· Private foundation
Hcs Foundation
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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $48k
- $10k–50k31 grants · $712k
- $50k–250k27 grants · $2.3M
- $250k+8 grants · $4.7M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| XAVIER UNIVERSITY | $2,000,000 |
| THE SUMMIT COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | $587,958 |
| CRAIG AND FRANCES LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE | $500,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI | $500,000 |
| ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI | $400,000 |
| BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC | $250,000 |
| THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CINCINNATI | $250,000 |
| CINCINNATI ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND | $250,000 |
| ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH | $167,000 |
| WESLEY COMMUNITY SERVICES ORGANIZATION | $166,667 |
| OPTIMALL SERVICES INC | $150,500 |
| CC PRO FOUNDATION | $125,000 |
| CINCINNATI WORKS INC | $120,000 |
| LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED INC | $100,000 |
| SETON EDUCATION PARTNERS | $100,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $3.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, 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.
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 +32% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.
67 repeat relationships: 45 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 17 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, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M 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 · $3.9M · revenue +59%
- XUXAVIER UNIVERSITY4× · 2021–2024 · $2.6M · revenue +8%
- TCThe Christ Hospital Foundation3× · 2022–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +208%
Funded once
- TUTHE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -1%
- AGACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLSone grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue -97%
- XJXAVIER JESUIT ACADEMYone grant, 2023 · $625k
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.
To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.
To develop and promote economic development, talent initiatives and the unique offerings in the cincinnati region.
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.
To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.
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…
Advancing a thriving central ohio commmunity by serving as a catalyst for all businesses to grow and flourish. our mission pillars are connections, government relations, strategic business solutions and talent/workforce.
To resolve serious legal problems of low income people, to promote economic and family stability, and reduce poverty through effective legal assistance.
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.
Cincinnati Public Radio is the trusted, independent source of journalism, music and culture empowering a vibrant, engaged and informed community.
To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.
The World Affairs Council, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is the bridge that connects the world to one of America's most vibrant regions. Through Global education, International exchange, and cultural awareness initiatives, the council strengthens…
The cincinnati usa convention & visitors bureau is an aggressive sales, marketing, and service organization. our primary responsibility is to positively impact the region's area economy through convention, tradeshow and visitor…
How this is measured
116 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 116 of the 132 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 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
- Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI ↗
- Who funds The Christ Hospital Foundation ↗
- Who funds Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope ↗
- Who funds BOB WOODRUFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ACCELERATE GREAT SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM CENTER ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF COLUMBUS INC ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI CANCER FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park ↗
- Who funds Bethany House Services Inc ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER CINCINNATI ↗
- Who funds CCPRO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc ↗
- Who funds Cincinnati Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired ↗
- Who funds Anthony Munoz Foundation ↗
- Who funds CISE ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL FREE CLINIC ↗
- Who funds Hands Together Inc ↗
- Who funds CINCINNATI MUSEUM ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF GREATER CINCINNATI ↗
- Who funds MAIN STREET VENTURES ↗
- Who funds LIGHTHOUSE YOUTH SERVICES ↗
- Who funds GREEN UMBRELLA ↗
- Who funds MOUNT ST JOSEPH UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FREESTORE FOODBANK INC ↗
- Who funds KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE ↗
- Who funds ProKids ↗
- Who funds TAFT MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VALLEY VIEW FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Magnified Giving ↗
- Who funds SANTA MARIA COMMUNITY SERVICES 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 · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · L & L Nippert Charitable Foundation Inc Attn Carter F Randolph Phd · Farmer Family Foundation · The Thomas J Emery Memorial · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · The James J and Joan a Gardner Family Foundation · Robert H & Susan F Castellini Foundation · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Louise Taft Semple Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hcs Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hcs Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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