· Community foundation
Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky
To unite resources to raise the quality of life for all people in Northern Kentucky.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k25 grants · $170k
- $10k–50k70 grants · $1.5M
- $50k–250k33 grants · $3.4M
- $250k+8 grants · $6.2M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Boone County Fiscal Court | $3,000,000 |
| EducateNKY | $700,000 |
| Catholic Leadership Institute | $602,500 |
| Covington Partners | $573,958 |
| Final Two Percent | $500,000 |
| LINK NKY | $323,732 |
| St Elizabeth Foundation | $274,500 |
| Xavier University | $253,600 |
| Catalytic Development Funding Corp of Northern Kentucky | $245,000 |
| Covington Life Sciences Partners Inc | $225,000 |
| United Way of Greater Cincinnati | $220,250 |
| St Cecilia School | $218,673 |
| Covington Latin School | $214,208 |
| One NKY Alliance | $190,000 |
| Master Provisions | $147,099 |
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 (FY18–24, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 97% 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 +39% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.
116 repeat relationships: 81 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 44 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, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.4M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SESt Elizabeth Medical Center Inc7× · 2018–2024 · $3.0M · revenue +79%
- NKNORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC6× · 2019–2024 · $2.1M · revenue +136%
- CLCATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE3× · 2022–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +113%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $343k
- K4KENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INCone grant, 2023 · $288k · revenue -71%
- CCCALVARY CHIN BAPTIST CHURCHone grant, 2023 · $215k
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…
To grow the vibrancy and economic prosperity of the cincinnati region.
To improve the quality of life for all kentuckians through research, education and advocacy on important policy issues facing the commonwealth.
To represent our members, creating the environment and opportunity for economic prosperity and quality living in central kentucky.
To empower Cincinnati entrepreneurs to launch bold, scalable startups; and we work to improve the odds of those startups growing into transformational companies.
Transforming generosity into impact by encouraging, supporting, and facilitating philanthropy to create more vibrant communities in northern cincinnati.
Civiclex strengthens civic health in lexington, kentucky, by helping our community understand and get involved in local issues, connect with their neighbors and make decisions in a better way.
To serve as philanthropic connector for donors in the central kentucky region who wish to make their community a better place.
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.
The Greater Cincinnati Film Commission is dedicated to maximizing the area's economic potential by attracting, promoting and cultivating film, television, and commercial production throughout Greater Cincinnati. Once filmmakers choose…
To mobilize people, networks, and capital to spark meaningful change in and beyond louisville.
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…
How this is measured
196 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. 196 of the 252 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 St Elizabeth Medical Center Inc ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds URBAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS INC ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds Final 2 Percent ↗
- Who funds XAVIER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds COVINGTON PARTNERS INC ↗
- Who funds EDUCATE NKY INC ↗
- Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA COUNCIL 438 DAN BEARD ↗
- Who funds CATALYTIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING CORP OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY ↗
- Who funds United Way of Greater Cincinnati ↗
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LEARNING GROVE INC ↗
- Who funds ONE NKY ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THE CARNEGIE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ↗
- Who funds Emergency Shelter of Northern KY Inc ↗
- Who funds Craig and Frances Lindner Center of Hope ↗
- Who funds The Children's Home of Cincinnati Ohio ↗
- Who funds PREGNANCY SERVICES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY ↗
- Who funds KENTUCKY 4H FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THOMAS MORE UNIVERSITY INC ↗
- Who funds Life Learning Center Inc ↗
- Who funds MASTER PROVISIONS INC ↗
- Who funds MUSTARD SEED COMMUNITIES INC ↗
- Who funds COVINGTON LIFE SCIENCE PARTNERS INC ↗
- Who funds BE CONCERNED INC ↗
- Who funds MAIN STREET VENTURES ↗
- Who funds Wesley Community Services Organization ↗
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 · 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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shelter for Abused Women & Children Inc: 2% of income from government
- Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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