%
Help Program$5,0001n/a
Columbus Area Chamber Foundation Inc$5,00011%
United Way of Greater Lafayette$5,00010%
Ladies Of Leadership Ohio Inc$5,00014%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County Inc$5,00011%
United Way of Paulding County$5,00017%
Bad Girl Ventures Inc Dba Aviatra Accelerators$5,00012%
Lincoln Community Center$5,00010%
Clinton County Services for the Homeless$5,00011%
Leadership Council for Nonprofits$5,00012%
Batesville Area Resource Center Inc$5,00014%
St Aloysius Orphanage$5,00010%
Sheltering Wings Center for Women Inc$5,00010%
United Way of South Central Indiana$5,00010%
Champions of Youth Inc$5,00013%
Cincinnati Union Bethel$5,00010%
Tradewinds Services Inc$5,00010%
Homefull$5,00010%
Westminster Neighborhood Services Inc$5,00010%
Illinois Veterans of Desert Wars$5,0001n/a
Kingdom Image Arts$5,0001n/a
Downtown Lima Inc$5,00013%
The Chamber Partnership for a Brighter Future$5,00012%
United Way of Kankakee County Inc$5,00011%
Community Action of Southern Indiana$5,00010%
The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc$5,00010%
Mercy Housing Lakefront$5,00010%
New Hope of Indiana Inc$5,00010%
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company$5,00010%
Hope Southern Indiana Inc$5,00010%
The King's Daughters' Hospital Foundation Incorporated$5,00012%
Jazz Alive Inc$5,0001n/a
Housing Opportunities of Northern Kentucky Inc$5,00010%
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Dayton Inc$5,00010%
Columbus Housing Partnership Inc$5,00010%
Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio$5,00010%
Childhood Food Solutions$5,00012%
Boys & Girls Club of Dayton Inc$4,00011%
Family Promise of Northwest Oh$3,50011%
Family Life Center of Auglaize County$3,00013%
Americana Community Center Inc$2,50010%
Mercer Area Family Education and Wellness Inc$2,50011%
Miami Valley Nonprofit Collaborative$2,0001n/a
United Way of Whitewater Valley Inc$2,00010%
United Way of Jay County Inc$2,00011%
Good Samaritan Food Pantry$2,00011%
United Community Fund Of Grant Township$2,000110%
Fayette County Foundation Inc$2,00010%
Citywide Neighborhood Development Corporation$1,50010%
Iroquois County Youth Center$1,5001n/a
United Way of Madison County Indiana Inc$1,00010%
North Dearborn Pantry Inc$1,00011%
Gods Grain Bin Inc$1,0001n/a
Wabash County United Fund Inc$50010%
Blackford United Way Inc$50011%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

First Financial Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $3,179,206 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetFc Cincinnati Foundation: $800,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetAccelerate Great Schools: $800,000 over 4y, 43% of budgetDecatur Shelby County YMCA Inc: $511,000 over 5y, 6.4% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $500,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetDecatur County United Fund Inc: $333,310 over 6y, 16% of budgetThe Housing Partnership Inc: $275,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $235,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetHomesteading and Urban Redevelopment Corporation: $216,666 over 3y, 79% of budgetWorking in Neighborhoods: $178,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetExodus Refugee Immigration Inc: $172,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFreestore Foodbank Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCincinnati Works: $136,667 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetCollective Empowerment Group Inc: $130,000 over 5y, 28% of budgetRiver Valley Resources Inc: $122,310 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCdfi Friendly Bloomington Inc: $107,500 over 6y, 16% of budgetBusiness Development Corporation of Van Wert Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetLouisville Metro Affordable Housing Trust Fund Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCollege Hill Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation: $100,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetLouisville Housing Opportunity and Micro Enterprise Community: $85,000 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetNew Directions Housing Corporation: $82,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Louisville Urban League Inc: $80,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Building Institute Middletown Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetEconomic and Community Development Institute: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSans Souci Inc: $75,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetFitton Center for Creative Arts: $75,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Kentucky University Foundation Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSanta Maria Community Services Inc: $71,666 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetUpspring: $70,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetGreensburg Community Bread of Life Inc: $70,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetChildren's Hospital Medical Center: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBethany House Services Inc: $67,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCrayons and Beyond Inc: $67,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBlack Achievers Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetNorthwest Indiana Reinvestment Alliance: $64,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Hamilton Ohio Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWomen Helping Women: $60,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFood Bank of Northwest Indiana Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGreater Cincinnati Microenterprise: $60,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetGoodwill Industries of Kentucky Inc: $57,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLafayette Transitional Housing Center Inc: $56,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Central Indiana Inc: $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLafayette Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetMarian University: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetButler County United Way: $50,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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 200.

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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.

Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationOH79.7× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · Ohio Capital Impact Corporation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Tr Ua Fifth Third Foundation · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Millstone Fund · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd

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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How do I get to First Financial Foundation?

Find your warmest path to First Financial Foundation 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.

About First Financial Foundation

How much does First Financial Foundation give?
First Financial Foundation reported 92 grants totaling $2,653,201 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 122 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does First Financial Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (29%), Community Improvement (16%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
Who are First Financial Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: United Way of Greater Cincinnati ($3.2M), Fc Cincinnati Foundation ($800k), Accelerate Great Schools ($800k).
Does First Financial Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does First Financial Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as First Financial Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation, United Way of Greater Cincinnati, Ohio Capital Impact Corporation.
Where is First Financial Foundation based?
First Financial 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 319 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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