· Private foundation
George a Avril Family Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TAFT MUSEUM OF ART | $5,500 |
| CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | $5,500 |
| CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER | $5,500 |
| CINCINNATI MAY FESTIVAL | $5,500 |
| CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM | $5,500 |
| CINCINNATI ZOO | $5,000 |
| THE HILLSIDE TRUST | $3,000 |
| CINTI COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC | $2,500 |
| THAYER SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING | $2,500 |
| WALNUT HILLS HIGH SCHOOL | $1,500 |
| DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FUND | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $200) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
16 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CSCINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA5× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +59%
- TMTAFT MUSEUM OF ART6× · 2017–2024 · $18k · revenue +48%
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION4× · 2020–2023 · $6k · revenue +23%
Funded once
- WPWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHone grant, 2019 · $1k
- CICincinnati Institute of Fine Artsone grant, 2017 · $1k · revenue +2%
- HCHANOVER COLLEGE ADVANCEMENTone grant, 2022 · $1k
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.
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.
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.
The CAC is a lab for understanding ourselves, others, and the world around us through the experience and creation of all contemporary art forms.
We are Cincinnati's national theater - committed to bringing diverse, engaging works of great artistry to our community, and to putting Cincinnati's artistic excellence in the national spotlight.
Perform fundraising functions, provide financial support, carryout the purpose and otherwise operating for the benefit of the zoological society of cincinnati.
The mission of the cincinnati observatory is to maintain the integrity and heritage of an historic 19th century observatory and to educate, engage, and inspire our community about astronomy and science.
To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.
The mission of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is to educate, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming. Our vision is to awaken a lifelong love of…
The dayton art institute is committed to enriching the community by creating meaningful experiences with art that are available to all.
The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA), a not-for-profit, was founded in 1990 to serve as a manager, presenter and educator. CAA's mission is to present a broad range of high quality performing and visual arts programs, develop diverse…
Empowering people. saving wildlife.
Be a catalyst! Ignite our community's passion for nature and science.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 36 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds TAFT MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
- Who funds THE HILLSIDE TRUST ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Chiaravalle Montessori School ↗
- Who funds THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
- Who funds American Diabetes Association ↗
- Who funds Melanoma Know More ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Parks Foundation ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI NATURE CENTER ↗
- Who funds The Mercantile Library ↗
- Who funds CITY GOSPEL MISSION AND AFFILIATES ↗
- Who funds Eve Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Public Radio 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.
Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · The Frances R Luther Charitable Trust · Louise Taft Semple Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George a Avril Family Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George a Avril Family Fund. Bigger dots raise more.
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