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Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky

To unite resources to raise the quality of life for all people in Northern Kentucky.

$12M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
136
Itemized grants FY2024
98
Organizations funded FY2023
35%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$11M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,000,000
Organizations funded a year
37 to 98
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
16
Total assets, FY2024
$51M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 35% of the organizations Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.9M 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 ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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 arriving125$11M35%
FY202398$7.6M35%
FY202271$3.2M38%
FY202183$4.3M47%
FY202065$3.9M57%
FY201948$5.5M56%
FY201837$2.0Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$11MHealth$5.9MReligion$3.9MCommunity Improvement$3.5MPublic Benefit$3.3MHuman Services$1.8MYouth Development$1.7MRecreation & Sports$1.5MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
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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.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc$3,000,90870%
Diocese of Covington$2,489,7737n/a
Northern Kentucky University Foundation Inc$2,100,500620%
Urban Community Developers Inc$1,506,4004100%
Catholic Leadership Institute$1,432,50036%
Final 2 Percent$1,300,000266%
Xavier University$1,110,90660%
Covington Partners Inc$1,018,192552%
Educate Nky Inc$1,000,000224%
Boone County Board of Education$925,3275n/a
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All grantees of Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc$3,000,90870%
Diocese of Covington$2,489,7737n/a
Northern Kentucky University Foundation Inc$2,100,500620%
Urban Community Developers Inc$1,506,4004100%
Catholic Leadership Institute$1,432,50036%
Final 2 Percent$1,300,000266%
Xavier University$1,110,90660%
Covington Partners Inc$1,018,192552%
Educate Nky Inc$1,000,000224%
Boone County Board of Education$925,3275n/a
Boy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard$832,50039%
Catalytic Development Funding Corp of Northern Kentucky$702,200525%
Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington$675,7516n/a
United Way of Greater Cincinnati$591,02452%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$506,90350%
Learning Grove Inc$467,46662%
Link Nky$465,8972n/a
Crossroads Community Church Inc$398,0007n/a
One Nky Alliance Inc$311,800515%
The Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center$307,90054%
Emergency Shelter of Northern KY Inc$305,82074%
Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope$303,25041%
The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio$300,00031%
Pregnancy Services of Northern Kentucky$294,475710%
Kentucky 4h Foundation Inc$287,66013%
Thomas More University Inc$266,80170%
St Xavier High School Inc$263,6005n/a
Life Learning Center Inc$252,89668%
Congregation of Divine Providence of Kentucky$250,5755n/a
Covington Catholic High School$249,9754n/a
Master Provisions Inc$249,85342%
Mustard Seed Communities Inc$240,20042%
Covington Life Science Partners Inc$225,000120%
Be Concerned Inc$224,945313%
Main Street Ventures$221,91028%
Wesley Community Services Organization$220,00022%
St Cecilia School$218,6731n/a
Calvary Chin Baptist Church$215,0001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$203,50020%
Cancer Support Community - Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky$201,10056%
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation$200,00022%
Greenlight Fund Inc$200,00050%
Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$194,311529%
Northern Kentucky Education Council Inc$192,641327%
Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola$191,3604n/a
Transitions Incorporated$155,00022%
Nch Healthcare System Inc$150,00035%
Faith Community Pharmacy Inc$145,17541%
American Heart Association Inc$145,00050%
Cincinnati Museum Association$139,99950%
Tri-County Economic Development Charitable Corporation$138,607387%
Dinsmore Homestead Foundation Inc$138,000329%
The Pointarc of Northern Kentucky$130,28241%
Evergreen Freedom Foundation$125,00020%
Alliance for Catholic Urban Education Inc$122,9802n/a
Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts$122,95050%
Mt St Mary Seminary of the West Athenaeum of Ohio Norwood$120,0004n/a
Young Life$115,15020%
Team First Foundation$115,00024%
Trinity World Missions Inc$110,000244%
Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati$101,780130%
The Jeff Ruby Foundation$100,500297%
Shakertown at Pleasant Hill Kentucky Inc$100,00011%
The Colson Center for Christian Worldview$100,00011%
Ocean Reef Chapel Foundation Inc$100,00021%
Aviation Museum of Kentucky Inc$100,000114%
The Christ Hospital Foundation$100,00011%
Urban Academy Inc$99,5001n/a
Friends of Boone County Arboretum Inc$95,406250%
Calvary Baptist Church$92,3671n/a
American Cancer Society Inc$85,00040%
Education Foundation of Collier County Inc$84,50021%
Children's Hospital Medical Center$81,00030%
Family Nurturing Center of Kentucky$78,50022%
Anthony Munoz Foundation$75,34046%
Easter Seals Tristate$75,00020%
Cincinnati Cancer Foundation Inc$74,52521%
Diocesan Catholic Children's Home Inc$74,52541%
Brighton Center Inc$70,15040%
America's River Roots Experience$70,000112%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Northern Kentucky$69,8002n/a
People Working Cooperatively Inc$69,50030%
Freestore Foodbank Inc$67,32550%
Mount St Joseph University$65,00020%
Neighborhood Health Clinic Inc$65,00070%
Welcome House Inc$64,77531%
Center for Great Neighborhoods of Covington$61,00052%
Samaritan Car Care Clinic$60,83043%
America First Legal Foundation$60,00020%
Ken Anderson Alliance$55,00022%
Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park$53,68710%
Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society$51,81321%
Bowling Green State University Foundation Inc$51,20040%
Turning Point USA Inc$50,00010%
Northern Kentucky Area Development District$50,00020%
St Mary Church$50,0001n/a
The Protestant Congregation of Ocean Reef Inc$50,0001n/a
University of Kentucky$50,0001n/a
Cristo Rey Miami High School Inc$50,00021%
Franciscan University of Steubenville$50,00010%
Redwood School & Rehabilitation Inc$46,19020%
Metro United Way Inc$46,00040%
St Joseph Academy$45,8833n/a
Northern Kentucky Children's Advocacy Center Inc$45,55231%
Ccpro Foundation$44,50031%
Overland Missions Inc$40,00020%
Northern Kentucky University$38,0001n/a
Coverd Greater Cincinnati$37,55023%
Healthnetwork Foundation Fka Health Net Foundation Inc$37,50040%
Seven Hills Church$37,0004n/a
Adopt A Class Foundation Inc$36,23332%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Council of Northern Kentucky$35,50021%
Kentucky Center for Public Service Journalism$33,40043%
Children's Home of Northern Kentucky Inc$33,30030%
The Navigators$32,5001n/a
St Ursula Academy of Cincinnati Inc$31,1402n/a
Southbank Partners Inc$30,62025%
Cincinnati Museum Center$30,50020%
Angelico Project a Center for Thought and Culture$30,12018%
Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission Inc$30,00010%
Matthew 25 Ministries Inc$30,00020%
Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports$30,00031%
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation of Cincinnati Inc$29,00030%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Covington Inc$27,90831%
Esperanza Latino Center of Northern Kentucky Inc$25,750121%
Zoological Society of Cincinnati$25,00010%
The Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation$25,00022%
Magnified Giving$25,00014%
Cincinnati-Ukraine Partnership$25,00015%
Bon Secours Mercy Health Foundation$25,00010%
Summit Country Day School US Catholic Conference$25,0003n/a
The Healthnetwork Foundation$25,0001n/a
Accelerate Great Schools$25,00010%
Build the Future US Inc$25,000110%
Go Pantry Corporation$24,42531%
Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled Inc$22,00020%
De Paul Cristo Rey High School$20,5003n/a
Covington Ladies Home Inc$20,27321%
Yampa Valley Medical Center Foundation$20,2001n/a
One Stroke Forward$20,0001n/a
The Joe Burrow Foundation$20,00011%
Santa Maria Community Services Inc$20,00010%
Grant US Hope Inc$20,00012%
Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati$20,00021%
May We Help Inc$20,00022%
Cancer Support Community$20,00020%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati Inc$19,30010%
RefugeeConnect$19,00018%
Covington Community Montessori Inc$18,70713%
The Big Raise Inc$18,00017%
Behringer Crawford Museum$17,54523%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$17,25010%
Naples Gators Inc$17,000128%
Talbert House$16,00020%
The Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles And$16,00011%
Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc$15,25010%
First Church of Christ Christian Inc$15,0001n/a
Junior League of Cincinnati$15,00012%
Friends of the Rose Garden Mission Inc$15,00013%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$15,00010%
Tri-State Trails dba CROWN Cincinnati$15,00012%
Southern Baptist Convention$15,0001n/a
Southern Baptist Convention$14,9251n/a
Kenton Co Public Library Foundation Inc$14,700117%
CancerFree KIDS$13,63511%
Gateway Community & Technical College Foundation Inc$13,50025%
Edchoice Kentucky Inc$12,500111%
Passionist Nuns of Whitesville$12,0001n/a
Cincinnati Parks Foundation$11,00020%
Dress for Success Cincinnati$10,27011%
Mental Health America of Nky & Sw Oh$10,13310%
Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Inc$10,00010%
Pan Massachusetts Challenge Trust$10,0001n/a
Seton High School$10,0001n/a
Morgan Judd Foundation$10,00015%
Breakthrough T1d$10,00010%
St Vincent de Paul Stores$10,00010%
Girl Scouts of Kentucky's Wilderness Road Council Inc$10,00010%
Pan Massachusetts Challenge Trust$10,0001n/a
Varner Foundation for Children and Families$10,00016%
Green Umbrella$10,00010%
Notre Dame Academy$10,0001n/a
The Boone Conservancy Inc$10,000110%
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati$10,00010%
La Soupe Inc$10,00011%
Upspring$10,00011%
Gallatin County Food Pantry Incorporated$10,0001n/a
Leadership Council for Nonprofits$10,00013%
Luke5adventures$10,00012%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati Scholastic Foundation$10,000180%
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation$10,00010%
Shining Star Sports Inc$10,0001n/a
Last Mile Food Rescue$10,00010%
Rose Garden Center for Hope and Healing$9,500115%
The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc$9,25010%
Covington Business Council Foundation$9,1161n/a
Erlanger-Elsmere Independent School District$9,0301n/a
Work University Inc$9,0001n/a
Mentoring Plus Inc$8,70014%
The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati$8,50010%
American Brain Tumor Association$8,11010%
Partnersfinancial Charitable Foundation$8,00014%
Calusa Waterkeeper Inc$8,00014%
Turner Farm Preservation Foundation Inc$8,00010%
Newport Foundation Inc$8,0001n/a
Neediest Kids of All$7,78712%
Teal We Find a Cure Inc$7,5001n/a
Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Holy Cross High School$7,3801n/a
Transplant House$7,10710%
The Kat6 Foundation Inc$6,76011%
Comprehensive Community Child Care Organization Inc$6,25010%
Covington Independent Public Schools$6,2331n/a
Chair Force 1$6,19013%
Kentucky Refugee Ministries Inc$6,05210%
Cormission$6,0501n/a
Reviv Family Support Foundation$6,00014%
Lifetime Laughter$6,0001n/a
Community Services Dba the Bill & Betsy Scheben Care Center$6,00011%
Nami Northern Kentucky Inc$6,000115%
Square1 Inc$6,00014%
Eastern Kentucky University Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Ethans Purpose Inc$6,0001n/a
No Limits Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Foundation Ltd$6,000114%
Bawac Inc$6,00010%
Masters of Disaster Incorporated$6,00013%
Junior Achievement of Oki Partners$5,50010%
Comp-U-Dopt Inc$5,50010%
Kentucky Senior Citizens Apartments Inc$5,45012%
Insightful Visionaries Inc$5,0801n/a
Notre Dame Urban Education Center Inc$5,0501n/a
To Cure a Rose Foundation$5,02012%
Cise$5,00010%
David Lawrence Mental Health Center Inc$5,00010%

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.6M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 14 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 183 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSt Elizabeth Medical Center Inc: $3,000,908 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Kentucky University Foundation Inc: $2,100,500 over 6y, 20% of budgetUrban Community Developers Inc: $1,506,400 over 4y, 100% of budgetCatholic Leadership Institute: $1,432,500 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetFinal 2 Percent: $1,300,000 over 2y, 66% of budgetXavier University: $1,110,906 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCovington Partners Inc: $1,018,192 over 5y, 52% of budgetEducate Nky Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetBoy Scouts of America Council 438 Dan Beard: $832,500 over 3y, 8.9% of budgetCatalytic Development Funding Corp of Northern Kentucky: $702,200 over 5y, 25% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $591,024 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetThe University of Cincinnati Foundation: $506,903 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLearning Grove Inc: $467,466 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetOne Nky Alliance Inc: $311,800 over 5y, 15% of budgetThe Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center: $307,900 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetEmergency Shelter of Northern KY Inc: $305,820 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetCraig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope: $303,250 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetThe Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio: $300,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPregnancy Services of Northern Kentucky: $294,475 over 7y, 9.8% of budgetKentucky 4h Foundation Inc: $287,660 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThomas More University Inc: $266,801 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLife Learning Center Inc: $252,896 over 6y, 8.3% of budgetMaster Provisions Inc: $249,853 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetMustard Seed Communities Inc: $240,200 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCovington Life Science Partners Inc: $225,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetBe Concerned Inc: $224,945 over 3y, 13% of budgetMain Street Ventures: $221,910 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetWesley Community Services Organization: $220,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAlzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc: $203,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCancer Support Community - Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky: $201,100 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetCincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation: $200,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetGreenlight Fund Inc: $200,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetNorthern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc: $194,311 over 5y, 29% of budgetNorthern Kentucky Education Council Inc: $192,641 over 3y, 27% of budgetTransitions Incorporated: $155,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNch Healthcare System Inc: $150,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetFaith Community Pharmacy Inc: $145,175 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $145,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCincinnati Museum Association: $139,999 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTri-County Economic Development Charitable Corporation: $138,607 over 3y, 87% of budgetDinsmore Homestead Foundation Inc: $138,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetThe Pointarc of Northern Kentucky: $130,282 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetEvergreen Freedom Foundation: $125,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCincinnati Institute of Fine Arts: $122,950 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYoung Life: $115,150 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeam First Foundation: $115,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetTrinity World Missions Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 44% of budgetOvarian Cancer Alliance of Greater Cincinnati: $101,780 over 1y, 30% 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 183.

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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.

The Greater Cincinnati FoundationOH130.1× affinity113 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Greater Cincinnati Foundation · The R C Durr Foundation Inc 541 Buttermilk Pike Suite 500 · Johnson Charitable Gift Fund · Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr Foundation · St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc · The Butler Foundation · United Way of Greater Cincinnati · John a Schroth Family Char Tr · Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005 · Charles H Dater Foundation Inc · Hcs Foundation · The Fischer Family Foundation 2008

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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About Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky

How much does Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky give?
Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky reported 136 itemized grants totaling $11,358,358, out of $11,793,244 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 37 and 98 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (29%), Health (15%), Religion (10%).
Who are Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc ($3.0M), Diocese of Covington ($2.5M), Northern Kentucky University Foundation Inc ($2.1M).
Does Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Greater Cincinnati Foundation, The R C Durr Foundation Inc 541 Buttermilk Pike Suite 500, Johnson Charitable Gift Fund.
Where is Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky based?
Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky is based in KY.

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 252 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 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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