· Private foundation
Hardy Foundation
Its FY2025 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, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k12 grants · $22k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $36k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS | $13,690 |
| CINCINNATI FIRE MUSEUM | $12,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI-INNOCENCE PROJECT | $10,000 |
| XAVIER UNIVERSITY | $6,000 |
| FIRST STEP HOME | $3,300 |
| AFRICA FIRE MISSION | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,900 |
| FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS IN EDUCATION | $1,750 |
| INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE | $1,500 |
| GIVE DIRECTLY | $1,500 |
| FUNERAL SERVICE FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| LAND TRUST ALLIANCE | $1,000 |
| CINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION | $1,000 |
| CHAMCHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN | $500 |
| FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL | $500 |
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 (FY20–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 4 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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CFCINCINNATI FIRE MUSEUM5× · 2020–2024 · $34k · revenue +46%
- CICincinnati Institute of Fine Arts3× · 2020–2022 · $18k · revenue +2%
- XUXAVIER UNIVERSITY3× · 2021–2024 · $13k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- CMCASS - MEALS ON WHEELSone grant, 2020 · $1k
- CYCincinnati Youth Collaborativeone grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +22%
- SOSPARK OF LIFEone grant, 2020 · $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.
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…
Cincinnati museum center inspires people of all ages to learn more about our world through science, regional history, and educational, engaging and meaningful experiences.
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Empowering financial professionals and consumers through world-class advocacy and education.
Finance impacts everyone. as a socially relevant organization, the museum of american finance seeks to improve understanding of the influence of financial institutions and capital markets on the u.s. and global economies, and on…
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…
Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.
The cleveland institute of music's mission is to empower the world's most talented classical music students to fulfill their dreams and potential.
As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.
Through the power of art, we contribute to a more vibrant cincinnati by inspiring its people and connecting our communities.
The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.
The ohio state bar association (the "association") is an unincorporated voluntary non-profit organization. the association was formed to promote justice and advance the interests of the legal profession.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 25 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 FIRE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts ↗
- Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE FIRST STEP HOME INC ↗
- Who funds LA SOUPE INC ↗
- Who funds AFRICA FIRE MISSION ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC ↗
- Who funds GIVEDIRECTLY INC ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
- Who funds FUNERAL SERVICE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds CHAMBLISS CENTER FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MUSIC HALL ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Youth Collaborative ↗
- Who funds LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI WORKS ↗
- Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND 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 · Ed & Joann Hubert Family Foundation Inc · Marge & Charles J Schott Foundation · Farmer Family Foundation · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hardy Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hardy Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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