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Friedlander Family Fund at a glance

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Friedlander Family Fund

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
68
Grants FY2024still arriving
16
States reached
$185k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.1MHuman Services$589kEnvironment$350kEducation$317kPhilanthropy$305kHealth$225kFood & Nutrition$163kAnimals$144kOther$0
02FY2024 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $88k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $516k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $635k
$10,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION$185,000
CINCINNATI PUBLIC RADIO$100,000
ARTWORKS$50,000
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING BOULDER COUNTY$50,000
CINCINNATI PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK$50,000
MERCANTILE LIBRARY - CAPITAL DRIVES$50,000
HILSIDE TRUST$50,000
CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM$50,000
UNIV OF CINTI FOUNDATION$50,000
ENSEMBLE THEATER CINCINNATI$30,000
GREEN UMBRELLA DBA CROWN CINCINNATI$25,000
LA SOUPE$25,000
CINCINNATI BALLET$25,000
CHILDRENS THEATER OF CINCINNATI$20,000
COLORADO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER$20,000
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, $565k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HELPING HANDS FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $5k → 8%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $185k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $125k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $100k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $75k → 12%EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $58k → 12%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 16%LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES: $2k → 16%FIRST STEP HOME: $1k → 16%KENZIES CLOSET: $1k → 16%SOTENI INTERNATIONAL: $2k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%YWCA OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $2k → 16%CINCINNATI WORKS: $1k → 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

NH
MN
IL
MI
NY
MA
OR
OH
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
KS
AR
SC
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 78 repeat orgs$522k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

78 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2024, 32 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

78
56

Total granted

$3.9M
$314k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+1%

Still filing today

64%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $208k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEnvironmentEducationAnimalsHealthOther
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

  • EF
    EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $543k · revenue +63%
  • CS
    CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $212k · revenue +59%
  • TM
    THE MORTON ARBORETUM
    5× · 2020–2024 · $107k · revenue +100%

Funded once

  • CA
    CINCINNATI ASSN FOR BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED
    one grant, 2021 · $28k
  • WP
    WATER PROSPER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • GO
    GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +27%
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.

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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
2
Cincinnati Usa Regional Chamber

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

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3
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
4
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
5
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
6
Common Future

Common future is a network of pioneering leaders across the u.s. and canada who work deeply within their communities to create alternative approaches to business, philanthropy, and investing. we envision an economy that has transitioned…

Community Improvement
7
Cintrifuse

To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.

Community Improvement
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
Columbus Zoological Park Association

Empowering people. saving wildlife.

Animals
10
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
11
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
12
Colorado Museum of Natural History

Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.

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 Soteni 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

96 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. 96 of the 157 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
96/96
Grantees still filing
59/96
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $950,000 · Arts & CultureThe Cincinnati Ballet Company IncCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $212,150 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRACincinnati Public Radio Inc: $200,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Public Radio IncCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $165,000 · Arts & CultureCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $150,000 · Arts & CultureCincinnati Playhouse in the Park+18 more: $269,900 · Arts & Culture+18 moreMERCANTILE LIBRARY - CAPITAL DRIVES: $100,000 · OtherMERCANTILE LIBRARY - CAPITAL DRIVE…GREEN UMBRELLA DBA CROWN CINCINNATI: $100,000 · OtherGREEN UMBRELLA DBA CROWN CINCINNAT…ARTSWAVE (formerly Fine Arts Fund): $84,100 · OtherARTSWAVE (formerly Fine Arts Fund)CINCINNATI ZOO: $80,000 · OtherCINCINNATI ZOOCOLORADO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $75,000 · OtherENSEMBLE THEATER CINCINNATI: $60,000 · OtherBETH ADAM INC: $53,325 · OtherDE PAUL CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL: $50,000 · OtherUNIV OF CINTI FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Other+92 more: $776,630 · Other+92 moreEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $542,500 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY FAM…+7 more: $22,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $142,500 · PhilanthropyJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $105,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY SHARES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $32,500 · PhilanthropyCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $17,900 · Philanthropy+3 more: $15,444 · PhilanthropyTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $107,001 · EnvironmentTHE HILLSIDE TRUST: $51,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN WATER FUND: $13,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $12,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $10,000 · Environment+3 more: $7,300 · EnvironmentLA SOUPE INC: $76,000 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $43,000 · Food & NutritionFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $12,500 · Food & NutritionANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $27,500 · AnimalsCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $25,000 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $17,000 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $10,200 · AnimalsFARM SANCTUARY INC: $5,000 · Animals+1 more: $2,001 · Animals
Arts & Culture$1,947,050Other$1,429,055Human Services$564,500Philanthropy$313,344Environment$200,301Food & Nutrition$146,500Animals$86,701

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 budgetThe Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc: $950,000 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetEMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION: $542,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $212,150 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Public Radio Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION: $165,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCincinnati Playhouse in the Park: $150,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY: $142,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MORTON ARBORETUM: $107,001 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJewish Federation of Cincinnati: $105,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLA SOUPE INC: $76,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetCOLORADO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: $75,000 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetART OPPORTUNITIES INC: $54,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HILLSIDE TRUST: $51,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC: $43,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTAFT MUSEUM OF ART: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetThe Contemporary Arts Center: $34,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI: $33,600 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY SHARES OF GREATER CINCINNATI: $32,500 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $27,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCharleston Library Society: $26,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION: $25,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC: $22,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY: $20,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetGROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Theatre of Cincinnati: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC HALL REVITALIZATION COMPANY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetCRAYONS AND BEYOND INC: $17,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $17,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFREESTORE FOODBANK INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLEAN WATER FUND: $13,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD BANK OF THE ROCKIES: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $10,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLINTON INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetMIDDLE EAST CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAMIC RELIEF USA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRockford Barbell: $10,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENERGY OUTREACH COLORADO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWONDERHAVEN: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% 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 The Cincinnati Ballet Company Inc ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY FAMILY ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Public Radio Inc ↗
  • Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION BOULDER COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE MORTON ARBORETUM ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Cincinnati ↗
  • Who funds LA SOUPE INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds ART OPPORTUNITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HILLSIDE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY FOOD SHARE INC ↗
  • Who funds TAFT MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds The Contemporary Arts Center ↗
  • Who funds ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SHARES OF GREATER CINCINNATI ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds Charleston Library Society ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHWEST OHIO REGION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF COLORADO INC ↗
  • Who funds LEADERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ↗
  • Who funds GROUNDWORK OHIO RIVER VALLEY 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.

Carol Ann and Ralph V…The Greater Cincinnat…The Thomas J Emery Me…Sutphin Family Founda…Andrew Jergens Founda…Johnson Charitable Gi…John a Schroth Family…The Wohlgemuth Hersch…Pfau Charitable Found…Millstone FundElsa M Heisel Sule Ch…Earthward Bound Found…
Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationOH50.2× affinity22 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 · The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Sutphin Family Foundation Ica · Andrew Jergens Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation Co Fifth Third Bank Na Agent · Pfau Charitable Foundation · Millstone Fund · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Earthward Bound 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 Friedlander Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Friedlander Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
36report 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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How do I get to Friedlander Family Fund?

Find your warmest path to Friedlander Family Fund 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 157 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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